Zahra Amini

Job title: 
Assistant Professor
Department: 
Sharif University of Technology
Alumni
Bio/CV: 

Dissertation: Data-Driven Approaches for Robust Signal Plans in Urban Transportation Networks 

Advisor: Alexander Skabardonis

PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2018

MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering,  University of California Berkeley, 2015

BSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering,  University of California Berkeley, 2013

Sharif University of Technology - Present

  • Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering

Honors

  • (2018) IEEE Control Systems Society Best Student Paper Award for the paper Optimizing Offsets in Signalized Traffic Networks: A Case Study presented at 2nd IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA), 2018.
  • (2016) Summer Block Grant Fellowship from UC Berkeley.
  • (2015) Best presentation analysis for the talk Exploring alternative schemes to serve transit corridors at UCConnect conference, UC Santa Barbara.
  • (2014) University of California Transportation Center’s Fellowship.
Research interests: 
  • ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems)
  • Smart Cities
  • Traffic Flow Theory
  • Traffic Control Strategies