Dr. Abdul Pinjari
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
ENC 2503
Tampa, FL 33620-5350
Phone: (813) 974-9671
Fax: (813) 974-2957
E-mail: apinjari@eng.usf.edu

Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems), University of Texas at Austin, 2008.
M.S., Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems), University of South Florida, 2004.
B-Tech., Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2002.

Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, 2008-present.
Research Project manager, Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin, 2007-2008.
Research Assistant, Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin, 2004-2008.
Research Assistant, University of South Florida, 2002-2004.

Areas of Interest

Transportation Planning and Travel Demand Modeling: Activity-based travel demand analysis; Micro-simulation of activity-travel demand; Travel behavior analysis; Time-use analysis; Transport policy (congestion pricing etc.) analysis and evaluation
Econometric Modeling of Travel Behavior: Discrete choice modeling, Discrete-continuous systems, Multidimensional choice systems, and Hazard-based survival analysis and duration modeling
Integrated Land-use Travel Demand Modeling: Land-use modeling and forecasting; Integration of land-use and travel demand models; Socio-demographic, residential and employment forecasting; Synthetic population data generation
Sustainable Transportation: Land-use, transportation, and public health linkages; Bicycle and pedestrian travel; Physical activity participation; Policy analysis and formulation for healthy and sustainable travel
Freight Transportation: Freight travel demand modeling, Freight flow/movement analysis
Travel Data Collection: Activity-travel surveys; Stated preference studies Transportation Safety: Traffic crash exposure, occurrence, and severity analysis