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​​​Professor of Civil Engineering
Transportation and Infrastructure Systems Engineering Group
Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Purdue University
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HAMP G167D, 550 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051 Phone: (765) 494-2296
Fax: (765) 494-7996
Email: sukkusur@purdue.edu
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UMNILAB COVID-19 Research Papers

  1. Verma, R., Yabe, T., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2021). Spatiotemporal contact density explains the disparity of COVID-19 spread in urban neighborhoods. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-11.​
  2. Yabe, T., Tsubouchi, K., Fujiwara, N., Wada, T., Sekimoto, Y., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2020). Non-compulsory measures sufficiently reduced human mobility in Tokyo during the COVID-19 epidemic. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-9. 
  3. Qian, X., Sun, L., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2021). Scaling of contact networks for epidemic spreading in urban transit systems. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-12.
  4. Qian, X., & Ukkusuri, S. V. (2020). Modeling the spread of infectious disease in urban areas with travel contagion. arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.04583.

BIOGRAPHY     
Dr. Satish V. Ukkusuri is a Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University since July 2014 where he teaches courses in transportation systems and freight and logistics planning. Previously, he was an Associate Professor at Purdue University from 2009-2014 and on the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from August 2005 - August 2009. Dr. Ukkusuri is a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure group at Purdue. Dr. Ukkusuri is a co-lead of the Building Sustainable Communities cluster hire at Purdue University with a goal of hiring seven faculty in this interdisciplinary area.
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AREA OF INTERESTS
Dr. Ukkusuri's lab focuses on developing innovative solutions for complex network problems in transportation systems coupled with other networks to improve their performance, resilience and sustainability. Dr Ukkusuri's research focus in the following areas:
  • Transportation Network Modelling
  • Emergency Management Issues
  • Freight Transportation
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Energy, Environment, Sustainability in Transportation
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