Parth Parikh A.

Education

M.Tech in Highway and Transportation Engineering from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), Vadodara (2023)

B.Tech in Civil Engineering from Shree Swaminarayan Institute of Technology (SSIT), Gandhinagar (2021)

Area(s) of Interest:

Road Safety

Pedestrian Safety

Behaviour Analysis

Virtual Reality

Simulator

Effect of Cognitive Abilities on Road Users

Effect of Distraction on Pedestrian-Vehicle Interactions

Eye tracking and EEG analysis

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Working Memory

Background and Current Research

Currently, Parth is pursuing doctoral research at the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre (TRIP-C), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.  His Ph.D. research on pedestrian-vehicle interactions in complex environments using immersive virtual reality, eye tracking, and EEG technology. His research aims to understand how cognitive load, distraction, and working memory capacity affect pedestrian decision-making during road crossing tasks. Parth's study integrates behavioural insights with surrogate safety indicators like Post-Encroachment Time (PET), Time-to-Collision (TTC), reaction time, and gaze fixation data to identify high-risk behaviours and potential countermeasures.

Parth's master's thesis investigated the impact of heavy vehicle volumes, population density along national highways, and road network characteristics on fatal crashes involving heavy vehicles in India. Through statistical modelling, the study highlighted the safety burden posed by freight corridors and provided evidence-based recommendations for policy and infrastructure interventions."

Year of Joining: 2023

Supervisor(s): 

Prof. Sai Chand and Prof. Anshuman Sharma (IIT-BHU)