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Sajjad Ansar Successfully defended his PhD Dissertation

April 29, 2024

Congratulations to Sajjad Ansar on successfully defending his PhD thesis on April 29, 2024. Dr. Ansar completed his undergraduate in Civil Engineering in 2018 at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore and master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from Southeast University, China in 2020. In September 2020 he was admitted to the Ph.D. program at Toronto Metropolitan University under the supervision of Dr. Farooq. His thesis developed original research on driver behaviour in conditional automation using the VR driving setup of the lab.

Title:

Control Transitions in Conditional Automation: Driver Adoption, Takeover Behaviour, and Human Factors

Committee Members:

Professor Birsen, University of Toronto

Professor Murtaza Haider, Toronto Metropolitan University

Professor Songnian Li, Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Elzohairy Yoassry, Ministry of Transportation, Ontario

Professor Bilal Farooq, Toronto Metropolitan University