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Profile: Yasser Hassan

Profile: Yasser Hassan

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Yasser Hassan - Professor in Transportation Engineering, Graduate Associate Chair, and Associate Director, OCICE

  • Degrees: B.Sc. (Cairo), B.Sc. (Cairo), Ph.D. (Carleton)
  • Phone: 613-520-2600 x 8625
  • Phone: (613) 520-2600
  • Email: yasser_hassan@carleton.ca
  • Office: 3442 ME

Research

Modeling of roadway alignments; effect of driver perception and behaviour; probabilistic highway design; reducing collision risk through better design and consideration of human factors; design consistency and its relation to traffic safety; .

Activities

  • Member of Transportation Research Board Committee on Operational Effects of Geometrics (AHB65)
  • Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
  • Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies

Journal Articles (since 2007)

  • Fatema, T. and Hassan, Y. Probabilistic Design of Freeway Entrance Speed Change Lanes Considering Acceleration and Gap Acceptance Behavior. Transportation Research Record, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2013, (in press).
  • Sarhan, M. and Hassan, Y. Consideration of Sight Distance in Placement of Concrete Barriers on Horizontal Curves of Roads. Transportation Research Record 2301, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2012, pp. 9-16.
  • Hassan, Y., Sarhan, M., and Salehi, M. Probabilistic Model for Design of Freeway Acceleration Speed-Change Lanes. Transportation Research Record 2309, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2012, pp. 3-11.
  • Hassan, Y. and Sarhan, M. Operational Effects of Drivers Misperception of Horizontal Curvature. Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Vol. 138(11), November 2012, pp. 1314-1320.
  • Sarhan, M. and Hassan, Y. Reliability-Based Three-Dimensional Design of Horizontal Lateral Clearance. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, CJCE, Vol. 38(8), August 2011, pp. 909-920.
  • Al-Harthei, H., Garib, A.M., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim A. O. Safety Evaluation Algorithm for Signalized Intersections in Abu Dhabi (UAE) Using Artificial Intelligence. International Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies, Vol. XX, July 2010, pp. 29-38.
  • Said, D., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Comfort Thresholds for Horizontal Curve Design. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, CJCE, Vol. 36(12), December 2009, pp. 1391-1402
  • Said, D., Abd El Halim, A.O., and Hassan, Y. Desirable Spiral Length Based on Driver Steering Behavior. Transportation Research Record 2092, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2009, pp. 28-38.
  • Sarhan, M. and Hassan, Y. Three-Dimensional, Probabilistic Highway Design: Sight Distance Application. Transportation Research Record 2060, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2008, pp. 10-18.
  • Sarhan, M. and Hassan, Y. Risk-Based Approach for Highway Geometric Design. International Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies, Vol. XV, July 2008, pp. 37-48.
  • Ahammed, A.M., Hassan, Y., and Sayed, T. Modeling Driver Behavior and Safety on Freeway Merging Areas. Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, Vol. 134(9), September 2008, pp. 370-377.
  • Sarhan, M., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Safety Performance of Freeway Sections and Relation to Length of Speed Change Lanes. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, CJCE, Vol. 34(5), May 2008, pp. 531-541.
  • El-Basha, R.S., Hassan, Y., and Sayed, T.  Modeling Freeway Diverging Behavior on Deceleration Lanes. Transportation Research Record 2012, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2007, pp. 30-37.
  • Kandil, K., Abd El Halim, A. O., Hassan, Y., and Mostafa, A. Investigation of the Effects of Different Polymer-Modified Asphalt Cements on Asphalt Mixes at Low Temperature. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, CJCE, Vol. 34(5), May 2007, pp. 589-597.

Conference Publications (since 2007)

  • Kassim, A., Ismail, K., and Hassan, Y. A Methodology for Measuring the Severity of Cyclist/Motor Vehicle Conflicts at Signalized Intersections. Proceedings, Annual Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, Montreal, Quebec, May 29 – June 1, 2013, (forthcoming).
  • Fajimi, E.O. and Hassan, Y. Comparative Evaluation of Roundabout’s Operational Performance. Proceedings, 3rd International Roundabout Conference, Transportation Research Board, Carmel, Indiana, May 18–20, 2011 (available at http://teachamerica.com/RAB11/index.html).
  • Said, D., Abd El Halim, A.O., and Hassan, Y. Methodology for Driver Behaviour Data Collection and Analysis for Integration in Geometric Design of Highways. Proceedings, 4th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design, Transportation Research Board, Valencia, Spain, June 2-5, 2010 (available at http://www.4ishgd.valencia.upv.es/).
  • Goodman, S., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Digital Sand Patch Test: Use of Digital Image Analysis for the Measurement of Pavement Macrotexture. Proceedings, 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 10-14, 2010, Paper No 2010-1147.
  • Sarhan, M. and Hassan, Y. Reliability-Based Methodology to Calculate Lateral Clearance on Three-Dimensional Alignment. Proceedings, 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 11-15, 2009, Paper No 2009-0977.
  • Sarhan, M. and Hassan, Y. Sight Distance Evaluation System: Tool for Reliability-Based Highway Geometric Design. Proceedings, 7th Transportation Speciality Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, Quebec City, Quebec, June 10-13, 2008, Paper TR-655.
  • Said, D., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Relating Driver Behaviour to Safety Performance on Highway Horizontal Curves. Proceedings, 7th Transportation Speciality Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, Quebec City, Quebec, June 10-13, 2008, Paper TR-656.
  • Sherif, A. and Hassan, Y. Impacts of Pavement Surface Temperature and Condition on Road Safety. Proceedings, 37th Annual Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, Quebec City, Quebec, June 10-13, 2008, Paper GC-657.
  • Yang, L. and Hassan, Y. Driver Speed and Acceleration Behavior on Canadian Roads. Proceedings, 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 13-17, 2008, Paper No 2008-1162.
  • Al-Harthei, H., Garib, A., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Safety Evaluation Algorithm for Signalized Intersections in Abu Dhabi (UAE) Using Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings, Road Safety & Simulation RSS2007, Rome, Italy, November 7-9, 2007.
  • Sarhan, M. and Hassan, Y. Risk-Based Approach for Highway Geometric Design. Proceedings, Road Safety & Simulation RSS2007, Rome, Italy, November 7-9, 2007.
  • Nie, B. and Hassan, Y. Modeling Driver Speed Behavior on Horizontal Curves of Different Road Classifications. Proceedings, 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 21-25, 2007, Paper No 2007-0782.
  • Said, D., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Quantification and Utilization of Driver Path in Improving the Design of Highway Horizontal Curves. Proceedings, 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January 21-25, 2007, Paper No 2007-2033.