Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh, Associate Professor
PhD, Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999

Address:
Department of Civil Engineering
College of Engineering American University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 26666
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Room: EB2-102
Office: +(971) 6 515 2923
Fax: +(971) 6 515 2979
E-mail:gabulebdeh@aus.edu

Research Interests

Traffic control with focus on control of congested systems, adaptive control, and use of genetic and neural-based computations and information technologies for optimization of control and modeling of traffic operations. Design of advanced control algorithms for interrupted flow systems

Courses

Biography

Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), UAE. He was with Michigan State University (2001-2008) and the University of Kentucky (1999-2001) before joining AUS. He has over 10 years of industry experience in Illinois and Massachusetts, USA. Dr. Abu-Lebdeh obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1999), MSE from the University of New Brunswick, Canada (1985), and BS from Yarmouk University, Jordan (1983), all in civil engineering (Transportation). Dr. Abu-Lebdeh is a recipient of the prestigious Eisenhower Doctoral Fellowship.

Work History

Associate Professor, Michigan State University, August 2007-July 2008

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, August 2001-July 2007

Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Aug 1999-Aug 2001

Doctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 94-Aug 98                                                            

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jan 97-May 97                                          

Teaching Assistant, University of New Brunswick-Canada, Aug 84-May 85

Research Assistant, University of New Brunswick-Canada, Aug 84-Dec 85

Transportation Engineering Coordinator, Champaign‑Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study (CUUATS), Urbana, Ill, Feb 92-Oct 95 & Jun 97- Jul 99                        

Transportation Planning Engineer Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC), Worcester, MA,  89-Feb 92                                                                  

Associate Transportation Planner Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC), Worcester, MA, Feb 88-Jul 89        

Professional Societies & Services

Transportation Research Board, Associate Member (1988 ‑ present)

 American Society of Civil Engineers, Associate Member (1992 ‑ present)

 American Society for Engineering Education, Member (1999- present)

 Transportation Research Board, Member, Committee ABJ70 (Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications

American Society of Civil Engineers, Member Traffic Operations Committee

NCHRP, Panel Member, Project 3-70, Multimodal Level of Service for Urban Streets

Honors and Awards

Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship (one of 15 nationally) 1994 - 1998

Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Honor Society of Chi Epsilon

Selected Publications

Journal Publications

1. Abu-Lebdeh, G., Chen, H., & Benekohal, R.F. (2007): Modeling Traffic Output for Design of Dynamic Multi-cycle Control in Congested Conditions. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp 25-40
2. Chen, H. & Abu-Lebdeh, G. (2006): Assessment of Capacity and Flow Improvements for Combined Dynamic Signals and Dynamic Speed in Signalized Networks. Forthcoming in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
3. Ahmed, K; Abu-Lebdeh, G. & Lyles, R.W. (2006): Prediction of Pavement Distress Index with Limited Data on Causal Factors: An Autoregression Approach. In International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol. 7,  No. 1, pp 23-35
4. Ahmed, K & Abu-Lebdeh, G. (2005): Modeling of Signalized Intersection Delay Induced by Downstream Traffic Disturbances. In Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1920, pp 106-117,
5. Taylor, W.C., Abu-Lebdeh, G. & Rai, S. (2005): Effect of Continuous Shoulder Rumble Strips and Pavement Marking on Lateral Placement of Vehicles. In Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1911, pp 105-112.

Conference Proceedings

1. Ghanim, M. and Abu-Lebdeh, G (2009). Improving Traffic Signal Control with Transit Signal Priority Using Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks. Proceedings of the third International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO), Sharjah, UAE, January
2. Abu-Lebdeh, G.; Chen, H.; & Khatib, Z. (2008). Exploring the Potential Benefits of VII-Enabled Dynamic Speed Control in Signalized Networks. Proceedings of the 4th International Gulf Conference on Roads, Doha, Qatar, Nov.
3. Ahmed, K. Abu-Lebdeh, G. & Chen, H. (2008): Estimation of Delay Induced By Downstream Operations at Signalized Intersections Over Extended Control Time. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, DC
4. Abu-Lebdeh, G. & Ghanim, M. (2008): Real Time Transit Priority Implementation in Coordinated Traffic Networks. First International Symposium on Supply Chain Management (ISSCM 08), Sharjah, UAE
5. Ghanim, M., Abu-Lebdeh, G.; Dion, F.; Najjar, Y. (2008). Optimizing Real-Time Transit Priority in Coordinated Traffic Networks with Genetic Algorithms. In Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE), Vol. 18.
6. Chen, H., Abu-Lebdeh, G. (2007) Minimizing Speed Variation and Speed Noise Using Dynamic Speed Control in Signalized Networks:  In Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE) , Vol. 17.
7. Singh, A.K. & Abu-Lebdeh, G. (2007): State Space Neural Networks for Travel Time Predictions in Signalized Networks. Proceedings of the 86th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, DC
8. Ghanim, M.; Dion, F. & Abu-Lebdeh, G. (2007): Artificial Neural Network Bus Arrival Time Prediction Tool for Transit Signal Priority with Nearside Bus Stops. Proceedings of the 86th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting, DC
9. Singh, A. & Abu-Lebdeh, G. (2006): Conditional Independence Graph-based State-Space Neural Network Modeling for Short-Term Travel Time Prediction on Urban Arterials. In Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering (ANNIE) , Vol. 16, pp. 419-424
10. Chen, H., Abu-Lebdeh, G. (2006): Assessment of Capacity and Flow Improvements of Combined Dynamic Signal Control and Adaptive Speed in Signalized Networks. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service, Vol. 2, pp 669-678, Yokohama, Japan