PRASANT SAHU, Ph.D.
Associate Professor - BITS Hyderabad, India | Adjunct Professor - Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada | Handling Editor - Transportation Research Record | Standing Committee Member and Sub-editor (AT015) - Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics, Transportation Research Board, USA
Ph.D. - ONGOING
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January 2020 - Present
Research Area: Freight Transportation Planning
Interests: Graphology, Criminology, Social Observation, Ethical Hacking
January 2020 - Present
Research Area: Road Safety
Interests: Sociology, Nature Photography, Cricket
Ph.D. - COMPLETED
July 2016 - April 2020
Understanding passenger and freight travel behaviour are critical for transportation system analysis and operational planning that need to account for supply and demand dynamics. However, describing and predicting the behaviour of agents is extremely challenging. Sophisticated mathematical models are required to better represent individuals’ or firms’ decisions among mutually exclusive alternatives. The broad goal of my research is to better understand the interplay of agent behaviour with engineering, investment, and policy choices for energy-efficient transportation technologies.
Research Areas: Freight Transportation Planning, Transportation Energy, Emissions, and Other Externalities, City Logistics and Last-Mile Delivery Routing, Smart Cities, Multimodality and Emerging Vehicle Technologies, Virtual and Augmented Reality for Engineering Design
Thesis Title: Measurement, Aggregation, Modelling, Transferability Analysis and Externalities of Freight (Trip) Generation
Current Status: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi (IIT BHU) | Former Post Doctoral Fellow - University of Memphis
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GRADUATES - ONGOING
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GRADUATES - COMPLETED
Sai Naveen Balla
November 2021 - May 2023
Research Area: Sustainable Transportation
Thesis Title: Travel Demand Analysis and Route Optimisation of the Hyderabad Bus Transit System
Current Status: Project Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi (IIT BHU)
Namitha Menon
July 2021 - 2022
Research Area: Freight Transportation
Thesis Title: NA
Current Status: Graduate Engineer - Highways, WSP India Ltd.
Aparna Joshi
July 2020 - 2021
Research Area: Freight Transportation Operation
Thesis Title: Analysis of Consumer Perceptions towards Adoption of Omnichannel Retailing in India
Current Status: PhD student - Iowa State University
Hemanth Mullagiri
July 2019 - 2020
Research Area: Transportation Pricing
Thesis Title: Developing Congestion Pricing Schemes for Hyderabad City
Current Status: Transportation Engineer, L&T Ramboll, New Delhi
Furqan Bhat
July 2018 - May 2019
Research Area: Freight Transportation Planning
Thesis Title: Spatial Transferability of Freight Generation and Freight Trip Generation Models
Current Status: PhD Student - Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Bangalore
Vidisha Khalapada
July 2017 - May 2018
Research Area: Pavement Material Mix Design
Thesis Title: Determination of Optimal Proportion of Grout Mix Constituents for Semi-flexible Pavement
Current Status: Deputy Engineer (Highways) - Lea Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad
Ajinkya Ingale
July 2016-May 2017
Research Area: Highway Geometric Design
Thesis Title: Understanding Driver Behavior at Intersection for Mixed Traffic Condition
Current Status: Highways Design Engineer - Stantec India Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Gajananda Sharma
July 2016-May 2017
Research Area: Passenger Transportation Planning
Thesis Title: Identification and Evaluation Commuter's Preference at Different Levels of Crowding in Mumbai Sub-urban Rail System
Current Status: PhD Student - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai
Abhinav Yadav
July 2016-May 2017
Research Area: Traffic Operation Planning
Thesis Title: Estimating Capacity and Level of Service Analysis of Urban Highways
Current Status: Deputy Engineer (Highways) - Lea Associates South Asia Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
B. Swetha Malika
July 2015 - May 2016
Research Area: Traffic Weather Interaction Modeling
Thesis Title: Understanding Weather Effects on Classified Traffic Volume Variation in India
Current Status: Assistant Professor- Potti Sriramulu College of Engineering and Technology, Vijayawada
Anirban Guharoy
July 2015 - May 2016
Research Area: Passenger Transportation Planning
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Crowding Effects in Mumbai Sub-urban Rail System
Current Status: Transportation Engineer - WSP India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
Hridya GM
November 2021 - May 2023
Research Area: Transit Accessibility and Equity
Thesis Title: Transit Accessibility and Equity with Fairness and Multimodality Consideration
Current Status: PhD student - Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi (IIT BHU)
Danish Qureshi
July 2021 - 2022
Research Area: Freight Transportation