Rate My Professor Ali Shamshiripour

Ali Shamshiripour is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics at The University of Arizona, where he also serves as Assistant Director of the Center for Applied Transportation Sciences and founded the Urban Ecosystems Lab. He earned his Ph.D. in civil (transportation) engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran. Prior to his current position, Shamshiripour was a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supervised by Moshe Ben-Akiva, and co-supervised master's and Ph.D. students in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He joined the University of Arizona in 2023.

Shamshiripour's research lies at the intersections of transportation engineering, urban policy, and computer science. It encompasses three interdependent streams: (1) analysis and modeling of human activity-travel behavior and behavioral dynamics across short- to long-term time scales; (2) studying and designing novel mobility solutions such as Urban Air Mobility, Mobility as a Service, and Automated Mobility to enhance welfare, well-being, and sustainability; and (3) developing advanced agent- and activity-based simulation platforms for comprehensive evaluations of smart mobility solutions, congestion pricing, and tolling scenarios. His research interests include smart mobility, human-centric smart cities, activity-travel behavior analysis and prediction, and large-scale agent-based simulation of urban ecosystems. The results of his research have been published in 17 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals including Transportation Research Parts A, C, D, and F, along with 35 conference presentations, webinars, guest lectures, and media coverages. Key publications include "Evaluating congestion pricing schemes using agent-based passenger and freight microsimulation" (2024, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice), "Potential short- to long-term impacts of on-demand urban air mobility on transportation demand in North America" (2024, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice), "The willingness to pay for the automated vehicle subscription: Insights from a car-oriented population in China" (2024, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice), "Health Risks of Asphalt Emission: State-of-the-Art Advances and Research Gaps" (2024, Journal of Hazardous Materials), "A database of travel-related behaviors and attitudes before, during, and after COVID-19 in the United States" (2021, Scientific Data), and "How is COVID-19 reshaping activity-travel behavior? Evidence from a comprehensive survey in Chicago" (2021, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives). During his Ph.D. studies, he received the Krambles Transportation Scholarship Award from the Urban Transportation Center at UIC.