Meet the Team

Mark Hansen

Principal Investigator

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California Berkeley

Megan S. Ryerson

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning

University of Pennsylvania

Alexander Estes

Co-Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor

University of Maryland, College Park

David Lovell

Co-Principal Investigator

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Maryland, College Park

Max Z. Li

Co-Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering

University of Michigan

Raja Sengupta

Co-Investigator

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California Berkeley

Oludare Owolabi

Co-Investigator/Institutional Principal investigator

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Morgan State University

Blessing Ojeme

Co-Investigator

Assistant Professor

Morgan State University

Dorothy H. Bell

Co-Investigator/Institutional Principal investigator

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth City State University

Kevin Kupietz

Co-Investigator

Associate Professor and Chair of Aviation and Emergency Management

Elizabeth City State University

Neil Jacobson

Founder, Co-Investigator

PCAA-Project Gestalt

Tim Niznik

Co-Investigator

Director of Analytics

American Airlines

Patty Clark

Co-Investigator

Patty Clark Aviation Advisors

John Schade

Co-Investigator/Institutional Principal investigator

Vice President of Research and Product Development

Roger Mandeville

Co-Investigator

Subject Matter Expert

Curt Rademaker

Co-Investigator

Subject Matter Expert

Anita Cobb

Co-Investigator

Market Leader of Aviation Equity Strategies

Dassie Persaud-van der Westhuizen

Co-Director for Education and Workforce Development

Aviation Department

Julius Etuke

Student Researcher

Civil Engineering Department

Morgan State University

Jean-Luc Lupien

Student Researcher

Systems Engineering

University of California Berkeley

Yuhan Miao

Student Researcher

Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland

Neil Jean-Baptiste

Student Researcher

Weitzman School of Design & School of Engineering and Applied Science

University of Pennsylvania

Sinan Abdulhak

Student Researcher

Industrial and Operations Engineering

University of Michigan

Pelumi Abiodon

Student Researcher

Civil Engineering

Morgan State University

Jing Xu

Student Researcher

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Micah Borrero

Student Researcher

Department of Aerospace Engineering

University of Michigan

Abiola Ajala

Student Researcher

Department of Computer and Electrical Systems Engineering

Morgan State University

Husni Idris

Research Scientist

NASA Ames Research Center

Aviation Systems Division

Eric Neiderman

Deputy Director

Federal Aviation Administration

Dan Murphy

Vice President for System Operations Service

Federal Aviation Administration

Michael Ball

Peer Review Board

Professor Emeritus

Robert H. Smith School of Business

University of Maryland

Banavar Sridhar

Peer Review Board

Principal Engineer

Universities Space Research Association (USRA)

Lesley Weitz

Peer Review Board

Senior Principal Aerospace Engineer

Department Chief Scientist

Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD)

MITRE Corporation

Seth Young

Peer Review Board

Senior Vice President of Operations

Principal Project Manager

The Aviation Planning Group

Bo Zou

Peer Review Board

Professor Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois Chicago

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