Tae J. Kwon
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
August 2016 to Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta. Jan 2016 - July 2016, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. May 2015 - Aug 2015, Co-lecturer, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. May 2014 - Aug 2014, Lecturer, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. June 2012, Co-lecturer, Data for Performance Measurement. Professional Development Workshop, CSCE,Edmonton, AB.
Research Interest
Transportation and geomatics (remote sensing/GIS) Winter transportation engineering (winter road maintenance) Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Applications of Big Data for estimation and forecasting of road and traffic conditions Spatial and temporal analyses of road traffic and safety Traffic and transportation system optimization Current Research Initiatives Traveler behaviour under inclement winter weather conditions. Estimation and forecasting of road weather and surface conditions. Evaluation and development of a comprehensive winter storm severity index. Optimization of ITS highway infrastructure (e.g., road weather information systems).
Publications
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Kwon,T.J., and Fu, L (2016). Chapter 8: Mobility Benefits of Winter Road Operations, Sustainable Winter Road Operations. Wiley-Blackwell (to be published in Fall of 2016).
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Kwon, T.J., Fu, L., & Melles, S. (2016). Location Optimization of road weather information system (RWIS) network considering the needs of winter road maintenance and the traveling public. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, pp 1-15. DOI: 10.1111/mice.12222.
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Fu, Liping; Thakali, Lalita; Kwon, T. J.; Usman, Taimur. (2016). A Risk-Based Approach to Winter Road Surface Condition Classification. The Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (CJCE). DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2016-2015.
