Hassan Hashemian

Job title: 
Professor
Department: 
Alumni
California State University, Los Angeles
Bio/CV: 

Advisor: Adib Kanafani

PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1981

MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison

California State University, Los Angeles - Present 

  • Professor, Civil Engineering

Dr. Hashemian has been a professor of Civil Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles for forty years. He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in transportation and traffic engineering, transportation planning, traffic flow analysis, engineering economics, and probability and statistics. Dr. Hashemian has extensive experience managing federal and State-funded research and training programs. He has demonstrated success in many outreach projects including the Infrastructure Academy Transportation Program, the Summer Transportation Institute, the Garrett Morgan Education Program, and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship program. Dr. Hashemian is a highly respected educator. On January 11, 2018, at the Transportation Research Board meeting in Washington, D.C., he received the FHWA public service award for his outstanding dedication, leadership, and contributions to advancing transportation education, research, and workforce development. He has won a number of other awards for research and teaching, including the Exemplary Achievement Award from Secretary of Transportation Mr. Rodney Slater in 1988, ITE in 1995, FHWA in 2001 and 2002, and the Outstanding Professor Award at CSU LA in 2006, 2007, and 2012. Dr. Hashemian received his BS and MS from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his PhD from University of California, Berkeley.

Research interests: 
  • Traffic engineering, traffic flow analysis
  • Engineering economics
  • Probability and statistics