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Md Sami Hasnine

Assistant Professor

Md Sami Hasnine

Md Sami Hasnine, Assistant Professor

301-D1 Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061



Program Area : Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering
Personal Homepage : https://hasnine.com/
hasnine@vt.edu

Biography

Dr. Md Sami Hasnine is an Assistant Professor in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Dr. Hasnine’s research is at the intersection of transportation engineering, econometrics, data science, and psychology – how human behavior is connected to transportation decision-making. He builds mathematical models to develop smart, sustainable cities to reduce emissions and energy consumption.

Dr. Hasnine published 33 peer-reviewed journal articles and 52 peer-reviewed conference papers in the last seven years. The list of his research sponsors includes the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers (UTC) Programs, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Amazon, DesignSafe and Bezos Earth Fund.

Dr. Hasnine is a trailblazer in diversity, equity, and inclusion Amazon Research Award (2023), VIP Curricular Advancement Award (2023), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019), and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral (PGS D) (2017).

Dr. Hasnine was the NSERC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the kind supervision of the Professor Md Shamsul Haque.

Areas of Interest

Travel Demand Modeling (Passenger and Freight), Econometrics, Machine-learning and AI in Decision Making, Survey Design (Smartphone and Web-based), Stated Preference (SP) Survey, Experimental Design

