Directory

Principal Investigators (PIs) are responsible for leading all UTRC research projects. The following is a list of all of the PIs participating in the UTRC consortium, grouped by home campus.

City University of New York

Dr. Anil Agrawal - Civil Engineering
Dr. Jochen Albrecht - Geography
Dr. Joseph Berechman - Economics
Dr. Frederick Brodzinski - Civil Engineering
Hillary Brown, FAIA, LEED, AP - Architecture
Tria Case - Energy
Dr. Greg Chen - Public Policy
Dr. James K. Cohen - Public Management
Dr. John Fillos - Civil Engineering
Dr. Michel Ghosn - Civil Engineering
Dr. Hongmian Gong - Geography
Dr. Richard Hanley - English
Dr. Michael E. Kress - Computer Science
Dr. Huabei Liu - Civil Engineering
Dr. Claire McKnight - Civil Engineering
Dr. William Milczarski - Urban Affairs and Planning
Dr. Anne Morris - Public Policy
Dr. Kyriacos Mouskos - Civil Engineering
Dr. Robert E. Paaswell - Civil Engineering
Dr. Neville A. Parker - Civil Engineering
Dr. Jonathan R. Peters - Finance and Business
Dr. Laxmi Ramasubramanian - Urban Affairs and Planning
Dr. Tarek Saadawi - Electrical Engineering
Dr. William Solecki - Geography
Achva Benzinberg Stein - Landscape Architecture
Dr. Kolluru Subramaniam - Civil Engineering
Dr. George Wang - Finance and Business
Dr. Beth Wittig - Environmental Engineering
Dr. Jianting Zhang - Geographical Information System (GIS)
Dr. Zhigang Zhu - Computer Science
Dr. Geoffrey D. Zylstra - History

Columbia University

Mark Becker - Public Health
Dr. Nicola Chiara - Civil Engineering
Dr. Steven Chillrud - Geochemistry
Dr. Guillermo Gallego - Operations Research
Dr. Soulaymane Kachani - Operations Research
Dr. David King - Urban Planning
Dr. Patrick L. Kinney - Public Health
Dr. Hoe I. Ling - Civil Engineering
Dr. David C. Major - Climate Systems Research
Dr. Nick Maxemchuk - Electrical Engineering
Dr. Christian Meyer - Civil Engineering
Dr. Elliott Sclar - Urban and Regional Planning
Dr. Rene Testa - Civil Engineering
Dr. Huiming Yin - Civil Engineering

Cornell University

Dr. Gary Evans - Design & Environmental Analysis
Dr. Huaizhu (Oliver) Gao - Civil Engineering
Dr. Rick Geddes - Policy Analysis and Management
Dr. Johannes Gehrke - Computer Sciences
Dr. Anthony R. Ingraffea - Civil Engineering
Dr. Lynne Irwin - Environmental Engineering
Dr. John R. Mbwana - Civil Engineering
Dr. Linda Nozick - Civil Engineering
Dr. Richard Schuler - Economics and Civil Engineering
Dr. Mark A. Turnquist - Civil Engineering
Dr. Ke Max Zhang - Mechanical Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Dr. Lisa B Axe - Civil Engineering
Dr. Athanassios Bladikas - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Dr. Steven I-Jy Chien - Civil Engineering
Dr. Janice Daniel - Civil Engineering
Dr. Harold Deutschman - Civil Engineering
Dr. Joshua Greenfeld - Civil Engineering
Dr. Fadi A Karaa - Critical Infrastructure
Dr. Rongfang (Rachel) Liu - Civil Engineering
Dr. Jerome M. Lutin - Transit Planning
Dr. Jay Meegoda - Civil Engineering
Dr. Priscilla P. Nelson - Geotechnical Engineering
Dr. Edip Niver - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Naomi G. Rotter - Management
Dr. M. Ala Saadeghvaziri - Civil Engineering
Darius T. Sollohub - Architecture
Dr. Lazar Spasovic - Civil Engineering
Dr. John Tavantzis - Mathematics
Dr. David Washington - Engineering Technology
Dr. Jian Yang - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

New York University

Dr. Ingrid Gould Ellen - Public Policy and Urban Planning
Dr. Dall Forsythe - Public Policy
Dr. Zhan Guo - Urban Planning
Richard Marchitelli - Real Estate
Dr. Harvey Molotch - Sociology
Dr. Marta Panero -
Dr. Hyeon-Shic Shin - Planning and Public Administration
Mr. Anthony E. Shorris - Policy and Management
Allen J. Zerkin, J.D. - Public Administration
Dr. Rae Zimmerman - Planning and Public Administration

Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Dr. John C. Falcocchio - Civil Engineering
Dr. Ilan Juran - Civil Engineering
Dr. William McShane - Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Raman Patel - Civil Engineering
Dr. Elena Prassas - Civil Engineering
Dr. Roger P. Roess - Civil Engineering
Dr. Richard Wener - Psychology

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dr. Xuegang (Jeff) Ban - Civil Engineering
Dr. John Bullough - Lighting Science
Dr. Gianluca Cusatis - Civil Engineering
Dr. George Dvorak - Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Mariana Figueiro - Lighting Science
Dr. Lester Gerhardt - Electrical Engineering
Dr. José Holguín-Veras - Civil Engineering
Dr. Michael O'Rourke - Civil Engineering
Dr. Joel Plawsky - Chemical Engineering
Dr. Mark Rea - Cognitive Science
Dr. Michael D. Symans - Civil Engineering
Dr. William "Al" Wallace - Systems Engineering

