Christelle Al Haddad
Christelle Al Haddad is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Lead of the Research Group “Human Factors” within the same chair. She holds a PhD in Transportation Engineering from TUM, where she also completed her M.Sc. in Transportation Systems. Previously, she earned a B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut. In parallel to her PhD, Christelle earned her EIT Urban Mobility Label, as she completed the Doctoral Training Network . She is still an active contributing member to the EIT community.
Her research focuses on understanding and modeling human factors in transportation, including but not limited to road safety, emerging transportation modes, and shared mobility. Her research interests also span across understanding gender aspects of mobility, but also ethical concerns in relation with technological advances and smart city concepts. Her work has been disseminated in publications that have attracted over 550 citations in about four years (H-index: 10).
Publications
Selected Publications; a full list of publications can be found here.
Journal Papers
Yang, K., Al Haddad, C., Alam, R., Brijs, T., & Antoniou, C. (2024). Adaptive Intervention Algorithms for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. Safety, 10(1), 10. Link here.
Amini, R. E., Al Haddad, C., Batabyal, D., Gkena, I., De Vos, B., Cuenen, A., ... & Antoniou, C. (2023). Driver distraction and in-vehicle interventions: A driving simulator study on visual attention and driving performance. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 191, 107195. Link here.
Abouelela, M., Al Haddad, C., Islam, M. A., & Antoniou, C. (2022). User Preferences towards Hyperloop Systems: Initial Insights from Germany. Smart Cities, 5(4), 1336-1355. Link here.
Al Haddad, C., Abouelela, M., Hancox, G., Pilkington-Cheney, F., Brijs, T., & Antoniou, C. (2022). A Multi-Modal Warning–Monitoring System Acceptance Study: What Findings Are Transferable?. Sustainability, 14(19), 12017. Link here.
Al Haddad, C., & Antoniou, C. (2022). A data–information–knowledge cycle for modeling driving behavior. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 85, 83-102. Link Here.
Abouelela, M., Al Haddad, C., & Antoniou, C. (2021). Are young users willing to shift from carsharing to scooter–sharing?. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 95, 102821. Link here.
Ploetner, K.O., Al Haddad, C., Antoniou, C. et al. Long-term application potential of urban air mobility complementing public transport: an upper Bavaria example. CEAS Aeronaut J 11, 991–1007 (2020). Link here.
Al Haddad, C., Fu, M., Straubinger, A., Plötner, K., & Antoniou, C. (2020). Choosing Suitable Indicators for the Assessment of Urban Air Mobility: A Case Study of Upper Bavaria, Germany. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 20(4), 214–232. Link here.
Al Haddad, C., Chaniotakis, E., Straubinger, A., Ploetner, K.O., Antoniou, C. (2019). Factors Affecting the Adoption and Use of Urban Air Mobility. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. Link here.
Book chapters
Straubinger, A., Kluge, U., Al Haddad, C., Ploetner, K. O., Antoniou, C. (2019). Identifying Demand and Acceptance Drivers for User Friendly Urban Air Mobility Introduction. In Towards user centric mobility in Europe. Springer. Link here.
Rothfeld, R., Straubinger, A., Fu, M., Al Haddad, C., Antoniou, C. (2019). Urban Air Mobility. In Antoniou, C., Efthymiou, D., Chaniotakis, E. (eds.), Factors Affecting Emerging Transportation Systems: Modelling Adoption, Satisfaction and Mobility Patterns. (ISBN: 9780128150184), Elsevier. Link here.
Work Experience
| Jan. 2023–Present | Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering (TUM) Munich Leading the Ethics in AI Smart City project |
| Feb. 2019–Dec. 2022 | Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering (TUM) Munich Led the chair activities in the Bavarian-funded project on urban air mobility (OBUAM) and EU-funded projects on future mobility needs (Drive2theFuture) and road safety (the large naturalistic driving project: i-DREAMS). |
| May 2018–Nov. 2018 | Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V Munich |
| Oct. 2017–Mar. 2018 | Flixmobility GmbH (Flixbus) Munich |
| Sept. 2016–Jan. 2019 | English Writing Center(TUM) Munich |
| Sept. 2015–Sept. 2016 | Dar Al Handasah Shair and Partners Beirut |
Education
| April 2019-December 2022 | Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering (TUM), Munich |
| Oct. 2016–Nov. 2018 | Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering (TUM), Munich |
| Sept. 2011–May 2015 | American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut |
| Sept. 1998–June 2011 | Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour (CNDJ), Beirut |