• BS, Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, 2007
• BS, Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, 2007
• MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
• Ph D, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2012

Journal Articles

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2023, "Decentralized arterial traffic signal optimization with connected vehicle information", Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 27, (2), pp. 145—160

Agnimitra Sengupta, Hoda Azari, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2023, "Validating a physics-based automatic classification scheme for impact echo signals on data using a concrete slab with known defects", Transportation Research Record

Xuting Wang, Vikash Varun Gayah and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2023, "Integration of Pavement Roughness into Safety Performance Functions of Two-Lane Rural Roads in Pennsylvania", Journal of Transportation Engineering Part B: Pavements

Muyang Lu, Sukran Ilgin Guler, Elizabeth Traut and Xianbiao Hu, 2023, "Analysis of spatial interactions among shared e-scooters, shared bikes and public transit", Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Agnimitra Sengupta, Sudeepta Mondal, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2022, "A hybrid Hidden Markov Model and time-frequency approach to impact echo signal classification", Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 41, (4)

Muyang Lu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2022, "Random survival forest model for bridge deck deterioration", Transportation Research Record

Muyang Lu, Jonathan Hydock, Aleksandra Radlinska and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2022, "Reliability analysis of a bridge deck utilizing generalized gamma distribution", Journal of Bridge Engineering, 27, (4), pp. 04022006

Renato Guadamuz, Hao Tang, Zhengyao Yu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2022, "Green time usage metrics on signalized intersections and arterials using high-resolution traffic data", International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 11, (3), pp. 509-521

Murat Bayrak, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Paul Schonfeld, 2021, "Implementation sequence optimization of dedicated bus lane projects", Transportation Research Record

Agnimitra Sengupta, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2021, "Interpreting impact echo data to predict condition rating of concrete bridge decks: A machine learning appraoch", ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 26, (8), pp. 04021044

Murat Bayrak and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2021, "Optimum deployment of dedicated bus lanes on a network accounting for traffic dynamics", Public Transport, 1, pp. 1—23

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2020, "Traffic signal control optimization in a connected vehicle environment considering pedestrians", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2674, (10), pp. 499—511

Murat Bayrak and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2020, "Determining optimum transit signal priority implementation locations on a network.", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2674, (10), pp. 387—400

Kristin Kersavage, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Martin T Pietrucha, 2020, "Analysis of colored variable message signs for visibility and comprehensibility", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2674, (1), pp. 125—134

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2020, "A heuristic method to optimize generic signal phasing and timing plans at signalized intersections using connected vehicle technology", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 111, pp. 156-170

Kan Wu, Muyang Lu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2020, "Modeling and optimizing bus transit priority along arterials: a moving bottleneck approach", Transportation Research Part C, 121, pp. 102873

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2020, "An equitable signal control scheme at signalized intersections using connected vehicle technology", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 110, pp. 81—97

Haitao He, Kaidi Yang, Hong Liang, Monica Menendez and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2019, "Providing public transport priority in the perimeter of urban networks: a bimodal strategy", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 107, pp. 171—192

Kan Wu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2019, "Estimating the impacts of transit signal priority on intersection operations: a moving bottleneck approach", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 105, pp. 346—358

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2019, "Joint optimization of signal phasing and timing and vehicle speed guidance in a connected and autonomous vehicle environment", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2673, (4), pp. 70—83

Kaidi Yang, Monica Menendez and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2019, "Implementing transit signal priority in a connected vehicle environment with and without bus stops", Transportmetrica Part B: Transport Dynamics, 7, pp. 423—445

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2018, "Signal timing optimization with connected vehicle technology: platooning to improve computational efficiency", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2672, (18), pp. 81—92

Amir Manafpour, Sukran Ilgin Guler, Gordon P Warn, Farshad Rajabipour and Aleksandra Radlinska, 2018, "Stochastic analysis and time-based modeling of concrete bridge deck deterioration", Journal of Bridge Engineering, 23, (9), pp. 04018066, 1—9

Kan Wu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2018, "Optimizing transit signal priority implementation along an arterial", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2672, (20), pp. 215—227

Lingyu Li, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Eric T Donnell, 2017, "Pavement friction degradation based on Pennsylvania field test data", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2639, pp. 11-19

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2017, "Methodology for estimating capacity at unsignalized multimodal intersections", International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 5, (4), pp. 257-267

Julie Stempfel, Sukran Ilgin Guler, Monica Menendez and Wernher Brucks, 2016, "Effects of traffic conditions on safety of networks", Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 8, (3), pp. 214-229

Vikash Varun Gayah, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Weihua Gu, 2016, "On the Impact of Obstructions on the Capacity of Nearby Signalized Intersections", Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, 4, (1), pp. 48-67

Haitao He, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "Adaptive control algorithm to provide bus priority with a pre-signal", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 64, pp. 28-44

Sukran Ilgin Guler, Vikash Varun Gayah and Monica Menendez, 2016, "Bus priority at signalized intersections with single-lane approaches: A novel pre-signal strategy", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 63, pp. 51-70

Kaidi Yang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "Isolated intersection control for various levels of vehicle technology: conventional, connected and automated vehicles", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 72, pp. 109-129

