RESEARCH INTERESTS: Traffic safety analysis, Crash data modeling, Driver behavior, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Roadway design, Intelligent transportation systems, Artificial intelligence in transportation, and Transportation planning.

Mohammadreza Koloushani, Engineer Intern & Researcher – Dr. Koloushani is an Engineer Intern at Patel, Greene & Associates (PGA) and a Researcher at the Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response (RIDER) Center at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. His research focuses on advancing roadway safety and transportation system resilience through crash prediction modeling, spatio-temporal statistical techniques, and the integration of emerging technologies such as multi-sensor fusion, artificial intelligence, and GIS-based spatial analysis.

Dr. Koloushani’s work investigates the interplay between roadway design, driver behavior, and traffic safety, with an emphasis on vulnerable road users and high-risk environments such as work zones. His professional experience spans both academia and industry, including crash data analysis, roadway design, project development and environment (PD&E) studies, plan preparation, and safety evaluations for state and federal transportation agencies.

He has collaborated on numerous sponsored projects funded by FDOT, NSF, and FMCSA, such as context-based thresholds for crash prediction models, real-time intersection data collection using drones, commercial motor vehicle safety in work zones, and rest area serviceability optimization for trucks. These projects reflect his interdisciplinary approach, bridging transportation engineering with geography, computer science, statistics, and human factors.

His contributions include more than a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles in leading transportation and safety journals, as well as presentations at TRB Annual Meetings. Recognized for both research and teaching excellence, Dr. Koloushani was honored as an outstanding researcher at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering (2021) and as a top lecturer in Highway and Transportation Engineering in Iran (2016). His expertise integrates roadway safety analysis, optimization, spatial modeling, and applied machine learning, supporting safer, smarter, and more resilient transportation systems.