Kakan Dey
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), College of Engineering
428 S Shaw Ln East Lansing, Michigan, 48824
Biography
Dr. Kakan Dey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Dey’s research primarily focuses 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. His research has been sponsored by federal, state, and regional ... agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Department of Transportation (US DOT), Michigan DOT, Minnesota DOT, Ohio DOT, Tennessee DOT, Nevada DOT, South Dakota DOT, and University Transportation Centers (UTCs). He is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Vehicle Highway Automation (ACP30) Committee and the ASCE TDI Committee on Freight and Logistics and served in TRB Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications (AED50) Committee (2017- 2023). Dr. Dey co-edited the textbook “Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation Systems,” published by Elsevier. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems and the IET Intelligent Transport Systems Journals.
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Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation), Clemson University 2014
M.S., Civil Engineering (Transportation), Wayne State University 2010
B.S., Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology 2005
Awards
2023, National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Award
2017, George N. Saridis Best Transactions Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
2017, ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Fellowship
2016, Clemson University Distinguished Postdoctoral Award
Publications
Rahman, M. T., Dey, K., & Ashraf, M. T. (2024). Perceptions of vulnerable roadway users on autonomous vehicle regulations. Journal of safety research, Elsevier
Ashraf, M. T., Dey, K., Carrola, A., Shi, X. (2023). Impacts of real-time transit information on transit accessibility– A case study. Journal of Public Transportation, Elsevier
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
Dey, K., & Hossain, M. M. (2023). Do people act differently while using ridesharing services with children? Transportation research part A: policy and practice A, 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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