Dr Aleksandar Stevanovic

Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh

Speaker

Dr. Stevanovic is an Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an ASCE Fellow and Fulbright Specialist for Traffic Control Systems. He has earned B.Sc. in Traffic and Transportation Engineering at the University of Belgrade (Serbia) followed by M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering at the University of Utah. He teaches courses in traffic engineering, transportation planning, and operations research and conducts research on a variety of subjects including traffic signal control, intelligent transportation systems, multimodal and sustainable operations, transportation simulation modeling, etc. He has published more than 230 journal (90+) and conference (140+) papers and presented at more than 100 international, national, and state seminars, and professional meetings. He has been principal investigator on 40+ research projects for a total of ~ $5.2 million in funding and has authored dozens of technical reports for various transportation agencies, including TRB/NAS, FHWA, NSF, DOE, PennDOT, FLDOT, NJDOT, UDOT, UTA, and others. He is a member of ITE, TRB, ITS, and other professional transportation societies.

Dr. Stevanovic serves on editorial boards of 8 scientific journals and as a paper reviewer for more than 50 scientific journals and conference proceedings. Although Dr. Stevanovic’s main research interests emphasize transportation management and operations in general, he is best known for his contributions to Adaptive Traffic Control Systems (ATCS). He is the sole author of the NCHRP 403 Synthesis Study – Adaptive Traffic Control Systems: Domestic and Foreign State of Practice and he has been invited many times to give talks and teach about ATCSs, both nationally and internationally. His research has been highlighted in a range of media articles - from local newspapers to the TIME magazine.