Rowan University

Dr. Douglas Cleary - Civil Engineering
Dr. Ralph Dusseau - Civil Engineering
Dr. Kauser Jahan - Environmental Engineering
Dr. Peter Mark Jansson - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Anthony J. Marchese - Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Yusuf Mehta - Civil Engineering
Dr. William T. Riddell - Civil Engineering
Dr. John L. Schmalzel - Electrical Engineering
Dr. Beena Sukumaran - Civil Engineering

Rutgers University

Dr. Clinton Andrews - Planning and Public Policy
Dr. Perumalsamy Balaguru - Civil Engineering
Thomas Bennert - Civil Engineering
Dr. Maria Boilé - Civil Engineering
Jon A. Carnegie - Planning and Public Policy
Dr. Marco Gruteser - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Nenad Gucunski - Civil Engineering
Dr. Qizhong Guo - Civil Engineering
Dr. Mohsen A. Jafari - Industrial Engineering
Dr. Michael L. Lahr - Planning and Public Policy
Dr. Ali Maher - Civil Engineering
Dr. Nancy H. Mantell - Economics
Dr. Husam Najm - Civil Engineering
Dr. Hani Nassif - Civil Engineering
Dr. Robert Noland - Planning and Public Policy
Dr. Kaan Ozbay - Civil Engineering
Dr. John Pucher - City and Regional Planning
Martin E. Robins - Planning and Public Policy
Patrick Szary - Civil Engineering
Dr. Sotiris Theofanis - Civil Engineering
Dr. Trefor P. Williams - Civil Engineering

State University of New York

Dr. Amjad J. Aref - Civil Engineering
Dr. Amit Bandyopadhyay - Construction Management
Alan J. Blatt - Safety Research
Dr. Ruth A. Brandwein - Social Welfare
Dr. Michael Carpenter - Nanoscience
Emanuel Carter - Landscape Architecture
Dr. Stuart Chen - Civil Engineering
Dr. Michael C. Constantinou - Civil Engineering
Dr. Sachi G. Dastidar - Politics, Economics & Law
Dr. Peter K. Ducey - Biology
Michael M. Fancher - Nanoscience
Dr. James P. Gibbs - Biology
Dr. Sanjay Goel - Information Technology
Dr. Lawrence T. Guzy - Psychology
Dr. Daniel B. Hess - Urban and Regional Planning
Dr. Jeong-Hyon Hwang - Computer Science
Dr. Vincent P. Idone - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Dr. Kajal Lahiri - Economics
Dr. Catherine T. Lawson - City & Regional Planning
Dr. George C. Lee - Civil Engineering
Dr. Donald J. Leopold - Biology
Dr. Siwei Lyu - Computer Science
Dr. Satish Mohan - Civil Engineering
Dr. Christopher Nowak - Natural Resource Management
Dr. Il-Seok Oh - Civil Engineering
Dr. Marina A. Petrukhina - Chemistry
Dr. Sekharipuram S. Ravi - Computer Science
Dr. Mark E. Reisinger - Geography
Dr. Adel W. Sadek - Transportation Systems Engineering
Dr. Sanjay Sampath - Materials Science
Howard Schneider - Journalism
Dr. Ernest Sternberg - Urban and Regional Planning
Dr. Timothy Volk - Biology
Dr. Qian Wang - Civil Engineering
Dr. John C. Williams - Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Shmuel Yahalom - Economics

Stevens Institute of Technology

Dr. Hank Dobbelaar - Civil Engineering
Dr. John V. Farr - Systems Engineering
Dr. Sophia Hassiotis - Civil Engineering
Dr. Thomas H. Wakeman III - Civil Engineering

University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez

Dr. Benjamin Colucci - Civil Engineering
Dr. Alberto M. Figueroa Medina - Civil Engineering
Dr. Luis Godoy - Civil Engineering
Dr. Sergio González - Civil Engineering
Dr. Felipe Luyanda - Civil Engineering
Dr. Ismael Pagán-Trinidad - Civil Engineering
Dr. Didier M. Valdés-Díaz - Civil Engineering

Affiliated Faculty at Non-Member Institutions

Dr. Riyad S. Aboutaha - Civil Engineering
Dr. Ralph Buehler - Urban Affairs and Planning
Dr. Allison L. C. de Cerreño - Planning and Public Administration
Dr. Daniel G. Chatman - Planning and Public Policy
Dr. Cynthia Chen - Civil Engineering
Dr. Cameron Gordon - Finance and Business
Dr. Melissa M. Grigione - Biology and Health Sciences
Dr. Kerop D. Janoyan - Civil Engineering
Dr. Alain L. Kornhauser - Operations Research
Dr. George List - Civil Engineering
Dr. Dilruba Ozmen-Ertekin - Civil Engineering
Dr. Marian R. Passannante - Public Health
Dr. Georgia Perakis - Operations Research
Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue - Global Studies and Geography
Dr. Nagui M. Rouphail - Civil Engineering
Dr. Ronald Sarno - Biology and Environment
Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan - Civil Engineering
Dr. Satish V. Ukkusuri - Civil Engineering
Dr. Erik Vanmarcke - Civil Engineering
Dr. Claude Villiers - Civil Engineering
Dr. Rachel Weinberger - City and Regional Planning
Dr. James J. Winebrake - Public Policy
Dr. Fan Yang - Civil Engineering
Dr. Anthanasios Ziliaskopoulos - Civil Engineering