National Transportation Center
Personnel, Staff, and Advisory Board
Researchers for Collaboration at Our Partner Universities
Contact information for staff is available in our Directory of Key Personnel.
Leadership
Director
Mansoureh Jeihani
Phone: 443-885-1873
Mansoureh.Jeihani@morgan.edu
Associate Director
Cinzia Cirillo
Phone: 301-405-6864
ccirillo@umd.edu
Associate Director
Hesham Rakha
Phone: 540-231-1505
hrakha@vtti.vt.edu
Collaborative Researchers
University of Maryland
Cinzia Cirillo
Phone: 301-405-6864
ccirillo@umd.edu
Ali Haghani
Phone: 301-405-1963
haghani@umd.edu
Paul Schonfeld
Phone: 301-405-1954
pschon@umd.edu
Gang-Len Chang
Phone: 301-405-1953
gang@umd.edu
Lei Zhang
301-405-2881
lei@umd.edu
Virginia Tech
Hesham Rakha
Phone: 540-231-1505
hrakha@vtti.vt.edu
Hao Chen
Phone: 540-231-3629
hchen@vtti.vt.edu
Ihab El-Shawarby
Phone: 540-231-1577
IEl-Shawaby@vtti.vt.edu
Jianhe Du
Phone: 540-231-2673
jdu@vtti.vt.edu, 540-231-2673
Karim Fadhloun
karim198@vt.edu
Kyoungho Ahn
Phone: 703-538-8447
kahn@vtti.vt.edu
Mohammed Elhenawy
Phone: 540-231-2974
melhenawy@vtti.vt.edu
Youssef Bichiou
Phone: 540-231-1500
youssef1@vt.edu
Morgan State University
Mansoureh Jeihani
Phone: 443-885-1873
Mansoureh.Jeihani@morgan.edu
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. 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
Alirezza Ansariyar
alans2@morgan.edu
Bhuyan Istiak
isbhu1@morgan.edu
Muhib Kabir
mdkab1@morgan.edu
Amirezza Nickkar
amirreza.nickkar@morgan.edu
Nashid Khadem
nakha3@morgan.edu
*Any tenure track professor at Morgan is eligible to partner in UMEC research.
Staff
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
Research and Outreach Coordinator
Connie Tang
Phone: 301-405-9803
Email: ctang12@umd.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
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
