Amy Kim
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
This is an exciting time to study transportation – technological applications in transportation as well as our attitudes and behaviours regarding travel are changing rapidly. My research focuses on applying systems analysis techniques to investigate how these changes affect the way our transportation systems work, in order to ensure we make the most efficient, safe and sustainable use of our infrastructure. In particular, my primary research objectives are to improve our understanding of transportation operations and its effects on demand, and vice versa; innovative transportation systems design and management; multi-objective performance analysis; and how transportation engineering analysis can be used to inform effective policy decisions. I have experience in the following areas: Urban and interurban multi-modal transportation planning Air transportation Traffic operations Transportation economics.
Research Interest
Her current research projects include the following topics: Transit signal priority improvements for optimizing corridor mobility Understanding long-term ground access planning issues at mid-size airports Multi-modal intercity transportation systems performance Optimal deployment strategies for mobile photo enforcement.
Publications
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Matthew Woo, Tin Ying (Kathy) Hui, Kai Ernn Gan, Kexin Ren, Amy M. Kim. Reconstructing an Emergency Evacuation by Ground and Air: the Fort McMurray Wildfire. Accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record, February 2017. Best Paper Award, ABR30
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Yunzhuang Zheng, Amy M. Kim. 2017. Rethinking Business-As-Usual: Mackenzie River Freight Transport in the Context of Climate Change Impacts in Northern Canada. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol. 53, 276-289.
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Suliman Gargoum, Amy M. Kim, Hui Zhang, Tony Qiu. Towards Establishing Effective Commercial Driver Training Standards: Analysis of Industry opinions from Alberta. Accepted in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, July 2017. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2017-0115.
