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Saint Paul, MN, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Collaborate with colleagues to produce Cook County's first bicycle plan- Develop Python and PostgreSQL based tool to analyze access to parks and trails by bicycle using open-source Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) analysis tools to assess the equity of access, identify underserved areas and populations, and quantify the impacts of proposed facilities.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Collect data in field using innovative, self-contained video recording system.- Build spreadsheets for data collection and analysis- Manage and train student workers on data collection for major projects.- Collaborate with industry professionals to identify and explore knowledge gaps in transportation engineering and operations.- Write project proposals.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Manage student workers by planning and managing workflow on major projects.- Lead author and presenter of paper on Queue-Warning System for TRB 2017- Analyze traffic data using computer vision software (created template for data review and wrote manual used by other research aides)- Collaborate with manufacturers and University faculty to improve.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Assisted survey crew chief in performing preliminary surveys, providing marks and measurements for construction crews, and reviewing submitted plan sets- Learned basic survey skills, exercised problem solving on job sites, and exercised public relations skills when answering community members’ questions- Assisted in “damage control” on projects where.

Master'S Degree, Transportation Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering