ITS Specialist

Connected Wise LLC

I manage all ITS field operations and device installations including RSUs, video camera systems and sensors.

Traffic Engineer II

TransCore ITS, LLC

I am responsible for ITS design on various projects from FDOT districts and Traffic Operation departments.

Doctoral Research Fellow

University of Central Florida (UCF)

I focused on sustainability analysis of transportation systems, multi-modal planning and optimization in my PhD research.

• Ercan T, Keya N, Onat NC, Tatari O, Eluru N. (2020). Autonomous Vehicles or Prevailing Transportation Policies? An Integrated Modeling Approach to Reveal Potential Environmental Benefits. Submitted Manuscript Under Review.

• Sen B, Ercan T, Tatari O, Zheng Q. (2019). Robust pareto optimal approach to sustainable heavy-duty truck fleet composition. Resources, Conversation, and Recycling; 2019; 146: 502-513.

• Ercan T, Keya N, Onat NC, Tatari O, Eluru N. (2018). Sustainability Performance Simulation of the US Urban Mobility Policies. Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting.

• Golestani B, Nam BH, Ercan T, Tatari O. (2017). Life-cycle carbon, energy, and cost analysis of utilizing municipal solid waste bottom ash and recycled asphalt shingle in hot-mix asphalt. Geotechnical Frontiers. 2017, 333-344.

• Sen B, Ercan T, Tatari O. (2017). Does a battery-electric truck make a difference? –Life cycle emissions, costs, and externality analysis of alternative fuel-powered Class 8 heavy-duty trucks in the United States. Journal of Cleaner Production; 2017; 141: 110-121.

• Sen B, Ercan T, Tatari O. (2017) Does the electrification of US heavy-duty trucks make a difference? Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting.

• Ercan T, Onat NC, Tatari O, Mathias J-D. (2016). Public transportation adoption requires a paradigm shift in urban development structure. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016, 142, 1789–1799.

• Ercan T, Onat NC, Tatari O. (2016). Investigating Carbon Footprint Reduction Potential of Public Transportation in U.S.: A system Dynamic Approach”. Journal of Cleaner Production; 2016; 133: 1260-1276.

• Zhao Y, Ercan T, Tatari O. (2016). Life Cycle Based Multi-Criteria Optimization for Optimal Allocation of Commercial Delivery Truck Fleet in the United States. Sustainable Production and Consumption; 8: 18-31.

• Ercan T, Noori M, Zhao Y, Tatari O. (2016). On the Front Lines of a Sustainable Transportation Fleet: Applications of Vehicle-to-Grid Technology for Transit and School Buses. Energies 2016; 9(4), 230.

• Ercan T, Zhao Y, Tatari O, Pazour JA. (2015). Optimization of transit bus fleet’s life cycle assessment impacts with alternative fuel options. Energy 2015; 93:323–34.

• Ercan T, Tatari O. (2015). A hybrid life cycle assessment of public transportation buses with alternative fuel options. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2015; 20:1213–31.

• Ercan T, Kucukvar M, Tatari O, Al-Deek H. (2013). Congestion Relief Based on Intelligent Transportation Systems in Florida. Transportation Research Records Journal of Transportation Research Board 2013; 2380:81–9. doi:10.3141/2380- 09.

• Electric Vehicle Transportation Center’s Semi-annual Program Progress Performance Reports for University Transportation Systems (please refer to following link for list of reports: http://evtc.fsec.ucf.edu/publications/index.html)