Researchers

This page contains information about our researchers. Information about our student research assistants can be found on their page.

El Paso Community College

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Rebecca Escamilla, PhD
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Louisiana State University

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Yen-Fang Su
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Louisiana Tech University

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Joan Lynam, PhD
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John Matthews, PhD
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Oklahoma State University

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Jaime Schussler, PhD, CPESC
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Texas A&M Transportation Institute

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Brienne Glover, J.D.
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Garrett Dorsett, M.S.
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Puneet Bhaskar, Ph.D. 
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Texas A&M University

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Maria Koliou, PhD
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Arash Noshadravan, PhD 
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Nripojyoti Biswas, PhD, EIT
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University of Arkansas

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Andrew Braham, PhD, PE
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Cameron Murray, PhD, PE
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University of New Mexico

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Fernando Moreu. PhD
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Maryam Hojati, PhD
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University of Oklahoma

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Derek Rosendahl, Ph.D.
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Hernan Suarez, PhD
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Hussain Shaik, PhD
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Jay Wang, PhD
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Anirudh Paranjothi, PhD
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Clint Wood, PhD
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Susan Bogus Halter
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Renee McPherson, Ph.D.
SPTC Co-Director
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Pierre Kirstetter, PhD
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Kenneth Hobson, PE
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Royce Floyd, Ph.D., P.E., S.E.
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Tom Neeson, PhD
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Arif Sadri, PhD
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Shreya Vemuganti, PhD
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Kendra Dresback, PhD
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Jin-Song Pei, PhD
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Rockee Zhang. PhD
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Aikaterini Kyprioti, PhD
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Dean Hougan, PhD
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Syed Ashik Ali, PhD.
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University of Texas at El Paso

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Adeeba A. Raheem, PhD, ENV SP, OSHA Master Trainer
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Joanne Moyer, PhD
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Ahmed Abdalla
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Rajib B. Mallick, PhD, PE, FASCE
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George Voyiadjis
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Mohamad Soliman, PhD, PE
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Sarah Hernandez, PhD
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Zhang Su
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Jeffrey Weidner, Ph.D. 
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J.J. Oberholzer, M.Eng.
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Miguel Montoya, PhD
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Soheil Nazarian, PhD, PE, DGE
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Imad Abdullah
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Joshua Q. Li
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