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Larry Head is a Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. He has over 30 years of academic and industry experience related to systems engineering, engineering management, adaptive traffic signal control and signal priority, and connected and automated vehicle systems. He has served as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, Interim Vice Provost for Online Learning, Director of the Transportation Research Institute, and Department Head of the Systems and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arizona. He currently serves on the Arizona Governor’s Task Force for Self -Driving Vehicles, is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Traffic Signal Systems Committee and the Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee, and a past member of the SAE DSRC Technical Committee. He is an Associate Editor of Transportation Research – Part C. He is a member of TRB, SAE, ASEE, INFORMS, IISE, and IEEE.  

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Courses
  • ISIEMLP
    Introduction to SIE Methods: Linear Programming

  • ISIE
    Introduction to Systems & Industrial Engineering

  • FMI
    Financial Modeling for Innovation

  • ISIEMSP
    Introduction to SIE Methods: Stochastic Processes

  • OOMD
    Object-Oriented Modeling and Design

  • TS
    Transportation Systems

  • DOR
    Deterministic Operations Research

  • ISE
    Introduction to Systems Engineering

  • AVS
    Autonomous Vehicle Systems

  • ISIEMPS
    Introduction to SIE Methods: Probability and Statistics

Grants
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    Emerging Technologies Provision Zero: THEA CV Pilot - MMITSS Queue Management Enhancement

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2023

    $323.8K
    Active
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    ENGR498: FY2023 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $195.5K
    Active
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    Task: SMARTDrive Anthem Test Bed Operations and Connected Intersections Technical Support

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $50.0K
    Active
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    ENGR498: FY2023 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $41.5K
    Active
  • Funding agency logo
    ENGR498: FY2023 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $10.0K
    Active
  • Funding agency logo
    ENGR498: FY2022 Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program, Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $321.5K
    Active
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    Smart RSU Algorithm Development and Evaluation Project

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $129.1K
    Active
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    AV Perception Redundancy Assessment and Validation Project

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2021

    $91.5K
    Active
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    ENGR498 2021-22: The Sous-vide Server

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $34.0K
    Active
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    IAM: Development and Measurement of Metrics and Data Capture Techniques for ADS-Equipped Vehicle Performance

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $202.8K
    Active
Technologies / Patents
      News
      • UA Engineers Bring 5G Whiz to Cell Networks

        2019

      • Students Showcase Impactful Tech at Design Day

        2019

      • $36,250 in Prizes Awarded at Engineering Design Day

        2019

      • How a UA Engineer Gets Cars to Talk

        2018

      • $1.5M Gift to UA to Help Shape Biomedical Engineers of Tomorrow

        2018

      • Rescue Drones, Rocket Science Highlight Design Day

        2018

      • Seniors Shine at Engineering Design Day

        2018

      • UA, ADOT to Focus on Women in Transportation Industry

        2017

      • GCC Reunion Discusses Diversification and Innovation

        2016

      • Connected-Vehicles Visionary Wins Grad Slam

        2016

      • UA Establishes Transportation Research Institute

        2016

      • Arizona Universities Team Up to Improve I-10 Stretch

        2016

      • UA Team Revs Up Transportation's Internet

        2016

      • UA Part of $15M Federal Grant, National Center Designation

        2016

      • Class of 2015: Golfer Is All About the Course Work

        2015

      • UA Engineering Students Work with GE, Continental in Mexico

        2013

      • UA Engineers Help Demonstrate Emergency Responder Traffic System in Anthem

        2012

      • Innovation Day Celebrates Entrepreneurship on Campus

        2012

      • Cutting-Edge Research Showcased at UA Innovation Day

        2012

      • UA Engineer to Research Traffic Patterns, Human Behavior

        2012

      • UA Innovation Day to Celebrate Tech Development

        2012

      • Industry Helps Students Reanimate Robotic Mine Vehicles

        2011

      • Squeezing Sustainable Energy From Thin Air

        2011

      • At UA, Industry Enables Education

        2011

      • UA Testing Smart Traffic System to Reduce First Responder Deaths

        2011

      • New Engineering School to Address Region's Sustainability Issues

        2009

      • Combining the Best of Industry and Academia in the Classroom and Lab

        2006

      • UA Engineers Building Smart Vehicle with Urban Challenge Team

        2006

      • Smart Traffic Controls Tested in Seattle and Tucson

        2002

      • Spotlight on Teach ing: ELITE Education Offers Students Ability to Create Their Own Vision

        2000

      Publications (76)
      Recent
      • Model-based Design of NEMA-Compliant Dual-ring-barrier Traffic Signal Controller

        2022

      • Priority-Based Traffic Signal Coordination System With Multi-Modal Priority and Vehicle Actuation in a Connected Vehicle Environment

        2022

      • Traffic Signal Priority Control Strategy for Connected Emergency Vehicles with Dilemma Zone Protection for Freight Vehicles

        2021

      • Infrastructure-based Sensor Data Capture Systems for Measurement of Operational Safety Assessment (OSA) Metrics

        2021

      • Safety Assessment of Vehicle Traffic at Signalized Intersections using Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Systems

        2021

      • Peer-to-peer priority signal control strategy in a connected vehicle environment

        2018

      • A Functional Data Analysis Based Approach for Freeway Volume Data Imputation

        2018

      • Vehicle reidentification in a connected vehicle environment using machine learning algorithms

        2018

      • Assistive System to Improve Pedestrians’ Safety and Mobility in a Connected Vehicle Technology Environment

