Mohamed Khalafalla

Refereed journals:

Mohamed Khalafalla, Tejal Mulay, & Doreen Kobelo (2024). Empowering Underrepresented High School Students in STEM through Hands-On Engineering Technology Summer Camps. IEEE Transactions on Education (Accepted with Minor Review)

Ismail Abdulrashid, Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Shamkhal Mammadov, & Mohamed Khalafalla (2024). Transport Behavior and Government Interventions in Pandemics: A Hybrid Explainable Machine Learning for Road Safety. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 193, 103841.

Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Ismail Abdulrashid, Shamkhal Mammadov, Mohamed Khalafalla & Wen-Chyuan Chiang (2024). Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Transport Logistics: Risk Analysis for Road Accidents. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 186, 103563.

Ismail Abdulrashid, Ibrahim Said Ahmad, Aminu Musa & Mohamed Khalafalla (2024). Impact of social media posts' characteristics on movie performance prior to release: an explainable machine learning approach. Electronic Commerce Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-024-09852-3

Jorge Rueda-Benavides, Douglas Gransberg, Mohamed Khalafalla & Cesar Mayorga (2024). Probabilistic cost-based decision-making matrix: IDIQ vs. DBB contracting, Construction Management and Economics, 42(1), pp.1-15, DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2023.2226261

Mohamed Khalafalla, Tejal Mulay and Shonda L Bernadin (2023). Factors Influencing Change Orders in Horizontal Construction Projects: A Comparative Analysis of Unit Price and Lump Sum Contracts. Tr Civil Eng & Arch 4(4)- 2022. TCEIA.MS.ID.000192. DOI: 10.32474/TCEIA.2023.04.000192

Jorge Rueda-Benavides, Mohamed Khalafalla, Maria Miller & Douglas Gransberg (2023). Cross-asset prioritization model for transportation projects using multi-attribute utility theory: a case study International journal of construction management, 23(16), pp.2746-2755, DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2022.2092811.

Karthik Pakalapati, Mohamed Khalafalla, and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2022). Using moving-window cross-validation algorithm to optimize bid-based cost estimating data usage, International Journal of Construction Management, 22(15), pp.2855-2863, https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2020.1827694

Kaylyn Cardinal, Mohamed Khalafalla, and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2021). A Protocol to Assess the Impact of Crude Oil Price Fluctuations on Future Asphalt Prices, Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Record. March 2021. doi:10.1177/0361198121992072

Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2020). A Methodology to Assess the Impact of Lump Sum Compensation Provisions on Project Schedules, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(4), p.04020028, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000786

Serhat Simsek, Mehmet Gumus, Mohamed Khalafalla, and Issa Tahir Bachar (2020). A Hybrid Data Analytics Approach for High-Performance Concrete Compressive Strength Prediction, Journal of Business Analytics, 3(2), pp.158-168,  https://doi.org/10.1080/2573234X.2020.1760741

Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge Rueda-Benavides (2018). Unit Price or Lump Sum? A Stochastic Cost-Based Decision Making Tool for Design-Bid-Build Projects, Transportation research record, 2672(26), pp.11-20, DOI 1177/0361198118758052.

Joseph Owino, Ignatius Fomunung, and Mohamed Khalafalla (2014). The Recent Development in the Roller Compacted Concrete, BIE Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Volume 5 Issue 2, pp 42-49.

Conference proceedings:

Mohamed Khalafalla, Tejal Mulay, Doreen Kobelo, Behnam Shadravan, Kyle Spence, Decarbonization Education for K-12: A Pilot Study on Transforming Student Perceptions and Career Trajectories in Clean Energy, 2025 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 22-25, 2025. (Abstract Accepted)

Mohamed Khalafalla, Tejal Mulay, Doreen Kobelo, Empowering Educators: A Pilot Study of Faculty Training on Building Decarbonization and Clean Energy Integration, 2025 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 22-25, 2025. (Abstract Accepted)

Tatiana Deslouches, Doreen Kobelo, Mohamed Khalafalla and Tejal Mulay, Preliminary Analysis of Construction Work Zone on Roadways in Florida by Crash Severity, Transportation Research Board 104rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan. 5-9, 2025.

