Panos D. Prevedouros

Panos Prevedouros

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: Holmes Hall 340
Phone: (808) 956-9698
E-mail: pdp@hawaii.edu
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Areas of Specialty and Research Interest:

  • Transportation engineering: Traffic analysis and simulation, demand forecasting, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

Education:

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1990
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1987
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Aristotle University, Thessalonica, Greece, 1984

Professional Registration:

  • Registered Professional Engineer in Greece and the European Community, No 45.151
    Experience:
  • Assistant Professor (1990-1993) and Associate Professor (1994-2004), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  • Consultant for The IBI Group, Inc., the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, INTRACOM S.A., The R. M. Towill Corporation, Cambridge Systematics, Inc., and other engineering and law firms.

Courses Taught:

  • CEE361: Fundamentals of Transpotation Engineering
  • CEE462: Traffic Engineering
  • HONORS 491: The Automobile – A Multidisciplinary Analysis
  • CEE660: Transportation Evaluation and Logistics
  • CEE661: Intelligent Transportantion Systems
  • CEE664: Advanced Transportation Modeling

Professional Activities

  • National Research Council, TRB committee AHB20 (A3A09): Freeway operations; 02/03-01/05 and Freeway Simulation Subcommittee chairman.
  • Steering Committee Member and Technical Program Coordinator: First International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations, TRB, Athens, Greece, June 4-7, 2006.  Conference attracted over 500 participants from 22 countries and included 116 formal presentations in CD Compendium of Proceedings.
  • Past member of National Research Council, TRB committees A1C04 on traveler behavior and values (1993-2002), A1J04 on airport terminals and ground access (1992-2004), A1J05 on airfield and airspace capacity and delay (1992-1998), A1F04 on transportation vibration and noise (1994-2000), A3B05/A3B11 on Traffic Records and Accident Analysis (1996-1998, 1999-2002).
  • American Society of Civil Engineers, national committee on Traffic Operations (1994-present).
  • Chair of the transportation technical group, Hawaii section of ASCE (1993-1996, 2000-2002).
  • Established and advisor of ITE Student Chapter at the UH-Manoa (1993-2003).
  • National Research Council, Transportation Research Board representative for the UH (1990-present).
  • Reviewer for Transportation Research (Pergamon Press), Transportation Research Record (National Research Council), Transportation (Kluwer Academic Publishers), World Conference on Transport Research, ASCE journals, and the Greek Ministry of Education.
  • Member of the UH Manoa General Education: Writing Board 1991-1993 and Oral Board (2002-2004).
  • Member of the UH Research Council (1999-2002).
  • Developer and coordinator of the Traffic and Transportation Laboratory (TTL) which presently includes seven work stations and two AUTOSCOPE RackVisions. Software test and evaluation site: EZSignals, HCS, INTEGRATION, KRONOS v.8/v.9, SYNCHRO, WATSim, SimTRAFFIC, TSIS/CORSIM, TRANSYT-7 & 8, DYNASMART, FREQ12, and VISSIM.

Awards and Honors:

  • Fellow of the National Fellowship Foundation (Greece).
  • Research Scholarship 1986-1988, Urban Mass Transportation Administration; General Motors Corporation; Illinois Department of Transportation.
  • Fellowship 1988-1990, United Parcel Service Foundation; The Transportation Center, Northwestern University.
  • Best Paper Award 1995, NRC, TRB, A1F04.
  • Outstanding CE Faculty Award, 1996.
  • Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (1996) and in American Men and Women of Science (1994).
  • One of the “50 people who Rocked Hawaii in 2003” - Hawaii Reporter (2003).
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers Van Wagoner Award (2005).

Research Projects:

  1. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.) “Simulation of Westbound Interstate H-1 Freeway between the Airport Viaduct and Waikele”, Project funded by the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization with FHWA (80%) and the Hawaii DOT (20%) funds, 2004-2005.
  2. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.) "Investigation of Traffic Detectors for Use in Hawaii". Project funded by the FHWA (80%) and the Hawaii DOT (20%), 1999-2004.
  3. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.) "Evaluation of LightGuard Flashing Lights at Pedestrian Crossings on Pali Hwy." Project funded by the FHWY through the Highways Division, State of Hawaii DOT, 2/2000-12/2000.
  4. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.) "Evaluation of the Effects of Experimental Closure of the Bingham Street off-ramp." Project funded by the Highway Division, State of Hawaii DOT, 9/2000-8/2001.
  5. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.) "Investigation of Limited Ramp Closures along the H-1 Freeway". Project funded by the FHWA (80%) and the Hawaii DOT (20%), 1996-2001.
  6. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.)Workshops on "Network Simulation with TRANSYT-7F" (1992), "Traffic Engineering: Theory and Software" (1995), "Highway Capacity Software" (1996), supported by the FHWA Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) and the Hawaii DOT.
  7. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.) "Honolulu International Airport: Statistical Analysis of Characteristics and Flows," Hawaii DOT, Airports Division, 1991-1995.
  8. Prevedouros, Panos D. (P.I.)"Investigation of the Effects of Helicopter Noise on Hawaiian Island Residents away from Airports and Heliports," Hawaii DOT, Airports Division, 1991-1994.