        2018

      • Location Estimation of Smart Phone Equipped Pedestrians by Integrating Connected Vehicle Technologies and Map Matching

        2017

      • Systematic analysis of traffic signal coordination using connected-vehicle technology

        2017

      • Adaptive Coordination Based on Connected Vehicle Technology

        2017

      • Quantitative Analysis of Smooth Progression in Traffic Signal Systems

        2017

      • Connected Vehicle--Based Adaptive Signal Control and Applications

        2016

      • Improving the operational performance of two-quadrant parclo interchanges with median U-turn concept

        2016

      • Efficient priority control model for multimodal traffic signals

        2016

      • Connected vehicle–based adaptive signal control and applications

        2016

      • Multimodal Data Analytics Comparative Visualization Tool: Case Study of Pedestrian Crossing Design

        2016

      • A real-time adaptive signal control in a connected vehicle environment

        2015

      • Resonant cycles under various intersection spacing, speeds, and traffic signal operational treatments

        2015

      • Travel time observation in privacy ensured connected vehicle environment using partial vehicle trajectories and extended tardity

        2015

      • Optimal operation of displaced left-turn intersections: A lane-based approach

        2015

      • Dynamic Turning Restriction Management for Signalized Road Network

        2015

      • Unified route choice framework and empirical study in urban traffic control environment

        2014

      • Optimal intersection operation with median U-turn: lane-based approach

        2014

      • Unified Route Choice Framework: Specification and Application to Urban Traffic Control

        2014

      • Optimization of pedestrian phase patterns at signalized intersections: a multi‐objective approach

        2014

      • Integrated optimization of transit priority operation at isolated intersections: A person-capacity-based approach

        2014

      • Multi-Modal Intelligent Traffic Signal System-Safer and More Efficient Intersections Through a Connected Vehicle Environment

        2014

      • Estimating vehicles in the dilemma zone and application to fixed-time coordinated signal optimization

        2014

      • Multi-modal traffic signal control with priority, signal actuation and coordination

        2014

      • Optimization of pedestrian phase patterns at signalized intersections: A multi-objective approach

        2013

      • Integrated optimization of lane markings and timings for signalized roundabouts

        2013

      • Effective coordinated optimization model for transit priority control under arterial progression

        2013

      • Coordinated optimization of signal timings for intersection approach with presignals

        2013

      • Heuristic Algorithms for Online Traffic Signal Control with Cell Transmission Models

        2012

      • Use of an automatic under-vehicle inspection system as a tool to streamline vehicle screening at ports of entry and security checkpoints

        2012

      • Hybrid simulation and optimization-based design and operation of integrated photovoltaic generation, storage units, and grid

        2011

      • PAMSCOD: Platoon-based arterial multi-modal signal control with online data

        2011

      • Heuristic algorithm for priority traffic signal control

        2011

      • Simulation-based optimization of maximum green setting under retrospective approximation framework

        2010

      • Heuristic algorithms to solve 0–1 mixed integer LP formulations for traffic signal control problems

        2010

      • Pseudo-lane-level, low-cost GPS positioning with vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and driving event detection

        2010

      • Sustainability provisions in the bus-scheduling problem

        2009

      • Long green times and cycles at congested traffic signals

        2009

      • Data-driven algorithms for real-time adaptive tuning of offsets in coordinated traffic signal systems

        2007

      • Modeling traffic signal operations with precedence graphs

        2007

      • Performance analysis of coordinated traffic signals during transition

        2007

      • Overview of the ACS-lite adaptive control system

        2006

      • Decision model for priority control of traffic signals

        2006

      • Traffic signal state transition logic using enhanced sensor information

        2003

      • Surrogate safety measures from traffic simulation models

        2003

      • ACS-Lite Algorithmic Architecture: Applying Adaptive Control System Technology to Closed-Loop Traffic Signal Control Systems

        2003

      • Adaptive control software for distributed systems

        2002

      • Life in the Fast Lane: Yates’s Alogrithm, Fast Fourier and Walsh Transforms

        2002

      • A real-time traffic signal control system: architecture, algorithms, and analysis

        2001

      • Real-time offset transitioning algorithm for coordinating traffic signals

        2001

      • An approach towards the integration of bus priority and traffic adaptive signal control

        2001

      • Model-based transportation policy analysis

        2000

      • Testing Real-Time Control Strategies Using Client/Server Architecture via the Internet

        2000

      • Remote simulation to evaluate real-time traffic control strategies

        2000

      • Improved traffic signal priority for transit

        1998

      • The RHODES prototype: a description and some results

        1998

      • RHODES-ITMS: Real-Time Traffic Signal Control at a Diamond Interchange

        1998

      • Controlled optimization of phases at an intersection

        1997

      • ELITE - Engineering with Liberal and Technical Education project status report - evaluation, seminars, and advising

        1997

      • RHODES-ITMS [INTEGRATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM] PROJECT

        1997

      • Simulation-Based Methodology for Evaluation of High-Occupancy-Vehicle Facilities

        1996

      • Event-based short-term traffic flow prediction model

        1995

      • RHODES PROJECT, PHASE II (A)

        1994

      • Hierarchical Control Architecture for Real-time Traffic Management

        1993

      • Hierarchical framework for real-time traffic control

        1992

      • Systems and Industrial Engineering Department

        1991

      • A Mathematical Systems Model of Nitrate Contamination

        1991

      • Modeling and identification of nonlinear oscillations

        1989

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