Dr. Sherif Ishak, P.E.

Department Chair and Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Biography

Dr. Ishak, PE, is a Professor and Department Chair of Civil Engineering. Prior to joining UAH, he was a Professor of Civil Engineering at Louisiana State University for 16 years. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of transportation engineering with emphasis on intelligent transportation systems, traffic operation and control, traffic flow modeling and simulation, traffic safety, human factors and driving behavior, artificial intelligence and advanced computing applications in transportation, and the new emerging area of connected and automated vehicles. He has served as PI or Co-PI on nearly 35 federal and state funded projects and supervised 30 MS and PhD students to completion. He is also the founder of the Intelligent Transportation Systems lab at Louisiana Transportation Research Center and the LSU driving simulator facility. Dr. Ishak chairs the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications (ABJ70). He is also a board member of the Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Society and an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.

Dr. Sherif Ishak's Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of Central Florida, 1998
  • M.S., Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of Central Florida, 1994
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 1987

Affiliations

  • Chair, Transportation Research Board Committee on Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence ABJ70
  • Member, NCHRP research panel 20-102 on Connected and Automated Vehicles Roadmap
  • Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
  • Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

Honors & Awards

  • Research Achievement Award from CEE Department, 2015
  • Tiger Athletic Foundation Award, LSU, 2015
  • Service Award from CEE Department in 2011
  • Incentive Graduate Fellowship in 1998
  • ASCE Transportation Technical Group Scholarship in 1996
  • UCF-DSRT Graduate Enhancement Award in 1994 and 1995
  • Frank Hubbard Engineering Scholarship in 1993
  • Annual award of scholarship for outstanding undergraduate students, Cairo University, 1982-1987

