Research

Active Research Projects

  1. Disaster Narratives Informing Advancements in Understanding of Interdependencies of Social Networks and Built Environment in Crisis and Recovery

    • PI: Jennifer Ogle; Co-PIs: Mark Small, Pamela Murray-Tuite, Cameron Bushnell – Clemson University
    • Dates: November 20, 2017 – approx. December 31, 2018
    • Sponsor: Clemson Caribbean Initiative

  2. SCC-Planning: Caution: Heavy Load Ahead

    • PI: Kris Wernstedt – VT; Co-PIs: Pamela Murray-Tuite; Kevin Heaslip, Patrick Roberts, Shalini Misra,  Samarth Swarup – VT
    • Dates: September 15, 2017 – August 31, 2018
    • Sponsor: National Science Foundation

  3. An Integrated Dynamic Modeling Approach for Flooding of Coastal Transportation Infrastructure: Assessment of Impacts on Emergency Operations

    • PI: Navid Tahvildari – ODU; Co-PIs: Pamela Murray-Tuite/Kevin Heaslip – VT, Mecit Cetin – ODU
    • Dates: May 1, 2017 – May 31, 2018
    • Sponsor: MATS UTC

  4. CRISP Type 2/Collaborative Research: Coordinated, Behaviorally Aware Recovery for Transportation and Power Disruptions (CBAR-tpd)

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – Clemson; Co-PIs: Kris Wernstedt, Ed Fox – VT, Seth Guikema – Univ. of Michigan
    • Dates: January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2020
    • Sponsor: NSF

  5. Hazards SEES: Bridging Information, Uncertainty, and Decision-Making in Hurricanes using an Interdisciplinary Perspective

    • PI: Satish Ukkusuri – Purdue; Co-PIs: Pamela Murray-Tuite – Clemson; Seungyoon Lee, Milind Kulkarni – Purdue; Yue Ge – NDSU
    • Dates: November 1, 2015 – October 31, 2019
    • Sponsor: NSF

  6. CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Semi-Automated Emergency Response System

    • PI: Tam Chantem – VT; Co-PIs: Pamela Murray-Tuite – Clemson; Kevin Heaslip, Ryan Gerdes – VT
    • Dates: January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2019
    • Sponsor: NSF

  7. Collaborative Research: Multi-Perspective Evacuation Performance Measurement

    • PI: Konstantinos Triantis – VT; Co-PIs: Pamela Murray-Tuite – Clemson; Joseph Trainor – UDel; Praveen Edara – Univ. of Missouri
    • Dates: September 1, 2015 – August 31, 2018
    • Sponsor: NSF

  8. Systems Analysis of Social Pathways to Epidemics to Reduce Health Disparities

    • PIs: Achla Marathe, Kaja Abbas – VT; Co-PIs: Samarth Swarup, Bryan Lewis, Stephen Eubank, Jiangzhuo Chen, Robert Stephens, Kevin Boyle – VT; Pamela Murray-Tuite – Clemson
    • Dates: August 15, 2014 – May 31, 2019
    • Sponsor: NIH

Completed Research Projects

  1. Analysis of Use of Alternate Forms of Transportation Related to Alcohol Consumption

    • PI: Kathleen Hancock – VT; Co-PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT
    • Dates: May 10, 2016 – May 9, 2017
    • Sponsor: Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

  2. Transportation Infrastructure Flooding: Sensing Water Levels and Clearing and Rerouting Traffic out of Danger

  3. Transportation System Impact of the Opening of Phase 1 of the Silver Line

  4. Infrastructure Resilience and Adaptation for Hurricanes in Coastal Areas

  5. Analyzing and Demonstrating the Economic Benefits of Transit Investment in Northern Virginia

    • PI: Kevin Heaslip – VT; Co-PIs: Pamela Murray-Tuite, Kathleen Hancock – VT
    • Dates: August 15, 2014 – December 31, 2014
    • Sponsor: Northern Virginia Transportation Commission

  6. Student Support: Selecting Intersections for Crossing Elimination in Evacuations

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT
    • Dates: AY 2013-2014
    • Sponsor: MAUTC
    • Related publication: El-Metwally, M. and P. Murray-Tuite. (2015) Selecting 4-Leg Intersections for Crossing Elimination in Evacuations.  Transportation Research Record, 2532, 141-153.

