Gaurav Mehta

FloBlocks: an affordable and extensible tool for tangible block programming in education

Devansh Rathor, Gaurav Mehta, Advika Lad, Ragini Mishra et autres

High costs often restrict access to programming education, especially in underserved communities. To address this, we introduce FloBlocks, a novel, low-cost educational tool that integrates tangible flowchart programming with computer vision. Learners use custom-designed paper blocks representing core programming constructs to assemble …

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Blockchain-Based Secure Digital Twins for Predictive Maintenance in Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems

Gaurav Mehta, Vidyasagar Parlapalli, Akshay Nagpal, Darshan Mohan Bidkar et autres

The integration of Digital Twins (DTs) in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) has revolutionized predictive maintenance by enabling real-time monitoring, simulation, and forecasting. However, security and trust remain significant challenges in autonomous CPS environments due to decentralized control and dynamic interactions. This paper proposes …

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Cybersecurity in the Cloud Era: Protecting Virtualized Environments Against Evolving Threats

Manjunatha Sughaturu Krishnappa, Prema Kumar Veerapaneni, Bindu Mohan Harve, Vivekananda Jayaram et autres

Examining the cybersecurity challenges of cloud computing and virtualized environments reveals unique risks associated with shared infrastructures and multi-tenant architectures. As organizations increasingly adopt cloud solutions, they face evolving threats such as data breaches, insider risks, and advanced persistent threats (APTs) that …

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AI Drive Assist: Enhancing Road Safety through Advanced Road Sign Detection and Driver Alerts

Lazeen Manasia, Mufaddal Bharmal, Harshita Singhvi, Gaurav Mehta et autres

Road accidents claim approximately 1.35 million lives annually, as highlighted by the World Health Organization, making them a leading cause of death worldwide. With this sobering statistic in mind, addressing road safety concerns through advanced AI technologies becomes increasingly imperative. This research …

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Safety Performance Function Development for Analysis of Bridges

Gaurav Mehta, Jing Li, Robert Tyler Fields, Yingyan Lou et autres

Bridges are an integral infrastructure component and, as such, have been the subject of extensive research efforts related to structural performance. However, there has been little study on the traffic safety performance of bridges, which have very different physical and operational characteristics …

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Field-Based Saturation Headway Model for Planning Level Applications

Abdulai Abdul Majeed, Samwel Zephaniah, Gaurav Mehta, Steven L. Jones

Traffic signal planning for new installations involves the estimation of saturation headway for green time allocation to optimize intersection throughput. Hitherto, the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) procedure is usually adopted in estimating this value. The HCM requires the estimation of a base …

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Analyzing crash frequency and severity data using novel techniques

Gaurav Mehta

Providing safe travel from one point to another is the main objective of any public transportation agency. The recent publication of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) has resulted in an increasing emphasis on the safety performance of specific roadway facilities. The HSM …

Calibration and Development of Safety Performance Functions for Alabama

Gaurav Mehta, Yingyan Lou

One critical component of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) statistical methods is the safety performance function (SPF). SPFs are essentially regression models that correlate quantitatively the expected number of crashes with traffic exposure and geometric characteristics of the road. As part of …

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Modeling school bus seat belt usage: Nested and mixed logit approaches

Gaurav Mehta, Yingyan Lou

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Factors influencing students’ usage of school bus seat belts: An empirical analysis of the Alabama pilot project

Yingyan Lou, Gaurav Mehta, Daniel S Turner

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STRENGTHENING AND REHABILITATION OF AN ELEVATED RAIL TRANSIT LINE STEEL STRUCTURE WHILE MAINTAINING COMMUTER TRAFFIC

Roy Blanchard, J D Carrier, Gaurav Mehta

This paper briefly describes a project that has achieved, for the first time in this country, a major structural rehabilitation of an elevated two track mass transit line while maintaining a large daily commuter traffic volume of 100,000 passengers. To accommodate this …