In Fall 2015, UTRC welcomed a new Ph.D. student in the CCNY Transportation program and a research assistant at UTRC; Bahman Moghimi. Mr. Moghimi was a first-ranked graduate student at the Iran University of Science and Technology. He also received his master’s degree in Transportation Engeineering from the Northeastern University in Boston. He was awarded the the Dean’s Fellowship for the year 2013-2014. Prior to joining UTRC/CCNY, he was working as a Research Assistant at the Northeastern University for 2 years on the project; Self-Organizing Traffic Control and Signal Priority for Transit. His research interests include traffic signal control with an emphasis on actuated control and transit signal priority. At UTRC, he plans to continue working on the transportation projects and use his computer programming skills in various traffic simulation software.