SafeTREC Spotlight

SafeTREC Spotlight: Aqshems Nichols

June 30, 2021
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Aqshems Nichols, Graduate Student Researcher. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

My journey began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but I spent the formative years of my upbringing in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. I moved to the Bay Area to attend graduate school and I am currently enrolled as a graduate student in transportation engineering at UC Berkeley. My current research...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Kristen Leckie

September 1, 2021
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Kristen Leckie, Policy & Program Analyst. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I grew up in Southern California, mostly in the Inland Empire. I found my way to Berkeley to finish up my B.A.s in Anthropology and Gender and Women’s Studies and I’ve been lucky enough to stay in the Bay. Previously, I worked at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition as a Senior...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Katherine Gosselin

April 29, 2021

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Katherine Gosselin, Research Analyst.

Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I moved to the Bay Area from Hartford, CT in August 2019 to do my M.S. in Transportation Engineering at UC Berkeley shortly after completing my B.S.E. in Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut. I began working at SafeTREC in January 2020 as a Graduate...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Qianhua Luo

December 23, 2020

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet graduate student researcher Qianhua Luo.

Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I was born and raised in a beautiful and livable city called Huizhou in the south of China. In 2014, I started college in Tongji University, Shanghai and chose to major in Transportation. I got the opportunity to study in the Transportation program at UC Berkeley as an...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Afsaneh Yavari

March 22, 2021

Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Afsaneh Yavari, Research and Development Engineer.

Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I am from Iran and moved to Milwaukee, WI in 1978 when I was in high school. I got both B.S. and Master’s degrees from University of WI-Milwaukee. Both degrees are in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in Transportation Engineering. I am a registered Traffic...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Hadi Soueidan

October 26, 2021
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Data Systems Analyst Hadi Soueidan. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I have a mostly engineering oriented background. I recently graduated from the Masters in Transportation Engineering program at UC Berkeley, prior to that I have a background in Civil Engineering which was my major during my undergrad. My journey at SafeTREC started back in June where I...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Nicholas Fournier

September 29, 2021
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Postdoctoral Researcher Nicholas (Nick) Fournier. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I think of myself as a hybrid between the planning and engineering worlds – two fields that I believe do not communicate with each other as often as they should! I have degrees in both Regional Planning and Transportation Engineering and have a broad range of experience,...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Han Wang

March 14, 2022
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Graduate Student Researcher Han Wang. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I'm a Graduate Student Researcher at SafeTREC, working as a primary developer of a Virtual Reality (VR) bicycle simulator.

What sparked your interest in transportation safety research?

During the brainstorm for our Capstone project that I worked on with SafeTREC Co-Director Offer...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Greg Harasym

November 10, 2021
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Graduate Student Researcher Greg Harasym. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I’m from Staten Island, NY and have had a passion for transportation policy and research for as long as I could remember. Working for New York City Transit’s Capital Program Management division provided me with an insight on climate resiliency and rehabilitation projects, which...

SafeTREC Spotlight: Liwei Fu

March 23, 2022
Welcome back to the SafeTREC Spotlight Series where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research. In today's post, meet Applications Programmer Liwei Fu. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?

I was born and lived in Wuhan, China for 22 years before I left the country for post secondary studies. I obtained a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Wuhan University, with a major in Geospatial Information...