Education
Ph.D., Transportation Planning and Engineering, Polytechnic
University, Brooklyn, New York, June 1994, Dissertation:
A Probabilistic Model of Breakdown at Freeway-Merge
Junctions
M.S., Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn,
Alabama, June 1990, Thesis: Development and Application
of a Methodology for Evaluating Traffic Congestion
at School Locations
Graduate Diploma, Surveying and Environmental
Engineering, (five year program) Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki, Greece, June 1987, Thesis: Development
of Speed-Flow Relationships for Suburban Highways
Years of Service on this Faculty
Appointment Date: July 1, 2004
July 1, 2004- present: Associate Professor
Areas of Research
Traffic Operations, Highway Capacity, Traffic Simulation, Signal
Control Optimization
Industry Experience
Transportation Engineer, Garmen Associates, Montville, New Jersey (Sept. 1993
- Aug. 1994)
Honors and Awards
Penn State Engineering Society (PSES) – 2003 Outstanding
Research Award
Fulbright Scholar – Technical University Delft, Netherlands,
September – December 2001.
Transportation Research Board’s Fred Burggraf Award
for excellence in transportation research, for the paper titled “Development
of a New Procedure for Evaluating the Horizontal Alignment
Design Consistency of Two-Lane Rural Highways”, Transportation
Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board,
No 1737, National Academy Press, 2000, pp. 9-17 (with former
Ph.D. student J. McFadden.)
University Transportation Centers’ Pikarsky-Wootan Award
for M.S. Theses in Engineering and Science, January 2000, for “Freeway
Merge Modeling Using Markov Chains” by Jodie O’Leath-Evans;
Thesis Adviser
Principal Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Fang, C. and L. Elefteriadou, “Some Guidelines for Selecting
Micro-simulation Models for Interchange Traffic Operational
Analysis”, tentatively accepted for publication, ASCE
Journal of Transportation, February 2004.
Fang, C.F., L. Elefteriadou, K.K. Pecheux, and M.T. Pietrucha, “Using
Fuzzy Clustering of User Perception to Define Levels of Service
at Signalized Intersections”, ASCE Journal of Transportation
Engineering, Vol. 129, No. 6, November/December 2003, pp. 657-663.
Minderhoud, M., L. Elefteriadou, “Freeway Weaving: Comparing
the HCM and Dutch Guidelines”, Transportation Research
Record 1852, National Academy Press, 2003, pp. 10-18.
Harwood, D., K. M. Bauer, I. B. Potts, D. J. Torbic, K. R.
Richard, E. R. Kohlman-Rabbani, E. Hauer, L. Elefteriadou,
and M. S. Griffith, “Safety Effectiveness of Intersection
Left- and Right-Turn Lanes”, Transportation Research
Record 1840, National Academy Press, 2003, pp. 131-139.
Lertworawanich, P., and L. Elefteriadou, “Determination
of Storage Lengths of Left-Turn Lanes at Unsignalized Intersections
Using M/G2/1 Queuing”, Transportation Research Record
1847, National Academy Press, 2003, pp. 20-28.
Torbic, D., M. El-Gindy, L. Elefteriadou, and Z. Jiang, “Bicycle-Friendly
Shoulder Rumble Strips”, International Journal of Vehicle
Design, 2003, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 440-466.
Torbic, D., M. El-Gindy,
L. Elefteriadou, “Methodology
for Quantifying Whole-Body Vibration Experienced by Bicyclists
on Rumble Strips”, International Journal of Vehicle Design,
Volume 31 No.4, 2003, pp. 452-480.
Lertworawanich, P., L. Elefteriadou, “A Methodology
for Estimating Capacity at Ramp Weaves Based on Gap Acceptance
and Linear Optimization”, Transportation Research Part
B: Methodological Vol. 37B, No. 5, June 2003, pp. 459-483.
Hawkins, J., T. Boothby, L. Elefteriadou, “Assessment
of Safety and Traffic Operational Quality at Historic Stone
Bridges”, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol.
8, No. 2, June 2002, pp. 57-64.
