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Author:

Lee, Dongmin

Title:

A Generalized Approach for Analyzing Transportation User Perception Using Fuzzy Sets

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Transportation User Perception
Fuzzy Sets

File:

Download ThesisMaster_Final_Dongmin_Lee_.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Sunil Sinha, Committee Member
Charles Edward Antle, Committee Member

Author:

Gross, Francis

Title:

ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR ESTIMATING SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS ON RURAL, TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS: CASE-CONTROL AND COHORT METHODS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Highway Safety
Transportation
Geometric Design
Case-Control Method
Cohort Method
Safety Effectiveness
Crash Modification Factor

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Frank_Gross.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member
David Theodore Mauger, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Venkataraman Shankar, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Joonhyo

Title:

A CAPACITY ESTIMATION METHOD FOR TWO-LANE, TWO-WAY HIGHWAYS USING SIMULATION MODELING

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

highway
two-way
two-lane
estimation
capacity
simulation

File:

Download JOONHYO_KIM_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Kevin M Mahoney, Committee Member
Ageliki Elefteriadou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah Jean Medeiros, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Kun-Feng

Title:

DEFINING, SCREENING, AND TESTING CRASH SURROGATES USING NATURALISTIC DRIVING DATA

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

traffic safety
crash surrogate
naturalistic driving study data analysis

File:

Download Thesis_V15.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavković, Committee Member

Author:

SASIDHARAN, LEKSHMI

Title:

CAUSAL MODELING APPROACH TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

regression estimation
causal models
propensity scores
matching
stratification

File:

Download LEKSHMI-DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Schafer, Committee Member

Author:

Porter, Richard Jon

Title:

ESTIMATION OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 85TH PERCENTILE SPEEDS, SPEED DEVIATIONS, ROADWAY AND ROADSIDE GEOMETRY AND TRAFFIC CONTROL IN FREEWAY WORK ZONES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

work zone
speed
speed deviation
applied econometrics
simultaneous equation models
geometric design

File:

Download Porter_Richard_Jon_PhD_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

"John M Mason, Jr", Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Kevin M Mahoney, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Venkataraman Shankar, Committee Member

Author:

Sathyanarayanan, Sudhakar

Title:

SEMI-PARAMETRIC MODELING OF PAVEMENT MARKING VISIBILITY DEGRADATION

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

pavement markings
visibility
service life
duration models

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Venky Shanakar PhD. P.E., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Committee Member

Author:

Hu, Wen

Title:

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIAN RELATED CRASH FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

crash frequency simulation
spatial dependency
crash severity
crash frequency
Median safety

File:

Download WenHu_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Aleksandra B Slavković, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member

Author:

Himes, Scott Charles

Title:

Reliability Based Design of Horizontal Curves Considering the Effects of Grades

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Reliability
Highway Safety
Transportation Design

File:

Download Scott_Himes_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Dr Swagata Banerjee Basu, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Dr, Darren Torbic, Special Member

Author:

Fraser, Janet Lynne

Title:

Understanding Use of Social Media for Dissemination of Transportation Information

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

transportation
social media
communications
Twitter
Facebook
Department of Transportation

File:

Download JFraser_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Kurt David Johnson, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member

Author:

Gooch, Jeffrey Paul

Title:

Estimating the Safety Effects of Horizontal Curves on Pennsylvania Two-lane Rural Roads

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Highway safety
traffic safety
horizontal curves
propensity scores
potential outcomes
negative binomial
mixed effects

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Gooch.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vikash Varun Gayah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin T Pietrucha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shao, Yen-wen

Title:

Modeling the Interactive Effects of Safety Countermeasures on Pennsylvania Highways

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

countermeasure
interaction
crash estimation
Crash Modification Factor
CMF
multiple treatments
safety effectiveness

File:

Download Yen-Wen_Shaos_dissertation_Modeling_Interactive_Effects_07242015_final_resubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Peter Jovanis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Peter Jovanis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member

Author:

Wood, Jonathan Sayre

Title:

Causal inference in traffic safety research: comparison of the empirical Bayes and propensity scores-potential outcomes methods

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Causal inference
empirical Bayes
transportation safety
genetic matching
propensity scores
crash modification factor

File:

Download Wood_Doctoral_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Todd Donnell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sukran Ilgin Guler, Committee Member
Martin T Pietrucha, Committee Member
Luke John Keele, Special Member
Glenn A Firebaugh, Special Member

Author:

Berman, Danielle Hope

Title:

Public Opinion Regarding Autonomous Vehicle Privacy and Security

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

autonomous vehicles
public opinion
survey
privacy
cybersecurity

File:

Download Berman_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin T Pietrucha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Alan Richard Wagner, Committee Member