Publications
For an updated list of my publications, please visit my Google Scholar.
Research Papers
Human-automated vehicle interactions: Voluntary driver intervention in car-following
Xinzhi Zhong, Yang Zhou, Amudha Varshini Kamaraj, Zhenhao Zhou, Wissam Kontar, Dan Negrut, John D. Lee, Soyoung Ahn*
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Learning Driver Models for Automated Vehicles via Knowledge Sharing and Personalization
Wissam Kontar, Xinzhi Zhong, Soyoung Ahn*
Transportation Research Records
🏆 D. Grant Mickle Award, TRB 2025
Traffic Wave Properties for Automated Vehicles During Traffic Oscillations via Analytical Approximations
Yang Zhou, Sixu Li, Wissam Kontar, Fan Pu, Anupam Srivastava, Soyoung Ahn*
Under Review at Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
The Role of Disasters and Infrastructure Failures in Engineering Education with Analysis through Machine Learning
Andrea Hicks, Wissam Kontar
Journal of Civil Engineering Education
Reduced Travel Emissions Through a Carbon Calculator with Accessible Environmental Data: a case study in Madison, Wisconsin
Erin E. Bulson, Wissam Kontar, Soyoung Ahn, Andrea Hicks*
Nature npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport
A Strategic Approach to Handle Uncertainties in Autonomous Vehicle’s Car-following Behavior
Wissam Kontar, Soyoung Ahn
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Use, reuse, and waste management of single-use products associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
MI Rodriguez Morris, Wissam Kontar, Andrea Hicks
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
Transportation emissions during pandemic: duality of impacts
Wissam Kontar, Soyoung Ahn, Andrea Hicks
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Electric bicycles sharing: opportunities and environmental impacts
Wissam Kontar, Soyoung Ahn, Andrea Hicks
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
The Internet of Federated Things (IoFT)
Raed Kontar, Naichen Shi, Xubo Yue, Seokhyun Chung, Eunshin Byon, Mosharaf Chowdhury, Jionghua Jin, Wissam Kontar, Neda Masoud, Maher Nouiehed, Chinedum E Okwudire, Garvesh Raskutti, Romesh Saigal, Karandeep Singh, Zhi-Sheng Ye
*IEEE Access
A Prioritized Trajectory Planning Algorithm for Connected and Automated Vehicle Mandatory Lane Changes
Nachuan Li, Austen Z Fan, Riley Fischer, Wissam Kontar, Bin Ran*
IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), 2021
On multi-class automated vehicles: car-following behavior and its implications for traffic dynamics
Wissam Kontar, Tienan Li, Anupam Srivastava, Yang Zhou, Danjue Chen, Soyoung Ahn
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies Presented at ISTTT24
Autonomous vehicle adoption: use phase environmental implications
Wissam Kontar, Soyoung Ahn, Andrea Hicks
Environmental Research Letters
Personal respiratory protection and resiliency in a pandemic, the evolving disposable versus reusable debate and its effect on waste generation
Andrea Hicks, Sila Temizel-Sekeryan, Wissam Kontar, Ramin Ghamkhar, Monica Rodriguez Morris
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Bayesian Methods in Automated Vehicle’s Car-following Uncertainties: Enabling Strategic Decision Making
Wissam Kontar, Soyoung Ahn
Presented at TRB 2022
Predicting Vehicles’ Longitudinal Trajectories and Lane Changes on Highway On-Ramps
Nachuan Li, Riley Fischer, Wissam Kontar, Soyoung Ahn
Presented at TRB 2021
Technical Reports
Freight Data Inventory and Training
Wissam Kontar, Ernest Perry, Soyoung Ahn, Glen Vorhes, Youngjun Han
*Mid-American Freight Coalition (MAFC)
Assessment of Multimodal (Marine and Highway) Bottlenecks in the MAASTO Region
Youngjun Han, Wissam Kontar, Glen Vorhes, Ernest Perry, Soyoung Ahn
Mid-American Freight Coalition (MAFC), 2019