Early Career Research Fellow Track 1 (Human Health and Community Resilience Track) - Janille Smith-Colin
Implementing Organization
Southern Methodist University
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$75,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Fellowships
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Education and Outreach
Targeted Resources
Project Description
Dr. Janille Smith-Colin is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Southern Methodist University. She earned her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.S. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.A. in engineering studies from Lafayette College. During her graduate studies, she was supported by awards from the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship and the Southern Region Educational Board. Dr. Smith-Colin’s research advances sustainability and resilience goals through infrastructure systems planning and analysis, decision making, and governance. She specifically integrates qualitative and quantitative dimensions of socio-technical systems to develop novel approaches to studying the human dimensions of infrastructure and the built environment. Recent research utilized a comprehensive set of spatial and temporal measures to examine transportation equity across geographies with a focus on underserved populations. Her work with Gulf communities examines equity issues and policies associated with infrastructure that create transportation-related barriers to health, and resulting implications for community resilience. Dr. Smith-Colin is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers Infrastructure Resilience Division and a member of the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Transportation Planning Applications.
Contact
Maeesha SaeedNone
msaeed@nas.edu
Project Website
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