He is an affiliate faculty with the Center for Traffic Operations and Control at the university’s National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology. Abdel-Rahim’s research interests include traffic operation and control technology, security and survivability of transportation networks, hardware-in-the-loop simulation modeling, and highway design and traffic safety. Abdel-Rahim received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in civil engineering from Assiut University, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Michigan State University.