Zachary Brown, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2024\/10\/brown_zachary_are-118short1-e1706279285707.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n- Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Agricultural and Resource Economics, Genetic Engineering & Society Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus:<\/strong> Quasi-experimental evaluation and communication of pesticide-related population health effects of genetically engineering crop adoption in US agriculture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2019-2020 Scholar<\/h2>\n\n\n\nRoger Narayan, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2021\/08\/Roger-Narayan-1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- UNC-CH and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: David Dausch, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: The collaborative project will evaluate microneedle-based devices as wearable sensors for health monitoring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2018-2019 Scholar<\/h2>\n\n\n\nHollylynne Lee, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2021\/08\/Hollylynne-1.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborators<\/strong>: John Vavricka, JD<\/a>; Peter Baumgartner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: The collaborative project will design and pilot test an intelligent learning system for a professional development course for K-16 educators on integrating statistics and data science across disciplines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2017-2018 Scholars<\/h2>\n\n\n\nYang Zhang, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2021\/08\/Yang_Zhang-1.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: Prakash Doraiswamy, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Effective strategies for air quality and health improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Abstract:<\/strong> This is a proposal in collaboration with RTI to study the health effects of air pollution in a changing climate. It builds upon RTI\u2019s multidisciplinary expertise with NC State\u2019s expertise in air quality and climate modeling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
James Levis, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2021\/08\/James_Lewis.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n- Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: Keith Weitz, MEM<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Sustainable materials management and the use of nanomaterials in wastewater systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n \n \n\n
\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n Abstract<\/h2>\n <\/summary>\n
\n \n\n
Real-time decision-support is a critical need to ensure the smart and sustainable development of new products, technologies, and advanced materials. These tools are necessary to ensure optimal use of material and energy resources. The need for more sustainable products and materials are evidenced by the growth of \u201cgreen design\u201d and \u201cSmart City\u201d technologies for enhancing the sustainable management of energy, water, waste, and transport systems. Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools coupled with real-time analyses can help researchers, scientists, managers, and decision-makers ensure product and technology sustainability through the transparent provision of critical information in design and development phases. LCA typically provides a systematic assessment of the potential environmental impacts of a product throughout its life-cycle stages (i.e., from \u201ccradle-to-grave\u201d), while real-time LCA tools focus on providing transparent, screening-level analyses that help guide the design of products, processes, and systems. The overall goal of the proposed project is to build upon RTI and North Carolina State University\u2019s (NCSU) collaborative life-cycle modeling experience to develop and use a real-time LCA tool that will help guide decision support. The real-time LCA tool will be designed for diverse applications as well as be suitable for rapid, screening-level decision support in product design and development phases. Initial applications will focus on sustainable materials management (SMM) and the use of nanomaterials in wastewater systems (e.g., nano-sorbents and nano-catalysts). Once developed, this tool will help RTI-NCSU collaborative teams attract additional, external funding, such as the application of the real-time LCA tool on different case studies and\/or for different stakeholder groups.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n <\/details>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2016-2017 Scholars<\/h2>\n\n\n\nOwen Duckworth, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2021\/08\/Duckworth.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n- Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Soil Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: James Harrington, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Novel biotechnologies to improve water and food safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n \n \n\n
\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n Abstract<\/h2>\n <\/summary>\n
\n \n\n
Society is faced with the daunting challenge of providing food, fiber, energy, and water to a global population estimated to exceed nine billion in the next 35 years. Although there are a number of obstacles to meeting these goals, one of the primary physical constraints on our ability to support the population is the limited availability of clean soil and fresh water. The objective of the proposed collaboration is to conduct research that will lead to the development of new technologies for water purification and environmental remediation to help reclaim and maximize these limiting resources. During the proposed eight-month residency at RTI, I will build upon existing collaborations within the Analytical Sciences department to pursue two projects that directly address the RTI priority areas of food and agriculture, resource management, and human health. We also will pursue opportunities to increase the impact of the work by developing programs to communicate the science to students and the public. These topics also align closely with the mission of NCSU, the strategic plan of NCSU\u2019s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), and the vision of the NCSU Soil Science Department. The aim of the visit is not only to produce publishable data but also lay the foundation for collaborative projects with RTI that will extend beyond the residency.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n <\/details>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
