National Transportation Center
Personnel and Affiliations
Staff
Director
Mansoureh Jeihani
Phone: 443-885-1873
Mansoureh.Jeihani@morgan.edu
Project Planner
Anita Jones
Phone: 443-885-4813
Anita.jones@morgan.edu
Office Clerk II
Sonia McDonald
Phone: 443-885-3666
Sonia.mcdonald@morgan.edu
Editor and Communications Manager
Joseph Niehaus
Phone: 443-885-1039
joseph.niehaus@morgan.edu
Faculty Researchers
Dr. Anam Ardeshiri
anam.ardeshiri@morgan.edu
Dr. Sanjay Bapna
Phone: 443-885-3941
sanjay.bapna@morgan.edu
Dr. Celeste Chavis
Phone: 443-885-5061
celeste.chavis@morgan.edu
Dr. Chunlei Fan
Phone: 443-885-4083,
chunlei.fan@morgan.edu
Dr. Cynthia Glass
cynthia.glass@morgan.edu
Dr. James Hunter
Phone: 443-885-4733
james.hunter@morgan.edu
Dr. Dong Hee Kang
Phone: 443-885-4728
donghee.kang@morgan.edu
Dr. Young-Jae Lee
Phone: 443-885-1872
youngjae.lee@morgan.edu
Dr. Farzad Moazzami
Phone: 443-885-2379
farzad.moazzami@morgan.edu
Phone: 443-885-2379
farzad.moazzami@morgan.edu
Dr. Gregory Newmark
gregory.newmark@morgan.edu
Dr. Kofi Nyarko
Phone: 443-885-3476
kofi.nyarko@morgan.edu
Dr. Oludare Owolabi
Phone: 443-885-5445
oludare.owolabi@morgan.edu
Dr. Eazaz Sadeghvaziri
eazaz.sadeghvaziri@morgan.edu
Dr. Anthony Saka
Phone: 443-885-1871
anthony.saka@morgan.edu
Dr. Hyeon-Shic Shin
Phone: 443-885-3228
hyeonshic.shin@morgan.edu
Dr. Asha Layne
Phone: 443-885-4268
asha.layne@morgan.edu
asha.layne@morgan.edu
Dr. Ziping Wang
ziping.wang@morgan.edu
Dr. Farzad Moazzami
farzad.moazzami@morgan.edu
Dr. Steve Efe
Phone: 443-885-3192
Steve.efe@morgan.edu
Steve.efe@morgan.edu
Advisory Board
Moges Ayele, D.P.A.
Senior Liaison for Higher Education (ret), Federal Highway Administration
Phone: 240-565-5187
moayele@gmail.com
Oscar Barton Jr., Ph.D., P.E. Dean
Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering, Morgan State University
Phone: 443 885-3231
oscar.barton@morgan.edu
Christopher Costello
Public Sector Consulting Group
Phone: 410-947-4726
cb.costello@verizon.net
Nimish Desai, PE
Department Manager – Water Resources
Phone: 410-645-1405
ndesai@dewberry.com
Charles Glass, Ph.D.
Deputy Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
charles.glass@maryland.gov
Tranell N. Griffin
Senior Performance Analyst, Office of Transit Performance Management (PERF)
Phone: 202.893-2354
tngriffin@wmata.com
Don Halligan
Senior Transportation Planner, Baltimore Metropolitan Council
Phone: 410-732-0500, ext. 1002
dhalligan@baltometro.org
Dana Knight
KCI Technologies
Phone: 410-316-7937
Dana.knight@kci.com
Gregory Murrill
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Phone: 410-962-4440
Gregory.Murrill@dot.gov
Amy A. O’Leary, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Virginia Transportation Research Council
Phone: 434 -293-1995
amy.OLeary@vdot.virginia.gov
Aly Tawfik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering
Phone: 559-278-8791
tawfik@csufresno.edu
Philip Thomas
Division Administrator, USDOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Phone: 443-703-2365
Philip.Thomas@dot.gov
Richard Woo, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Policy and Research, State Highway Administration
Phone: 410-545-0340
rwoo@sha.state.md.us
Dr. Johanna Zmud
Senior Research Scientist, Head, Multimodal Planning Division
Phone: 202-679-3195
j-zmud@tti.tamu.edu
National Organization Affiliates
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Phone: 202-624-5800
American Public Transportation Association
Phone: 202-496-4800
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Phone: 202-289-4434
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO)
Phone: 202-857-8065
info@comto.org
Council of University Transportation Centers
Phone: 202-289-4434
Affiliated State Agencies
Maryland Aviation Administration
Phone: 410-859-7111
www.marylandaviation.com
Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)
Phone: 410-865-1000
Out of Area: 1-888-713-1414
www.mdot.maryland.gov
Maryland Port Administration World Trade Center
Phone: 1-800-638-7519
www.mpa.maryland.gov
Maryland Transportation Authority
Phone: 410-537-1000
Out of Area: 1-866-713-1596
www.mdta.maryland.gov
Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
Phone: 410-539-5000
www.mta.maryland.gov
Motor Vehicle Administration
Phone: 410-768-7000
www.mva.maryland.gov
Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA)
Phone: 410-545-0300
https://roads.maryland.gov/pages/home.aspx
Maryland State Highway Administration,
Phone: 888-963-0307
https://www.roads.maryland.gov/mdot-sha/pages/index.aspx?PageId=560
Affiliated Federal Agencies
Federal Highway Administration
Phone: 202-366-4000
www.fhwa.dot.gov
Federal Highway Administration
Phone: 410-962-4440
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/mddiv
Federal Transit Administration
Phone: 202-366-4043
https://www.transit.dot.gov
Federal Transit Administration
Phone: 215-656-7100
https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/re-gional-offices/region-3
Research and Innovative Technology Administration University Transportation Centers Program
Phone: 1-800-853-1351
https://www.transportation.gov/new-and-emerging-technologies
Contact Information
Morgan State University
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies 327
Baltimore, MD 21251
P: 443-885-3666
F: 443-885-8275
