The Nebraska Transportation Center and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering are hosting Dr. Khaled Abdelghany today, Friday, October 30, for a Transportation Engineering Seminar exploring emerging technologies and research directions shaping urban transportation. The presentation begins at 10:50 a.m. Central Time and runs through 11:50 a.m. The recording of the seminar will be made available on the Nebraska Transportation Center Transportation Engineering Seminar Series Website.
Titled “The Future of Urban Mobility: Emerging Technologies, Demand–Supply Interactions, and Research Directions,” the seminar examines how advances in artificial intelligence, automation, connectivity, electrification, and emerging mobility services are transforming urban transportation systems. Abdelghany will explore the evolving interactions among transportation demand, emerging mobility services, and intelligent infrastructure, including the opportunities and challenges these changes create for moving people and goods in urban environments.
The presentation will also highlight research at Southern Methodist University involving AI-enabled traffic management, Digital Twins, on-demand mobility, autonomous systems, and advanced air mobility. The seminar concludes with a discussion of emerging research opportunities toward more intelligent, adaptive, efficient, and resilient urban transportation systems.
Dr. Khaled Abdelghany is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Computer Science at Southern Methodist University, a former Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a Fellow of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity. Dr. Abdelghany is the recipient of the 2025 Provost’s Distinguished Research Award and has authored two books and more than 80 peer-reviewed journal publications. Dr. Abdelghany has also led numerous federally funded research projects and serves in editorial roles for several transportation, engineering, and data-focused journals.
Attend Today
Friday, October 30, 2026
10:50–11:50 a.m. Central Time
Lincoln: Kiewit Hall, Room A510
Omaha: Peter Kiewit Institute, Room 160 (remote)
External guests: Zoom participation is available.
For complete event and access information, visit the NTC event page.
