Achilleas Kourtellis Ph.D.
Biography
Profile:
Dr. Achilleas Kourtellis, has worked with the ITS program at CUTR since 2006. He has served as PI and co-PI for several projects including crash avoidance technologies for large trucks, transit vehicles, pedestrian and bicycle safety and several transit related projects. He has performed numerous driving controlled tests to evaluate technologies in vehicles, driver acceptance of technology tests, pedestrian and bicycle safety research as well as research on automated and connected vehicles. He also serves as an instructor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at USF.
Education:
Ph.D., Transportation, University of South Florida, 2009
M.S., Civil Engineering(Transportation), University of South Florida, 2006
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of South Florida, 2004
Specialties:
Behavioral Research and Analysis
Controlled Driving Test
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
Technology Performance Evaluation
Traffic/Survey Data Collection
Traffic Engineering
Traffic Safety Analysis
Transit Safety
Representative Experience:
- Conducted travel behavior analysis
- Conducted driver behavior analysis
- Conducted pedestrian and bicycle safety analysis
- Conducted controlled driving tests for systems evaluation
- Conducted safety campaigns for pedestrians and bicyclists
- Conducted behavioral analysis for pedestrian and bicycle safety
- Evaluated advanced technologies for buses and heavy trucks
- Co-Managed the Naturalistic Bicycle Pilot Study (FDOT)
- Co-Managed the Naturalistic Driving Study Tampa Site (SHRP2)