Dr. Syed Riaz Akbar graduated as Mechanical Engineer from UET Peshawar in 1989. He completed his MSc. in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, in 1992. After the completion of master’s, he worked as Asstt. Professor for four years (1993-1997) at UET Peshawar. He completed his Ph.D from George Washington University USA in 2003. Recently he has joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as regular faculty, where he is actively involved in teaching and research in the areas of transportation safety, intelligent traffic systems and artificial neural networks
Dr. Riaz has a vast experience in teaching and research, and has conducted several studies related to transportation safety. He has worked with George Washington University as research fellow, from 2000 to 2003. He has worked on many research projects for various government and private organizations, including US Department of Transportation, Federal Highways Administration, Federal Motors, Carrier Safety Administration and FORD Motor Company.
Dr. Riaz has been associated professionally with various national and international organizations, including Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Intelligent Traffic Society of America (ITSA), Alpha-Pi-Mu, Industrial Engineering Honor Society and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
He has authored and co-authored many research papers in journals of national and international repute. He is reviewer of many international journals, including International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
