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Hesham Ahmed Rakha is the Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering[1] in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering[2] and a courtesy professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering[3] atVirginia Tech. He directs the Center for Sustainable Mobility[4] at theVirginia Tech Transportation Institute. He conducts research in the area of multi-modal large-scale transportation system optimization, modeling, and assessment. He is a fellow of theCanadian Academy of Engineering[5][6] and was elected to the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine[7][8] and the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence[9]. He is a fellow of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers[10] and theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)[11]. He is the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Outstanding Research Award for contributions to large-scale transportation system optimization, modeling and assessment[12][13].
Rakha studied engineering atCairo University and graduated with honors in 1987[2]. He then moved to Canada in 1998 to complete his M.Sc. and PhD degrees under the supervision of the late Michel Van Aerde atQueen's University in 1990 and 1993, respectively[2]. His M.Sc. thesis was entitledAn Evaluation of the Benefits of User and System Optimized Route Guidance Strategies[14]. His PhD thesis was entitledA Simulation Approach for Modeling Real-Time Traffic Signal Controls[14].
Rakha worked as as an engineer forScience Applications International Corporation and a postdoctoral fellow atQueen's University from 1993 to 1997. In 1997, he joined theVirginia Tech Transportation Institute (formerly known as the Center for Transportation Research) as a Research Scientist. He then became an Assistant Professor in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1999 and moved up the ranks and is currently the Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering[1] atVirginia Tech and directs the Center for Sustainable Mobility[4] at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
Research contributions of Rakha and his team include:
