Personal Information:
Syed Muhammad Zaier Abbas Zaidi, born in August 1980, Deputy Director, National Highway Authority, Pakistan
Enrollment Date:
September 2019
Education Background:
2000/1 – 2003/12: University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore (Pakistan), Bachelor in Civil Engineering
2009/1 – 2010/12: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (USA), Master in Civil Engineering
2019/9 – Present: Tongji University, Shanghai (China), Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
Research Interests:
Traffic mobility and safety enhancement using ITS technologies
Research Projects:
Deputy Director at National Highway Authority, involved in national transportation planning and highway safety initiatives in Pakistan.
Academic Publications:
[1] Zaier Zaidi, Essam Radwan, Rami Harb. Safety Evaluation of Work Zone Including ITS Technologies Using Stochastic Micro-Simulation. 16th International Conference on Road Safety for Four Continents (RS4C), Beijing, China, 2013.5.15–17.
[2] Zaier Zaidi, Essam Radwan, Rami Harb. Assessing Safety of Traffic Passing Through a Work Zone – A Stochastic Micro-Simulation. AFB 20(2) Roadside Safety Design International Research Subcommittee, ERF, Brussels, Belgium, 2013.4.11.
[3] Zaier Zaidi, Essam Radwan, Rami Harb. Evaluating Variable Speed Limits and Dynamic Lane Merging Systems in Work Zones: A Simulation Study. ISRN Civil Engineering, 2012, Article ID 435618, 9 pages.
[4] Essam Radwan, Zaier Zaidi, Rami Harb. Operational Evaluation of Dynamic Lane Merging in Work Zones with Variable Speed Limits. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 16, 2011: 460–469.
[5] Contributing Author. Safety on the New Silk Road – Assessing Kazakhstan’s Highways. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA, June 2017.
Honors and Awards:
[1] International Road Scholar Fellowship, awarded by the International Road Federation (USA), 2008; attended Executive Orientation and Leadership Program in Washington D.C., January 2009.
[2] President of American Society of Highway Engineers – UCF Chapter, August 2009 – August 2010.