Babak Mehran's Research Group

Funded PhD Positions Available

Several PhD positions are available for research in interdisciplinary area of transportation engineering and artificial intelligence at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Manitoba. Applicants with MSc in transportation engineering, industrial engineering, artificial intelligence or closely related areas with demonstrated experience in applications of machine learning in engineering are encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to applicants who can start their program of study as soon as possible. If interested, please send your CV and cover letter by email to babak.mehran@umanitoba.ca. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by the end of December 2021.

Post‐Doctoral Researcher in Transportation Engineering, University of Manitoba (filled)

The position is for a post‐doctoral researcher in transportation engineering, with expertise in freight transportation systems (trucking), traffic engineering, and transportation data analysis. The position is available immediately, with an anticipated term of 12 months. The successful candidate will report to Dr. Jonathan Regehr, P.Eng. and alternately to Dr. Babak Mehran, P.Eng., Department of Civil Engineering. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with student researchers at the graduate and undergraduate levels, other collaborating engineering professors, and industry professionals.

Please see position details for more information.

Ph.D. position in Artificial Intelligence / Deep Learning / Reinforcement Learning for Transportation Systems (filled)

This is an interdisciplinary position at the intersection of artificial intelligence, deep learning, and transportation systems. The Ph.D. student will work on research projects focused on developing innovative machine learning solutions for optimizing the operations of an electric autonomous vehicle-based transit system such as inferring trip characteristics, modeling trip choices, placement of charging stations along with reinforcement learning for optimizing the choice of system parameters.

Please see Position Details for more information.

Post-Doctoral Researcher in Transportation Engineering (filled)

PhD positions available (filled)

 PhD positions are available to conduct research on traffic operations. Applicants with the following qualifications are preferred: 1) BSc in Civil Engineering or closely related areas (Min. GPA 80%), 2) MSc in Transportation Engineering or closely related areas (Min. GPA 80 %), and 3) Computer programming skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, R). If interested please submit your CV, transcripts, and a short statement by email to babak.mehran@uregina.ca 

Research positions available (filled)

 PhD and MSc positions are available to conduct research on i) traffic operations and ii) transportation network analysis. Applicants with the following qualifications are preferred: 1) BSc in Civil Engineering or closely related areas (Min. GPA 80%), 2) MSc in Transportation Engineering or closely related areas (Min. GPA 80 %), 3) Computer programming skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, R), and 4) Working knowledge of GIS and/or traffic simulation software packages. If interested please submit your CV, transcripts, and a short statement by email to babak.mehran@uregina.ca.

Note: These positions have been filled. New positions will be posted as they become available.