Amir Rafe

member5 Co-Founder and CEO

"Hard Work beats Talent"

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Professional Summary:


Amir has experience within the transport planning and traffic engineering sector specializing in crowd modelling- simulation and analyzing complex systems.

Education:


Bachelor of Science: Civil engineering 2010
Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz, Farhang Blvd, Ahvaz, Iran. Cumulative GPA: 4.00
Master of Science: Transportation engineering 2013
Islamic Azad University- South Tehran branch, Ahang Hwy, Tehran, Iran.
Cumulative GPA: 4.00

Thesis Title:

  • Pedestrian dynamic modeling with social force model
  • Emphasis in Crowd modelling and Complexity systems.

Publication


  1. Arman, M. A., Rafe, A. & Kretz, T. (2016) Applied hybrid binary mixed logit to investigate pedestrian gap acceptance behavior at midblock and unsignalized intersection, A Case Study: Tehran, Transportation Part F (submitted).
  2. Arman, M. A., Rafe, A. & Kretz, T. (2015) Pedestrian Gap Acceptance Behavior, A Case Study: Tehran. In Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting.
  3. Rafe, A., Karimi, M. (2014) Calibrating Social force model based on design experiments method, The 13th International Conference on Traffic
  4. Rafe, A., Khavarzade, R. (2014) Investigation of Pedestrian's Gap Acceptance behavior at Crosswalk, The 13th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering.
  5. Rafe, A., Shariat, A., Kalantari, N., Arman, M.A. & Yazdanpanah, (2014) Pedestrian simulation with Viswalk at various walking facilities, The 13th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering.

Research Experience:


Sep.2012- to present: Research assistant, Transportation research Laboratory, Faculty of Civil Engineering Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)

Projects:

  • Evacuation of Qom holy shrine parking
  • Pedestrian dynamic modeling and simulation- Case study: City of Tehran
  • Integrated Transportation Modes pricing- Case study: City of Tehran
  • Islamshahr Master plan
  • Calibration of traffic simulation software

Language:


English: Professional working proficiency

German: Elementary proficiency

Research Interest:


  1. Complex system in traffic phenomena
  2. Crowd dynamic and pedestrian evacuation
  3. Modern traffic flow theory

Skills:


  • Programming: R, Python, Netlogo
  • Traffic Simulation: Ptv.Vissim
  • Pedestrian simulation: Ptv.Viswalk, Pathfinder, Legion, FDS+Evac, MassMotion
  • Fire simulation: FDS, Pyrosim
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