Research In Progress

Topic	Project Number	Principal Investigator
Reducing Drag of Vehicles with Half-stepped Cylinder Surfaces Part I: Numerical Optimization	2525	Hamid Rahai, PhD
Sensing Safety: Developing a Flexible, Portable Alcohol Detection Patch for Community Wellness	2526	Ava Hedayatpour, PhD
Smart Transport Infrastructure with Nanoengineered Multifunctional Concrete	2527	Morteza Saeidi
Assessing User Perceptions and Needs for AI-Assisted Micro-Mobility and Teleoperation	2529	Gaojian Huang, PhD
Exploring the Stress-Strain Relationship of Lightweight Concrete to Enhance the Lifecycle Performance of Transportation Highway and Bridges	2531	Fariborz M. Tehrani, PhD
Artificial Intelligence-Based Real-Time Traffic Signal Optimization for Smart City Infrastructure Integration	2533	Stephen Choi, PhD
Automated Battery Management System (BMS) for Electric Vehicles (EVs)	2534	Woonki Na
Dynamic Flood Risk Assessment for Transportation Infrastructure in Fresno, CA	2536	Yushin Ahn, PhD
SMART-TWIN: Systematic Modeling and Real-Time Transportation with Digital Twins	2537	Hovannes Kulhandjian, PhD
How Central Valley Communities are Preparing for High-Speed Rail	2538	Josephine Hazelton-Boyle
Enhancing Mental Health Literacy and Response Training for Transit Agency Staff	2540	Lisa Staes
An Assessment of the Viva CalleSJ 2025 Open Streets Event in San Jose	2542	Richard Kos
The Use of Foamed Glass Aggregate (FGA) as a Lightweight Fill above Culverts	2549	Amr Morsy
Employing Geographically Weighted Regression to Estimate the Property Value Increment Due to a Heavy Rail Rapid Transit Station and Simulating the Potential to Employ the Value Increment to Fund Transit and Affordable Housing	2551	Dr. Shishir Mathur
Combating Human Trafficking at Major Events through Transportation	2552	Kezban Yagci Sokat