Selected Publications

    Recent Refereed Journal Publications:
  • Wan, L., D. Cheng, R. Bian, S. Ishak and O. A. Osman (2017). Accounting for Travel Time Reliability, Trip Purpose and Departure Time Choice in an Agent-Based Dynamic Toll Pricing Methodology. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, DOI 10.1049/iet-its.2017.0004.
  • Ye, M., Osman, O. A., Ishak, S., & Hashemi, B. (2017). Detection of driver engagement in secondary tasks from observed naturalistic driving behavior. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 106, 385-391.
  • Bakhit P. R., O. A. Osman and S. Ishak (2017). Detecting Imminent Lane Change Maneuvers in Connected Vehicle Environments. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2645), DOI 10.3141/2645-18.
  • Ye, M., O. A. Osman and S. Ishak (2017). Accounting for Driver Distraction and Socioeconomic Characteristics in a Crash Risk Index: A Naturalistic Driving Study. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2659), DOI 10.3141/2659-22.
  • Ishak, S., S. Jenkins, Y. Qi, J. Codjoe, and O. A. Osman. Statistical Evaluation of Ramp Metering for a Dual Freeway Corridor. MedCrave Online Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 1, no. 1, 2016.
  • Mousa, S. R., J. Codjoe, O. A. Osman, S. Jenkins, P. R. Bakhit, S. Ishak., and J. Bonnette. Impact of Geometric, Traffic, and Environmental Conditions on Video Detection Performance: A Case Study in Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area. Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2016. Pp. 160-166.
  • Osman, O. A., and Ishak, S. (2016). Genetic Algorithm–Based Approach for Optimal Deployment of Roadside Units in Connected and Automated Vehicle Environments. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2595), 139-147.
  • Shakouri, M., Ikuma, L. H., Aghazadeh, F., and Ishak, S. (2016). Drivers׳ merging behavior data in highway work zones. Data in brief, 6, 829-832.
  • Cheng, D., & Ishak, S. (2015). Maximizing toll revenue and level of service on managed lanes with a dynamic feedback-control toll pricing strategy. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 43(1), 18-27.
  • Osman, O., Codjoe, J., Ishak, S., Rodriguez, J., & Russell, M. (2015). "Long-term evaluation of the operational performance of fixed time ramp metering control strategy: a freeway corridor study." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 42(11): 910-918.
  • Osman, O. A., & Ishak, S. (2015). A network level connectivity robustness measure for connected vehicle environments. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 53, 48-58.
  • Osman, O. A., Codjoe, J., & Ishak, S. (2015). Impact of Time-to-Collision Information on Driving Behavior in Connected Vehicle Environments Using a Driving Simulator Test Bed. Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering Vol. 3(1).
  • Rodriguez, J. M., Codjoe, J., Osman, O., Ishak, S., & Wolshon, B. (2014). Experimental modeling of the effect of hurricane wind forces on driving behavior and vehicle performance. Journal of emergency management (Weston, Mass.), 13(2), 159-172.
  • Thapa, R., Codjoe, J., Ishak, S., & McCarter, K. S. (2015). Post and During Event Effect of Cell Phone Talking and Texting on Driving Performance—A Driving Simulator Study. Traffic injury prevention, 16(5), 461-467.
  • Cheng, D., Li, W., & Ishak, S. (2014). Accounting for Travel Time Reliability and Trip Purpose in an Agent-Based Approach to Toll Pricing with Dynamic Feedback Control. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2470(1), 131-141.
  • Qi, Y., & Ishak, S. (2014). A Hidden Markov Model for short-term prediction of traffic conditions on freeways. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 43, 95-111.
  • Shakouri, M., Ikuma, L. H., Aghazadeh, F., Punniaraj, K., & Ishak, S. (2014). Effects of work zone configurations and traffic density on performance variables and subjective workload. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 71, 166-176.
  • Qi, Y., & Ishak, S. (2013). Stochastic approach for short-term freeway traffic prediction during peak periods. Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on, 14(2), 660-672.
  • Rayaprolu, P., Ishak, S., Qi, Y., & Wolshon, B. (2013). Operational assessment of joint and conventional lane merge configurations for freeway work zones. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 17(4), 255-267.
  • Alecsandru, C., Ishak, S., & Qi, Y. (2012). Passenger car equivalents of trucks on four-lane rural freeways under lane restriction and different traffic conditions.Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 39(10), 1145-1155.
  • Ishak, S., Qi, Y., & Rayaprolu, P. (2012). Safety evaluation of joint and conventional lane merge configurations for freeway work zones. Traffic injury prevention, 13(2), 199-208.
  • Qi, Y., Ishak, S., Wolshon, B., & Alecsandru, C. (2012). Traffic behavior and compliance to truck-restriction policies on four-lane rural freeways. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 4(2), 160-177.
  • Korkut, M., Ishak, S., & Wolshon, B. (2010). Freeway truck lane restriction and differential speed limits: crash analysis and traffic characteristics. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2194), 11-20.
  • Ishak, S., Shin, H. C., Sridhar, B., & Zhang, Z. (2010). Characterization and Development of Truck Axle Load Spectra for Implementation of New Pavement Design Practices in Louisiana. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2153), 121-129.
  • Ishak, S., Mamidala, C., & Qi, Y. (2010). Stochastic characteristics of freeway traffic speed during breakdown and recovery periods. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2178), 79-89.
