NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology (NC-CAV) 

Project Members

Ali Karimoddini, PhD

Director, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Deputy Director, TECHLAV DoD Center of Excellence in Autonomy

Director, ACCESS Laboratory 

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Carolina A&T State University

Webpage: http://www.akarimod.info

Wei (David) Fan, PhD, P.E.

Thrust 1 Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Director, USDOT CAMMSE University Transportation Center

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 

UNC Charlotte University

Webpage: https://coefs.uncc.edu/wfan7/


Thomas Chase 

Thrust 2 Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Institute for Transportation Research and Education

NC State University

 Webpage: https://itre.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ChaseT.pdf

Abdollah (Ebbie) Homaifar, PhD

Thrust 3 Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Director, Autonomous Control Information Technology Institute (ACIT)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Carolina A&T State University

 Webpage: https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=430387136

John Kelly, PhD

 Thrust 2 Co-Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Carolina A&T State University

 Webpage: https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=1448486561

Shih-Chun Lin, PhD 

Thrust 2 Co-Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 

NC State University

 Webpage: https://slin23.github.io/

Nagui Rouphail, PhD 

Thrust 3 Co-Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

NC State University

 Webpage: https://www.ccee.ncsu.edu/people/rouphail/

Ali Hajbabaie, PhD 

Thrust 1 Co-Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

NC State University

 Webpage: https://www.ccee.ncsu.edu/people/ahajbab/

Chris Cunningham, PhD 

Thrust 3 Co-Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Institute for Transportation Research and Education

NC State University

 Webpage: https://itre.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CunninghamC.docx

Daniel Jonathan Findley, Ph.D., P.E. 

Thrust 1 Co-Lead, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Institute for Transportation Research and Education

NC State University

 Webpage: https://itre.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/FindleyD.pdf

M. Shoaib Samandar, PhD

Thrust 2 Co-Lead, NC-CAV Center 

Institute for Transportation Research and Education

NC State University

Leila Hashemi, PhD

Thrust 3 Member, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Department of Built Environment

North Carolina A&T State University

 Webpage: https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=1901247546

Steven Xiaochun Jiang , PhD

Thrust 1 Member, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Industrial and Systems Engineering  Department

North Carolina A&T State University

 Webpage: https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=788016678

Abdullah Eroglu, PhD

 Thrust 2 Member, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Carolina A&T State University

 Webpage: https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=281346356

Mubbashar Altaf Khan, PhD, MBA

 Post Doctoral Research Associate, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Carolina A&T State University

Muhammad Mobaidul Islam, Student Researcher 

 Ph.D. student at Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringNorth Carolina A&T State University

Benjamin Lartey, Student Researcher

 Ph.D. student at Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringNorth Carolina A&T State University

Tewodros Gebre, Student Researcher

 Ph.D. student at Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringNorth Carolina A&T State University

Former NC-CAV Members

Nicolas Norboge 

Thrust 1 Member, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Institute for Transportation Research and Education

NC State University

 

Steve Bert 

Thrust 1 Member, NC Transportation Center of Excellence on Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Institute for Transportation Research and Education

NC State University

 Webpage: https://itre.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Steven-Alexander-Bert_ITRE-Resume-and-Experience.pdf