  • B.Sc in Civil Engineering with Honors, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2013
  • MA.Sc in Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 2015
  • Ph.D. in Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 2019
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, 2020
    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada, 2019
  • Assistant Professor, The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Virginia Tech, VA, USA (2023 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC. (2020 - 2023).
  • Instructor, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 2016
  • Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013.
  • Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Presidency University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013
  • Delta Award as a President of ITE U of T Student Chapter, 2017
  • 2nd Prize, Essay Writing at 50 Years Celebration of Notre Dame Science Club, 2006
  • Government Merit Scholarship based on excellent H.S.C and S.S.C examination result, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005-07
  • University Merit Scholarship (in all semesters of study), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2009-13
  • Dean’s List Scholarship (in all 4 years of study), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2009-13
  • Champion, ITE Canadian District Traffic Bowl Competition, 2014
  • SGS Conference Grant, 2014
  • Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund Scholarship, 2014
  • 2nd Place, Seventh Annual Joint ITE Section Student Presentation Competition Event Place: University of Waterloo, 2014
  • The Hassounah Award, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 2015-2016
  • SGS Conference Grant, 2015
  • 1st Place, Eight Annual Joint ITE Section Student Presentation Competition Event Place: University of Toronto, 2016
  • Richard Soberman Graduate Student Fellowship, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 2016-2017
  • Curricular Advancement Award for contributions to Vertically Integrated Project, VIP Consortium, 2023
  • NSERC Doctoral Scholarship- (PGS D), 2017-2019
  • Transportation Association of Canada Scholarship (CIMA+), 2017-2018
  • CTRF Transport Canada Scholarship (Declined to receive NSERC PGS D), 2018-2019
  • Certificate of Appreciation’ from Transportation Research Board, Washington DC (Transportation Demand Management Committee ABE50), 2019
  • The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post Doctoral Fellowship, 2019
  • Diversity Outreach Fellowship, MIT, 2019-2020
  • 18th TRB Transportation Planning Applications Conference – Fellowship, 2021
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) DELTA New Faculty Institute Fellowship , 2021
  • Certificate of Appreciation’ from Transportation Research Board, Washington DC in recognition for role as congestion pricing economics subcommittee co-chair, 2023
  • Certificate of Appreciation’ from Transportation Research Board, Washington DC (Transportation Demand Management Committee AEP60) in recognition for outstanding communication as Task Force Lead, 2023
  • Amazon Research Award (ARA), 2022-2023
  • CEE 5600: Civil Infrastructure Systems Analysis
  • Link to personal webpage
  • Link to Google Scholar
  • Drummond, J., and Hasnine, M. S. (2023). Did the COVID-19 vaccine rollout impact transportation demand? A case study in New York City. Journal of Transport & Health, 28, 101539. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101539
  • Drummond, J., and Hasnine, M.S. (2023) Online and In-store Shopping Behavior During COVID-19 Pandemic: Lesson Learned from a Panel Survey in New York City. Transportation Research Record (In-press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231158647
  • Drummond, J., and Hasnine, M.S. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccination on Bike Sharing Demand in NYC: An ARIMAX and Bayesian Time Series Analysis. Transportation Research Record (In-press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231165514
  • Uddin, M., Hwang, H. L., & Hasnine, M. S. (2023). An interpretable machine learning framework to understand bikeshare demand before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Transportation Planning and Technology, 46(4), 482-498. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2023.2201280
  • Azizisouldouz, S., Hasnine, M. S., Habib, K.M.N. (2023). Will Connected Autonomous Vehicles be able to Communicate with Visually Impaired Pedestrians? Findings and Policy Lessons from a Stated-adaptive Survey. Transportation Planning and Technology. (In-press).
  • Rashedi, Z., Hasnine, M. S., Habib, K.M.N. (2023) Simultaneous capturing of flexible substitution pattern and complementary/ supplementary relationship in consideration set in mode choice modeling by using stated preference data. Transportation Research Record (In-press). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231158643
  • Hasnine, M. S., Chung, B., Habib, K.M.N. (2023) How Far to Live and with Whom? Role of Modal Accessibility on Living Arrangement and Distance. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2022.2055197
  • Sakai, T., Hara, Y., Seshadri, R., Alho, A. R., Hasnine, M. S., Jing, P., Chua, Z., & Ben-Akiva, M. (2022). Household-based e-commerce demand modeling for an agent-based urban transportation simulation platform. Transportation Planning and Technology. 45(2), 179-201. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2022.2084397
  • Hossain, S., Hasnine, M.S., Habib, K.M.N. (2021). A Latent Joint Class Mode and Departure Time Choice Model for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Transportation. 48, 1217–1239 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-020-10092-1
  • Kamel, I., Hasnine, M. S., Shalaby, A., Habib, K.N., Abdulhai, B. (2021). Integrated Framework of Departure Time Choice, Mode Choice, and Route Assignment for Large-Scale Networks. Case Studies on Transport Policy. 9(3), 1284-1297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2021.06.013
  • Rashedi, Z., Hasnine, M.S., Habib, K.M.N. (2021). Modelling Second-Best Choices from the Choice Based Sample: Revelation of Potential Mode Switching Behaviour from Transit Passenger Surveys. Public Transport. (In Press) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12469-021-00275-z
  • Hasnine, M. S., Hawkins, J., Habib, K.M.N. (2021) Effects of Built Environment and Weather on Demands for Transportation Network Company Trips. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 150, 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.06.011
