Faculty
Ahsan Habib, PhD Phone: 902-494-3209 |
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BiographyAhsan Habib is a transportation professor at ϳԹ. He received a PhD degree in civil engineering from the University of Toronto in 2009. He held a professional position at the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO)prior to joining ϳԹ in 2010. He is the founder of the ϳԹTransportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) under the Leaders Opportunity Grant program of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). His research interests include travel behavior analysis, travel demand forecasting, and the microsimulation of urban systems. Dr. Habib believes multi-modal mobility options are the key to ensuring sustainability for Canadian cities. |
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Education2005 – 2009 PhD (Transportation Engineering and Planning) 2004 – 2005 Master of Applied Science (transferred to the PhD Program) Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto 2002–2004 Master of Urban and Regional Planning 1996–2002 Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning |
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Research Interests
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Major Grants |
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Climate Action Awareness Fund (CAAF), "Development of a Bottom-Up, Activity-Based Transport Network and Emissions Modelling System", Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib) | |
NSERC Discovery Grant,“Developing Longitudinal Bottom-up Models of Land Use, Transport and Energy Use”, Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib) | |
The Province of Nova Scotia, NS DoE, “Sustainable Transportation Indicators: Transportation Data Collection and Modelling”, Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib) | |
Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF),Canada Foundation forInnovation (CFI), “ϳԹTransportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) Infrastructure Project”, (funding partners: NSRIT and HRM), Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib) | |
The Province of Nova Scotia, NS DoE, “Transportation Data Collection and Modelling Centre for Sustainable Transportation Planning”, Awarded (PI: Dr. Habib) | |
SSHRC Insight Grants, “Coordinating Land Use Planning in the Context of Multiple Plans”, Awarded, (PI: Dr. Grant, [Dalhousie]; Co-PIs: Drs. Habib, Manuel & Rapaport [Dalhousie] and Dr. Filion [Waterloo]) |