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Offer Grembek, 2016, "Use of different exposure metrics for understanding multi-modal travel injury risk", International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 5, (1), pp. 28-37

Jean Torben Girault, Vikash Varun Gayah, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "An exploratory analysis of signal coordination impacts on the macroscopic fundamental diagram", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2560, pp. 36—46

Kathrin Arnet, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2015, "Effects of multimodal operations on urban roadways", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2533, pp. 1-7

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2015, "Pre-signals for bus priority: basic guidelines for implementation", Public Transport, 7, (3), pp. 339-354

Vikash Varun Gayah, Vinayak Dixit and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2014, "Relationship between mean and day-to-day variation in travel time in urban networks", EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, 3, (3-4), pp. 227-243

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "Analytical formulation and empirical evaluation of pre-signals", Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 64, pp. 41-53

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "Evaluation of pre-signals at over saturated signalized intersections", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2418), pp. 11-19

Sukran Ilgin Guler, Monica Menendez and Linus Meier, 2014, "Using connected vehicle technology to improve efficiency of intersections", Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 46, (C), pp. 121-131

Darren Reger, Eleni Christofa, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Samer Madanat, 2013, "Estimation of pavement crack initiation models by combining experimental and field data", Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 19, (4), pp. 434-441

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Michael J. Cassidy, 2012, "Strategies for sharing bottleneck capacity among buses and cars", Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 46, (10), pp. 1334 - 1345

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Samer Madanat, 2011, "On the axle load power for pavement fatigue cracking: empirical estimation and policy implications", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2225), pp. 21-24

Conference Proceedings

A Sengupta, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2024, "Evaluating the reliability of automatically generated pedestrian and bicycle crash surrogates"

L Lyu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2024, "Combination of deep reinforcement learning and random forest state prediction for traffic signal control in a connected vehicle environment"

H M Mavi, A Ranjbari, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2024, "What does it take for rural-urban commuters to switch from driving to carpooling?"

Y Shi, Sukran Ilgin Guler, J Zhao, J Zhu and X Yang, 2024, "Innovative lane design method for enhancing intersection capacity in limited road space"

A Sengupta, S Mondal, A Das and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2024, "A Bayesian approach to quantifying uncertainties and improving generalizability in traffic prediction models"

A Sengupta, A Das and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2024, "Hybrid hidden Markov LSTM for short-term traffic flow prediction"

J Mitrovich, S S Maddipatla, L Gao, Sukran Ilgin Guler, C Beal and S Brennan, 2023, "Analysis of friction utilization within a roadway network using simulated vehicle trajectories"

J Mitrovich, S S Maddipatla, L Gao, Sukran Ilgin Guler, C Beal and S Brennan, 2023, "Adaptive action selection strategy of reinforcement learning approach for intelligent traffic light control"

Muyang Lu, Hao Liu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2023, "Impact of bikes on traffic efficiency based on car-bike mixed traffic modeling"

Muyang Lu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2023, "Multi-objective optimization of maintenance, rehabilitation and reconstruction decision making considering safety", Transportation Research Record, Washington D.C.

Abhishek Prajapati, Agnimitra Sengupta and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2023, "Accounting for traffic dynamic in pavement maintenance scheduling"

Lin Lyu, Dongqin Zhou, Hao Liu, Vikash Varun Gayah and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2023, "Adaptive action selection strategy of reinforcement learning approach for intelligent traffic light control"

Lauren Blackburn, Ian Hamilton, Vikash Varun Gayah, Sukran Ilgin Guler, Dan Carter, Brian Mayhew, Jason Seymour and Hao Liu, 2023, "Bottom up or top down: comparing pedestrian exposure estimates using city and statewide exposure models"

Agnimitra Sengupta and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2023, "Physics-informed deep learning for spatio-temporal traffic flow prediction"

Xuting Wang, Vikash Varun Gayah and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2022, "Integration of Pavement Roughness into Safety Performance Functions of Two-Lane Rural Roads in Pennsylvania"

Muyang Lu, Vikash Varun Gayah and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2022, "Impacts of shared bikes on pedestrian and cyclist safety: A macroscopic analysis"

Agnimitra Sengupta, Sudeepta Mondal, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2022, "A state-based hidden Markov model approach to impact echo signal classification"

Agnimitra Sengupta, Hoda Azari, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2022, "Validating a physics-based automatic classification scheme for impact echo signals on data using a concrete slab with known defects"

Agnimitra Sengupta, Hoda Azari, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2022, "Transfer learning of impact echo signal classification from laboratory to the field"

Agnimitra Sengupta, R Torlapati, Hoda Azari, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2022, "Automated interpretation of Impact Echo data using statistical modeling and machine learning"

Muyang Lu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2022, "Random survival forest model for bridge deck deterioration"

Muyang Lu, Jonathan Hydock, Aleksandra Radlinska and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2021, "Self-updating method for generalized gamma distribution-based bridge-deck deterioration model"

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2021, "Decentralized arterial traffic signal optimization with connected vehicle information"

Murat Bayrak, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Paul Schonfeld, 2021, "Implementation sequence optimization of dedicated bus lane projects"

