Karim Ismail

Karim Ismail is a Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University. His research focuses on sustainable transportation modeling, road safety analysis, intelligent transportation systems, and computer vision applications for traffic data collection.

• Specializes in non-motorized transportation, including pedestrian and cyclist behavior.
• Develops probabilistic highway design standards using reliability and risk analysis.
• Pioneers vision-based safety evaluation techniques and traffic conflict modeling.

His recent publications explore automated analysis tools for roundabout traffic, deep learning applications for proximity detection, and wireless sensor frameworks for collision avoidance. Notable accolades include the Michel Van Aerde Award (2025) and multiple Transportation Research Board honors.

• Supervised graduate students:
• Al-Haideri, Rulla (Ph.D. 2025)
• Mohammadi, Shahriar (Ph.D. 2022)
• Kassim, Ali (Ph.D. 2014)