Md Rakibul Alam

Dr. Md Rakibul Alam is a Postdoctoral Appointee in the Vehicle & Mobility Systems (VMS) Department at Argonne National Laboratory. He contributes to interdisciplinary research focused on transportation and energy systems, leveraging a diverse methodological skillset that includes data analytics, visualization, machine learning, mathematical optimization, agent-based simulation, life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, and tool development.

Dr. Alam’s current research spans vehicle market analysis and the evaluation of energy use and emissions from alternative fuel and powertrain options in freight and intermodal rail systems. These projects are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). He serves as the primary developer of the standalone GREET Rail Interactive tool and actively contributes to the rail module of the 2024 R&D GREET Excel model.

His previous research experience includes facility location planning (e.g., charging infrastructure), operational scheduling (e.g., vehicle charging and platooning strategies), intelligent transportation systems (e.g., real-time transit occupancy estimation using Wi-Fi probe data), and life-cycle environmental impact analysis of road pavements.

Dr. Alam is committed to advancing collaborative research with national laboratories, academic institutions, and industry partners.

He earned his Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Engineering from the University of Central Florida, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).