Directory profile for Dr. Mizanur (Mizan) Rahman

Dr. Mizanur Rahman is an assistant professor of civil, construction, and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama. His primary research interests are transportation cyber-physical systems for smart cities, cybersecurity and privacy for connected and automated mobility, artificial intelligence (machine learning) based predictive analytics, distributed transportation digital infrastructure, driver behavior modeling for connected and automated vehicles, traffic flow theory, big data analytics, cloud computing, and heterogeneous wireless communication (HetNet). As these suggest, Dr. Rahman’s research interests lie in using an interdisciplinary approach to solve evolving mobility challenges to revitalize our transportation system.

To date, Dr. Rahman has published 27 peer-reviewed publications, which include top-tier multidisciplinary journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Sensor Letters,  Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies and Transportation Research Record. He has also published a book chapter on “Characteristics of Intelligent Transportation Systems and its Relationship with Data Analytics.” In addition, he has more than 25 conference presentations and invited talks. He co-developed two new advanced courses for graduate students, “Automated Vehicle Systems” and “Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation Systems.” Dr. Rahman was involved in developing a training module, “Transportation Cyber-physical System for Connected and Automated Vehicles,” for training professionals from diverse professional backgrounds. In addition, he mentored graduate and undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds, including civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, involved in several interdisciplinary collaborative projects.  Dr. Rahman was also closely involved in the development of the South Carolina Connected Vehicle Testbed (SC-CVT) at three different levels: i) development of system architecture and prototype in a controlled environment, ii) deployment of the SC-CVT testbed, and iii) validation of the CV applications in the SC-CVT.

After his graduation in August 2018, Dr. Rahman immediately joined as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C²M²), a U.S. Department of Transportation Tier 1 University Transportation Center (cecas.clemson.edu/c2m2/). He also served as the Assistant Director of C²M² from October 2019 and August 2020.  As the Assistant Director of the C²M², he conducted research on connected and automated vehicles and transportation cyber-physical systems, assisted in technology transfer so that the research products developed can be adopted by companies and/or government agencies, and coordinated research activities with C²M² partner institutions and industries. He also served as a research fellow for the NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer and Network RESIliency and Security for Transportation (CAN-RESIST) planning grant.

Dr. Rahman received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, majoring in civil engineering (transportation systems), from Clemson University, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. His M.Sc. and Ph.D. research was supported by USDOT Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowships (DDETF), BMW, the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Transportation. He received the best paper award from the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) of America, which was sponsored by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), in 2014 ITS World Congress.

Dr. Rahman has demonstrated connected and automated vehicle technology at several conferences, such as 2020 Consumer Electronic Show, Las Vegas, Nevada; 2019 3rd C²M² Fall University Transportation Center (UTC) Conference, Clemson, South Carolina; and 2018 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Automated and Connected Vehicle Systems Testing Symposium, Greenville, South Carolina. He has also served as a program committee member for several conferences including the 6^th and 7^th Annual University Transportation Center (UTC) Conference for the Southeastern Region and the 3^rd Fall C²M² UTC Conference. He was also served as a member of Technology and Innovation Taskforce, Connecting Our Future: Upstate Mobility, Greenville, South Carolina.