Dr. Abbas is a Professor in the Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from Purdue University (2001). Dr. Abbas was the Corridor Management Team Leader at Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) before joining Virginia Tech. He was in research assignments (sabbatical) to UC-Berkeley in 2012 and to TU-Delft in 2019. Dr. Abbas has been awarded over 35 grants at Virginia Tech and Texas A&M Transportation Institute, totaling about $4 million in personal share and $5.5 million in VT share. He has developed and implemented more than ten systems in the areas of traffic operation, design, and safety, as well as infrastructure assessment and optimization. His areas of expertise include traffic control, traffic flow theory, driver behavior, transportation safety, and applications of artificial intelligence and agent-based modeling in transportation. He is a recipient of the Oak Ridge National Lab Associated Universities (ORAU) Ralf E. Powe Faculty Enhancement Award and the G. V. Loganathan Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Civil Engineering Education. He is also a recipient of the TTI/Trinity New Researcher Award for his significant contributions to the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Operations.