Demayla Jenkins, Janeroza Matyenyi, Thobias Sando, Doreen Kobelo and Mohamed Khalafalla, Bridging the Gap: Understanding Rural Commuting Patterns and Transportation Choices, Transportation Research Board 104rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan. 5-9, 2025.

Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge Rueda-Benavides. Value for Money Based Project Selection Framework using Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, Construction Research Congress, Des Moines, IA, March 2024.

Kaylyn Cardinal, Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge Rueda-Benavides. Development of a Stochastic Risk Assessment Protocol for Analyzing the Impact of Fluctuations in Crude Oil and Fuel Prices on Asphalt Prices in the State of Alabama, Construction Research Congress, Des Moines, IA, March 2024.

Tejal Mulay, Mohamed Khalafalla and Shonda L Bernadin. Acoustic Emotion Recognition for Improved Safety in the Construction Industry, Construction Research Congress, Des Moines, IA, March 2024.

Jayson Francois, Mohamed Khalafalla, Doreen Kobelo, and John Williams. Preventing Drowsy Driving Accidents in Construction Industry Using Computer Vision and Convolutional Neural Networks, Construction Research Congress, Des Moines, IA, March 2024.

Deyana Thomas, Doreen Kobelo, and Mohamed Khalafalla. Has the Increase of Vehicle Automation Affected Truck Lane Restriction?, Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., TRBAM-24-00818, Jan. 7-11, 2024.

Mohamed Khalafalla, Tejal Mulay, Doreen Kobelo, Behnam Shadravan, The Role of Hands-On Engineering Technology Summer Camps in Attracting Underrepresented High School Students to STEM Majors, 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD, June 25-28, 2023.

Tejal Mulay, Mohamed Khalafalla, Behnam Shadravan, Effects of Distance Learning on African- American Students in Engineering Technology Courses During COVID-19 Pandemic, 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD, June 25-28, 2023.

Kaylyn Cardinal, Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge. Rueda-Benavides, Methodology for Evaluating the Effects of Fuel Price Fluctuations on Asphalt Prices, Transportation Research Board 102nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., TRBAM-23-00461, Jan. 8-12, 2023.  

Jayson Francois, Mohamed Khalafalla, Doreen Kobelo, Cost-Duration-Based Project Selection Framework: A Multi-Attribute Utility Theory Model, Transportation Research Board 101st  Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., TRBAM-22-01167, Jan. 9-13, 2022.  

Mohamed Khalafalla, Kaylyn Cardinal, Jorge Rueda–Benavides and Mazin Karim, Modified Version of the Cumulative Sum Statistical Analysis Method, 2021 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT), 2021, pp. 12-17, doi: 10.1109/3ICT53449.2021.9581845.

Laura Arevalo, Mohamed Khalafalla, Jorge A. Rueda, Jose Vasconcelos, and Wesley Donald. Regional Modeling of the Variability of Riprap Prices in Alabama: A Riprap Location Cost Index, Construction Research Congress, Phoenix, AZ, March 2020.

Kaylyn Cardinal, Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge. Rueda-Benavides, A Protocol to Assess the Impact of Crude Oil Price Fluctuations on  Future Asphalt Prices, Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., TRB Paper No. 20-05704, Jan. 12-16, 2020.  

Mohamed Khalafalla and Jorge. Rueda-Benavides. Unit Price or Lump Sum? A Stochastic Cost-Based Decision-Making Tool for Design-Bid-Build Projects, Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., TRB Paper No. 18-00498, Jan. 7-11, 2018.

Amna Salman, and Mohamed Ahmed. Implementing Active Learning Strategies in a Structural Analysis and Design Course: Pedagogy Development and Lessons Learned, Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, November 12-14, 2018. doi: 10.21125/iceri.2018.2715

Mohamed Khalafalla and Joseph Owino. The Effects of Visual Stability Index on Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self Consolidating Concrete under Accelerated Curing Condition. EURO-MED-SEC-1; Istanbul, May 24-29, 2016. doi: 10.14455/ISEC.res.2016.54