Evans, J., L. Elefteriadou,
G. Natarajan, “Determination
of the Probability of Breakdown on a Freeway Based on Zonal
Merging Probabilities”, Transportation Research Part
B: Methodological, Vol. 35B, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 237-254.
Donnell, E., Y. Ni, M. Adolini, L. Elefteriadou, “Speed
Prediction Models for Trucks on Two-Lane Rural Highways”,
Transportation Research Record 1751, National Academy Press,
2001, pp. 44-55.
Lertworawanich, P., L. Elefteriadou, “Capacity Estimations
for Type B Weaving Areas Using Gap Acceptance”, Transportation
Research Record 1776, National Academy Press, 2001, pp.24-34.
Lorenz, M., L. Elefteriadou, “Defining Highway Capacity
as a Function of the Breakdown Probability”, Transportation
Research Record 1776, National Academy Press, 2001, pp. 43-51.
Torbic, D., L. Elefteriadou, M. El-Gindy, “Bicycle-Friendly
Shoulder Rumble Strips”, Journal of the Transportation
Research Board, Transportation Research Record No. 1773, National
Academy Press, 2001, pp. 23-31.
McFadden, J., L. Elefteriadou, “Development of a New
Procedure for Evaluating the Horizontal Alignment Design Consistency
of Two-Lane Rural Highways”, Transportation Research
Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No 1737,
National Academy Press, 2000, pp. 9-17 (Won the Transportation
Research Board’s Fred Burggraf Award - 2000).
Elefteriadou, L., N. Webster, “Development of a Model
for Estimating the Impacts of Truck Size and Weight Policy
Changes on Traffic Operational Quality”, Heavy Vehicle
Systems, A Series of the International Journal of Vehicle Design,
Vol. 7, No. 4 (2000) pp. 249-263.
Webster, N., L. Elefteriadou, “A Simulation Study of
Truck Passenger Car Equivalents (PCEs) on Basic Freeway Sections”,
Transportation Research Part B 33 (1999), pp. 323-336.
Elefteriadou, L., G. List, J. Leonard, H. Lieu, M. Thomas,
R. Giguere, R. Brewish, G. Johnson, “Beyond the Highway
Capacity Manual: A Framework for Selecting Simulation Models
in Traffic Operational Analyses”, Transportation Research
Record 1678, National Academy Press, 1999, pp. 96-106.
Harwood, D. W., W.D. Glauz, L. Elefteriadou, “Roadway
Widening Costs for Geometric Design Improvements to Accommodate
Potential Larger Trucks”, Transportation Research Record
1658, National Academy Press, 1999, pp. 89-99.
Harwood, D. W., W.D. Glauz, L. Elefteriadou, D. J. Torbic,
J. McFadden, “Distribution of Roadway Geometric Design
Features Critical to Accommodation of Large Trucks”,
Transportation Research Record 1658, National Academy Press,
1999, pp. 77-88.
Books and Book Chapters
Elefteriadou, L., Chapter 8 - Highway Capacity, in Handbook
of Transportation Engineering, Editor: Myer Kutz, McGraw-Hill,
2004, pp. 8-1 to 8-17.
Elefteriadou, L. – Editor, Proceedings of the Sixth
Annual Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Conference, State
College, PA., July 16th and 17th, 2003.
P. H. L. Bovy and L. Elefteriadou – Editors, TRAIL Research
School - Conference Proceedings, “Freeway Design: Comparison
of HCM 2000 and Dutch Approach, State of the Art and New Developments,
TRAIL Proceedings Series No. P2001/01, Delft, Netherlands,
December 2001.
Elefteriadou, L., “The HCM 2000: Highlights, Shortcomings,
and Future Direction”, TRAIL Research School - Conference
Proceedings, “Freeway Design: Comparison of HCM 2000
and Dutch Approach, State of the Art and New Developments,
Editors: P. H. L. Bovy and L. Elefteriadou, TRAIL Proceedings
Series No. P2001/01, Delft, Netherlands, December 2001, pp.
5-10.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Fang, C. and L. Elefteriadou, “Some Guidelines for Selecting
Micro-simulation Models for Interchange Traffic Operational
Analysis”, Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington
DC, January 2004.