Nagui Rouphail, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/rdo\/files\/2021\/08\/Rouphail.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: Alan Karr, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Transportation data<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n \n \n\n
\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n Abstract<\/h2>\n <\/summary>\n
\n \n\n
This collaborative research between the Dr. Nagui Rouphail at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) and by Dr. Alan Karr, Director of the Center of Excellence for Complex Data Analysis (CoDA) at RTI, and will focus on the area of transportation data science. There is a long history of successful research collaboration between Drs. Karr and Rouphail in the area of transportation data analytics, dating back to the mid 1990\u2019s. At that time Dr. Karr resided at NISS and Dr. Rouphail started at NC State. Funding for those collaborations was derived from such sources as the USDOT IDEA Program, BTS, NSF and the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP-2). Currently, both Rouphail and Karr are collaborating on a FHWA funded research on the development of transportation data visualization tools at the network and connected vehicle (probe) levels. The proposed collaboration builds on previous joint research which had focused on fixed infrastructure generated data. Mobility data sources are shifting from aggregated infrastructure sensing, to monitoring individual vehicles (probes) and now individual travelers. This is in line with the anticipated safety and mobility measurements generated from connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV). The proposed collaboration will focus on high resolution (1 Hz) vehicle dynamics data that are locally generated from a continuously monitored fleet of 15-20 ITRE-instrumented vehicles for which mobility and safety data have been archived since April 2014. To date nearly 30 million detailed data records of thousands of trips in the Triangle region have been archived. We will explore those rich data to characterize human driving behavior as it relates to safety, mobility and environmental impacts with consideration of the driving context.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n <\/details>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- \n
- Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Agricultural and Resource Economics, Genetic Engineering & Society Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus:<\/strong> Quasi-experimental evaluation and communication of pesticide-related population health effects of genetically engineering crop adoption in US agriculture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2019-2020 Scholar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Roger Narayan, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- \n
- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- UNC-CH and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: David Dausch, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: The collaborative project will evaluate microneedle-based devices as wearable sensors for health monitoring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2018-2019 Scholar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- \n
- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborators<\/strong>: John Vavricka, JD<\/a>; Peter Baumgartner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: The collaborative project will design and pilot test an intelligent learning system for a professional development course for K-16 educators on integrating statistics and data science across disciplines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2017-2018 Scholars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Yang Zhang, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- \n
- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: Prakash Doraiswamy, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Effective strategies for air quality and health improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Abstract:<\/strong> This is a proposal in collaboration with RTI to study the health effects of air pollution in a changing climate. It builds upon RTI\u2019s multidisciplinary expertise with NC State\u2019s expertise in air quality and climate modeling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
James Levis, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- \n
- Research Assistant Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: Keith Weitz, MEM<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Sustainable materials management and the use of nanomaterials in wastewater systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
\n\n \n\n\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n
Abstract<\/h2>\n <\/summary>\n
\n \n\n