  7. RAPID: Commuter Adaptation to Transportation Disruption in Hurricane Sandy’s Aftermath

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT; Co-PI: Kris Wernstedt – VT
    • Dates: January 15, 2013 – December 31, 2013
    • Sponsor: NSF
    • Related Publications:
      • Kontou, E., P. Murray-Tuite, and K. Wernstedt. (2017) Duration of Commute Travel Changes in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy using Accelerated Failure Time Modeling. Transportation Research Part A, 100, pp. 170-181.
      • Kontou, E., P. Murray-Tuite, and K. Wernstedt. (2016) Commuter Adaptation in Response to Hurricane Sandy’s Damage.  ASCE Natural Hazards Review, 04016010.

  8. Winter Weather Demand Considerations

  9. Effects of Major Transportation Incidents and Disruptive Events

  10. Emergency Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT
    • Dates: September 2012-December 2014
    • Sponsor: Connected Vehicle/Infrastructure University Transportation Center
    • Report: Emergency Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication
    • Related Publication: Phoowarawutthipanich, A.* and P. Murray-Tuite. Drivers’ Reaction Times to Emergency Response Vehicle-to-Vehicle Movement Instructions. (2017). 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

  11. Evacuation Transportation Planning Project

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT; Co-PIs: Kathleen Hancock – VT; Brian Park, Ramkumar Venkatanarayana – UVA; Brian Wolshon, Yi-Chang Chiu
    • Dates: October 2010-April 2012
    • Sponsor: Virginia Transportation Research Council
    • Report: Murray-Tuite, P.M., Park, B., Hancock, K., Nava, E., Ghanipoor Machiani, S.*, Jahangiri, A.*, Liu, S., Yin, W.*, Jones, T.*, Lee, J., So, J.*, Wolshon, B., and Y-C. Chiu. (2012) Evacuation Transportation Analysis for the Northern Virginia Region.  Final Report to the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, Virginia Department of Transportation, Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
    • Related Publications:
      • Jahangiri, A., P. Murray-Tuite, S. Ghanipoor Machiani, B. Park, and B. Wolshon. (2014) Modeling and Assessing Crossing Elimination for No-Notice Evacuations.  Transportation Research Record, 2459, 91-100.
      • Murray-Tuite, P. and B. Wolshon. (2013) Assumptions and Processes for the Development of No-Notice Evacuation Scenarios for Transportation Simulation. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 31(1), pp. 78-97.
      • Ghanipoor Machiani, S.*, P. Murray-Tuite, A. Jahangiri*, W. Yin*, S. Liu, B. Park, and Y-C. Chiu. Modeling Ramp Closure as a Strategy to Reduce Evacuee Travel Time.  The 2nd International Conference on Evacuation Modeling and Management.
      • Ghanipoor Machiani, S.*, P. Murray-Tuite, A. Jahangiri*, S. Liu*, B. Park, Y-C. Chiu, and B. Wolshon. (2013) No-Notice Evacuation Management: Ramp Closures Under Varying Budgets and Demand Scenarios. Transportation Research Record, 2376, pp. 27-37.

  12. Yellow Button: Creating a situationally aware community through collective intelligence

    • PI: Yuan-Chi Chang – IBM; Co-PIs: Pamela Murray-Tuite, C.-T. Lu – VT
    • Dates: July 2010-June 2011
    • Sponsor: Virginia Tech Center for Community Sustainability and Resilience
    • Related Publication: Chang, Y-C., C.-T. Lu, Morris, P. Murray-Tuite, and Q-B. Nguyen. (2011) Community Situational Awareness and Resilience through Mobile Applications. IEEE 8th International Conference on e-Business Engineering Proceedings. Beijing, China: 185-192.

  13. City Simulator

    • PI: Theresa Jeffereson – VT; Co-PIs: John Harrald, Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT; Anni Coden, Michael Tanenblatt – IBM
    • Dates: July 2010-June 2011
    • Sponsor: Virginia Tech Center for Community Sustainability and Resilience
    • Related Publication: Coden, A., J. Harrald, M. Tannenblatt, T. Jefferson, and P. Murray-Tuite. (2012) Looking Glass.  International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 4(1), pp. 17-28.

