Projects

CHEM’s research program includes a collaborative program with joint projects conducted by consortium members, a competitive program administered by individual consortium members, and a strategic program. These projects together address important research needs that synergize the expertise of the various partners.

Projects developed under the University Transportation Center Funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

Projects	Institution	Principal Investigator
Evaluating Efficiencies and Impacts of Electric versus Diesel School Buses	TTI	Bumsik Kim, PhD
Integrated Transportation-Health Modeling Platform for Decision-Support	GaTech	Randall Guensler, PhD
Impact of Freight Activity in and Around Ports	UCR	Kanok Boriboonsomsin, PhD
Health Risk for Student Transit Users	JHU	Mary Fox, PhD
Air Quality Monitoring in Border Communities	UTEP	Wen-Whai Li, PhD
Transportation and Health: Tools for Community Engagement	MSM	Robert Mayberry, PhD
Emerging Vehicle Technologies and Operating Strategies for Tribal and Rural Communities	NDSU	Jeremy Mattson, PhD

Projects developed under the University Transportation Center Funded by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act

Projects	Institution	Principal Investigator
Enhancing the Modeling of Emission Dispersion from Idling and Slowly Moving Vehicles	UCR	Guoyuan Wu
Assessing Roles of Inductive Opportunity Charging in Battery Electric Truck Operations based on Real-World Truck Activity Data	UCR	Kanok Boriboonsomsin, PhD
Supporting Health-Transportation Education in Schools	TTI	Joanne Olson, PhD
Drayage Truck Electrification Feasibility and Benefit Analysis	TTI	Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Fourteen Pathways Between Urban Transportation and Health: Conceptual Model, Literature Review, and Burden of Disease Assessment in Houston	TTI	Haneen Khreis, PhD
Technology Landscape and Future Direction for Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health	TTI	Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Development of CARTEEH Curriculum for Transportation Emissions, and Health	TTI	Haneen Khreis, PhD
Quantifying Potential Impacts of Bioavailable Metals and Potential Dust Emissions from Highway-Related and Desert Sediments at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico	UTEP	Thomas Gill, PhD
Evaluation of Dockless Mobility User Exposure to TrafficRelated Air Pollution	TTI	Suriya Vallamsundar, PhD
In-Cabin Fine Particulate Matter Exposure During Paratransit Transport	GaTech	Alex Samoylov, PhD
Measuring Temporal and Spatial Exposure of Urban Cyclists to Air Pollutants Using an Instrumented Bicycle	GaTech	Kari Watkins, PhD
Developing a Transportation, Emissions and Health Data Hub	TTI	Andrew Birt, PhD
Improved Vehicle Emissions and Near-Road Dispersion Modeling Tool for Project Evaluation:  Integrating MOVES-Matric, the FEC, and AERMOD	GaTech	Haobing Liu, PhD
Modeling Air Quality Impacts of Pollution Mitigation Scenarios at a Multimodal Inland Port	GaTech	Franklin Gbologah, PhD
PM Exposure for Paratransit Transport	GaTech	Alex Samoylov, PhD
Truck Emissions Exposure Study in Ports	GaTech	Michael Rodgers, PhD
Assessing Regulatory Compliance and Community Air Pollution Impacts of Crude Oil by Rail (CBR) Transport in Baltimore City, Maryland	JHU	Genee Smith, PhD
Health Risk Characterization for Transport Users and Workers: Community Health and Cumulative Risk Considerations	JHU	Mary Fox, PhD
Making New Mobility a “Win” for Public Health	JHU	Johnathon Ehsani, PhD
Understanding Modal Shift during the Pandemic and Quantifying its Public Health Impact	JHU	Michelle Duren
Personal Exposure to Air Pollution in the Vicinity of U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings	TTI	Tara Ramani, PhD
Characterizing In-Cab Air Quality in Heavy-Duty Diesel Construction Equipment	TTI	Phil Lewis, PhD
Developing a SMART Framework and Practitioner Toolkit to Enhance the Public Health Benefits of Transportation Infrastructure	TTI	Benjamin Ettelman
Development of an Emission-Based Selection Algorithm to Optimize Variable Message Signs Location	TTI	Farinoush Sharifi
Dockless Mobility: Addressing Safety, Emissions, and Gaps in Policy Making	TTI	Suriya Vallamsundar, PhD
Economic Impacts of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Expansion on Texas Metros	TTI	Jacqueline Kuzio
Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality and Mortality across Continental United States – A Data Driven Approach	TTI	Rohit Jaikumar
Feasibility Analysis and Infrastructure Requirements of Affordable, Shared, and Electric Mobility	TTI	Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Impacts of COVID-19 Induced Active Transportation Demand on the Built Environment and Public Health	TTI	Bahar Dadashova
Runners air pollution exposure assessment using Low-cost Wearable (LCS) Sensors	TTI	Benjamin Ettelman
Technology Landscape and Future Direction for Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health	TTI	Yanzhi (Ann) Xu, PhD
Trace Metals in Airborne Particulate Matter and Genomic Characterization of Associated Microorganisms:  Insights into Health Effects from an Industrialized, Near-Roadway Site in Houston	TTI	Shankar Chellam, PhD
Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma in the United States: A Burden of Disease Assessment	TTI	Haneen Khreis, PhD
Transportation as a Disease Vector – a Modeling Approach	TTI	Joe Zietsman, PhD
Transportation Emissions and Health Data Hub	TTI	Andrew Birt, PhD
Transportation Emissions, Air Pollution, Exposures, and Health Literature Library	TTI	Haneen Khreis, PhD
Urban Policy Interventions to Reduce Traffic Emissions and Traffic-Related Air Pollution: A Systematic Evidence Map	TTI	Haneen Khreis, PhD
Develop a performance metric to quantify the inhalation of traffic-related air pollutants at both mesoscale and macroscale	UCR	Ji Luo
Energy and Emission Benefits Evaluation of Battery Electric/Plug-in Hybrid Electric Connected Drayage Trucks	UCR	Peng Hao, PhD
Onboard Sensing, Analysis, and Reporting (OSAR):  Expanded Field Demonstrations and Development of Associated Visual Aids	UCR	Kent Johnson, PhD
Quantifying the Environmental and Health Impacts of Curbside Management for Emerging Multi-modal Mobility Services	UCR	Guoyuan Wu
Quantifying Traffic Congestion-Induced Change of Near-Road Air Pollutant Concentration	UCR	Jill Luo, PhD
Secondary Particulate Matter Exceed Primary Emissions from Current Gasoline Vehicles: Air Quality and Public Health Implications	UCR	Georgios Karavalakis, PhD
Association of Traffic and Related Air Pollutants on Cardiorespiratory Risk Factors from Low-Income Populations in El Paso, TX.	UTEP	Jsoyoung Jeon, PhD
Children’s Exposure to Traffic Pollution in Texas School Districts: Analyzing Social Disparities and Adoption of Mitigation Strategies	UTEP	Jayajit Chakraborty
Healthy Living and Traffic-Related Air Pollution in an Underserved Community	UTEP	Wen-Whai Li, PhD
Instant COVID-19 Diagnostic Devices on the Go to Improve Transportation Safety	UTEP	Xiujun Li
Locational Marginal Emission Evaluation for Electric Vehicle Charging Facility Planning	UTEP	Yuanrui Sang
Quantification of traffic-related emissions and exposures at US-Mexico Border Crossings using real-time mobile sensors	UTEP	Mayra Chavez
Quantifying Bioavailable Metals and Potential Dust Emissions from Highway-Related and Desert Sediments at Lordsburg Playa, New Mexico	UTEP	Thomas Gill, PhD