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Academic Experience
2019-present, Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
2017-2019, Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
Professional Experience
2003-2011, Atiesaz Shargh Consultants, Tehran, Iran
(Different Positions: Project Manager, Head of Transportation Engineering Department, CEO)
Doctoral Research
Supervisor:
Professor Bruce Hellinga
Research Topic:
Using Microsimulation to Estimate the Impact of Transportation Improvements and Operational Policy Changes on Travel Time Reliability
Publications and Presentations
Aghabayk, K., Gholami Shahbandi, M., and Reza Golshan Khavas, Reliability of Traffic Marco Modelling Results at Micro Level (Case Study: Tehran Expressway Network) , Journal of Transportation Research, Vol 17, pp. 61-74, June 2020
Golshan Khavas, R. and Bruce Hellinga , Examining the Relationship between Drivers' Anticipated Travel Time and Previous Experienced Travel Times , Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. Vol 144, Issue 3, March 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/JTEPBS.0000124
Afandizadeh, Sh., Golshan Khavas, R., Karimi, M., and Samim Shakouri, AWDT Estimation Using Bayesian Update Method, 17th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, February 2018, Tehran, Iran (Awarded the Best Paper Award)
Golshan Khavas, R. and Bruce Hellinga, How Do Drivers Determine Their Anticipated Travel Time?, Oral Presentation at Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting and conference, January 2017, Washington D.C.
Golshan Khavas, Reza, Bruce Hellinga, and Amir Zarinbal Masouleh. Identifying Parameters for Microsimulation Modeling of Traffic in Inclement Weather. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2613, 2017, pp. 52-60.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3141/2613-07
Golshan Khavas, R. and Bruce Hellinga, Determining Weather Conditions Which Have A Significant Impact On Traffic Stream Characteristics, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting and conference, January 2016, Washington D.C.
Golshan Khavas, R., and Bruce Hellinga, Determining the Number of Traffic Micro-Simulation Runs Required to Estimate Travel Time Reliability, 14th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, February 2015, Tehran, Iran
Golshan Khavas, R., Hellinga B., and Meeghat Habibian The use of double exclusive mid-block U-turns as an alternative to signalized intersections, Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers Conference, 2012, Winnipeg, Canada
Ahmadifini, A.R., and Golshan Khavas, R., Traffic Deviation Solutions from Mashhad CBD Area, Mashhad-Traffic-Future Conference Proceedings, 2008, Mashhad, Iran
Afandizadeh, Sh., and Golshan Khavas, R., Develop a model for determination the Road Safety Index in City Entrance Zones , Iranian Journal of Transportation Research, Vol3, No 4. 2007 PP.233-241 ISSN: 1735-3459
Golshan Khavas, R., and Afandizadeh, Sh. Finding the Proper Indices for Replacing the Signalized intersections with U-TURNS , 7th International Traffic Engineering Conference proceedings, 2006, Tehran, Iran
Awards and Honors
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Best Applied Research Award, “Shuttle Taxi Network Redesign in Zone 22, Tehran”, Tehran Urban Forum (TUF), December 2020, Tehran, Iran
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Best Paper Award for the paper titled AWDT Estimation Using Bayesian Update Method, 17th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, February 2018, Tehran, Iran
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University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship Award, Fall 2012
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The Iranian National Prize for the Best Urban Research for the study titled " Performance Analysis of U-Turns that Replaced Signalized Junctions in the City of Tehran ", 2009, Tehran, Iran
Teaching Skills
Courses Taught:
Instructor, “Risk Analysis in Transportation”, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2017-2021
Instructor, “Environmental Impacts of Transportation”, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2017-2021
Instructor, “Surveying Techniques in Transportation”, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2018-2021
Instructor, “Economical and Technical Issues in Railway Feasibility Studies”, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2019-2021
Instructor, “Professional Language for Civil Engineers”, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2021-2022
Instructor, “Basics of Transportation Projects Evaluation”, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2021-2022
Instructor, “Engineering Statistics and Probability”, Iran University of Science and Technology, 2020
Teaching Assistant, “Engineering Economics”, 2012, University of Waterloo
Teaching Assistant, “Transport Principles and Applications”, 2015, University of Waterloo
Teaching Certificates:
The Fundamentals of University Teaching, Centre for teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo, 2016
Teaching Expectations: Teaching workshop in the faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2012
Teaching Workshops Attended (at the University of Waterloo):
Professional Services
Road Safety Auditor; Iran Ministry of Roads and Transportation, Since 2008
Professional Memberships
Member of Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE)
Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Member of the Iranian Construction Engineering Organization
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