People
WMU faculty
Key personnel
Jun-Seok Oh, Director
Professor
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
@email
(269) 276-3216
Research interests: Transportation systems modeling, non-motorized transportation, traffic safety, intelligent transportation systems, traffic simulation
Valerian Kwigizile, Associate Director
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
@email
(269) 276-3218
Research interests: Traffic safety, non-motorized transportation, traffic enforcement, traffic data analysis
Osama Abudayyeh, Center Advisory Council
Professor and Chair
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
@email(269) 276-3252
Research interests: Bridge and infrastructure management, rapid bridge construction
C. Scott Smith, Public Relations & Outreach
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
@email
(269) 387-3484
Research interests: Urban planning, community development, transportation planning, environmental health justice
Key participants
Upul Attanayake
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
@email
Research interests: Bridge engineering, condition assessment and health monitoring of structures, finite element applications
Ala Al-Fuqaha
Associate Professor
Computer Science
@email
Research interests: System simulation and modeling, wireless communications, mobile computing, VANETs
Charles Emerson
Professor
Department of Geography
@email
Research interests: Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing and spatial analysis
Robert Wall Emerson
Professor
Blindness & Low Vision Studies
@email
Research interests: Long cane biomechanics, quiet vehicles, mobility of people who are blind
David Guth
Professor
Blindness & Low Vision Studies
@email
Research interests: Street crossing risk, roundabouts access for persons who are blind, perceptual cues for wayfinding at complex intersections
Dr. Ron Van Houten
Professor
Department of Psychology
@email
Research interests: Human factors, traffic safety analysis, pedestrian behavior analysis
Dae Kim
Associate Professor
Blindness & Low Vision Studies
@email
Research interests: Long cane biomechanics, quiet vehicles, mobility of blind people
Paula D. Kohler
Assoc Vice President of Research
Special Education and Literacy Studies
@email
Research interests: Effectiveness of secondary education and evaluation of implementation strategies
David Lemberg
Professor
Department of Geography
@email
Research interests: Urban transportation planning, tourism, landscape and ecology
Richard Long
Associate Dean
College of Health and Human Services
@email
Street crossing risk, roundabouts access for persons who are blind, perceptual cues for wayfinding at complex intersections