Arif Sadri

Associate Professor

Email: sadri@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-3600
Office: Carson Engineering Center, Room 450A

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Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering (2016)
Purdue University

M.S., Civil Engineering (2012)
Purdue University

B.S., Civil Engineering (2011)
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

About

Dr. Arif Sadri is an associate professor in the School of Civil Engineering & Environmental Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. Previously, he held faculty positions at the Florida International University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the Valparaiso University. Dr. Sadri received his doctoral training from the Purdue University with a solid background in Civil Engineering (Transportation), Network Science, and Social Science.

Dr. Sadri's research focuses on how transportation systems critically depend on social and other physical systems in the context of natural and man-made hazards. Dr. Sadri develops data-driven and network-based solutions to enhance bottom-up resilience in complex, interdependent systems. Dr. Sadri's research is funded by National Science Foundation, United States Department of Transportation , Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Florida Department of Transportation, and United States Agency for International Development among others.

Research Focus

Risk-Sharing Commons
Interdependent Networks
Infrastructure & Information Equity
Social-Physical Coupling
Network Interventions
Social Influence Modeling
Social & Informal Learning

Current Research Projects

CAREER: Risk-Sharing Communication Networks for Compound Disasters (Sponsor: National Science Foundation)
Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC) (Sponsor: United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).
Socially Sustainable Solutions for Water, Carbon, and Infrastructure Resilience in Oklahoma (Sponsor: National Science Foundation)

Experience and Awards

NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2024)
Excellence in Research Grants, Vice President for Research & Partnerships, University of Oklahoma (2024)
Early Career Awardee, Vice President for Research & Partnerships, University of Oklahoma (2024)
Research Fellow, Extreme Events Institute, Florida International University (2019)
Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN-47907. (2016)
Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN-47907. (2016)
Ross Fellowship, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN-47907. (2015)

Professional Activities and Organizations

Chair, Committee Communication Coordinator Council, Sustainability & Resilience Group, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
Associate Editor, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Elsevier
Member and Communication Coordinator, Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
Member and Communication Coordinator, Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations and Business Continuity, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, American Society of Engineering Education

Courses Taught

Transportation Engineering (Spring 2023)
Traffic Analysis, Design & Control (Fall 2022)
Construction Materials & Methods (Spring, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Spring, Fall 2019)
Hazards Mitigation (Spring 2020)
Interdisciplinary Aspects of Housing (Spring 2020)
Engineering Economics (2017-18)
Computer Applications for Civil Engineers (2017-18)
Graphical Communications (2017-18)
Geometric Design of Highways (2017-18)

Selected Publications

Ahmed, M. A., Kays, H. M., & Sadri, A. M. (2023). Centrality-based lane interventions in road networks for improved level of service: the case of downtown Boise, Idaho. Applied Network Science, 8(1), 1-19.
Ahmed, M. A., Sadri, A. M., Mehrabi, A., & Azizinamini, A. (2022). Identifying topological credentials of physical infrastructure components to enhance transportation network resilience: case of Florida bridges. Journal of transportation engineering, Part A: Systems, 148(9), 04022055.
Pandey, S. J., & Sadri, A. M. Critical Review of Sustainability, Resilience, and Their Unifying Assessments for Civil Infrastructure Systems. Construction Research Congress 2022 (pp. 288-298).
Toha, T. R., Rahaman, M., Salim, S. I., Hossain, M., Sadri, A. M., & Al Islam, A. A. (2021, December). DhakaNet: Unstructured Vehicle Detection using Limited Computational Resources. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM) (pp. 1367-1372). IEEE.
Mortula, M. M., Ahmed, M. A., Sadri, A. M., Ali, T., Ahmad, I., & Idris, A. (2020). Improving resiliency of water supply system in arid regions: Integrating centrality and hydraulic vulnerability. Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(5), 05020011.
Sadri, A. M., Ukkusuri, S. V., Lee, S., Clawson, R., Aldrich, D., Nelson, M. S., ... & Kelly, D. (2018). The role of social capital, personal networks, and emergency responders in post-disaster recovery and resilience: a study of rural communities in Indiana. Natural hazards, 90, 1377-1406.
Sadri, A. M., Ukkusuri, S. V., & Gladwin, H. (2017). The role of social networks and information sources on hurricane evacuation decision making. Natural Hazards Review, 18(3), 04017005.
Sadri, A. M., Lee, S., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2015). Modeling social network influence on joint trip frequency for regular activity travel decisions. Transportation Research Record, 2495(1), 83-93.
Sadri, A. M., Ukkusuri, S. V., Murray-Tuite, P., & Gladwin, H. (2014). How to evacuate: model for understanding the routing strategies during hurricane evacuation. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 140(1), 61-69.
Sadri, A. M., Ukkusuri, S. V., & Murray-Tuite, P. (2013). A random parameter ordered probit model to understand the mobilization time during hurricane evacuation. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 32, 21-30.