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 Lecturer and Visiting Policy Analyst Glenn Shor. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
My career and expertise as a public policy analyst and researcher are in occupational safety and health (OSH) - the prevention of injury at work- and workers’ compensation (WC) – the...
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 Iman Mahdinia. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I am a postdoctoral researcher at SafeTREC starting May 1st, 2023. Before that, I was a postdoc at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), right after receiving my Ph.D. from there. My doctoral research was centered on exploring the potential impacts of connected and...
Get to know the SafeTREC team! Explore the posts in the SafeTREC Spotlight Series, where we highlight a SafeTREC team member and share their stories, work and interest in transportation and safety research.
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 Application Programmer Simon Kao. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since coming to California after getting my Masters in Computer Science from Brown University. Prior to that, I lived in Connecticut and Virginia. My family moved to Virginia from Hong Kong when I was in Junior High School, but I was...
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 Research Data Analyst Ipsita Banerjee. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I am a Research Data Analyst at SafeTREC. Some of you may also know me as the instructor for the graduate course CE259 Public Transportation Systems in the College of Engineering. I received my undergraduate and Master's degrees...
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 Program and Policy Analyst Areli Ariana Balderrama. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
My name is Areli Ariana Balderrama (they/them), and I grew up in Northern California, surrounded by a rich agricultural community that shapes my understanding of community, equity, and justice. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature with a minor in...
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 Soheil Sohrabi. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I am a postdoctoral researcher at SafeTREC starting June 1st, 2022. Before that, I was a postdoc at Texas A&M Transportation Institute, right after receiving my Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. My doctoral research was centered on leveraging statistical modeling and data...
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 Md. Mintu Miah. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I started my career as a postdoctoral researcher at SafeTREC in August 2022, just after completing my Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Arlington. My Ph.D. dissertation title was ‘’Data Fusion for Non-Motorized Volume Estimation: A Machine Learning Approach.” Before this, I...
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 Visiting Scholar Sang-Hyeok Kang. Can you share a little bit about yourself and your role at SafeTREC?
I was born in Cheongju, Korea. I received my bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea, and master's and doctoral degrees in Construction Project Management from...
Today we're launching the SafeTREC Spotlight Series to introduce you to members of our team! The research and administrative team at SafeTREC is dedicated to its mission in reducing transportation-related injuries and fatalities through research, education, outreach and community service. Each month, we'll highlight SafeTREC staff and share their stories, work and interest in the transportation and safety research realm. In today's post, meet Tracy McMillan, Senior Policy and Program Analyst.