TSCAR Research Team
Associate Professor of Civil (Transportation) Engineering & TSCAR Facility Director
- 270-745-6302
- kirolos.haleem@wku.edu
- EBS 2122
2009 - Ph.D. in Civil (Transportation) Engineering, University of Central Florida
2007 - M.S. in Civil (Transportation) Engineering, University of Central Florida
2003 - B.S. in Civil Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt
Meet the Director
Kirolos Haleem is an associate professor of civil (transportation) engineering at Western Kentucky University (WKU). Kirolos is the founder & director of the Transportation Safety & Crash Avoidance Research (TSCAR) Lab at WKU. Before joining WKU, Kirolos worked as a faculty member for two and a half years at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Kirolos received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in civil (transportation) engineering from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 2007 and 2009, respectively. He has more than 15-year experience in transportation engineering. His areas of expertise include highway traffic safety analysis, application of statistical models and data mining techniques in transportation data analysis, driving simulator studies, traffic operations, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Kirolos led and conducted numerous transportation research projects sponsored by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), Florida DOT, and the U.S. DOT. Kirolos also brings industrial experience working at AgileAssets, Inc. and the West Virginia DOT. Dr. Haleem is also an Editorial Advisory Board Member of the premier journal in traffic safety, Accident Analysis & Prevention (AAP).
Current Post-Doc Researchers/Students
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Dr. Bharat Pathivada (August 2022 - Present)
Dr. Arunabha Banerjee (November 2022 - Present)
Dr. Tathagatha Khan (January 2024 - Present)
Undergraduate Students
- Mr. Trenten Cissell - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (March 2024 - Present)
- Mr. Salim Al Adawi - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (March 2024 - Present)
- Mr. Mustafa Abdekhalek - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (February 2024 - Present)
- Mr. Shamar Crump - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (November 2023 - Present)
- Mr. Joshua Oliver - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (October 2023 - Present)
- Mr. Dylan Justice - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (May 2023 - Present)
- Ms. Noelle Buhay - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (March 2023 - Present)
- Ms. Meaghan Czarnecki - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (February 2023 - Present)
- Mr. Will Pemberton - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (April 2022 - Present)
Former Post-Doc Researchers/Students
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Dr. Mehdi Hosseinpour (February 2020 - March 2022)
Graduate Students
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Dr. Niloufar Shirani-bidabadi (Ph.D. Student) - The University of Alabama in Huntsville "UAH" (May 2018 - August 2020) - Currently, Research Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
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Ms. Sydnie Fiocca, P.E., RSP1 (M.S. Student) - The University of Alabama in Huntsville "UAH" (May 2017 - August 2018) - Currently, Transportation Engineer, Alliance Transportation Group, Inc., Austin, TX
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Dr. Sumalatha Kesavareddy (Ph.D. Student) - The University of Alabama in Huntsville "UAH" (May 2016 - December 2016) - Currently, Transportation Engineer, Baslee Engineering Solutions, Inc., Huntsville, AL
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Dr. Jinyan Lu, P.E., PTOE (Ph.D. Student) - Florida International University "FIU" (April 2010 - May 2013) - Currently, Traffic Operations Engineer, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) - District 6, Miami, FL
Undergraduate Students
- Mr. Roston Young - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (November 2023 - January 2024)
- Mr. Nathan Bonzo - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (November 2023 - January 2024)
- Mr. Evan Brittenham - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (October 2023 - January 2024)
- Mr. Logan Kauffman - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (February 2023 - April 2023)
- Mr. Benjamin McElroy - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (November 2022 - April 2023)
- Ms. Carelynn Hartmann - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (August 2022 - April 2023)
- Ms. Leah Bell - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (August 2022 - February 2023)
- Ms. Tyaha Woodard - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (January 2022 - May 2023)
- Mr. Dylan Jackson - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (August 2021 - November 2022)
- Mr. Eric Xing - Western Kentucky University "WKU" and Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky (August 2021 - June 2022)
- Mr. Ryan Love - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (May 2021 - August 2021)
- Mr. Nicholas Abshire - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (January 2021 - December 2022)
- Mr. Tevin Leigh - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (December 2020 - May 2021)
- Mr. Baron Williams - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (August 2020 - May 2022)
- Ms. Jessica Clouser - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (August 2020 - May 2022)
- Mr. Ryan Mains - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (April 2020 - December 2021)
- Mr. Nathanael Hummel - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (April 2020 - March 2021)
- Mr. JT Smith - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (April 2020 - December 2020)
- Mr. Brice Phelps - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (March 2020 - May 2020)
- Mr. Kyle Jeffers - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (November 2019 - May 2020)
- Ms. Katherine Caldwell - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (September 2019 - May 2020)
- Mr. Israel Anastasio - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (May 2019 - December 2020)
- Ms. Abigail Swartz - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (May 2019 - May 2020)
- Mr. Matthew Murphy - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (December 2018 - May 2020)
- Mr. Austin Montgomery - Western Kentucky University "WKU" (December 2018 - May 2020)
- Mr. Myles Burks - The University of Alabama in Huntsville "UAH" (May 2018 - August 2018)
- Ms. Rebecca Ibsen - The University of Alabama in Huntsville "UAH" (May 2018 - August 2018)
- Ms. Brittany Wood - The University of Alabama in Huntsville "UAH" (February 2018 - August 2018)
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