Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Experience

Dr. Sisiopiku joined the UAB Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering in the Fall of 2002 as an Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering. Prior to joining UAB, Dr. Sisiopiku was an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University and a faculty member of the Traffic Safety and Operation Center of Excellence. She has also served as an Adjunct Faculty at the Illinois Institute of Technology and as a consulting transportation engineer in Illinois, Michigan, Alabama, and Georgia.

Research Interest

Dr. Sisiopiku’s research interests include intelligent transportation systems, traffic flow theory, traffic operations and safety, simulation and modeling, non-motorized transportation, and transportation security.

Current Research

• Development of a Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Simulation Modle for Incident and Emergency Management Applications in the Birmingham Region (PI). Funded by the UAB University Transportation Center
• Implementing Active Traffic Management Strategies in the U.S. (Co-PI). Funded by the University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Transit Modeling and Mitigating Traffic Congestion (Co-PI). Funded by the University Transportation Center for Alabama
• Study of the Impacts from One- to Two-Way Street Conversion (PI). Funded by ADVANCE through a grant from NSF
• Bridge Weigh-in-Motion (B-WIM) System Testing and Evaluation (Co-PI). Funded by the University Transportation Center for Alabama [read more...]
• Managed Lanes: Current Status and Future Opportunities (PI). Funded by the University Transportation Center for Alabama [read more...]
• Use of Traffic Responsive Signals to Address Weather Related and Non-Recurring Congestion (Co-PI), University Transportation Center for Alabama [read more...]
• Development of a Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model to Evaluate Lane Reversal Plans for I-65 (PI). Funded by the Alabama Department of Transportation [read more...]
• Traffic Signal Systems on Oversaturated Arterials (Co-PI). Funded by the University Transportation Center for Alabama [read more...]

Contact:

UAB School of Engineering
Hoehn 311
Phone: 205 934-9912
Fax: 205 934-9855
E-mail: vsisiopi@uab.edu

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