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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Traffic Flow Theory, Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning,Transportation Systems
Research areas
Transport and public Health interactions, Intelligent & Adaptive Control, Control of Congested Systems,
Education
PhD, Transportation Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States, 1999
MS, Civil Engineering/transportation, University of New Brunswick, 1985
Bachelor, Civil Engineering, Yarmouk University, 1983
Professional experience
Transportation Engineering Coordinator, Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study (CUUATS), Illinois, United States, 1992 - 1999
Transportation Engineer, Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, Massachusetts,, United States, 1989 - 1992
Transportation Planner, Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, Massachusetts,, United States, 1988 - 1989
Memberships
International Professional Association for Transport and Health (IPATH), August 2016
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), November 1999
Contact
+971 6 515 2923
Dr. Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh
Professor
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh is a past recipient of the Eisenhower Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign. Dr. Abu-Lebdeh's research interests are in control and modeling of interrupted flow and congested traffic systems. Before joining AUS, Dr. Abu-Lebdeh was with Michigan State University and the University of Kentucky. He has over 10 years of industry experience in Illinois and Massachusetts, USA.
Publications
Mohammad Ghanim, Khaled Shaaban And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Comparison of Saturated Headways in Mixed Traffic Conditions at Signalized Intersection, Intermountain Engineering, Technology And Computing Conference, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2023
Lama Abumoeilak, Abdullah Alzarooni, Alya Al Quraidi And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Dwellers’ Perception of Choosing 3D-Printed Residential Units Over Conventional in the UAE: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Mohamed Alzaim, Mariam Alali And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Investigating the Potential for Standardization of Glass Reinforced Polymer (GRP) Shutter Molds Designs in Bridge Projects in the UAE
Azusa Trumi, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh, Wael Alhajyaseen, Nicolar Christie And Tina Gehlert. A Multi-country Survey for Collecting and Analyzing Facts Related to Road Traffic Safety: Legislation, Enforcement, and Education for Safer Drivers, Journal Of The International Association Of Traffic And Safety Sciences (iatss), April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022
Mohammad Al Qahtani And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Development of Neural Network Models for Predicting Health Outcomes, International Conference On Transport And Health, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Alia Sadawai, Batool Madani, Sara Saboor, Malick Ndiay And Ndiay. A Comprehensive Hierarchical Blockchain System For Carbon Emission Trading utilizing Blockchain of Things and Smart Contract, Technological Forecasting & Social Change
Alia Al Sadawi, Batool Madani, Sara Saboor, Malick Ndiaye And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. A comprehensive hierarchical blockchain system for carbon emission trading utilizing blockchain of things and smart contract, Technological Forecasting And Social Change, September 2021
Mohammed And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Characterization of Heavy Vehicle Headways in Oversaturated Interrupted Conditions: Towards Development of Passenger Car Equivalency Factors, International Journal Of Transportation Science And Technlogy, August 2021
Wesam Saba, Salwa Beheiry, Ghassan Abu Lebdeh And Mustafa Al Tekreeti. A Holistic Intersection Rating System (HIRS)—A Novel Methodology to Measure the Holistic Operational Performance of Signalized Urban Intersections, Smart Cities, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
Mohammed Ghanim And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Characterization of Heavy Vehicle Headways in Oversaturated Interrupted Conditions: Towards Development of Passenger Car Equivalency Factors, International Journal Of Transportation Science And Technology
Alya Al Sadawi, Batool Ndiay, Sara Saboor, Malick Ndiay And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. A Comprehensive Hierarchical Blockchain System For Carbon Emission Trading utilizing Blockchain of Things and Smart Contract, Journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change
Alya Al Sadawi, Batool Madani, Sara Saboor, Malick Ndiay And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. A Hierarchical Blockchain of Things Network For Unified Carbon Emission Trading (HBUETS): AConceptual Framework, International Conference On Decision Aid Sciences And Application (dasa), 2020
Alya Al Sadawi, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh And Malick Ndiay. Logistic and Blockchain: A Strong Partnership, Malick Ndiay
Taha Anjamrooz, Hassan Mahmud, Sara Rajabi And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Quantitative Analysis of Three Sustainability Pillars for Water Tradeoff Projects in Amazon, Quantitative Analysis of Three Sustainability Pillars for Water Tradeoff Projects in Amazon, International Conference On Environmental And Water Resources Engineering, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Mohamed Wehbi And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Understanding the Dynamic Loading on Viaduct Elevated Railways for Sustainable Design.
