Nazmul Arefin Khan

Dr. Nazmul Arefin Khan, P.Eng. (Canada) is a Computational Scientist in the Transportation Systems and Mobility Group at the Vehicle and Mobility Systems Department of Argonne National Laboratory. Before joining Argonne, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada. Nazmul received his masters and PhD in Transportation Engineering and Planning from Dalhousie University, Canada. 

Nazmul’s research interests focus on understanding and improving the transportation systems through the development and application of sophisticated statistical and simulation models. He investigates how people make activity and travel choices, how these choices are linked to where people live and work, and the environmental impacts of transportation. He contributes to advancing transportation research by developing state-of-the art land use and travel behavior models that utilizes advanced econometric modeling methodologies, machine learning techniques and agent-based microsimulation models to recognize the complexities associated with the travel decisions. A core component of Nazmul’s research involves the development of integrated urban models that simulate the interplay between population socio-demographics, location choice, vehicle ownership, and travel activities, and their consequent effects on the urban transportation system and the surrounding environment within a region. The ultimate goal of his research is to provide valuable insights that can inform the development of effective transportation and land use policies, guide infrastructure investments, and contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation sector. Nazmul’s research has led to 30+ top transportation and land use journal and peer-reviewed proceedings publications, as well as numerous conference presentations worldwide. His contributions have been recognized through several international, national, provincial, state, and university scholarships, including World Transport Research Society PhD Prestige Grant, Transport Canada Scholarship, and Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Graduate Scholarship, among others.

Nazmul has supervised a number of PhD, masters and undergraduate students in the completion of their degrees and research projects. He actively collaborates with national and international universities, other national labs, private stakeholders, and non-profit organizations. Nazmul is also active outside of the academic environment, where he serves as the reviewer of several top-tier journals, member of multiple research committees, societies and associations, and team leader and volunteer of several workshops and community and project campaigns.

Research Interests

• Transportation systems modeling
• Travel behavior and demand modeling
• Activity-based modeling
• Integrated transportation and land use systems modeling
• Emerging mobility analysis
• Travel impacts of new information and communication technologies
• Econometrics, machine learning and AI in decision making
• Agent-based simulation modeling

Education

• PhD in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering & Planning), Dalhousie University, Canada
• MASc in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering & Planning), Dalhousie University, Canada
• BSc in Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh

Publication

• For the latest full list of publications, please see Dr. Nazmul Arefin Khan’s google scholar profile.