Transportation Engineering Laboratories

Overview

The Transportation Engineering Laboratories at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, IIT Delhi, are state-of-the-art research and learning facilities dedicated to innovation in transportation engineering. Serving sectors like the construction industry, transportation consulting firms, MoRTH, BRO, and the aviation sector, these labs integrate traditional approaches with advanced tools, including high-end equipment of international standards and industry-leading software. Equipped to address the evolving challenges of modern urban and rural transportation infrastructure, the labs foster research in traffic management, traffic simulations, pavement structural analysis, sustainable supply chain management, urban planning, geospatial studies, pavement materials, infrastructure management, and transportation logistics. The five major laboratories—Pavement Materials Lab, Pavement Characterization Lab, Sustainable Pavement Materials Lab, Traffic Dynamics and Simulation Lab, and Transportation Planning and Design Lab—provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, industry professionals, and students to collaborate, innovate, and contribute to the future of transportation engineering, enabling the development of next-generation transportation professionals.

Lab Incharge: Prof. A. K. Swamy

Our Laboratories

🛣️ Pavement Materials Lab

This lab evaluates the physical and mechanical properties of pavement construction materials, including soil, aggregate, and binders (unmodified and modified bitumen), for durability, long-term performance, and strength. Facilities are available to assess material suitability for specific site conditions and predict performance under real-world conditions as per international standards.

📊 Pavement Characterization Lab

Specialized in advanced characterization and scientific analysis of pavement systems, this lab evaluates the mechanical and engineering properties of pavement mixtures for performance, durability, and sustainability. It focuses on design, maintenance, and rehabilitation of road pavements, with facilities to simulate various traffic and environmental conditions. Research includes structural design of flexible and rigid pavements, pavement management systems, quality control, life cycle costing, and techno-economic analysis.

🌱 Sustainable Pavement Materials Lab

This lab develops and characterizes environmentally friendly pavement materials, testing and evaluating eco-friendly, low-energy, cost-effective, and sustainable pavements using recycled, renewable, and lower-carbon materials. It specializes in innovative technologies, including emulsion, cutback, and stabilized soil systems.

🚦 Traffic Dynamics & Simulation Lab

This lab studies vehicular traffic (surveys, speed, flow, and density measurements), pedestrian dynamics, and level of service and capacity analysis of highway infrastructure using computational tools, simulation software, and data analytics. It optimizes transportation networks and improves urban mobility, with tools to design signalized intersections, roundabouts, and traffic signals. Research includes transportation demand modeling, network design, and facility location models.

🏙️ Transportation Planning & Design Lab

This lab focuses on developing, optimizing, and evaluating transportation systems, integrating urban and regional planning, traffic engineering, and sustainability. Research covers highway alignment, design controls and criteria, geometric design of intersections and interchanges, and travel demand estimation using conventional and current approaches.

Software Tools

PTV Tutor Academic License Software: For advanced traffic planning, modeling, and simulation, digitally reproducing traffic patterns of all road users on a microscopic scale.
Pedestrian Evacuation with Smoke Dynamics Software (building EXODUS V6.3): For simulating human behavior in fire evacuation from buildings, metro stations, etc.
SIDRA: For designing and evaluating single intersections and advanced traffic modeling to improve road network performance and reduce congestion.
NGENE: For generating experimental designs for stated choice surveys and eliciting behavior and preferences from consumers, patients, farmers, travelers, etc.
NLOGIT 4.0: For estimation, model simulation, and analysis of multinomial choice data, such as brand choice and transportation mode.
GAUSS: For solving numerical problems in statistics, econometrics, time-series, optimization, and 2D/3D visualization.
TRAZER: Camera-based automated traffic counting and classification (ATCC) software for urban planning, detecting and classifying moving vehicles in traffic video streams.

Impact Highlights

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Specialized Labs

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Research Scholars

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Industry Partnerships

Faculty & Team

Prof. A. K. Swamy

Lab Incharge · Pavement Materials

Areas of Interest: Modelling Behaviour of Asphaltic Materials, Continuum Damage Modelling, Pavement Engineering, Rheology, Recycling of Pavement Materials

Email: akswamy@civil.iitd.ac.in

Prof. R. R. Kalaga

Mass Transit Planning & Traffic Safety

Areas of Interest: Mass Transit Planning, Traffic Flow Modelling, Traffic Safety

Email: rrkalaga@civil.iitd.ac.in

Prof. Manoj M.

Traffic Flow & Simulation

Areas of Interest: Transportation Planning, Activity/Travel Demand Modelling, Long-Term Mobility Decisions, Travel Behaviour Data Collection, Built Environment and Travel Behaviour, Econometric Modelling

Email: manojm@civil.iitd.ac.in

Prof. Nezamuddin

Transportation Network Analysis

Areas of Interest: Transportation Network Analysis, Transportation Logistics and Optimization, Traffic Operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems

Email: nezam@civil.iitd.ac.in

Prof. Pramesh Kumar

Transit Operations & Planning

Areas of Interest: Transit Operations, Planning, and Real-Time Control, Emerging Technologies, Transportation Systems Optimization, Uncertainty Modeling in Transportation

Email: pkk@civil.iitd.ac.in

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Laboratories & Facility

Showcasing our cutting-edge facilities and ongoing research projects.

Contact

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, IIT Delhi

Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India

Email: hodcivil@iitd.ac.in