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Meet Our Researcher

Dr. Suren Chen is a Professor and the coordinator of the Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. His research primarily focuses on transportation infrastructure safety, highway traffic safety risk prediction and mitigation, transportation network planning and hazard resilience.

Final Reports (View All)

• Modeling Disrupted Transportation Infrastructure System Due to Fallen Trees under Wind Hazards (Sep 2023, MPC-23-505)
• Framework of Adaptive Intersection Traffic Control Strategy for Urban Traffic Network Subjected to Disruptions (Aug 2023, MPC-23-503)
• Reliability-Based Traffic Safety Risk Assessment of Traffic System in Hazardous Driving Conditions to Promote Community Resilience (Sep 2022, MPC-22-475)

Projects

• MPC-679 — Framework of Adaptive Intersection Traffic Control Strategy for Urban Traffic Network Subjected to Disruptions
• MPC-644 — Crash Modeling of High-Profile Moving Vehicles under Strong Crosswinds Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics
• MPC-642 — Resilience-Based Recovery Planning of Transportation Network Following Earthquakes
• MPC-617 — Modeling Disrupted Transportation Infrastructure System due to Multiple Hazards
• MPC-591 — Reliability-Based Traffic Safety Risk Assessment of Traffic System in Hazardous Driving Conditions to Promote Community Resilience
• MPC-569 — Traffic Performance Modeling and Planning of Emergency Medical Response in Rural Areas
• MPC-568 — Mitigation of Flooding-Related Traffic Disruptions with Green Infrastructure Stormwater Management
• MPC-534 — Traffic Performance Assessment of Disrupted Roadway Networks Following Earthquakes