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Dr. Harshingar Patel

Associate Professor

Ph.D, M.Tech in Civil Engg, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, B.E. in Civil Engg, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Dr. Patel is a Civil Engineering professional with more than eighteen years’ experience in industry, academia, and research. Her area of expertise are Transportation Asset Management and Infrastructure Systems Engineering, Performance-based Management, Strategic Planning, Multimodal Transportation Planning, Transportation Systems Analysis and Optimization, Highway Safety Analysis, GIS and GPS Application in Transportation, Optimization Techniques, Transportation Demand Modelling, Large-Scale Traffic Simulation, Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis.  Dr. Patel has Collaborated on research projects sponsored by U.S. Department of Transportation, Illinois Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Authority, Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Indiana Department of Transportation.

Performance-Based Transportation Asset Management, Multimodal Transportation Planning, Transportation Systems Analysis and Optimization, Highway Safety Analysis, GIS and RS Application in Transportation, Optimization Techniques, Demand Modelling, Large-Scale Traffic Simulation, Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL
  • Masters in Civil Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL
  • Bachelor in Civil Engineering, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

Associate Professor, Adani University, Ahmedabad                                                  Feb 2022 – Current

Working as an academician, researcher, and PhD guide, at Adani University, Adani Shantigram, Ahmedabad in the Department of Civil & Infrastructure Engineering. Also, serving as the M. Tech Co-Ordinator for M. Tech in Construction Engineering Management.

Dr. Patel has worked in the industry with Parikh Associates and A. K. Patel & Sons Pvt. Ltd from 2004-2006, after which she has worked at Illinois Institute of Technology till 2009. She worked at Nirma University 2009 onwards and she worked with IIT Chicago from 2012. She worked as a consultant from 2015-2018 working on various international projects for countries such as USA and China. She worked as an Associate Professor from 2019-2022 February at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. She has also worked with Afcons at the Delhi Metro Project in 2001, and she has held leadership position such as President- Institute of Transportation Engineers, Student Chapter at IIT Chicago for three years and as Program Manager- PRETRANS Program at IIT Chicago.

Dr. Patel has collaborated internationally on several research projects funded by U.S. Department of Transportation, Illinois Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Authority, Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Indiana Department of Transportation, and Galvin Foundation to name a few. She has published numerous papers, book and book chapters in international peer-reviewed journals and publishing houses.