  14. RAPID: Commuter Risk Perceptions after the Washington DC Metrorail Collision

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT; Co-PI: Kris Wernstedt – VT
    • Dates: August 2009 – August 2010
    • Sponsor: NSF
    • Related Publications:
      • Murray-Tuite, P., K. Wernstedt, and W. Yin. (2014) Behavioral Shifts after a Fatal Rapid Transit Accident: A Multinomial Logit Model.  Transportation Research Part F, 24, pp. 218-230.
      • Wernstedt, K. and P. Murray-Tuite. (2015) The Dynamic Nature of Risk Perceptions after a Fatal Transit Accident. Risk Analysis, 35(3), pp. 536-552.

  15. Incorporating Household Decision Making and Dynamic Transportation Modeling in Hurricane Evacuation: An Integrated Social Science-Engineering Approach

    • PI: Satish Ukkusuri – RPI/Purdue Univ.; Co-PIs: Hugh Gladwin – FIU; Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT
    • Dates: October 2008 – September 2013
    • Sponsor: NSF
    • Related Publications:
      • Sarwar, T., P. Anastasopoulos, S.V. Ukkusuri, P. Murray-Tuite, and F.L. Mannering.  (2016) A Statistical Analysis of the Dynamics of Household Hurricane Evacuation Decisions.  Transportation, p. 1-20.
      • Ukkusuri, S.V., S. Hasan, B. Luong, K. Doan, X. Zhan, P. Murray-Tuite, and W. Yin.  (2016) A-RESCUE: An Agent based Regional Evacuation Simulator Coupled with User Enriched Behavior.  Networks and Spatial Economics, pp. 1-27.
      • Yin, W., P. Murray-Tuite, S.V. Ukkusuri, and H. Gladwin. (2016) Modeling Shadow Evacuation for Hurricanes Using a Random-Parameters Logit Model. Transportation Research Record, 2599, pp. 43-51.
      • Sadri, A., S.V. Ukkusuri, P. Murray-Tuite, and H. Gladwin. (2015) Hurricane Evacuation Routing Strategy from Miami Beach: Choice of Major Bridges.  Transportation Research Record, 2532, pp. 164-173.
      • Yin, W.*, P. Murray-Tuite, and H. Gladwin. (2014) A Statistical Analysis of the Number of Household Vehicles Used for Hurricane Ivan Evacuation.  Journal of Transportation Engineering, 140 (12), 04014060.
      • Sadri, A., S.V. Ukkusuri, P. Murray-Tuite, and H. Gladwin.  (2014) Analysis of Hurricane Evacuee Mode Choice Behavior.  Transportation Research – Part C, 48, pp. 37-46.
      • Yin, W.*, P. Murray-Tuite, S.V. Ukkusuri, and H. Gladwin. (2014) An Agent-based Modeling System for Travel Demand Simulation for Hurricane Evacuation. Transportation Research – Part C, 42, pp. 44-59.
      • Sadri, A.M.*, V. Ukkusuri, P. Murray-Tuite, and H. Gladwin. (2013) How to Evacuate? Model to Understand Routing Strategies During Hurricane Evacuation. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 140(1), pp. 61-69.
      • Sadri, A.M., S.V. Ukkusuri, and P. Murray-Tuite. (2013) A Random Parameter Ordered Probit Model to Understand the Elapsed Time between Evacuation Decision and Actual Evacuation.  Transportation Research Part C, 32, pp. 21-30.
      • Mesa-Arango, R., S. Hasan, S. Ukkusuri, and P. Murray-Tuite. (2012) A Household-Level Model for Hurricane Evacuation Destination Type Choice Using Hurricane Ivan Data.  ASCE Natural Hazards Review, 14(1), pp. 11-20.
      • Murray-Tuite, P., W. Yin*, S. Ukkusuri, and H. Gladwin. (2012) Changes in Evacuation Decisions between Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina. Transportation Research Record, 2312, pp. 98-107.
      • Hasan, S., R. Mesa-Arango, S. Ukkusuri, and P. Murray-Tuite. (2012) Transferability of Hurricane Evacuation Choice Model: A Joint Model Estimation Combining Multiple Data Sources. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 138(5), pp. 548-556.
      • Hasan, S., S. Ukkusuri, H. Gladwin, and P. Murray-Tuite. (2011) A Behavioral Model to Understand Household Level Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 137 (5), pp. 341-348.