  • Hasnine, M. S., Habib, K.M.N. (2021) Tour-based mode choice modelling as the core of an activity-based travel demand modelling framework: a review of state-of-the-art, Transport Reviews, 41(1), 5-26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2020.1780648
  • Akbari, S., Hasnine, M.S., Papaioannou, E., Bernardino, A., & Habib, K. N. (2020). Home relocation and mobility tool ownership: Econometric investigations in the context of rising fuel prices in the Greater Toronto Area. Travel Behaviour and Society, 19, 8-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2019.10.005
  • Hasnine, M. S., Dianat, A., & Habib, K. N. (2020). Investigating the factors affecting the distance travel and health conditions of e-bike users in Toronto. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 8, 100265. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100265
  • Hasnine, M. S., Rashedi, Z., & Habib, K.M.N. (2020). Making use of elicited confidence ratings of the SP survey in a joint RP-SP model: a case study of commuting mode choices for TDM evaluations. Transportation Letters. 12(4), 274-287. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2019.1585687
  • Hasnine, M. S., Aboudina, A., Abdulhai, B., Habib, K.M.N. (2020) Mode shift impacts of optimal time-dependent congestion pricing in large networks: a simulation-based case study in the Greater Toronto Area. Case Studies on Transport Policy. 8(2), 542-552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2019.11.007
  • Azizisouldouz, S., Hasnine, M. S., Habib, K.M.N. (2020). The Potential Impacts of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) on Pedestrians with Visual Impairment. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2674(5) 183–195. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0361198120914299
  • Hasnine, M. S., & Habib, K.M.N. (2020). Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and Social Justice: A Case Study of Differential Impacts of TDM Strategies on Various Income Groups. Transport Policy. 94, 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.05.002
  • Hasnine, M. S., & Habib, K.M.N. (2020). Modeling the dynamics between tour-based mode choices and tour-timing choices in daily activity scheduling. Transportation. 47, 2635–2669. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-019-10036-4
  • Hasnine, M. S., Graovac, A., Camargo, F., & Habib, K.M.N. (2019). A random utility- based measure of accessibility to transit: Accurate capturing of first-mile issue in urban transit. Journal of Transport Geography, 74, 313-320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.12.007
  • Habib, K. N., & Hasnine, M.S., (2019). An econometric investigation of the influence of transit passes on transit users’ behavior in Toronto. Public Transport, 11(1), 111-133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-019-00195-z
  • Lin, T., Hasnine, M. S., & Habib, K. M. N. (2019). Influence of latent attitudinal factors on the multimodality of post-secondary students in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 46(999), 251-260. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2017-0333
  • Habib, K. N., Hasnine, M. S., & El-Assi, W. (2019). The role of station accessibility, multimodal competitions and contextual variables in retaining customer base of urban commuter rails. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 7(2), 404-413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2019.02.008
  • Hasnine, M. S., Lin, T., Weiss, A., & Habib, K. N. (2018). Determinants of travel mode choices of post-secondary students in a large metropolitan area: The case of the city of Toronto. Journal of Transport Geography, 70, 161-171. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.06.003
  • Habib, K.M.N., Weiss, A., & Hasnine, M. S. (2018). On the heterogeneity and substitution patterns in mobility tool ownership choices of post-secondary students in Toronto. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 116, 650-665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.06.002
  • Hasnine, M. S., & Habib, K.M.N. (2018). What about the Dynamics in Daily Travel Mode Choices? A Dynamic Discrete Choice Approach for Tour-based Mode Choice Modeling. Transport Policy, 71,70-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2018.07.011
  • Habib, K. N., El-Assi, W., Hasnine, M. S., & Lamers, J. (2017). Daily activity-travel scheduling behavior of non-workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Canada. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 97, 1-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.01.003
  • Rashedi, Z., Hasnine, M. S., Mendonca, M., & Habib, K. N. (2017). Ex Ante and Ex Post Evaluation of Smart Commute Strategies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area of Canada: Comparison of Aggregate and Disaggregate Approaches. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2665), 80-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3141%2F2665-09
  • Rashedi, Z., Mahmoud, M., Hasnine, M.S., & Habib, K.M.N. (2017). On the factors affecting the choice of regional transit for commuting in Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area: Application of an advanced RP-SP choice model. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 105:1-13 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.08.008
  • Hasnine, M. S., Weiss, A., & Habib, K.M.N. (2017). Stated Preference Survey Pivoted on Revealed Preference Survey for Evaluating Employer-Based Travel Demand Management Strategies. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2651), 108-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3141%2F2651-12
  • Li, L., Hasnine, M. S., Nurul Habib, K. M., Persaud, B., & Shalaby, A. (2017). Investigating the interplay between the attributes of at-fault and not-at-fault drivers and the associated impacts on crash injury occurrence and severity level. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 9(4), 439-456. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19439962.2016.1237602
  • Hasnine, M. S., Weiss, A., & Nurul Habib, K. (2016). Development of an Employer-Based Transportation Demand Management Strategy Evaluation Tool with an Advanced Discrete Choice Model in Its Core. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2542), 65-74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3141%2F2542-08