Elefteriadou, L., P. Lertworawanich, “Defining, Measuring
and Estimating Freeway Capacity”, Transportation Research
Board Meeting, Washington DC, January 2003.
Goulias, K., L. Elefteriadou, J. Kuhnau, “Classroom
Consulting Experience as Entrepreneurship Training: Lessons
Learned from a Case Study in Transportation” 2002 ASEE/SEFI/TUB
International Colloquium "Global Changes in Engineering
Education", Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2002.
Fang, F.C., L. Elefteriadou, K. Pechaux, M. Pietrucha, “Using
Fuzzy Clustering of User-Estimated Delay to Define Level of
Service at Signalized Intersections”, Transportation
Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, January 2002.
Donnell, E.T., M. L. Adolini, D. J. Torbic, J. M. Mason, L.
Elefteriadou, “Truck Safety Considerations for Geometric
Design and Traffic Operations”, forthcoming, ITE Annual
Meeting, Chicago, August 19-22, 2001.
Flannery, A., J. P. Kharoufeh, N. Gautam, and L. Elefteriadou “Estimating
Delay at Roundabouts” Proceedings of the 70th Annual
Meeting of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Nashville,
Tennessee, August 6-9, 2000.
Lorenz, M., L. Elefteriadou, “A Probabilistic Approach
to Defining Capacity and Breakdown”, Transportation Research
Circular E-C018, Fourth International Symposium on Highway
Capacity, Proceedings, June 27 – July 1, 2000, pp. 84-95.
Torbic, D.J., L. Elefteriadou, “The effects of Driver
Population on the Traffic Operational Performance at Signalized
Intersections”, Transportation Research Circular E-C018,
Fourth International Symposium on Highway Capacity, Proceedings,
June 27 – July 1, 2000, pp. 336 – 347.
Bumble, M., L. Coraor, L. Elefteriadou, “Exploring CORSIM
Runtime Characteristics: Profiling a Traffic Simulator”,
Proceedings, 33rd Annual Simulation Symposium, Washington,
DC, April 2000.
McFadden, J., D. Warren, L. Elefteriadou, R. Archilla, “The
Implication of Curve
Flattening on the Geometric Design of Highways”, ITE International
Conference, March 28-31, 1999.
Flannery, A., L. Elefteriadou, “A Review of Roundabout
Safety Performance in the United States”, ITE International
Conference, March 28-31, 1999.
Anderson, J. A., E. T. Donnell, L. Elefteriadou, “Assessing
and Targeting Transportation Training and Education Needs”,
Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, January
1999 (CD-ROM).
Technical Reports
Wooldridge, M.D., K. Fitzpatrick, D.W. Harwood, I. B. Potts,
L. Elefteriadou, D. Torbic, “Geometric Design Consistency
on High-Speed Rural Two-Lane Highways”, NCHRP Report
502, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2003.
Harwood, D. W., I. B. Potts, K. M. Bauer, J. Bonneson, L.
Elefteriadou, “Two-Lane Road Analysis Methodology in
the Highway Capacity Manual”, Final Report, September
2003, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, NCHRP
Project 20-7 (160), September, 2003.
Pietrucha, M. T., E. T. Donnell, P. Lertworawanich, L. Elefteriadou, “Sign
Visibility: Effects of Traffic Characteristics and Mounting
Height”, United States Sign Council, 2003.
Harwood, D. W., K. M. Bauer, I. B. Potts, D. J. Torbic, K.
R. Richard, E. R. Kohlman Rabbani, E. Hauer, and L. Elefteriadou, “Safety
Effectiveness of Intersection Left- and Right-Turn Lanes”,
Federal Highway Administration, Report No. FHWA-RD-02-089,
July 2002.
Elefteriadou, L., D. Torbic, S. Stoffels, M. El-Gindy, M.
Adolini, “Rumble Strips for Two-Lane Roads with Narrow
or Non-Existent Shoulders”, final report submitted to
the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, October 2001.
Elefteriadou, L., M. El-Gindy, D. Torbic, J. Ziang, B. Pechaux,
A. Homan, R. Tallon, “Bicycle-Friendly Rumble Strips”,
final report submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
March 2000.
