Dr. Samantha Islam

Research Interests

• Transportation and Infrastructure Systems
• Application of econometric and statistical methods to:
  • highway/traffic safety
  • traffic congestion
  • transportation economics
• Design and Operations of Roundabouts
• Roadway Departure Accidents
• Application of ITS
• Traffic Operations and Control
• Transportation Planning
• Hurricane evacuation

Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Purdue University
M.S. Civil Engineering, Purdue University
B.S. Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Publications

Islam, S., Hossain, A.B., T. Barnett. Comprehensive Injury Severity Analysis of Sport Utility Vehicle and Pickup Truck Rollover Crashes on Roadways in Alabama, to appear in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2016.

Islam, S. Comparative Analysis of Injury Severity Resulting from Pedestrian–Motor Vehicle and Bicycle–Motor Vehicle Crashes on Roadways in Alabama, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2514, 2015, pp. 79-87, 2015.

Courses