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Areas of Interests

    Naturalistic driving studies, Traffic safety, Non-motorized road users, Use of unconventional data in transportation research, Transport economics, and Highway financing

Selected Grants and Sponsored Projects

  1. Development of Two-Dimensional Traffic Simulator, V. Vasudevan (PI), P. Chakroborti (Co-PI), D. Chaudhury (Co-PI), A. Bhattacharya (Co-PI), G. Pandey (Co-PI), and B. Lohani (Co-PI), Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India, New Delhi, 2017 to 2022 (₹ 5,31,00,000), Approved for funding.

  2. Development of Portable Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) Based Damage Assessment and Mapping System for Rural Roads and Habitations, B. Lohani (PI from IITK), V. Vasudevan (Co-PI from IITK), R. Kumar (PI from Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi), Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi (₹ 85,00,000), Under review.

  3. Employment Creation from Highway Construction, V. Vasudevan (PI), T. Chakrobarti (Co-PI), S. Misra (Co-PI), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi, August, 2016 – March 2017 (₹ 25,00,000).

  4. Conducting Naturalistic Driving on Indian Roads, V. Vasudevan (PI), Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India, New Delhi, June, 2016 – May, 2017 (INR 11,00,000).

  5. Developing Instrumented Vehicle to Collect Data on Driver Behavior on Indian Roads, V. Vasudevan (PI), Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India, New Delhi, May, 2015 – May 2016 (₹ 40,00,000).

  6. Economics of Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, S. Misra (PI), V. Vasudevan (Co-PI), V. Kumar (Co-PI), Sponsored by Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd, New Delhi, India Jun 2015 - March 2018 (₹ 60,00,000).

  7. Feasibility Study for a Riverfront Development Along the Bank of River Ganga, O. Dikshit (PI), V. Vasudevan (Co-PI), M. Sharma (Co-PI), R. Srivastava (Co-PI), Kanpur Development Authority, Kanpur, India Feb 2013 - Aug 2013 (₹ 14,00,000).

  8. Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, S. Misra (PI), V. Vasudevan (Co-PI), V. Kumar (Co-PI), Sponsored by Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd, New Delhi, India Jun 2012 - March 2015 (₹ 40,00,000).

  9. Developing a Transportation Engineering Computing Laboratory, V. Vasudevan (PI), Sponsored by the Dean of Research and Development, IIT Kanpur, Oct. 2010 - May 2012 (INR 10,00,000)

  10. Seat Belt Usage Surveys, V. Vasudevan (PI), Sponsored by Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, Oct 2009-Sep 2010 ($72,442).

  11. Analysis of Alternatives for Accommodating Trucks on Urban Freeways in Southern Nevada, E. Sandgren (PI), and V. Vasudevan (Project Coordinator), Co-Sponsored by Nevada Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, and Nevada University Transportation Center, Dec 2008 – Jan 2010 ($113,249).

  12. Analysis, Modeling and Design for Traffic Incident Management Systems, P. Kachroo (PI), and V. Vasudevan (Co-PI). Co-Sponsored by Nevada Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, and Nevada University Transportation Center, Dec 2008 – May 2010 ($193,619).

  13. Build a Mobile Vehicle for In-Situ Measurement of Dust of UFP and PM1, D. James (PI), V. Vasudevan (Research Engineer), Co-Sponsored by Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Nevada University Transportation Center, Dec 2007 – Nov 2009 ($120,361).

  14. Seat Belt Usage Surveys, V. Vasudevan (PI), Sponsored by Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, Oct 2007-Sep 2009 ($146,650).

  15. Developing Guidelines for Nighttime Seatbelt Usage Estimation, V. Vasudevan (PI) and M. Dangeti (Co-PI), Sponsored by Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, Oct 2008-Sep 2009 ($29,815).

  16. Road Dust Emissions Study- Phase V, D. James (PI), V. Vasudevan (Co-PI), Sponsored by Clark County Department of Air Quality Management, Jul 2007 – Feb 2009 ($24,995).

  17. Development of a Safety Analysis System, S. Nambisan (PI), V. Vasudevan (Co-PI), Sponsored by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Jan 2007 – Dec 2008 ($150,021).

  18. Feasibility Study for an Air Trade and Demonstration Show, M. Kaseko (PI), V. Vasudevan (Research Engineer), Sponsored by AeroQuest, USA and Small Business Administration, Nov 2006 – Sep 2008 ($86,335).

  19. Pedestrian Safety Engineering and Intelligent Transportation System Based Countermeasure Program for Reducing Pedestrian Fatalities, Injuries, Conflicts and Other Surrogate, S. Nambisan (PI) and S. Pulugurtha (Co-PI), M. Dangeti (Co-PI), V. Vasudevan (Research Engineer), Sponsored by United States Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration (Matching funds from Clark County Department of Public Works, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, City of Las Vegas, Office of Traffic Safety and Nevada Department of Transportation), Jan 2003 to Sep 2008. ($1,041,803).

  20. Engine Starts and Stops Project, D. James (PI), V. Vasudevan (Research Engineer), Sponsored by Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Jul 2004-Dec 2005 ($160,880).

Research Topics Of Post Graduate Students

Ph.D.

  1. Evaluating traffic safety in regions with limited reliable data (R. Agarwala). Joined in 2014

  2. Influence of lateral environment on driver behavior in regions with poor lane discipline (B. Dutta). Joined in 2014

M. Tech.

  1. Development of panel models to evaluate traffic risks in regions with limited data (P. Singh, 2012)

  2. Disaggregate modelling of vehicle ownership behaviour of Indian households (S. Dash, 2012)

  3. Effect of bicycle friendly roadway infrastructure on bicycling activities (S. Basu, 2013)

  4. Effectiveness of restricting unauthorized shared tempo system: A user perspective (S. Jain, 2013)

  5. Willingness to pay for improvement in service quality of public transit system (K. Lunani, 2014)

  6. Pathways to project delivery success and failures in road PPPs (N. Goenka, 2014)

  7. Reliability study on an Indian road using information theory (A. Bapna, 2014)

  8. Impact of speed humps on non-motorized users of roads (T. Patel, 2015)

  9. Pedestrian crossing characteristics on Indian roads (M. Mehta, 2015)

  10. Risk assessment of Indian highway PPPs from uncertainties from traffic predictions (B. Sahu, 2015)

  11. Optimal road network configuration with service related constraints (A. Yadav, 2015)

  12. Path estimation of vehicles under heterogeneous condition with poor lane discipline data (M. Shukla, 2016)

  13. Mode choice for school trips in an urban city in India (N. Singh, 2016)

  14. Optimal route network design and fleet size allocation for transit systems (S. Mishra, 2016)

  15. Application of game theory on transportation policy acceptance. (V. Tomar, 2016)

  16. Naturalistic driving analysis on Indian roads (S. Singh, 2017 - Expected graduation)

M. S. (by Research)

  1. Influence of intersection geometry and road side furniture on safety of intersections: A Study using naturalistic driving (R. Soni, 2018 - Expected graduation)

  2. Studying behavior of non-motorized road users using naturalistic driving (A.Tiwari, 2018 - Expected graduation)

  3. Evaluation of financial efficiencies of public transportation undertakings (A,Bhat, 2018 - Expected graduation)