Southeast Annual Symposium
on Freight and Mobility
14 - 16 April 2026 • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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14 - 16 April 2026 • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Poster Session
April 15, 2026 | 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Oladimeji Basit Alaka (NCAT), Nithish Manikkavasagam (FAU), David Quansah (NCAT), Venktesh Pandey (NCAT), Sudhagar Nagarajan (FAU), Jerry Everett (UTK), Asad Khattak (UTK), Sheikh Muhammad Usman (UTK), Soheila Saeidi (FAU)
CR2C2 | MRI 1 | Project 1-1 | Poster #01
Analyzing Truck Parking Patterns Using Vehicle Telematics Data
Naji Balkaran (NCAT), Nana Duah (NCAT), Steven Jiang (NCAT), Om Prakash Yadav (NCAT), Hieu Nguyen (NCAT)
FERSC | Poster #02
Energy Consumption Modeling of UAVs for Last-Mile Parcel Delivery
Erick Beltran (UTK), Marcella Kaplan (UTK), Hongyu Zheng (UTK)
FERSC | Poster #03
A Curve Warning System to Enhance Driver Safety in Rural Areas
Farhad Farzinpour (Clemson University), Wayne Sarasua (Clemson University), Araf Rahman (Clemson University), Ronnie Chowdhury (Clemson University)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project 2-1 | Poster #04
Risat Rimi Chowdhury (NCAT)
FERSC | Poster #05
Advancing Rural Road Safety through Multi-Agent Vision-Language Scene Understanding and Reasoning
Yunxiang Yang (UGA), Ningning Xu (UGA), Jidong J. Yang (UGA), Linbing Wang (UGA), Mi Geum Chorzepa (UGA), Wayne Sarasua (Clemson)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project 2-1 | Poster #06
Audrey Concepcion (OSU), Phillip Carleton (OSU), J. David Porter (OSU)
FERSC | Poster #07
Understanding U.S. Freight Mode Decisions: A Logit-Based Shipper Behavior Study Using CFS 2017
Mihir Dharap (TAMU)
FERSC | Poster #08
Rural Healthcare and Transportation Deployment Planning
Musa Sabit (UKY), Tejiri Ebakivie (NCAT), Andrew Martin (UKY), Laquanda Leaven Johnson (NCAT), Jun Liu (UA), Evangelos Kaisar (FAU), Steven Jones (UA)
CR2C2 | MRI 1 | Project 1-2 | Poster #09
Advanced Mobility Innovation Lab: Past, Present and Future
Jerry Everett (UTK)
CR2C2 | Education & Workforce Development | Poster #10
Enhancing Automated Vehicle Operation and Safety on Rural Roads - Challenges and Innovative Solutions
Subhadeep Chakraborty (UTK)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project R2-4 | Poster #11
Freight Telematics Data: Assessing its Reliability for Disruption Analysis
Salvador Hernandez (OSU), Lee Han (UTK), Steven Jiang (NCAT), Md Moshiur Rahman (OSU), Rakan Albatayneh (OSU)
FERSC | Poster #12
Assessing Freight Resilience through Telematics: Insights from the Durkee Fire in Oregon
Salvador Hernandez (OSU), Lee Han (UTK), Steven Jiang (NCAT), Rakan Albatayneh (OSU)
FERSC | Poster #13
Planning Truck Platooning Considering System Stability and Multiple-Time Platooning Possibilities: Models and Solution Algorithms
Danesh Hosseinpanahi (UIC)
FERSC | Poster #14
Hydrogen Refueling Station Location under Uncertainty: A Hybrid Benders Decomposition and Row Generation Method
Jialu Yang (UIC)
FERSC | Poster #15
Powering Long Haul Freight: Hydrogen Refueling Station Siting Using Pipeline Infrastructure
Jialu Yang (UIC)
FERSC | Poster #16
Mobile Healthcare Planning for Improving Accessibility in Rural Regions: A Cross-Sector Taxonomy and Bi-Level Optimization Approach
Ioannis P. Ioannou (FAU), Komal Gulati (NCAT), Sudhagar Nagarajan (FAU), Venktesh Pandey (NCAT), Evangelos Kaisar (FAU), Stephan Durham (UGA), Zihe Zhang (UA), Rongfang Liu (NCAT), Jidong Yang (UGA), Abhay Lidbe (UA)
CR2C2 | MRI 3 | Project 3-2 | Poster #17
Strategic Truck Parking Solutions Through Facility Location and Reservation: A Multi-State Case Study
Komal Gulati (NCAT), Venktesh Pandey (NCAT), Soheila Saeidi (FAU), Evangelos Kaisar (FAU)
CR2C2 | MRI 3 | Project 3-1 | Poster #18
Data-Driven Mobility Modeling of Establishment Recovery After Hurricane Helene in Rural Western North Carolina
Ali Gorji-Sefidmazgi (NCAT), Komal Gulati (NCAT), Venktesh Pandey (NCAT), Hao Zhen (UGA), Lin Pang (UGA), Jidong Yang (UGA), Stephan Durham (UGA), Zihe Zhang (UA), Rongfang Liu (NCAT), Abhay Lidbe (UA)
CR2C2 | MRI 3 | Project 3-1-2 | Poster #19
Understanding Shipper Behavior: A Disaggregate Framework Integrating Public and Survey Data for Freight Logistics Decisions
Zahra Hajibagher Najjar (UIC), Kouros Mohammadian (UIC)
FERSC | Poster #20
CyPortQA: Benchmarking Multimodal Large Language Models for Cyclone Preparedness in Port Operation
Chenchen Kuai (TAMU)
