Civil and Environmental Engineering
3568 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 353-8883
Fax: (517) 432-1827
E-Mail: fdion@egr.msu.edu

• Introduction to Transportation Engineering (CE 341)
• Simulation and Optimization of Urban Networks (CE 843)
• Transportation Policies and Decision-making (CE 846)
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (CE 850)
• Transportation and the Environment (CE 851)

• Automated vehicle control algorithm considering potential delays in vehicle-to-vehicle communications
• Simulation model for Intelligent Transportation Systems applications relying on vehicle-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communications
• Methodology to assess the potential benefits of transit signal priority deployments along urban arterials
• Transit signal priority control strategy based on genetic algorithms
• Evaluation of effectiveness of transit priority strategies within adaptive traffic signal control systems
• Real-time estimation of freeway link travel time using automatic vehicle identification (AVI) systems

Dr. Dion’s research interests are in the general area of intelligent transportation systems with focus on advanced traffic signal control systems, integrated control of transit and traffic operations, traveler information systems, and information technology applications to transportation. Dr. Dion also has research interests in driver behavior modeling, traffic simulation modeling, and the modeling of vehicle fuel consumption and pollutant emissions.

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation)

• Estimating Dynamic Roadway Travel Times Using Automatic Vehicle Identification Data for Low Sampling Rates, with H. Rakha, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, forthcoming.
• Vehicle-to-Vehicle Wireless Communication Protocols for Enhancing Highway Traffic Safety, with S. Biswas and R. Tatchikou, IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 74-82, 2006.
• Dedicated Short-Range Wireless Communications for Intelligent Transportation System Applications: State-of-the-Art, with Y. Liu and S. Biswas, Transportation Research Record, No. 1910, pp. 29-37, 2005.
• Vehicle Dynamics Model for Estimating Maximum Light Duty Vehicle Acceleration Levels, with H. Rakha and M. Snare, Transportation Research Record, No. 1883, pp. 40-49, 2004.
• Comparison of Delay Estimates at Undersaturated and Oversaturated Pretimed Signalized Intersections, with H. Rakha and Y.S. Kang, Transportation Research - Part B: Methodological, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 99-122, 2004.
• Evaluation of Potential Transit Signal Priority Benefits Along a Fixed-Time Signalized Arterial, with H. Rakha and Y. Zhang, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 130, No. 3, pp. 294-303, 2004.
• Evaluation of Service Reliability Impacts of Traffic Signal Priority Strategies for Bus Transit, with J. Chang, J. Collura and H. Rakha, Transportation Research Record, No. 1841, pp. 23-31, 2003.
• Effect of Variable Message Signs in Reducing Railroad Crossing Impacts, with R. Sivanandan, H. Rakha and M. Van Aerde, Transportation Research Record, No. 1844, pp. 85-93, 2003.
• Genetic Algorithm Approach to the Problem of the Automated Vehicle Identification Equipment Locations, with D. Teodorovic, M. Van Aerde and F. Zhu, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 1-21, 2002.
• A Rule-Based Real-Time Traffic Responsive Signal Control System: Application to an Isolated Intersection, with B. Hellinga, Transportation Research Board, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 1-21, 2002.
• Using Global Positioning System Data for Field Evaluation of Energy and Emission Impact of Traffic Flow Improvement Projects: Issues and Proposed Solutions, with H. Rakha and H. Sin, Transportation Research Record 1768, pp. 210-223, 2001.

• Safety Assessment of Information Delay on Intelligent Vehicle Control System Performance, with Y. Liu, Compendium of Papers, 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January, 2006.
• Vehicle-to-Vehicle Packet Forwarding Protocols for Cooperativge Collision Avoidance, with S. Biswas and R. Tatchikou, IEEE Globecom 2005 Conference, St. Louis, MO, November, 2005.
• Integration of Transit Signal Priority Within Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Systems, with H. Rakha, Compendium of Papers, 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January, 2005.
• Estimating Spatial Travel Times Using Automatic Vehicle Identification Data, with H. Rakha, Preprint CD-ROM, 82nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2003.