About me
Dr. Vikash V. Gayah is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, where he also serves as the Interim Director of the Larson Transportation Institute. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Central Florida and his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Gayah’s research focuses on urban mobility, traffic operations, traffic flow theory, traffic safety and non-motorized transportation. His research approach includes a combination of analytical models, micro-simulations and empirical analysis of transportation data. He has authored nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 100 refereed conference proceedings, and numerous research reports to sponsors. He has worked on research contracts valued at more than $18 million, sponsored by various State Departments of Transportation (including Pennsylvania, Washington State, Montana and South Dakota), US Department of Transportation (via the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium, the Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center, and the Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems), Federal Highway Administration, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, and National Science Foundation.