Selected Publications:

  1. Prevedouros, Panos D., Jerry Ji , Konstantinos Papandreou, Pantelis Kopelias, and Villy Vegiri. Video Incident Detection Tests in Freeway Tunnels. Paper No. 06-0798.Forthcoming in Transportation Research Record, 2007.
  2. Watson, James R., and Panos D. Prevedouros. Derivation of Origin-Destination Distributions from Traffic Counts: Implications to Freeway Simulation. Paper No. 06-0328.Forthcoming in Transportation Research Record, 2007.
  3. Ji, Xiaojin (Jerry), and Panos D. Prevedouros. Effects of Parameter Distributions and Correlations on Uncertainty Analysis of HCM Delay Model for Signalized Intersections.Transportation Research Record, No. 1920: 118-124, 2005.
  4. Prevedouros, Panos D. and Kerwin Chang, Potential Effects of Wet Conditions on Signalized Intersection LOS. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 131, No.12: 898-903, December 2005
  5. Dehnert, Greg and Panos D. Prevedouros, Reducing Congestion with Low Clearance Underpasses at Urban Intersections: Investigation and Case Study. ITE Journal, Vol. 74, No. 3: 36-47, March 2004Li, Honglong and Panos D. Prevedouros, Traffic Adaptive Control for Oversaturated Isolated Intersections: Model Development and Simulation Testing, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 30, No. 5, September 2004.
  6. Li, Honglong and Panos D. Prevedouros, Traffic Adaptive Control for Oversaturated Isolated Intersections: Model Development and Simulation Testing, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 30, No. 5, September 2004.
  7. Zhang, Lin and Panos D. Prevedouros, Signalized Intersection LOS that Accounts for Accident Risk, Transportation Research Record, No. 1852: 77-86, 2003.
  8. Prevedouros, Panos D., Data Gathering for Freeway Simulation Using Unintrusive Sensors and Satellite Telemetry. 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Washington, D.C., October 2003.
  9. Li, Honglong and Panos D. Prevedouros, Detailed Observations of Saturation Headways and Start-up Lost Times, Transportation Research Record, No. 1802: 44-53, 2002.
  10. C. S. Papacostas and P. D. Prevedouros. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND PLANNING, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,2001.
  11. Paravantis, John A. and Panos D. Prevedouros, Railroads in Greece: History, Characteristics and Forecasts. Transportation Research Record, No. 1742: 34-44, 2001.
  12. Prevedouros, Panos D., Freeway Ramp Closure: Simulation, Experimentation, Evaluation and Preparation for Deployment. ITE Journal, Vol. 71, No. 6: 40-44, 2001.
  13. Prevedouros, Panos D. and Honglong, Li. A Comparison of Freeway Simulation with Iintegration, Kwaves and Kronos. Pacific Rim Conference on Highway Capacity, Maui, Transportation Research Circular E-C018:96-107, 2000.
  14. Prevedouros, Panos D. and Yuhao Wang. Simulation of a Large Freeway/ Arterial Network with Integration, Tsis/Corsim and Watsim. Transportation Research Record 1678:197-207, 1999.
  15. Prevedouros, Panos D. and Ping An, Automobile Ownership in Asian Countries: Historical Trends and Forecasts. ITE Journal, Vol. 68, No. 4: 24-29, April 1998.
  16. Prevedouros, Panos D. Evaluation of Signalized Intersection Capacity Analysis Software. ASCE Traffic Congestion and Traffic Safety in the 21st Century Conference, Chicago, IL, 1997.
  17. Prevedouros, Panos D. and C. S. Papacostas. Analysis of Rural Community Perceptions of Helicopter Noise. Transportation Research Record 1475: 70-74. Received Best Paper Award, A1F04 Committee on Transportation Noise, 1996.

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