Hey, I am
Tolga Ercan
ITS Specialist at Connected Wise
PhD in Civil Engineering, Traffic & ITS Consultant
About Me
- Name:Dr. Tolga Ercan
- Occupation:ITS Consultant
- Current City:Tampa, FL
- Year of birth:1987
- Email:tolga@connected-wise.com
I am an expert in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), with experience in various transportation projects in ITS design, traffic operations and multi-modal planning. During my PhD research at University of Central Florida, I have achieved numerous publications in prestigious journals and conferences.
Technical Background
Multi-Modal Analysis75%
Life-Cycle Optimization95%
Traffic Design & Planning85%
Video Analytics & Detection65%
Intelligent Transportation Systems90%
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April 2019 - Current
ITS Specialist
Connected Wise LLC
I manage all ITS field operations, device installations including RSUs, video camera systems and sensors.
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June 2018 - Current
Traffic Engineer II
TransCore ITS, LLC
I am responsible for ITS design on various projects from FDOT districts and Traffic Operation departments.
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January 2013 - December 2017
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.
What I Do
ITS Design
Designing network/communication systems (e.g. fiber optic network setup, ODTR testing); configuring ITS devices and maintaining the systems.
Electric Vehicles
Economic and environmental impact analysis of electric vehicles in mass and commercial transportation and vehicle-to-grid applications.
Sustainability Analysis
Life Cycle sustainability assessment of emerging technologies (e.g. connected vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles).
Video Analytics
Building smart technological solutions for wrong-way detections, emergency-vehicle detections and traffic counting.