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Assessment of Health Impacts of Continuous Walkways in Harsh Climate: A Case Study., Transport And Helath, 2019
Hazirbaba, K , Omughieda, And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. A Critical Review on Seismic Design of Earth Retaining Structures, Jordan Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2019
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh, K. Hazirbaba , O. Mughieda And B. Abdelrahman . Modeling Time Complexity of Micro-Genetic Algorithms for Online Traffic Control Decisions, Int’l Journal Of Information And Decisions Sciences., 2019
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Incorporating Health Outcomes in Traditional Traffic Impact Studies to more Holistically Assess Transport System Changes., Transport And Health, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. A Framework for Signal Control to Support Efficiency, Sustainability and Human Health, August 2019
Al Hajyassen, W And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Principles of Road Traffic Control in the State of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Global Practices On Road Traffic Signal Control, Fixed-time Control At Isolated Intersections, June 2019
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh And Mohamed Wehbi. Understanding the Dynamic Loading on Viaduct Elevated Railways for Sustainable Design
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh And Ghanim, M . Projected Statewide Traffic Forecast Parameters using Artificial Neural Networks, Intelligent Transport Systems, November 2018
Wesam Saba, Salwa Beheiry And Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. The Holistic Intersection Rating System, Journal Of Transport And Health, June 2018
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh. Transportation Trends among Generation X and Implications to Traffic Safety, The Case of Dubai, World Association For Sustainable Development,
Salwa Beheiry, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh, John Mcintyre, Silvester Ivanaj And Vera Ivanaj. Benchmarking Sustainable Construction Technology in the Building and Transportation Sectors, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013
M. Naser, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh And Rami Hawileh. Analysis of RC T-beams strengthened with CFRP plates under fire loading using ANN, Construction And Building Materials, 1 December 2012
Salwa Beheiry, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh, Md. Mortula And Adil Al-tamimi. Integrating Sustainability Education in a Classical Civil Engineering Program: The Case of Transportation and Construction Courses, Advanced Materials Research, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2011
Adil Al-tamimi, Md. Mortula, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh And Salwa Beheiry. Evaluations of Sustainable Concepts in Civil Engineering Program., The Built And Human Environment Review, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2011
Ghassan Abu-lebdeh, Salwa Beheiry And Yacoub Najjar. Predicting Travel Time along Arterials with more Sustainable Methods, Proceedings Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Usa, Vol. 19, Pp.139-146. 2009., 2009
Conference Presentations
Parallel Genetic Algorithms for Transport and Logistics Optimization: Promise and Challenges, 2020 International Conference On Decision Aid Science & Applications (dasa'20), November 2020
Transport Systems and Public Health: the Case of Traffic Congestion, International Webinar|smart Driving Research Center (sdrc), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, July 2020
Assessment of Health Impacts of Continuous Walkways in Harsh Climate: A Case Study, 5th International Conference On Transport And Health, 2019
Incorporating Health Outcomes in Traditional Traffic Impact Studies to more Holistically Assess Transport System Changes, 5th International Conference On Transport And Health, 2019
Managing Urban Traffic to Serve Public Health: the Case of Traffic Congestion and Beyond, International Turkic World Congress On Science And Engineering (utufem), June 2019
Investigation of the Transport-Health Links: An Observational Study from the UAE., The Transportation, Air Quality, And Health Symposium,, February 2019
Assessment of Advantages of Transit-oriented Developments over Traditional Auto-oriented Land Development: A Case Study, Fourth International Conference On Transport And Health,, 2018
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Development of a Framework and Methodology for Rating Transportation Planning, AUS, 2020 - 2023
Grant, Transport and Health Handbook, AUS, FRG, 2019 - 2021
Awards and Honors
Dwight D. Eisenhower Doctoral Fellowship, US Department of Transportation, Received one of 15 USA-wide fellowships to pursue PhD at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992