Kakan Dey
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Engineering
428 S Shaw Ln East Lansing, Michigan, 48824
Biography
Kakan Dey, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU). He was an Assistant/Associate Professor in the Wadsworth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU) from 2016 to 2023. Dr. Dey’s research primarily focused on emerging connected and automated mobility service modeling, ... intelligent transportation systems (ITS) data analytics, statistical and machine learning (ML) modeling, and traffic safety and operations. He received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Award 2023. Dr. Dey’s research has been sponsored by federal, state, and regional agencies such as NSF, US Department of Transportation (US DOT), Ohio DOT, Tennessee DOT, Nevada DOT, Minnesota DOT, and University Transportation Centers (UTCs).
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PhD, 2014, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
MSCE, 2010, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
BSCE, 2005, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Awards
NSF Early CAREER Award, 2023
George N. Saridis Best Transactions Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems in 2017
ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Fellow, 2017
Publications
Rahman, M.T., Dey, K., Pyrialakou, V.D., Das, S., (2023) Factors Influencing Safety Perceptions of Sharing Roadways with Autonomous Vehicles among Vulnerable Roadway Users, Journal of Safety Research, Elsevier
Salek, M.S., Chowdhury, M., Rahman, M., Dey, K., Islam, M.R., (2023) Theoretical Development and Numerical Validation of an Asymmetric Linear Bilateral Control Model- Case Study for an Automated Truck Platoon, ACM Journal on Autonomous Transportation Syst
Das, S., Rahman, M. T., Kabir, N., Oviedo-Trespalacios, O., Dey, K., Hossain, M. M. (2023) Do people act differently while using ridesharing services with children? Transportation research part A: policy and practice A,
Ashraf, M.T., Dey, K., Mishra, S. (2023) Identification of High-Risk Roadway Segments for Wrong-Way Driving Crash Using Rare Event Modeling and Data Augmentation Techniques, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Elsevier
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Roadside Feature Placement and Pedestrian Safety on Low and Intermediate Speed Roads, Minnesota DOT, PI, 2024-2026
User Understanding of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Operation, Minnesota DOT, PI, 2024-2026
CAREER: Transportation Network Maintenance under Climate Change, Resource Uncertainties, and Connectivity, National Science Foundation (NSF), PI, 2023-2028
Identification of Simulation Calibration Parameters Using Urban Freeway Data, Tennessee DOT, Co-PI, 2022-2024
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