    • Recent Conference Proceedings and Presentations:
  • Karbalaieali, S., O. A. Osman, and S. Ishak (2018). Evaluation of a Novel Model for Cooperative Merging of Connected Automated Vehicles onto Automated Highways. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Osman, O. A., M. Hajij, S. Karbalaieali, and S. Ishak (2018). A Bi-Level Methodology for Identification of Types of Secondary Task from Observed Driving Behavior Data: Application of Ensemble Tree Machine Learning Algorithms on SHRP2 NDS Data. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Osman, O. A., M. Hajij, S. Karbalaieali, and S. Ishak (2018). Crash and Near-Crash Prediction from Observed Vehicle Kinematics Data: A SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Mousa, S. R., P. R. Bakhit, O. A. Osman, and S. Ishak (2018). A Comparative Analysis for Tree-Based Ensemble Methods for Detecting Imminent Lane Change Maneuvers in Connected/Automated Vehicle Environments. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Mousa, S. R., R. Mousa, S. Ishak, and O. A. Osman (2018). Developing a Framework of Eco-Driving Application for Semi-Actuated Signal Control Considering Queue Effects. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Bakhit, P. R., O. A. Osman, and S. Ishak (2018). Quantifying Driver Eye Glance Behavior and Levels of Distracted Driving: A Naturalistic Driving Study. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Mousa, S., P. Bakhit, and S. Ishak (2018). Advanced Machine Learning Tools for Identifying the Factors Contributing to Crash/Near-Crash Events: Naturalistic Driving Study Data. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Mousa, S., R. Mousa, and S. Ishak (2018). A Deep-Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Eco-Speed Control at Signalized Intersections with Prioritized Experience Replay, Target Network, and Double Learning. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Bakhit, P. R., B. Guo, and S. Ishak (2018). Crash and Near Crash Risk Assessment of Distracted Driving and Engagement in Secondary Tasks: A Naturalistic Driving Study. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Mousa, S. and S. Ishak (2018). A Comprehensive Market Basket Analysis for Extracting Association Rules from the SHRP2 NDS data: Naturalistic Driving Study. Accepted for presentation in the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
  • Mousa, S. and S. Ishak (2017). Extracting Association Rules from the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Data: A Market Basket Analysis. In the 10th SHRP 2 Safety Data Symposium: From Analysis to Results, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC.
  • Osman, O. A., & Ishak, S. (2017, July). Prediction of Travel Time Estimation Accuracy in Connected Vehicle Environments. In International Congress and Exhibition" Sustainable Civil Infrastructures: Innovative Infrastructure Geotechnology" (pp. 72-87). Springer, Cham.
  • Ashley, G., O. Osman, S. Ishak, J. Codjoe, and B. Hashemi (2017). Effect of Secondary Tasks and Driver Behavior on Crash/Near-Crash Risk at intersections and non-intersections: A Naturalistic Driving Study. Presented at the 8th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics in Los Angeles, California.
  • Osman, O., S. Ishak, and M. Ye (2017). Crash Risk Analysis of Distracted Driving Behavior: Influence of Secondary Task Engagement and Driver Characteristics. Presented at the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design in Manchester Village, Vermont.
  • Osman, O., S. Ishak, and M. Ye (2017). Crash Risk Analysis of Distracted Driving Behavior: Influence of Secondary Task Engagement and Driver Characteristics. Presented at the 6th Naturalistic Driving Research Symposium in The Hague, Netherlands.
  • Osman, O., S. Ishak, and M. Ye (2017). Developing a Crash Risk Index and Detecting Driver’s Engagement in Secondary Tasks from Driving Behavior Attributes and Socioeconomic Characteristics: A Naturalistic Driving Study. Presented at the 3rd Annual International Conference on Transportation in Athens, Greece.
  • Osman, O., S. Ishak, and M. Ye (2017). Crash Risk Analysis of Distracted Driving Behavior: Influence of Secondary Task Engagement and Driver Characteristics. Presented at the 5th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering in Singapore.
  • Jenkins, S., J. Codjoe, C. Alecsandru, and S. Ishak (2017). Exploration of the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study: Development of a Distracted Driving Prediction Model. Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation, pp.231-242. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41682-3_20.
  • Ye, M., O. A. Osman and S. Ishak (2017). Accounting for Driver Distraction and Socioeconomic Characteristics in a Crash Risk Index: A Naturalistic Driving Study. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (17-06198).
  • Ye, M., O. A. Osman, S. Ishak, and B. Hasheminezhad (2017). An ANN Model for Detecting Secondary Tasks from Driving Behavior Attributes: A Naturalistic Driving Study. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (17-05057).
  • Mousa, S. and S. Ishak (2017). An Extreme Gradient Boosting Algorithm for Freeway Short-Term Travel Time Prediction Using Basic Safety Messages of Connected Vehicles. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (17-04695).
  • Bakhit P. R., O. A. Osman and S. Ishak (2017). Detecting Imminent Lane Change Maneuvers in Connected Vehicle Environments. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (17-04916).
  • Theriot, M. A., C. Alecsandru, O. A. Osman, and S. Ishak (2017). Impact of Connected-Vehicle Market Penetration on the Effectiveness of Blind Spot Warning Applications: A Driving Simulation Study. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (17-04930).
