WAHEED IMRAN, PhD (Doctor Europaeus)
Transportation Engineer | Traffic-Flow Modelling | Control | Intelligent Transportation Systems| Traffic Safety
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Postdoctoral Research Fellow — University of Naples Federico II, Italy (Jan 2024–present)
• Digital twin of the Naples motorway (Tangenziale di Napoli) with the motorway authority (TaNa), supporting automated-vehicle testing alongside conventional traffic.
• Hybrid macroscopic traffic flow modelling for large-scale networks (with University of Salerno), targeting higher accuracy with lower computational cost.
• Assessment framework for microscopic traffic models within ICANBE (MIUR-funded project).
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
PhD Researcher — University of Naples Federico II, Italy (Nov 2021–Jan 2024)
• Macroscopic mixed-traffic model and motorway regulation strategy involving CAVs (with Budapest University of Technology and Economics).
• Emission model integration and testing within a macroscopic modelling framework.
• Simulation-based feasibility studies of second-order traffic flow systems; MFD analysis under mixed traffic.
Lecturer (Civil Engineering) — Abasyn University, Pakistan (Feb 2020–Oct 2020; Feb 2018–Jan 2019)
• Taught Transportation Engineering, CAD, and GIS; taught MSc course on Traffic Safety Assessment Methods.
• Supervised final-year projects; supported Outcome-Based Education (CLOs/PLOs); served as program coordinator.
Research Associate (Traffic Engineering) — National Center of Big Data & Cloud Computing, UET Peshawar, Pakistan (Jan 2019–Feb 2020)
• Development and evaluation of macroscopic models with explicit driver behaviour dynamics (Traffic Flow Characterization).
EDUCATION
PhD, Civil Systems Engineering (Doctor Europaeus) — University of Naples Federico II, Italy (Nov 2021–Jan 2024)
• Dissertation: Macroscopic Modeling and Control of Mixed Traffic (with distinction)
MSc, Urban Infrastructure Engineering — NIUIP, UET Peshawar, Pakistan (Feb 2016–Feb 2018)
• Thesis: Second-Order Vehicular Traffic Flow Modeling (with distinction)
BSc, Civil Engineering — Wah Engineering College, University of Wah, Pakistan
• Thesis: Geometric Design of Highways Using AutoCAD Civil 3D
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
• Motorway traffic flow safety with evolving CAVs — Silesian University of Technology, Poland (2024).
• Macroscopic highway traffic simulator considering pavement conditions — University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia (2023–2024).
• Continuum traffic modelling on curved highways under adverse weather (safety study) — partners in KSA/Italy/Poland (2023–2024).
• Driver memory effects in traffic flow — UET Peshawar, Pakistan (2022–2023).
AWARDS
• Best PhD Dissertation Award — IEEE ITSS Italian Chapter (2024).
TEACHING, SUPERVISION, MENTORING
• Co-supervision: MSc thesis (UET Peshawar, 2020) — first-order traffic model for T-junctions.
• Co-supervision: BSc theses (UET Mardan, 2025, 2026) — motorway traffic characterization/prediction; vulnerability and resilience assessment.
INVITED TALKS (SELECTED)
• Second-order traffic modelling in adverse weather (online), 05 Apr 2024 (Monash University Malaysia; Silesian University of Technology; University of Naples).
• Simulation tools for evolving ITS, 16 Dec 2024, UET Mardan, Pakistan.
• Presentation: Macroscopic Modeling and Control of Mixed Traffic, IEEE ITSS event, Genoa, Italy (23 Oct 2024).
SKILLS
Programming & data: MATLAB, Python, NumPy, Pandas, SciPy; Jupyter
Simulation/modelling: SUMO, VISSIM; MATLAB-based macroscopic modelling
CAD/GIS: AutoCAD, Civil 3D, QGIS
Writing/tools: LaTeX/Overleaf, MS Office; GitHub; AWS
Languages: Pashto (native), English (C1), Urdu (C1)