Real-time decision-support is a critical need to ensure the smart and sustainable development of new products, technologies, and advanced materials. These tools are necessary to ensure optimal use of material and energy resources. The need for more sustainable products and materials are evidenced by the growth of \u201cgreen design\u201d and \u201cSmart City\u201d technologies for enhancing the sustainable management of energy, water, waste, and transport systems. Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools coupled with real-time analyses can help researchers, scientists, managers, and decision-makers ensure product and technology sustainability through the transparent provision of critical information in design and development phases. LCA typically provides a systematic assessment of the potential environmental impacts of a product throughout its life-cycle stages (i.e., from \u201ccradle-to-grave\u201d), while real-time LCA tools focus on providing transparent, screening-level analyses that help guide the design of products, processes, and systems. The overall goal of the proposed project is to build upon RTI and North Carolina State University\u2019s (NCSU) collaborative life-cycle modeling experience to develop and use a real-time LCA tool that will help guide decision support. The real-time LCA tool will be designed for diverse applications as well as be suitable for rapid, screening-level decision support in product design and development phases. Initial applications will focus on sustainable materials management (SMM) and the use of nanomaterials in wastewater systems (e.g., nano-sorbents and nano-catalysts). Once developed, this tool will help RTI-NCSU collaborative teams attract additional, external funding, such as the application of the real-time LCA tool on different case studies and\/or for different stakeholder groups.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n <\/details>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
NC State 2016-2017 Scholars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Owen Duckworth, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- \n
- Associate Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Soil Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: James Harrington, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Novel biotechnologies to improve water and food safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
\n\n \n\n\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n
Abstract<\/h2>\n <\/summary>\n
\n \n\n
Society is faced with the daunting challenge of providing food, fiber, energy, and water to a global population estimated to exceed nine billion in the next 35 years. Although there are a number of obstacles to meeting these goals, one of the primary physical constraints on our ability to support the population is the limited availability of clean soil and fresh water. The objective of the proposed collaboration is to conduct research that will lead to the development of new technologies for water purification and environmental remediation to help reclaim and maximize these limiting resources. During the proposed eight-month residency at RTI, I will build upon existing collaborations within the Analytical Sciences department to pursue two projects that directly address the RTI priority areas of food and agriculture, resource management, and human health. We also will pursue opportunities to increase the impact of the work by developing programs to communicate the science to students and the public. These topics also align closely with the mission of NCSU, the strategic plan of NCSU\u2019s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), and the vision of the NCSU Soil Science Department. The aim of the visit is not only to produce publishable data but also lay the foundation for collaborative projects with RTI that will extend beyond the residency.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n <\/details>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
Nagui Rouphail, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n- \n
- Professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: Alan Karr, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Transportation data<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
\n\n \n\n\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n
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This collaborative research between the Dr. Nagui Rouphail at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) and by Dr. Alan Karr, Director of the Center of Excellence for Complex Data Analysis (CoDA) at RTI, and will focus on the area of transportation data science. There is a long history of successful research collaboration between Drs. Karr and Rouphail in the area of transportation data analytics, dating back to the mid 1990\u2019s. At that time Dr. Karr resided at NISS and Dr. Rouphail started at NC State. Funding for those collaborations was derived from such sources as the USDOT IDEA Program, BTS, NSF and the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP-2). Currently, both Rouphail and Karr are collaborating on a FHWA funded research on the development of transportation data visualization tools at the network and connected vehicle (probe) levels. The proposed collaboration builds on previous joint research which had focused on fixed infrastructure generated data. Mobility data sources are shifting from aggregated infrastructure sensing, to monitoring individual vehicles (probes) and now individual travelers. This is in line with the anticipated safety and mobility measurements generated from connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV). The proposed collaboration will focus on high resolution (1 Hz) vehicle dynamics data that are locally generated from a continuously monitored fleet of 15-20 ITRE-instrumented vehicles for which mobility and safety data have been archived since April 2014. To date nearly 30 million detailed data records of thousands of trips in the Triangle region have been archived. We will explore those rich data to characterize human driving behavior as it relates to safety, mobility and environmental impacts with consideration of the driving context.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n <\/details>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: James Harrington, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Sustainable materials management and the use of nanomaterials in wastewater systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
- Research Focus<\/strong>: Effective strategies for air quality and health improvement<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborators<\/strong>: John Vavricka, JD<\/a>; Peter Baumgartner<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- RTI Collaborator<\/strong>: David Dausch, Ph.D.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Research Focus:<\/strong> Quasi-experimental evaluation and communication of pesticide-related population health effects of genetically engineering crop adoption in US agriculture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n