Dr. Fatemeh (Noosheen) Nazari
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Primary area: Transportation Engineering
Office: EASCB 1.202 H
Phone: (956) 665-8812
E-mail: fatemeh.nazari@utrgv.edu
Websites:
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Google Scholar Profile
About
Dr. Nazari joined the Department of Civil Engineering as an Assistant Professor in August 2019 , where she launched the Human- C entered Smart Transportation Research Lab. She is a faculty affiliate of the NSF CREST Center for Multidisciplinary Research Excellence in Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Systems (MECIS) at UTRGV and the U.S. DOT National University Transportation Center “Safety21” at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Nazari is the recipient of the 2022-2023 UTRGV Faculty Excellence Award in the category of Emerging Scholars . Her research is focused on planning and designing next-generation transportation systems centered on “humans.” Dr. Nazari is a member of the National Academies Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on ‘Travel Behavior and Values’ AEP30 since 2020.
Research Interests
- Smart transportation infrastructure systems
- Travel behavior analysis
- Human decision-making and cognitive biases
- Behavioral economics; Behavioral psychology; Data analytics
Teaching
- Graduate-level courses
- Introduction to Data Science
- Advanced Transportation Engineering
- Undergraduate-level courses
- Transportation Engineering
- Highway Engineering
Professional Service
- Member of the National Academies Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on 'Travel Behavior and Values' AEP30 (2020-present)
- Faculty advisor, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) UTRGV student chapter
Education
- Ph.D., Civil (Transportation) Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, 2019
- M.S., Civil (Transportation) Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran, 2013
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Zanjan, Iran, 2010