Mizanur “Mizan” Rahman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
Director, Connected and Automated Mobility Lab (CAM Lab)
Advisor, UA Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, TRB Standing Committee on Systems, Enterprise, and Cyber Resilience (AMR40)
Associate Editor, OJ-ITS – IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
2007 Smart Communities and Innovation Building (SCIB)
(205) 348-1717 (Office)
(864) 650-2926 (Cell)
(205) 348-6959 (Fax)
mizan.rahman@ua.edu (Email)
https://sites.ua.edu/mrahman/ (Website)
Research Interests
• Transportation Cyber-Physical-Social Systems/Transportation Digital Twin
• Cyber Security and Resiliency for Connected and Automated Mobility
• Quantum Computing in Transportation Applications
• Driver Behavior Modelling for Connected and Automated Vehicles
• Urban Air Mobility/Applications of Drones
Recent News
- FMCSA 2024: Principal Investigator (UA), “Roadside-to-Vehicle Crash Avoidance Warning System for Commercial Motor Vehicles on Rural Roads ” Start Date: 09/24/2024, End Date: 09/24/2026, $1,342,761 ($300,000).
- NSF CAREER: Principal Investigator (sole PI), “CAREER: Cyber Resilient Navigation for Autonomous 2024-2029
Systems under Threat Uncertainties and Contested Environments (Award Number: 2340456)“, Start Date: 06/01/2024, End Date: 05/31/2029, $536,016 (Rahman’s share $536,016). - NSF NRT: Senior Personnel, “NRT: Alabama Collaborative for Contemporary Education 2023-2028
in Precision Timing (ACCEPT) (Award Number: 2244074)“, Start Date: 07/15/2023,
End Date: 06/30/2028, $2,997,970 - Public Roads Student Writing Competition Award, awarded to Mr. Mohammad Sami Irfan, Dr. Rahman’s Ph.D. student.
- FMCSA 2023: Principal Investigator (UA), “Multi-Sensor Fusion for Proactive Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety at Work Zone” Start Date: 08/16/2023, End Date: 08/15/2025, $1,085,359 ($280,000).
- Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Society (GRITS) Scholarship, 2023 Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Society (GRITS), March, 2023, awarded to Mr. Sagar Dasgupta, Dr. Rahman’s Ph.D. student
- Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholar (TSS) 2023 Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities in Seattle, Washington, April 2-4, 2023, awarded to Mr. Sagar Dasgupta, Dr. Rahman’s Ph.D. student
- National UTC: Co-principal Investigator, “National Center for Transportation Cyber Security and Resiliency (TraCR),” Start Date: 02/01/2023, End Date: 01/31/2028 $20,000,000 ($1,500,000)
- NSF REU: Co-principal Investigator, “REU Site: Security of Emerging Networks in the Emerging Transportation and Energy Networks,” Start Date: 03/01/2023, End Date: 02/28/2026, $349,951
- NSF REU Supplement: Co-principal Investigator, “REU Site Supplement: Security of Emerging Networks in the Emerging Transportation and Energy Networks,” Start Date: 03/01/2023, End Date: 02/28/2026, $16,000
- Podcast interview – Cybercrime Magazine. GPS Hacking. Overcoming The Threat. . https://soundcloud.com/cybercrimemagazine/gps-hacking-overcoming-the-threat-mizanur-rahman-assistant-professor-university-of-alabama
- TRB News. A promising, inexpensive system to overcome GPS hacking that could help keep self-driving vehicles from heading to the wrong destination has been developed by the University of Alabama researchers. https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=e1fcce1acf&u=4f1f5aad1cdf8802c08a457cb&id=3d4b994397
- UA News. Low-cost Solution Viable for Self-Driving Cars to Spot Hacked GPS. https://news.ua.edu/2022/09/low-cost-solution-viable-for-self-driving-cars-to-spot-hacked-gps/