Recent Updates
đź“… Last updated: June 23, 2024
2024
- June 19-21, 2024: Attended the 2024 ITE Mountain District Annual Meeting in Big Sky, MT
- June 20: University of Arizona won Third Place in the ITE Student Traffic Bowl 5th Annual Competition
06/20/2024: Competing in the Mountain District ITE Student Traffic Bowl
- June 15-18, 2024: Attended the ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development 2024 in Atlanta, GA
- June 17: Presented a lecture on “Analyzing Dilemma Zone Using an Analytical Vehicle Matching Algorithm and High-Resolution Event Data” (Authors: Pramesh Pudasaini, Henrick Haule, Yao-Jan Wu)
- June 17: Presented a poster on “Evaluating Effectiveness of Wireless Communication Technologies in Arterial Traffic Operations” (Authors: Pramesh Pudasaini, Henrick Haule, Yao-Jan Wu)
06/17/2024: Lecture and poster presentations at the ASCE ICTD
June 7, 2024: Awarded UArizona NITC Travel Support Award ($1,459.62)
May 20, 2024: Passed PhD Comprehensive Exam and became a candidate. Proposed dissertation is titled “Methodologies for Enhancing Operations and Safety at Signalized Intersections using High-Resolution Event Data”.
April 3, 2024: Attended the 2024 AZ ITE-IMSA Annual Spring Conference in Phoenix, AZ
March 13, 2024: Awarded the Jenny L. Grote Student Leadership Award by the ITE Arizona Section ($1,500)
February 9, 2024: Awarded UArizona NITC Travel Support Award ($1,500)
January 24, 2024: Presented “Evaluating Communication Technologies for Effective Traffic Monitoring: Experimental Design & Data Analysis” in the CATS Project Presentation Meeting Series at the University of Arizona
January 7-11, 2024: Attended the Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
- January 8: Presented a poster on “Empirical Analysis of Dilemma Zone Using High-Resolution Event-Based Data” (Authors: Pramesh Pudasaini, Henrick Haule, Yao-Jan Wu)
01/08/2024: Poster presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting
2023
- December 1, 2023: Presented a lecture on “An XGBoost-based Optimization Framework for Vehicle Reidentification at Intersection Approach” in the CE 596A Graduate Seminar at the University of Arizona
12/01/2023: Lecture presentation at the CE 596A Graduate Seminar
November 22, 2023: Awarded the Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) Travel Grant ($980)
November 6, 2023: Hosted and organized a UAITE Speaker Series Event for networking and presentation on “Solving Transportation Problems to Improve People’s Lives - A Career in Transportation” (Presenter: Felipe Ladrón de Guevara from Kittelson & Associates)
November 2, 2023: Attended the 2021 Arizona Conference on Roads & Streets in Tucson, AZ
October 15-17, 2023: Attended the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ
- October 16: Presented a lecture on “Applying Data-Driven Research to Real-World Traffic Operations Issues (Authors: Pramesh Pudasaini, Yao-Jan Wu)
10/16/2023: Lecture presentation at the INFORMS Annual Meeting
October 11, 2023: Hosted and co-organized a UAITE Speaker Series Event, in collaboration with the Southern Arizona ITE Chapter, for networking and presentation on the “City of Tucson Downtown Links Project”
September 21, 2023: Attended the 2023 ITS Arizona 30th Annual Conference in Mesa, AZ, leading a team of three UAITE officers and two student members to participate
September 13, 2023: Hosted and co-organized a UAITE Speaker Series Event, in collaboration with the Southern Arizona ITE Chapter, for networking and presentation on “Currux Vision”
September 8, 2023: Awarded the Delbert R. Lewis Graduate Fellowship ($2,200)
September 6, 2023: Presented “Evaluating Communication Technologies for Effective Traffic Monitoring: Project Overview” in the CATS Project Presentation Meeting Series at the University of Arizona
June 15-16, 2023: Attended the ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development 2023 in Austin, TX
- June 16: Presented a lecture on “Intersection Queue Length Estimation using High-Resolution Event Data” (Authors: Pramesh Pudasaini, Abolfazl Karimpour, Yao-Jan Wu)
06/16/2023: Lecture presentation at the ASCE ICTD
- May 23, 2023: Elected as President of the UA Institute of Transportation Engineers (UAITE) Student Chapter for academic year 2023-24 at the University of Arizona
09/05/2023: UAITE officers attending the annual club showcase
May 15, 2023: Appointed as Manager of the Smart Transportation Lab for academic year 2023-24 at the University of Arizona