FERSC | Poster #21
Freight Redistribution and Functional Redundancy During the I-40 Bridge Closure in Memphis
Mohammad Khojastehpour (UTK), Oriana Calderon (UTK), Marcella Kaplan (UTK), Lee D. Han (UTK)
FERSC | Poster #22
Building a Freight Impact Toolkit for Chicagoland Communities
Eamon Lauster
FERSC | Poster #23
U.S. Port Disruptions under Tropical Cyclones: Resilience Analysis by Harnessing Multiple-Source Dataset
Zihao Li
FERSC | Poster #24
From Mobility Flows to Accessibility Patterns: A Visitation-Weighted Gravity Analysis of Service Access Dynamics in Georgia
Lin Pang (UGA), Hao Zhen (UGA), Jidong J. Yang (UGA), Venktesh Pandey (NCAT)
CR2C2 | MRI 3 | Project 3-2 | Poster #25
Truck-as-Hub Vehicle Routing Problem with Drones in Rural Areas
Fan Pu (TAMU)
FERSC | Poster #26
Real-time Deer Detection and Warning in Connected Vehicles via Thermal Sensing and Deep Learning
Hemanth Puppala (Clemson), Wayne Sarasua (Clemson), Srinivas Biyaguda (Clemson), Sharath Vemulapally (Clemson), Farhad Farzinpour (Clemson), Mashrur Chowdhury (Clemson)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project 2-1 | Poster #27
Examining Spatial Disparities in Safety Benefits from Automated Vehicle Adoption in Alabama and Kentucky
Javier Pena-Bastidas (UA), Praveena Penmetsa (UA)
CR2C2 | MRI 1 | Project 1-3| Poster #28
A Bi-Level Stackelberg Game Framework for Government Optimal Subsidy to Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Truck Adoption with Cournot Competition Markets
Ziyu Qiu (UIC)
FERSC | Poster #29
A Digital Twin-Based Simulation Framework for Safe Curve Speed Estimation Using Unity
Araf Rahman (Clemson), M Sabbir Salek (Clemson), Mashrur Chowdhury (Clemson), Wayne A. Sarasua (Clemson)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project 2-1 | Poster #30
Identifying Critical Freight Corridors in Kentucky Using a Multi-Path Logit-Based Assignment Approach
Deepak Raj Shah (UKY), Xu Zhang (UKY), Mei Chen (UKY)
CR2C2 | MRI 3 | Project 3-1 | Poster #31
Hub Network Design Under Link Capacity Limits and Congestion
Mahsa Sheikhihafshejani (OSU)
FERSC | Poster #32
A Shared Microtransit Optimization Model for Balancing Passenger and Provider Perspectives
Tahmina Sultana (Clemson)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project 2-3 | Poster #33
Development and Deployment of a Risk-Aware Decision-Making Approach for Navigation of Autonomous Vehicles at Rural Intersections
Miressa Mamo (NCAT), Tesfamichael Getahun (NCAT), Ali Karimoddini (NCAT)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project 2-3 | Poster #34
Development of a Hybrid Learning-Based Intrusion Detection System for CAN Bus Cybersecurity in Rural Connected and Automated Vehicles
Mahsa Tavasoli (NCAT), Abdolhossein Sarrafzadeh (ODU), Milad Khaleghi (NCAT), Tienake Phuapaiboon (NCAT), Hieu T Nguyen (NCAT), Ali Karimoddini (NCAT)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project 2-1 | Poster #35
Road Infrastructure Readiness Evaluation for Commercial Low-Level Autonomous Vehicles
Tianle Zhu (UGA)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project R2-5 | Poster #36
Rural Road Infrastructure Assessment for Autonomous Vehicle Deployment
Tesfamichael Getahun (NCAT)
CR2C2 | MRI 2 | Project R2-5 | Poster #37
Envisioning Shared Autonomous Vehicle Systems in Small and Medium-Sized Urban Areas Using Agent-Based Simulation
Xiao Zou (UA), Zihe Zhang (UA)
CR2C2 | MRI 3 | Project 3-2 | Poster #38
Designing Tools for Assessing Readiness of Rural Communities for New Technologies
Sheikh Muhammad Usman (UTK), Asad Khattak (UTK), Jerry Everett (UTK), Venktesh Pandey (NCAT), Oladimeji Alaka (NCAT), Sudhagar Nagarajan (FAU), Soheila Saeidi (FAU)
CR2C2 | MRI 1 | Project 1-1 | Poster #39
Modernizing Rural Transportation Planning with AI-Enabled Digital Twins
Sheikh Muhammad Usman (UTK), Asad Khattak (UTK), Jerry Everett (UTK), Usman Ahmed (UTK), Sharika Kabir (UTK), Venktesh Pandey (NCAT), Sudhagar Nagarajan (FAU), Soheila Saeidi (FAU), Xu Zhang (UK)
CR2C2 | MRI 1 | Project 1-1-2 | Poster #40
Automated Vehicles and Accessibility: Opportunities and Challenges for Improving Mobility of People Living with Disabilities
Asad J. Khattak (UTK), Muhammad Adeel (UTK), Sheikh Muhammad Usman (UTK)
CR2C2 | MRI 1 | Project R1-6 | Poster #41
Data-Driven Policy Guidance for CAV Deployment in Rural Southeastern Communities
Praveena Penmetsa (UA), Salman Haider Khan (UA), Reginald Souleyrette (UK), Evangelos Kaisar (FAU), Steven Jones (UA)
CR2C2 | MRI 1 | Project R1-3-2 | Poster #42