People

WMU faculty

Key personnel

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ala Al-Fuqaha
Associate Professor
Computer Science
@email
Research interests: System simulation and modeling, wireless communications, mobile computing, VANETs

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Charles Emerson
Professor
Department of Geography
@email
Research interests: Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing and spatial analysis

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Robert Wall Emerson
Professor
Blindness & Low Vision Studies
@email
Research interests: Long cane biomechanics, quiet vehicles, mobility of people who are blind

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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

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Dr. Ron Van Houten
Professor
Department of Psychology
@email
Research interests: Human factors, traffic safety analysis, pedestrian behavior analysis

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Li Yang
Professor
Computer Science
@email
Research interests: Database management
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Dae Kim
Associate Professor
Blindness & Low Vision Studies
@email
Research interests: Long cane biomechanics, quiet vehicles, mobility of blind people

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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

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David Lemberg
Professor
Department of Geography
@email
Research interests: Urban transportation planning, tourism, landscape and ecology

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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