April 13, 2023: Awarded the Roots for Resilience Data Science Scholarship ($7,000)
11/21/2023: Certification for completing the Roots for Resilience program and CyVerse FOSS workshops
April 13, 2023: Awarded UArizona NITC Travel Support Award ($1,492.12)
February 1, 2023: Presented “Dynamic Traffic Assignment Modeling of Valencia Corridor” in the CATS Project Presentation Meeting Series at the University of Arizona
January 30, 2023: Published paper “Pudasaini, P., Karimpour, A., & Wu, Y.-J. (2023). Real-Time Queue Length Estimation for Signalized Intersections Using Single-Channel Advance Detector Data. Transportation Research Record, 2677(7), 144–156.” DOI
January 8-11, 2023: Attended the Transportation Research Board 102nd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
- January 11: Presented a poster on “Real-time Queue Length Estimation for Signalized Intersections using Single-channel Advance Detector Data” (Authors: Pramesh Pudasaini, Abolfazl Karimpour, Yao-Jan Wu)
01/11/2023: Poster presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting
2022
November 14, 2022: Awarded UArizona NITC Travel Support Award ($1,500)
September 29, 2022: Attended the 2022 Arizona Conference on Roads & Streets in Tucson, AZ
September 21, 2022: Presented “Real-time Cycle-based Queue Length Estimation for Signalized Intersections using Single-channel Advance Detector Data” in the CATS Research Presentation Meeting Series at the University of Arizona
September 16, 2022: Elected as Secretary of the Civil & Architectural Engineering & Mechanics Graduate Association (CAEMGA) at the University of Arizona (October 2022 - September 2023)
July 1, 2022: Awarded UArizona NITC Travel Support Award ($500)
June 28, 2022: Resigned as a Deputy Manager (Civil Engineer, Level 7) at Nepal Oil Corporation Limited (while on a sabbatical)
May 31 - June 2, 2022: Attended the ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development 2022 in Seattle, WA
06/01/2022: UA CATS faculty and students at the ASCE ICTD
May 17-18, 2022: Attended the 2022 AZ ITE-IMSA Annual Spring Conference in Phoenix, AZ
May 16, 2022: Awarded UArizona NITC Travel Support Award ($500)
February 7, 2022: Passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam in the Civil & Architectural Engineering & Mechanics Department, University of Arizona
January 25, 2022: Promoted to Manager (Civil Engineer, Level 8) at Nepal Oil Corporation Limited (while on a sabbatical)
January 11, 2022: Published paper “Pudasaini, P., Shrestha, J. K., & Lopes, R. B. (2021). A multi-objective analysis of a petroleum transportation network under uncertainty. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 40(3), 377-395.” DOI
2021
November 23, 2021: Presented “Network-wide Corridor Performance Assessment: A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach” in the CATS Research Presentation Meeting Series at the University of Arizona
October 7, 2021: Attended the 2021 Arizona Conference on Roads & Streets in Tucson, AZ
September 30, 2021: Attended the 2021 ITS Arizona 28th Annual Conference in Mesa, AZ
August 2021: Started Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering at the University of Arizona
June 22, 2021: Awarded the Herbold Fellowship ($38,000)
June 10, 2021: Published paper “Shrestha, J. K., Pudasaini, P., & Mussone, L. (2021). Rural road network performance and pre-disaster planning: an assessment methodology considering redundancy. Transportation Planning and Technology, 44(7), 726-743.” DOI
April 29, 2021: Published paper “Pudasaini, P. (2021). Integrated planning of downstream petroleum supply chain: A multi-objective stochastic approach. Operations Research Perspectives, 8, 100189.” DOI
Pre-2021
May 22, 2019: Defended Master’s thesis titled “A multi-objective analysis of a petroleum transportation network under uncertainty” in the Department of Civil Engineering at Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University
April 2017: Started M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering at Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University
March 22, 2017: Joined Nepal Oil Corporation Limited as a Deputy Manager (Civil Engineer, Level 7)
September 18, 2016: Joined Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board as a Civil Engineer
September, 2015: Graduated with Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University
November, 2011: Started Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering at Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University