Sherif Gaweesh

The following courses have been newly developed and are now offered by the Civil Engineering Department:

• (Spring 2024) CE 409/509 - Traffic Engineering: Operations
• (Fall 2024) CE 413/513 - Traffic Safety
• (Spring 2025) CE 490/590 - Intelligent Transportation Systems
• (Fall 2025) CE 490/590 - Traffic Simulation

• Crash Modeling
• AI Applications in Transportation
• Connected Vehicle
• Safety Evaluation
• Analysis of Surrogate Safety Measures
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Driving Simulations and Driving Simulator Studies
• Human Factors
• Big Data Analysis

Gaweesh, Sherif M., Irfan Ahmed, and Mohamed M. Ahmed. (2023) "Analysis Framework to Assess Crash Severity for Large Trucks on Rural Interstate Roads Utilizing the Latent Class and Random Parameter Model." Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/03611981231158627

Gaweesh, S., Ahmed, I., Ahmed, M., and Wulff, S. (2023). Developing a Statewide Safety Performance Functions for Commercial Trucks Transporting Hazardous Materials on Interstate Rural Roads in Wyoming. Journal of Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221103231

Ahmed, I., Gaweesh, S., and Ahmed, M. (2022). Assessing the Effectiveness of Centerline Rumble Strips Accounting for Winter Maintenance Operational Levels on Wyoming Highways Using Before-After Empirical Bayes. Journal of Transportation Engineering: Part A. https://doi.org/10.1061/JTEPBS.0000714

Houseal, L., Gaweesh, S., Dadvar, S., and Ahmed, M. (2022). Causes and Effects of Autonomous Vehicles Field Data Crashes and Disengagement Using Binary Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, and Explanatory Factor Analysis. Journal of Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221084677Gaweesh, S., Khan, N., & Ahmed, M. (2021). Development of a Novel Framework for Hazardous Materials Placard Recognition System to Conduct Commodity Flow Studies Using Artificial Intelligence AlexNet Convolutional Neural Network. Journal of Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211026653.

Gaweesh, S., Bakhshi, A., & Ahmed, M. (2021). Safety Performance Assessment of Connected Vehicles in Mitigating the Risk of Secondary Crashes: A Driving Simulator Study. Journal of Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211027881.

Bakhshi, A., Gaweesh, S., & Ahmed, M. (2021). The safety performance of connected vehicles on slippery horizontal curves through enhancing truck drivers’ situational awareness: A driving simulator experiment. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2021.04.017

Subedi, B., Gaweesh, S., Yang, G., & Ahmed, M. (2020). Connected Vehicle Training Framework and Lessons Learned to Improve Safety of Highway Patrol Troopers. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120957309

Yang, G., Ahmed, M., Gaweesh, S., & Adomah, E. (2020). Connected vehicle real-time traveler information messages for freeway speed harmonization under adverse weather conditions: Trajectory level analysis using driving simulator. Accident Analysis & Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2020.105707

Ahmed, I. U., Gaweesh, S. M., & Ahmed, M. M. (2020). Exploration of hazardous material truck crashes on Wyoming’s interstate roads using a novel Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Markov Chain Bayesian inference. Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120931103

Ahmed, M. M., Yang, G., & Gaweesh, S. (2020). Assessment of Drivers’ Perceptions of Connected Vehicle–Human Machine Interface for Driving Under Adverse Weather Conditions: Preliminary Findings From Wyoming. Frontiers in psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01889

Shaaban, K., Gaweesh, S., & Ahmed, M. M. (2020). Investigating in-vehicle distracting activities and crash risks for young drivers using structural equation modeling. PLoS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235325

Raddaoui, O., Gaweesh, S., & Ahmed, M. (2020). “Assessment of the Effectiveness of Connected Vehicle Weather and Work Zone Warnings in Improving Truck Driver Safety”. Journal of International Association of Traffic and Safety Science (IATSS). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2020.01.001

Gaweesh, S., Ahmed, M., & Piccorelli A. (2019). Developing Crash Prediction Models Using Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches for Rural Mountainous Freeways: A Case Study on Wyoming Interstate 80. Journal of Accident Analysis and Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.10.011

Yang, G., Gaweesh, S., & Ahmed, M. (2019). Development and Assessment of a Connected Vehicle Training Program for Truck Drivers. Journal of Transportation Research Record. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119827904

Ahmed, M., Gaweesh, S., & Yang, G. (2019). A Preliminary Investigation into the Impact of Connected Vehicle Human-Machine Interface on Driving Behavior. (International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.01.051

Gaweesh, S., & Ahmed, M. (2019). Evaluating the safety effectiveness of a weather-based variable speed limit for a rural mountainous freeway in Wyoming. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439962.2019.1583707

Certifications/Professional Licenses:

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), License # 17177, The Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors, 2019
• Licensed Road Safety Professional (RSP1) - License # 479, The Transportation Professional Certification Board, 2020

Awards:

• Winner for the 2022 High Value Research Project, Received recognition in the Safety, Security, and Emergencies supplemental category for the High Value Research Projects for 2022. Research Project entitled Human Machine Interface for Connected Vehicle: Requirements, Development, and Assessment.
• Winner of the first “Student of the Year” award for the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) CO/WY Section, 2018.

• Doctoral of Philosophy in Transportation Engineering, University of Wyoming, USA - Aug. 2018
• Master of Science; Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Banha University, Egypt - May 2013
• Bachelor Civil; Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Banha University, Egypt - May 2006

Over 17 years of practical and research experiences in the field of transportation and traffic engineering with a focus on traffic safety; research interests include traffic safety analysis, Connected Vehicle (CV), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and Big data analysis.

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