  16. Integrating Household Decision-Making and Transportation Simulation Under No-Notice Evacuation Conditions

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT; Co-PIs: Lisa Schweitzer – VT/USC
    • Dates: July 2007 – June 2012
    • Sponsor: NSF
    • Related Publications:
      • Liu, S.*, P. Murray-Tuite, and L. Schweitzer. (2014) Incorporating Household Gathering and Mode Decisions in Large-Scale No-Notice Evacuation Modeling.  Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 29(2), pp. 107-122.
      • Liu, S.*, P. Murray-Tuite, and L. Schweitzer. (2014) Uniting Multi-Adult Households During Emergency Evacuation Planning. Disasters, 38(3), pp. 587-609.
      • Murray-Tuite, P., L. Schweitzer, and R. Morrison. (2012) Household No-Notice Evacuation Logistics: How well do households optimize? Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, 4(4), pp. 336-361.
      • Liu, S.*, P. Murray-Tuite, and L. Schweitzer. (2012) Analysis of child pick-up during daily routines and for daytime no-notice evacuations.  Transportation Research – Part A, 46, pp. 48-67.
      • Liu, S.*, P. Murray-Tuite, and L. Schweitzer. (2011) Relocating Children in Daytime No-Notice Evacuations: Methodology and Applications for Transport Systems of Personal Vehicles and Buses. Transportation Research Record, 2234, pp. 79-88.
      • Schweitzer, L., P. Murray-Tuite, D. Inloes, Jr., F. Prager, and M. Rhoads. (2012)  “Freight Security and Livability: US Toxic and Hazardous Events from 2000 to 2010”. In Security Aspects of Uni- and Multi-modal Hazmat Transportation Systems, Reniers, G. and L. Zamparini,  (eds), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 181-197.
    • Related Educational Activities

  17. Climate Change and Urban Growth: Development of a Sustainable and Resilient Water Management System Portfolio for the Greater Washington, DC Metropolitan Area

    • PI: Glenn Moglen – VT; Co-PIs: Kostas Triantis, Kris Wernstedt, Jim Wolf, Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT
    • Dates: August 2009 – August 2012
    • Sponsor:  VT – ICTAS
    • Related Publication: Bhatkoti, R., G.M. Moglen, P.M. Murray-Tuite, and K.P. Triantis.  (2016) Changes to Bridge Flood Risk under Climate Change.  Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, pp. 04016045.

  18. Feasibility of Integrating Congestion Back Propagation and Queue Dissipation Models with Detector Data to Estimate Incident-Related Travel Time on Interstate-66 in Near Real Time

  19. Real-time Estimation of Origin-Destination Matrices for I-66

  20. Link State Correlations for Traffic Incidents

  21. Facilitating No Notice Evacuation through Optimal Pick-up Location Selection

  22. Pattern Classification to Identify Hijacked Hazardous Materials Trucks

    • PI: Pamela Murray-Tuite – VT
    • Dates: June 2007 – June 2008
    • Sponsor: AdvanceVT
    • Related Publications:
      • Nune, R.* and P. Murray-Tuite. (2007) Comparison Of Potential Paths Selected By A Malicious Entity With Hazardous Materials: Minimization Of Time Vs. Minimization Of Distance.  Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference.  Washington, D.C.
      • Murray-Tuite, P.M., Garrido, R.A., and R. Nune*. (2007) Path Prediction Methodology for Hazardous Materials Transported by Malicious Entities.  Conference proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Transport Research.

  23. Evaluation of Strategies to Increase Transportation System Resilience to Congestion Caused by Incidents

  24. Critical Infrastructure Resilience in Danville, Virginia

    • PI: Fred Krimgold – VT; Faculty Researcher: Pamela Murray-Tuite
    • Dates: Fall 2005
    • Sponsor: City of Danville
    • Report Section: Murray-Tuite, P.M. (2006) Transportation. Chapter 3 in Critical Infrastructure Resilience in Danville, Virginia.  Report prepared for the City of Danville, Virginia.  42-57.