  • Ashley, G. N. M., O. A. Osman, S. Ishak, J. Codjoe, and B. Hasheminezhad (2017). Effect of Secondary Tasks and Driver Behavior on Crash/Near-Crash Risk: A Naturalistic Driving Study. In Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (17-04982).
  • Ye, M., Osman, O. & Ishak, S. (2016). ANN-Based Secondary Task Identification Model of Distracted Driving. Fifth International Symposium on Naturalistic Driving Research, VTTI, Blacksburg, VA.
  • Osman, O. A., Bakhit, P. R., & Ishak, S. (2016). Queue Estimation at Signalized Intersections Using Basic Safety Messages in Connected Vehicle Environments. In Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting (No. 16-5826).
  • Jenkins, S., Codjoe, J., Alecsandru, C., & Ishak, S. (2016). Exploration of SHRP 2 NDS: Development of a Distracted Driving Prediction Model. In Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting (No. 16-2922).
  • Osman, O. A., & Ishak, S. (2016). A GA-Based Approach for Optimal Deployment of Road Side Units in Connected/Automated Vehicle Environments. In Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting (No. 16-6401).
  • Osman, O., J. Codjoe, and S. Ishak (2015). Impact of Time-to-Collision Information on Driving Behavior in Connected Vehicles Environments using a Driving Simulator Testbed, presented at the 4th International Conference on Traffic and Logistic Engineering, Orlando, Florida.
  • Osman, O. and S. Ishak (2015). Travel Time Estimation and Connectivity Robustness for Connected Vehicle Environments, Preprint CD-ROM of the 94th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Thapa, R., J. Codjoe, S. Ishak and K. McCarter (2015). Investigating the Protracted Effect of Cell Phone Use on Distracted Driving, Preprint CD-ROM of the 94thAnnual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Codjoe, J., K. McCarter, and S. Ishak (2015). A Multivariate Analysis of Distracted Driving, Preprint CD-ROM of the 94th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Rodriguez, J., J. Codjoe, O. Osman, S. Ishak, and B. Wolshon (2014). Experimental Modeling of the Effect of Hurricane Wind Forces on Driving Behavior and Vehicle Performance, Preprint CD-ROM of the 93rd, Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Shakouri, M., K. Punniaraj, F. Aghazadeh, L. Ikuma, and S. Ishak (2014). Effects of Varying Work Zone Configuration, Distances between Traffic Signs and Individual Differences on Drivers’ Perceived Workload, Preprint CD-ROM of the 93rd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Osman, O. and S. Ishak (2014). Accounting for Traffic Density and Market Penetration in A newly developed Connectivity Robustness model for connected vehicles environments, Preprint CD-ROM of the 93rd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Punniaraj, K., M. Shakouri, F. Aghazadeh, L. Ikuma, and S. Ishak (2014). Assessment of the impacts of merge configuration, traffic density and the distance between traffic signs near freeway work zones on drivers’ response, Preprint CD-ROM of the 93rd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Thapa, R., J. Codjoe, and S. Ishak (2014). Post and During Event Effect of Cell Phone Talking and Texting On Driving Performance - A Driving Simulator Study, Preprint CD-ROM of the 93rd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Cheng, D., W. Li, and S. Ishak (2014). Accounting for Travel Time Reliability and Trip Purpose in an Agent-Based Dynamic Feedback-Control Toll Pricing Approach: A Case Study on the I-95 Managed Lanes Corridor, Preprint CD-ROM of the 93rd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Cheng, D. and S. Ishak (2013). A Dynamic Feedback-Control Toll Pricing Methodology for Revenue Maximization: A Case Study on I-95 Managed Lanes, Preprint CD-ROM of the 92nd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Dixit, V. and S. Ishak (2012) Behavioral Model for Stochastic Characteristics of Speed Transitions, Preprint CD-ROM of the 91st Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Qi, Y. and S. Ishak. (2011) Stochastic Characteristics of Freeway Traffic Speed and Application to Short-Term Speed Prediction, Preprint CD-ROM of the 90th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Qi, Y. and S. Ishak. (2011) Application of Hidden Markov Models to Short-Term Speed Prediction during Peak Periods, Preprint CD-ROM of the 90th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Korkut, M., S. Ishak, and B. Wolshon. (2010) Crash Analysis and Traffic Characteristics under Freeway Truck Lane Restriction and Differential Speed Limit Policies, Preprint CD-ROM of the 89th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Rayaprolu, P., S. Ishak, and B. Wolshon. (2010) Operational Assessment of Joint and Conventional Lane Merge Configurations for Freeway Work Zones, Preprint CD-ROM of the 89th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Ishak, S., H.C. Shin, B. Sridhar, and D. Zhang. (2010) Characterization and development of truck axle load spectra for future implementation of new pavement design practices in Louisiana, Preprint CD-ROM of the 89th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Ishak, S., C. Mamidala, and Y. Qi. (2010) Stochastic Characteristics of Freeway Traffic Speed during Breakdown and Recovery Periods, Preprint CD-ROM of the 89th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
  • Alecsandru, C., S. Ishak, J. Stanley, and Y. Qi. (2010) Passenger car equivalents of trucks under lane restriction and differential speed limit policies on four-lane freeways, Preprint CD-ROM of the 89th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.