• 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.

• Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Since 2010
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Since 2005
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Since 2005

I. Journal Papers/Books Published, in Press or Accepted

• BOOK: Singh, V. P., Li, Z., Siddiqui, N., and Patel. H. (2022). Sustainable Infrastructure Development. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Volume 199. ISBN 978-981-16-6647-6, Springer Singapore, March 2022. IF 0.681. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6647-6
• Book Chapter. Zhang, J., H. Patel, Z. Li, R. M. Vasan. (2022). Networkwide Signal Timing Optimization for Sustainable Urban Management and Livable Communities. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Volume, Springer Singapore, September 2022. IF 0.681.
• Book Chapter. Dubey, M., V. Raj, H. Patel (2022). A Holistic Framework for Sustainability Assessment to Ensure Inclusion of the Construction Phase of Projects. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Volume, Springer Singapore, September 2022. IF 0.681.
• Book Chapter. Patel, S., H. Patel (2022). Innovative Parking and Maintenance System for Sustainable Urban Public Transportation. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Volume, Springer Singapore, September 2022. IF 0.681.
• Book Chapter. Arora, Y., H. Patel (2022). A Study on Alternative Strategies for Public Transportation in Dehradun City. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. ISBN 978-981-16-6646-9, Springer Singapore, March 2022. IF 0.681. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6647-6
• Zhang, J., H. Patel and Li, Z. (2019). Current Trends in Transportation Engineering. Current Trends in Civil & Structural Engineering, Nov 2019. IF 0.681. DOI: 10.33552/CTCSE.2019.04.000584
• Li, Z., H. Dao, H. Patel, Y. Liu, and Zhou, B. (2017). Incorporating Traffic Control and Safety Hardware Performance Functions into Risk-Based Highway Safety Analysis. PROMET – Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering 29(2), 143-153.
• Liu, Y., Li, Z., Liu, J., and H. Patel. (2016). Vehicular Crash Data used to rank intersections by injury crash frequency and severity. Data Brief Jul 1;8:930-3
• Liu, Y., Z. Li, J. Liu, and H. Patel. (2016). A Double Standard Model for Allocating Limited Emergency Medical Service Vehicle Resources Ensuring Service Reliability. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 69, 120-133.
• Roshandeh, A.M., Z. Li, M. Neishapouri, H. Patel., and Y. Liu. (2015). Tradeoff Analysis Approach for Multiobjective Transportation Investment Decision-Making. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering. 141(3), 04014085.
• Lee, Y., Z. Li, S. Zhang, A.M. Roshandeh, H. Patel, and Y. Liu. (2014). Safety Impacts of Red Light Running Photo Enforcement on Signalized Urban Intersections. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering 1(5), 309-324.
• Liu, Y., A.M. Roshandeh., Z. Li., K. Kepapstoglou, H. Patel., and X. Lu. (2014). Heuristic Approach for Optimizing Emergency Medical Services in Road Safety within Large Urban Networks. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering 140(9), 04014043.
• Roshandeh, A.M., H.S. Levinson, Z. Li, H. Patel, and B. Zhou. (2013). New Methodology for Intersection Signal Timing Optimization to Simultaneously Minimize Vehicle and Pedestrian Delays. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering 140(5), 04014009.
• Zhou, B., Z. Li, H. Patel, A.M. Roshandeh, Y. Wang. (2013). Risk-Based Two-Stage Optimization Model for Optimal Highway Transportation Investment Decision-Making. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering 140(5), 04014007.
• Li, Z., K. Kepaptsoglou, Y. Lee, H. Patel, Y. Liu. (2013). Safety Effects of Shoulder Paving for Rural and Urban Interstate, Multilane, and Two-Lane Highways. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering 139(10), 1010-1019.

