Exploring the Journey of a PhD Candidate at FSU RIDER Center: Insights into Sustainable Infrastructure Management

Mohammad Movahedi

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, Florida, 32310



Abstract- As a Graduate Research Assistant at RIDER Center, I conduct multi-disciplinary research on various subjects related to sustainable built environment, automation in construction, data-driven decision-making, and transportation systems analysis. I am also a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering at Florida State University, where I apply my knowledge and skills in Intelligent Transportation Systems, AI, and large-scale decision-making to address complex and dynamic problems in the context of transportation systems. My research focuses on sustainable infrastructure systems, intelligent transportation systems, reinforcement learning applications, and transportation planning under uncertainty.


Keywords:

Infrastructure management Infrastructure planning Intelligent transportation Transportation planning Data-driven decision support Asset management Traffic Modeling Smart cities Disaster resilience Post-disaster recovery Sustainable built environment Digital twins Virtual reality Generative-AI

References

[1] A Prediction Model for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Patterns across Boundary Scopes in the Construction Phase – Utilizing Explainable Machine Learning, Seo, S., Choi, D., Koo, C., Movahedi, M., Choi, J. (2025). in 23rd CIB World Building Congress, 10.7771/3067-4883.1908.

[2] Generative Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality: Emerging Future of the Building Component Inspection Training, Movahedi, M., Bravo, C. and Choi, J. (2025). in 23rd CIB World Building Congress, pp. 1–10. 10.7771/3067-4883.1429.

[3] The Crossroads of LLM and Traffic Control: A Study on Large Language Models in Adaptive Traffic Signal Control, Movahedi, M. and Choi, J. (2024). IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 1–16 10.1109/TITS.2024.3498735.

[4] Network Robustness Analysis of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure during Extreme Weather Conditions: A Case Study of Hurricane Ian, Movahedi, M., Choi, J. (2024). International Conference on Transportation and Development 2024 10.1061/9780784485538.058.

[5] Data Collection from Field Investigations During Debris Removal Operations After Hurricane Ian-Florida, Choi, J., Alshami, A., Merrick, D., Broder, J., Wuerth, A., Nickdoost, N., Movahedi, M., Shenghua, W. (2024). Designsafe-CI, 10.17603/ds2-m7zs-xr98.

[6] Assessment of Estimation Methods for Demolition Waste Volume and Cost, Movahedi, M., Choi, J., Seo, S., & Koo, C. (2024). Construction Institute (Cl) & Construction Research Congress (CRC) Joint Conference 2024.10.1061/9780784485286.033

[7] Sustainable management of the built environment from the life cycle perspective, Hill, W., Jalloul, H., Movahedi, M., & Choi, J. (2023). Journal of Management in Engineering, 39(2), 1–20. 10.1061/jmenea.meeng-4759

[8] Determination of non-recurring traffic bottlenecks caused by accidents using open data: Case Study of Sayyad Shirazi Highway, Tehran, Iran, Sadeghi, M., Dovom. H., Movahedi, M. (2020). 2nd International Congress on Civil, Architecture and Urbanism

[9] A Novel Approach to the Network-wide Adaptive Traffic Signal Control Using Reinforcement Learning, Movahedi, M., Kamboozia, N., Ziari. H. (2020). 8th National Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Sustainable Urban Development of Iran

[10] Young Drivers’ Attitude toward Aggressive Driving Distracted by Passengers, Movahedi, M., Movahedi, M., Amiri, A., Behbahani, H. (2018). International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Development Management in Iran

[11] Use of Construction Demolition Waste in Pavement in Context of Sustainability Indexing Standards, Movahedi, M., Barakchi, M., Dovom. H., Mohammadi, R. (2017). 10th Bitumen, Asphalt, and Machinery Conference