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Hesham Rakha

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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588

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (10)

1.

Bicyclist Longitudinal Motion Modeling

Bicyclist Longitudinal Motion Modeling, 2022-12-15, Report Number : UMEC-035; https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/65457
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 08 Mar 2023
Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech, Morgan State University - Department of Transportation and Urban Infrastructure, Morgan State University, Morgan State University - Department of Transportation and Urban Infrastructure and Morgan State University - Department of Transportation and Urban Infrastructure
Downloads 153 (491,334)

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Longitudinal Motion, Bicyclists, Bicycle Traffic Flow Dynamics, Bike Simulator (BS.), Traffic Efficiency and Safety

2.

Netrainsim: A Network Freight Train Simulator for Estimating Energy/Fuel Consumption

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 13 Mar 2023
Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, Deutsche Bahn (DB) E.C.O and Deutsche Bahn (DB) E.C.O
Downloads 105 (664,543)

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NeTrainSim, Network Trains Simulation, energy consumption

3.

Electric Versus Gasoline Vehicle Particulate Matter and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Large-Scale Analysis

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Jul 2024
Hesham Rakha, Mohamed Farag and Hosein Foroutan
Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Virginia Tech
Downloads 87 (771,553)

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Non-exhaust emissions, particulate matter emissions, tire emissions, brake emissions, battery electric vehicles, large-scale traffic modeling

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Real-Time Traffic State Estimation and Short-Term Prediction Using Probe Vehicle Data: A Kalman Filter Approach

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Oct 2024
Amr Shafik and Hesham Rakha
Virginia Tech and Virginia Tech
Downloads 86 (777,583)

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turning movement counts, Kalman filters, queue prediction, connected vehicles, traffic signal optimization, traffic state prediction

5.

Bicycle Longitudinal and Lateral Motion Modeling

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Mar 2023
Karim Fadhloun, Fahd Alazemi and Hesham Rakha
Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech and Virginia Tech
Downloads 66 (924,743)

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Bicycle modeling, bicyclist behavior, Traffic Flow Theory

6.

Real-World Emission Dynamics of Tire and Road Wear Particles: Impacts of Micro-Driving Behaviors and Roadway Characteristics

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Mar 2026
Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Virginia Tech and Virginia Tech
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Tire and road wear particles (TRWP), Non-exhaust emissions, On-road measurement, Micro-driving behavior, Particulate matter (PM)

7.

Netrainsim: Network Freight Train Simulator for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Decarbonization Strategies

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 10 Jun 2023
Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University - Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Deutsche Bahn (DB) E.C.O
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NeTrainSim, Network Trains Simulation, Energy Consumption, Environmental Footprint

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Multi-Modal Freight Transport, Agent-Based Modeling, System Dynamics, Freight Optimization, Sustainable Logistics

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Real-Time Physics-Based Model for Battery Electric Vehicle Energy Consumption Estimation: Development and Validation

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 24 Jun 2026
Hesham Rakha, Hao Chen, Mohamed Farag and Kyoungho Ahn
Virginia Tech, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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battery electric vehicles, energy consumption modeling.

10.

A Multi-Resolution Hierarchical Visibility Graph with On-Demand Phased Adjacency for Global Maritime Route Planning

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 May 2026
Ahmed S. Aredah and Hesham Rakha
Virginia Tech and Virginia Tech
Downloads 9 (1,571,455)
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Visibility graph, Hierarchical pathfinding, Maritime route planning, Polygon simplification, Corridor-constrained search, Yao spanner