Elefteriadou, L., J. Anderson, E. Donnell, A. Davenport, “Design
Community Training and Education Plan”, final report
submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
November 1999.
Elefteriadou, L., D. Torbic “A Congestion Management
Plan for Pennsylvania”, final report submitted to the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, February 1999.
Fitzpatrick, K., L. Elefteriadou, D. Harwood, R. Krammes,
N. Irizzari, J. McFadden, K. Parma, J. Collins “Speed
Prediction for Two-Lane Rural Highways”, Final Report,
FHWA-99-171, 172, 173 and 174, June 1999 (http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/ihsdm/pdfarea.htm).
Fitzpatrick, K., L. Elefteriadou, J. Collins, “User’s
Guide to Databases Developed for Evaluating Two-Lane Highway
Design Consistency”, Final Report, FHWA, June 1999.
Technical Presentations
Use of Traffic Management Center (TMC) and Sensor Data from
Philadelphia to Develop Travel Time Route Reliability, NATMEC
(North American Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference),
San Diego, CA, June 27-30, 2004
Capacity Estimation for Freeway Weaving Areas Using Simulation,
Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, January
2004
The US Highway Capacity Manual: Capacity and Quality of Service
of Interchange Ramp Terminals, Ministry of Public Works, Athens,
Greece, June 20, 2003
The Future of Simulation in the HCM, Transportation Research
Board Meeting, Washington DC, January 2003
Capacity and Quality of Service of Interchange Ramp Terminals,
Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference, State College,
PA, December 12, 2002
The HCM 2000, Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference,
State College, PA, December 12, 2002
Bicycle-Tolerable Rumble Strips, Virginia Transportation Conference,
Virginia Beach, March 12, 2002
Bicycling in the Netherlands, Centre Region Bicycling Committee,
State College, PA, February 21, 2002
Traffic Simulation Models as Design Tool, The Netherlands
Research School for Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics,
Delft, Netherlands, December 6, 2001
The HCM 2000: State of the Art and New Directions, ETH, Zurich,
November 20, 2001, 2001
Freeway Capacity as a Probabilistic Variable, Ruhr University,
Bochum, Germany, November 6, 2001
Freeway Weaving Analysis - The HCM 2000 / Capacity Models Based
on Gap Acceptance, The Netherlands Research School for Transport,
Infrastructure and Logistics, Delft, Netherlands, October 25,
2001
Probabilistic Breakdown Models for Freeways, University of
Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Civil Engineering Colloquium,
October 16, 2001
An Overview of the Changes and Additions in the HCM 2000,
Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland, October
11, 2001
The HCM 2000: Highlights, Shortcomings, and Future Direction,
The Netherlands Research School for Transport, Infrastructure
and Logistics, Delft, Netherlands, September 28, 2001
A Methodology For Capacity Estimation At Freeway Weaving Areas,
Operations Research Colloquium, Penn State University, February
13, 2001
Preview of the HCM 2000 - Weaving and Ramps, Transportation
Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, January 2000
Distribution of Roadway Geometric Design Features Critical
to Accommodation of Large Trucks, Transportation Research Board
Meeting, Washington DC, January 1999
Beyond the Highway Capacity Manual: A Framework for Selecting
Simulation Models in Traffic Operational Analyses, Transportation
Research Board Meeting, Washington DC, January 1999
Scientific and Professional Societies
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Institute of
Transportation Engineers (ITE)
- Transportation Research Board
(TRB)
- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Professional Committees
- International Steering Committee Member, TRANSTEC, Athens,
Greece, September 1-5, 2004
- Secretary, Highway Capacity and
Quality of Service Committee (A3A10), Transportation Research
Board (since 1996), and:
Chair of the Part V task force (January 2002-November
2003), Chair of the Two-Lane Highways Subcommittee (March
2000-March
2003), Chair of Paper Review Subcommittee (January
1999-January 2001), Chair of the Ramps and Weaving subgroup
(January
1997-March 2000), Member of the Simulation Task Force
(since January 1997)
- Paper Review Coordinator and Steering
Committee Member for the Pacific Rim
Conference on Highway Capacity, Maui, June 2000
Editorial Boards
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Transportation Research Part
A: Policy and Practice (since November 2000)
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