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Kumares C. Sinha

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1970Rising activity
Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringTransportation Planning and OptimizationAsphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesBIM and Construction Integration

Publications

516

Citations

6,037

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

56

Publishing since 1970

Research summary
AI-generated

Kumares C. Sinha's research centers on transportation infrastructure management, including how highways, bridges, and pavements are maintained, financed, and planned over time. Recent work also examines how emerging technologies—such as autonomous and connected vehicles—affect road user behavior, safety, equity, and how transportation systems are funded and operated. This area is well suited for students interested in the intersection of civil engineering, policy, and transportation economics.

Highway and pavement asset managementTransportation infrastructure financing and policyAutonomous and connected vehicle impactsTransportation planning and optimizationRoad safety and network operations

Publication output has fluctuated but generally slowed over the last decade, dropping from around 8 papers per year in 2017 to an average of under 3 per year in the most recent five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
2017: 8 publications8172018: 6 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 5 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems×6
  • Journal of Infrastructure Systems×3
  • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice×2
  • Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering×2
  • Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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