Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, August 2013-prsent

• Wrong-way Driving Crashes and countermeasures, funded by IDOT/ICT
• Emerging Safety Countermeasures for Wrong-way Crashes, funded by ATTSA
• USRAP Study of Eight Counties in Illinois, funded by CH2M HILL

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, June 2013-August 2013

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ,   August 2008-June 2013 (Early Tenure and Promotion)

• Development of Core Concepts and Knowledge Tables for Introduction of Transportation Engineering Course. Submitted to SIUE. ( PI, $6,500)
• Investigation of Methods & Approaches for Collecting & Recording Highway Inventory Data. Funded by the IDOT and ICT. ( PI, $215,000)
• Multimedia GIS Approach for the Collection of Rural Highway Roadside Inventory data. Funded by SIUE(Co-PI, $6,500)
• Highway Incident Management Operational & Training Guide, Phase 2, Funded by the IDOT and ICT. ( PI, $300,000)
• Nurturing Synergy between Research and Education: Integrating Transportation Engineering Research Tools into Coursework (Co-PI, $8,500)
• Investigation of Contributing Factors Regarding Wrong-way Driving on Freeways, Funded by the IDOT and ICT. ( PI, $230,000 )
• Development of a Highway Incident Management Operational and Training Guide, Funded by the IDOT and ICT. (PI, $136,000)
• Safety Effects of Median Modification Using Quick Kurb, Funded by FDOT District 7. ( PI, $7,042)
• The Effects of Roadway Lighting Levels on Traffic and Pedestrian Safety, Funded by SIUE for Summer Research Fellowship. (PI, $4,000)
• Development of Traffic Simulation and Animation Modules for Transportation Engineering Undergraduate Courses, Funded by SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE) Program. (PI, $8,600)
• Civil Engineering Traffic Signal Education, Funded by SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education (EUE) Program. (Co-PI, $8,700)

 Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), University of South Florida , August 2003-August 2008

• Safe Routes to School Program in Pasco County, Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 7. (PI, $30,000)
• A Study on the Safety of Left-Side Off-Ramps on Freeways, Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT District 7. (PI, $15,000)
• Safe Routes to School Program in Pinellas County, Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 7. (PI, $30,000)
• Development of MOT Training Program for Incident Responders in Florida, Funded by the FDOT Central Office. (Co-PI, $185,000)
• Signal Technology Application to Address Traffic Congestion on US 301 in Starke, Florida, Funded by the FDOT Central Office. (Co-PI, $300,000)
• Evaluation of Safe Routes to School Program, Funded by the FDOT District 7. (PI, $35,000)
• Documenting Improved Mobility Techniques on SIS and TRIP Facilities, Funded by the FDOT Central Office. ($75,000)
• Street Lighting Analysis- Phase II: Street Lighting Data Collection and Evaluation, Funded by the FDOT District 7. (PI, $40,000)
• Street Lighting Analysis- Phase I: Development of a Mobile Lighting Measurement System, Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation, District 7. (PI, $35,000)
• US 19 Pedestrian Safety Study. Funded by FDOT District 7. (PI, $18,000)
• Moving the Bus Back Into Traffic Safely-Signage and Lighting Configuration (Phase I), Funded by the FDOT.(PI, $75,000)
• Evaluation of the Drive 4 Life Campaign- A Before-and-After Safety Study. Funded by FDOT District 7. (Co-PI, $14,000)
• Development of Revised Methodology for Collecting Origin-Destination Data, Funded by the FDOT Central Office. (Co-PI, $50,000)
• Cost-and-Benefit Analysis of Road Ranger Program in Florida, Funded by the FDOT Central office. (Co-PI, $75,000)
• Incident Management Team and Resource Development, Funded by the FDOT Central Office. (Co-PI, $300,000)
• The Costs-and-Benefits of Strategic Acquisition of Limited Access Right-of-Way at Freeway Interchange Areas, Funded by the FDOT Central Office. ($125,000)
• Traffic Incident Management in Sarasota County, Funded by the FDOT Central Office. (Co-PI, $30,000)
• Analysis of Traffic Operations at Collins Avenue (SR A1A) and 193rd Street, Funded by Miami-Dade Transit. (Co-PI, $9,000)

Transportation Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., June 2001-August 2003

• I-75 PD&E Traffic Study (From Fowler Ave. to CR 54), FDOT District 7, Tampa, FL.
• I-4/Memorial Interchange Operational Analysis Report (IOAR), Polk County, Florida.
• Interstate-4 (I-4)/U.S. 27 Interchange Operational Analysis Report (IOAR), Polk County, Florida.
• Victor Posner City Center Traffic Impact Study, Polk County, Florida.
• SR 70 Traffic Operations Analysis, Okeechobee County, Florida.
• I-4/Kathleen Interchange Design Analysis, Polk County, Florida.
• John’s Pass Bridge Traffic Technical Memorandum, Pinellas County, Florida.
• District Wide Access Management Support Services, FDOT District 1.
• U.S. 98 Corridor Access Management Plan, Lakeland, Florida.
• Determination of Access Management Classification for the SR 540 Extension to US 17, the FDOT District 1.

Research Assistant, Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), University of South Florida, August 1998-June 2001

• Operational and Safety Effects of Access Management Techniques on Roadways, Funded by the FDOT. ($175,000)

Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Beijing Jiao-Tong University,   Beijing. China, September 1993 – July 1998

• Responsible for developing a GIS-based tool to quickly analyze the environmental impacts of proposed road alignments.