Abhilasha J. Saroj

Dr. Abhilasha Saroj is a R&D Staff Member in the Applied Research for Mobility Systems (ARMS) Group  at ORNL. Her research interests and expertise are in modeling of real-time digital twins and traffic simulation including X-in-the-loop simulations, applications of AI for improved transportation modeling, and traffic signal control optimization to improve mobility and sustainability of transportation systems. Her dissertation entailed development of a digital twin model of North Avenue Smart Corridor in Atlanta, GA, using real time information from the corridor. After her Ph.D., she developed digital twin for the Martin Luther King Smart Corridor in Chattanooga, Tennessee and studied vehicle merging behavior model as a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Research Engineer II at GT. She also likes to spend her time working out in gym, doing yoga, going for a run or hike, reading, and cooking. 

She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology (GT). She received her M.S. in Transportation Engineering from GT as well. She did her undergraduate studies (B.Tech.) in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Mumbai, India.