Research & Publications

I measure how drivers actually behave using roadside LiDAR trajectories, and use that behavior to calibrate microsimulation and evaluate safety and capacity in mixed traffic.

My Ph.D. dissertation, Integrating Roadside LiDAR-Based Behavioral Analysis with Microsimulation for Capacity and Safety Evaluation of Mixed Traffic, was defended in October 2026. Field data came from roadside LiDAR at five signalized intersections and one urban arterial in Lubbock, Texas.

Across six publications, my work covers surrogate safety indicators, LiDAR-based calibration of PTV VISSIM models, and LiDAR data processing for vehicle tracking and lane-level mapping.

Publications

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Journal articles

2026
Spatial Geometry Analysis of Roadside LiDAR for Improved Vehicle Clustering Accuracy
Fontalvo, C., Luo, Q., Lucero, M., Jimee, K., Khadka, R., Soltanirad, M., Bataineh, T., Liu, H.
Sensors, 26, 4068
Journal articleDOI for Spatial Geometry Analysis of Roadside LiDAR for Improved Vehicle Clustering Accuracy
2025
Evaluating Driving Behavior and Intersection Safety Using Roadside LiDAR: A Study of Safety Indicators Across Collision Metrics
Bataineh, T., Bhattarai, N., Jimee, K., Zhang, Y., Lucero, M., Zhao, J., Liu, H.
Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 17(10), 1105–1137
Journal articleDOI for Evaluating Driving Behavior and Intersection Safety Using Roadside LiDAR: A Study of Safety Indicators Across Collision Metrics
2025
Vehicle Trajectory Repair Under Full Occlusion and Limited Datapoints with Roadside LiDAR
Luo, Q., Xu, Z., Zhang, Y., Igene, M., Bataineh, T., Soltanirad, M., Jimee, K., Liu, H.
Sensors, 25, 1114
Journal articleDOI for Vehicle Trajectory Repair Under Full Occlusion and Limited Datapoints with Roadside LiDAR
2025
Cross-Modal Lane-Level Map Construction for Roadside LiDAR Data
Luo, Q., Xu, Z., Jimee, K., Fontalvo, C., Igene, M., Bataineh, T., Soltanirad, M., Lucero, M., Liu, H.
IEEE Sensors Journal, 25(23)
Journal articleDOI for Cross-Modal Lane-Level Map Construction for Roadside LiDAR Data
2024
Integrating LiDAR Sensor Data into Microsimulation Model Calibration for Proactive Safety Analysis
Igene, M., Luo, Q., Jimee, K., Soltanirad, M., Bataineh, T., Liu, H.
Sensors, 24(13), 4393
Journal articleDOI for Integrating LiDAR Sensor Data into Microsimulation Model Calibration for Proactive Safety Analysis

Conference papers & presentations

2025
Development of a New Safety Indicator for Predictive Safety Analysis Based on Arbitrary Surrogate Safety Measures Using LiDAR Sensor Data
Soltanirad, M., Naserelavi, S., Jimee, K., Luo, Q., Bataineh, T., et al.
Transportation Research Board 104th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
Conference paper

Dissertation & reports

2026
Integrating Roadside LiDAR-Based Behavioral Analysis with Microsimulation for Capacity and Safety Evaluation of Mixed Traffic
Bataineh, T.
Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas Tech University · Defended October 2026
Dissertation