II. Conference Presentation and Publications

• Zhang, J., H. Patel, Z. Li, R. M. Vasan. (2022). Networkwide Signal Timing Optimization for Sustainable Urban Management and Livable Communities. Sustainable Design and Eco Technologies for Infrastructure (CECAR9), 21^st – 23^rd September 2022, Goa, India.
• Dubey, M., V. Raj, H. Patel (2022). A Holistic Framework for Sustainability Assessment to Ensure Inclusion of the Construction Phase of Projects. Sustainable Design and Eco Technologies for Infrastructure (CECAR9), 21^st – 23^rd September 2022, Goa, India.
• Patel, S., H. Patel (2022). Innovative Parking and Maintenance System for Sustainable Urban Public Transportation. Sustainable Design and Eco Technologies for Infrastructure (CECAR9), 21^st – 23^rd September 2022, Goa, India.
• Arora, Y., H. Patel (2020). A Study on Alternative Strategies for Public Transportation in Dehradun City. Sustainable Infrastructure Development: Innovations and Advances (SIDIA 2020), 17^th -18^th August 2020, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun,
• Dao, H., H. Patel, Z. Li, Y. Liu, and A.M. Roshandeh. (2015). Incorporating Traffic and Safety Hardware Performance Functions Into Risk-Based Highway Segment Safety Evaluation. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
• Liu, Y., Z. Li, H. Patel. (2015). A Double Standard Model for Emergency Medical Services Allocation Considering Resource Uncertainty. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
• Kaini, P., Madanu, S., Patel, H., Li, Z. (2008). Stochastic Optimization Model for Highway Project Trade-Off Analyses. Transportation Research Board, 87th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.

Research Projects

Project for City of Dehradun, India

• Accident Mapping for the city of Dehradun and conducting safety analysis to reduce fatalities and developing accident reducing traffic management strategy for the city traffic police.
• Public Transportation Strategy for Dehradun and evaluating alternative solutions

Projects for Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), USA

• Conducted large-scale traffic simulation and data analysis for developing disaster management strategies.
• Conducted large-scale data analysis for developing econometric models for the city to ascertain optimal highway pricing.
• Conducted traffic analysis at the intersections in the city of Chicago for signal optimization for increasing user safety in the network.

Project for Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), USA

• Developed crash reduction factors (CRF) and safety performance functions (SPF) for the state of Illinois for increasing the safety on the highway network. Embedded the developed functions in the system mainframe along with a user interface.

Projects for Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), USA

• Developed safety performance functions for incorporating roadway safety hardware performance in risk-based highway safety analysis for the state highway network.
• Developed a stochastic optimization model for project selection based on trade-off analysis for the state of Wisconsin. The budget constraints limit the number of projects possible to be implemented in any fiscal year and the model was developed to aide in the process of selecting the best sub-set of projects for budget optimization and maximizing the user benefits for the highway network in the state.

Project for the city of Chongqing, Yuzhong district, China

• Developed a long-term sustainable development strategy for the transportation network in the city of Chongqing for 10, 20 and 40 years collaborating with the Reason Foundation (USA) and the Government of Peoples Republic of China.

Project for Indiana Department of Transportation (InDOT), USA

• The proposed projects pool was analyzed and trade-off analysis was conducted to ascertain the optimal sub-set of projects to be implemented for maximization of user benefits and system optimization.

Keynote Address/ Lectures/Guest Lecture Delivered 

• Invited Expert Speaker on, “Performance-based Asset Management,” organized by Institution of Civil Engineers (India), 27^th November 2021, Delhi.
• Invited Guest Speaker on, “Infrastructure Development and Management Model for the Middle Sector”, for Seminar Infrastructure Development in Middle Sector, organized by Headquarter Central Command, Indian Army, Clement Town, Dehradun
• Invited Speaker for National Seminar on, “Infrastructure Development: Women Leading the Way” for Engineer’s Day celebrations and launching of “Compendium on 75 Women Engineer Jewels of India as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, organized by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India and Institution of Civil Engineers (India), 15^th September 2021, Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi
• Invited Expert Speaker on, “Pavement Management System”, organized by UtlraTech Cement Ltd. And Indian Concrete Institute, 21^st November 2020, 3000+ technocrat participants
• Invited Expert Speaker on, “Performance-based Asset Management”, organized by UtlraTech Cement Ltd. And Indian Concrete Institute, 5^th September 2020, 1500+ technocrat participants
• Invited Guest Lecture on, “Application of Emerging Methodologies Vital for Future of Engineering Research”, at Research Development Program organized for Engineering Faculty at UPES, Dehradun, Aug 13^th 2019.
• Invited Guest Lecture on, Advances in Research Methodologies for Earthquake Resistant Design, at AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Program on Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Resistance TEQIP-III in association with Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, at Dev Bhoomi Institute of Technology, Dehradun.