Agnimitra Sengupta, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Parisa Shokouhi, 2021, "Modeling impact echo data for predicting condition rating"

Renato Guadamuz, Houjun Tang, Zhengyao Yu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2021, "Green time usage metrics on signalized intersections and arterials using high-resolution traffic data"

Muyang Lu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Elizabeth Traut, 2021, "Spatiotemporal analysis of the relationship between micromobility, transit and traffic"

Jonathan Hydock, Muyang Lu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Aleksandra Radlinska, 2021, "A Weibull reliability model of bridge deck deterioration"

Murat Bayrak and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2020, "Determining optimum transit signal priority implementation locations on a network"

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2020, "Traffic signal control optimization in a connected vehicle environment considering pedestrians"

Kristin Kersavage, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Martin T Pietrucha, 2020, "Analysis of colored variable message signs for visibility and comprehensibility"

Kan Wu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2020, "Modeling and optimizing bus transit priority along arterials: a moving bottleneck approach"

Sukran Ilgin Guler, Stephanie Cutler and Sarah E Zappe, 2020, "Work in progress: Inquiry-based learning in transportation engineering"

Kan Wu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2019, "Estimating the impacts of transit signal priority on intersection operations: kinematic wave theory and moving bottleneck approaches."

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2019, "Joint optimization of signal phasing and timing and vehicle speed guidance in a connected and autonomous vehicle environment"

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2019, "A heuristic method to optimize generic signal phasing and timing plans at signalized intersections using connected vehicle technology"

Murat Bayrak and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2018, "Optimization of transit infrastructure on networks accounting for queue spillbacks"

Kan Wu and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2018, "Optimizing transit signal priority implementation along an arterial"

Haitao He, Kaidi Yang, Hao Liang, Monica Menendez and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2018, "Providing public transport priority at urban network perimeters: a bi-modal perimeter control approach"

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2018, "Signal timing optimization with connected vehicle technology: platooning to improve computational efficiency"

Murat Bayrak and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2018, "Optimizing bus lane placement on networks while accounting for queue spillbacks"

Xiao Liang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2018, "A heuristic method to optimize generic signal phasing and timing plan at signalized intersections using connected vehicle technology"

L Wu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and W Gu, 2018, "Improving bus and car operations for 2-lane intersection approach"

Haitao He, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2017, "Analytical evaluation of flexible sharing strategies on multi-modal arterials,"

Kan Wu, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Vikash Varun Gayah, 2017, "A queueing and variational theory approach to estimating the impacts of bus stops on transit signal priority"

Lingyu Li, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Eric T Donnell, 2017, "Pavement friction degradation based on Pennsylvania field test data"

Haitao He, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "Using pre-signals to increase the capacity of urban arterials with a bus lane"

Kaidai Yang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "A transit signal priority algorithm under connected vehicle environment"

Jean Torben Girault, Vikash Varun Gayah, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "An exploratory analysis of signal coordination impacts on the macroscopic fundamental diagram"

Vassili Nikias, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "Effects of bus operations on urban networks"

Nico Luthy, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2016, "System wide effects of bus stops: Bus bays vs. curbside bus stops"

Haitao He, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2015, "Providing bus priority using adaptive pre-signals"

Kaidi Yang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2015, "A transit signal priority algorithm under connected vehicle environment"

Sukran Ilgin Guler, Vikash Varun Gayah and Monica Menendez, 2015, "Providing bus priority at signalized intersections with single-lane approaches"

Kaidi Yang, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2015, "A signal control strategy using connected vehicles and loop detector information"

Kathrin Arnet, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "Effects of multimodal operations on urban roadways"

Sofia Theodoridou, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "Modeling and implementation of tolled bus lanes"

Haitao He, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "Effects of a simplified operating strategy of presignals at a single lane intersection"

Sofia Theodoridou, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "An analytical approach for modeling tolled bus lanes"

Haitao He, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "The effects of pre-signals at a single intersection: simulation results"

Julie Stempfel, Sukran Ilgin Guler, Monica Menendez and Werner Brucks, 2014, "Effects of traffic conditions on safety of urban networks"

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2014, "Evaluation of pre-signals at over saturated signalized intersections"

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2013, "Pre-signals for bus priority: Basic guidelines for implementation"

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Monica Menendez, 2013, "Empirical evaluation of bus and car delays at pre-signals"

Sukran Ilgin Guler, Offer Grembek and David Ragland, 2013, "Using travel time to compare crash risk across modes and locations"

Vikash Varun Gayah, Vinayak Dixit and Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2013, "Relationship between mean and variance of travel time in networks"

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Michael Cassidy, 2012, "Managing underutilized bus lanes at roadway bottlenecks"

Sukran Ilgin Guler, 2012, "Deployment of unconventional bus lanes: case study"

Vikash Varun Gayah, Sukran Ilgin Guler and Karthik Sivakumaran, 2012, "Accounting for congestion in network design"

Sukran Ilgin Guler and Samer Madanat, 2011, "On the axle load power for pavement fatigue cracking: empirical estimation and policy implications"

• New Faculty Award, Council of University Transportation Centers and Cambridge Systematics, 2020

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