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E-mail : prahlad.pant@uc.edu

Areas of Interest

Dr. Pant specializes in the areas of transportation and traffic engineering, highway safety, intelligent transportation system, and emerging technologies in transportation. Dr. Pant is a past President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (Ohio Section) and of the American Society of Civil Engineers (Cincinnati Section).

Representative Published Works:

• Pant, P.D., M.P. Polycarpou, P. Sankaranayanan, Li B., X. Hu, and A.B. Hossain, "Travel Time Prediction System (TIPS) for Freeway Work Zones", Proceedings of the International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies held in China, American Society of Civil Engineers, July 27-29, 1998.

• Pant, P.D., Park Y., Neti, S.V., Hossain, A.B.: "Comparative Study of Rural Stop-Controlled and Beacon-Controlled Intersections", Transportation Research Record, 1962, 1999, 164-172.

• Xu G., Huang X.P., Pant P.D.: "Method for Estimating Capacity Reduction in High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lane Ingress/Egress Sections", Transportation Research Record, 1678, 1999, 107-115.

Representative Research Projects:

• Implementation and Testing of Travel Time Prediction System (TIPS), funded by the Ohio Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration (June 2000 - June 2001).

• Rational Schedule of Base Accident Rates for Rural Highways in Ohio (Phase II), funded by the Ohio Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration ( June 2000-June 2002).

• Filed Testing and Implementation of Dilemma Zone Protection and Signal Coordination at Closely-Spaced High Speed Signalized Intersections, funded by the Ohio Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration (June 2000 - June 2002).