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WMU faculty

Key personnel

Jun-Seok Oh, Director
Professor
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
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(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

Key participants

Upul Attanayake
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Construction Engineering
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Research interests: Bridge engineering, condition assessment and health monitoring of structures, finite element applications

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

Robert Wall Emerson
Professor
Blindness & Low Vision Studies
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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
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Research interests: Human factors, traffic safety analysis, pedestrian behavior analysis

Li Yang
Professor
Computer Science
@email
Research interests: Database management

Dae Kim
Professor
Blindness & Low Vision Studies
Email Dae Kim
Research interests: Long cane biomechanics, quiet vehicles, mobility of blind people