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ATAC
Staff BioDr. Faisal is a licensed Professional Engineer and transportation researcher specializing in transportation planning, traffic operations, and safety. Since 2012, he has contributed to over 35 transportation projects, including traffic studies, pavement design, and travel demand modeling. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from North Dakota State University, where his research focused on the modeling and analysis of large-truck crash injury severity. During his Ph.D., he worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Advanced Traffic Analysis Center (ATAC), assisting in the development of travel demand models for North Dakota MPOs. He has published over 10 peer-reviewed articles, presented at major conferences such as TRB and ITE, and serves as a reviewer for leading transportation journals.
As an Associate Research Fellow at ATAC, UGPTI, NDSU, he provides research, planning, and modeling expertise to NDDOT, MPOs, and local agencies, focusing on GIS integration, travel demand forecasting, econometric modeling, and the application of AI to enhance traffic modeling. Research Interests- Traffic Safety and Crash Injury Modeling
- Sustainable Transportation & Urban Accessibility
- Advanced Econometrics, Statistical & Machine Learning in Transportation
- Travel Demand Modeling and Planning Studies
- Data-Driven Behavioral Modeling and Policy Evaluation
- Integrated Urban Mobility Systems
Recent Research Activities/Major Programs of Activity- Spatiotemporal analysis of roadway terrains impact on large truck driver injury severity outcomes using random parameters with heterogeneity in means and variances approach
- Exploring contributing factors in single-vehicle truck crashes on rural roads: Accounting for unobserved heterogeneity and role of solar glare
- Beyond the surface: exploring the temporally stable factors influencing injury severities in large-truck crashes using mixed logit models
- The effect of locating public transit stations on their walking accessibility using an actual street network
- Forecasting public transit ridership amidst COVID-19: a machine learning approach
- Integrating urban air mobility into a public transit system: a GIS-based approach to identify candidate locations for vertiports
- An exploratory analysis of factors leading to prevalence of distracted driving behavior
- The effect of locating public transit stations on their walking accessibility using an actual street network
- Fargo Moorhead 2021 Travel Demand Model Update
- Grand Forks East Grand Forks 2021 Travel Demand Model Update: Executive Summary
Employment- 2025–Present, Associate Research Fellow, Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, NDSU
- 2024–2025, Traffic Engineer, Toltz King Duvall Anderson & Associates (TKDA), Minneapolis/ Saint Paul, Minnesota
- 2021–2024, Graduate Research Assistant, Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, NDSU, Fargo, ND
- 2018–2020, Highway Design Engineer, Pavron (Highway Consultant), Pakistan
- 2015–2018, Site Engineer, Lagan Construction Limited and JV Partners, Pakistan
- 2014–2015, Manager Operations, Magnum star Associates Private Limited, Pakistan
- 2013-2014, Project Engineer, Recent Construction, Pakistan
Education- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University, ND, 2024
- Certificate, Big Data Applied Statistical Analytics, North Dakota State University, ND, 2023
- M.S., Transportation Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2016
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2012
Professional Memberships/Affiliations- Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Member
- American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA), Member
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Member
Certifications- Professional Engineer, State of Minnesota
- Signal and Lighting Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), Certification Number: 12301
- Professional Engineer, Pakistan
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