Ignatius W. Fomunung, Ph.D.

3913 Bentwood Cove Dr

Apison, TN 37302

(423) 236-4262

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2000 Georgia Institute of Technology Civil & Environmental Engineering

M.S. 1996 Georgia Institute of Technology Civil Engineering (Transportation)

M.S. 1995 Clark Atlanta University Physics

B.S. 1987 Nanjing Institute of Technology, PRC Civil Engineering

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN Fall 2005 - Date

Assistant Professor Clark Atlanta University-(CAU) Atlanta, GA 8/2000 – 5/ 2005

Post Doctoral Research Scientist CTSPS-CAU Atlanta, GA Summer 2000

Assistant Professor of Physics Spelman College Atlanta, GA Spring 2000

Graduate Teaching Assistant Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA Fall 1999

Graduate Research Assistant Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 1995-1999

Graduate Research Assistant CTSPS - CAU Atlanta, GA 1993-1995

Graduate Teaching Assistant Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA 1993-1995

Civil Engineer Del Monte Corporation Tiko, Cameroon 1991-1993

Civil/Hydraulic Engineer Cameroon Development Corp. Limbe, Cameroon 1988-1991

HONORS AND AWARDS

· EXCEED Teaching Fellowship, American Society of Civil Engineers Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Fellowship, 2003

· Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society, 1995

· San Hao Xuecheng, Nanjing Institute of Technology, PRC 1986

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Research

· Application of Wavelet Theory in Transportation Analysis

· Transportation-air quality planning and analysis

· Intelligent Transportation Systems

· Human Factors and Safety in Transportation.

· Smart Materials in Infrastructure Health Monitoring

Teaching

· Core Engineering Courses like Statics, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Systems, and Transportation Engineering.

· Emissions Modeling: Air Pollution Modeling, Environmental Impact Assessment

· Transportation Planning: Design of Transportation Facilities, GIS In Transportation, Applied Engineering Statistics, Transportation and Energy

· Traffic Engineering: Traffic Flow Theory, Traffic Engineering, Highway Capacity Methods, Coordinated Systems in Traffic Control (Transyt 7F and PASSER)

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

Adjo Amekudzi, and Ignatius Fomunung, Integrating Brownfields Redevelopment with Transportation Planning Journal of Urban Planning and Development (JUPD) Vol. 130 No. 4 (2004), 204 -212.

Adjo Amekudzi, and Igantius Fomunung (2003) Transportation and Brownfields Development: Review and Analysis of Current Practice, TRB 03-3508, CD ROM, 2003 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Shauna Hallmark, Randall Guensler, Ignatius Fomunung, “Characterizing On-road Variables that affect Passenger Vehicle Modal Operation” Transportation Research D 7 (2002), 81-98

Ignatius Fomunung, Simon Washington, Randall Guensler, “Comparison of MEASURE and MOBILE5a Predictions Using Laboratory Measurements of Vehicle Emission Factors”. In: Transportation Planning and Air Quality IV; Arun Chartejee Ed. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston VA, (2000).

Ignatius Fomunung, Simon Washington, Randall Guensler, and William Bachman. “Validation of the MEASURE Automobile Emissions Model: A Statistical Analysis”. Journal of Transportation and Statistics, (2000) Vol. 3 No. 2, 2000.

Shauna Hallmark, Ignatius Fomunung, Randall Guensler, William Bachman, “Assessing the Impacts of Improved Signal Timing as a Transportation Control Measure, Using an Activity-Specific Modeling Approach.” Transportation Research Record 1738 p. 49, National Research Council, Washington DC, January 2000.

Ignatius Fomunung, Simon Washington, and Randall Guensler, “A Statistical Model for Estimating Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions from Light Duty Automobiles” Transportation Research D, 4 (1999), 333-352.

Simon Washington, Jeff Metarko, Ignatius Fomunung, Rob Ross, Frank Julian, Erick Moran, “An Inter Regional Comparison: Fatal Crashes in the Southeastern and Non-Southeastern United States: Preliminary Findings”, Accident Analysis and Prevention 31, (1999) 135-146

Zineb Felfli, Ignatius Fomunung, Daniel Bessis, Alfred Msezane, “Generalized Oscillator Strengths of SF₆ in the S 2p Inner Shell Region”, Chemical Physics, 211 (1996) 325-336

Zineb Felfli, Nina Advonina, Ignatius Fomunung, Alfred Msezane, “Electron Impact Excitation of Optically Allowed Transitions at Small Angles”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 119 (1996) 337-344

Ignatius Fomunung, Zhifan Chen, Alfred Msezane, “Electron Excitation of Optically Allowed Transitions in CO₂, SF₆, CO, F₂, and SO₂”, Physical review A (1996) 53, 806

Reports

Ignatius Fomunung, Adjo Amekudzi, “Transportation Options for Brownfield Redevelopment”, Final Report. Prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, November 20, 2002.

Ignatius Fomunung, Adjo Amekudzi, “Transportation Improvements and Systems-Level Brownfields Development Initiatives”, Draft Final Report. Prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, August 4, 2003.

Conference Proceedings

Adjo Amekudzi, Ignatius Fomunung, Transportation and Brownfield Redevelopment: “Review and Analysis of Current Prcatice”, Presented at the 82^nd Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC, January 2003.

Ignatius Fomunung, Simon Washington, Randall Guensler, and William Bachman, “Performance Evaluation of “MEASURE” Emissions Factors: A Comparison with MOBILE5a”, Presented at the 79^th Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC, January 2000.

Shauna Hallmark, Ignatius Fomunung, Randall Guensler, William Bachman, “Assessing the Impacts of Improved Signal Timing as a Transportation Control Measure, Using an Activity-Specific Modeling Approach.” Proceedings of the 79^th Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC, January 2000.

Ignatius Fomunung, Simon Washington, and Randall Guensler, “A Statistical Model for Estimating Oxides of Nitrogen Emissions from Light Duty Automobiles”, Presented at the 78^th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC, January 1999

Ignatius Fomunung, Simon Washington, Randall Guensler, “A Combination Tree-Based and Least Squares Regression Method for Modeling NOx Emissions from Automobiles”, in Emission Inventory: Planning for the Future (presented at Research Triangle Park, NC) Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, October 1997

Ignatius Fomunung and Alfred Msezane, “Molecular Applications of the Universal Extrapolation Formula” Proceedings of NARCE (National Alliance of Research Centers of Excellence) 5^th Annual Conference, Meharry Medical School, Nashville, TN March 1996.

Zineb Felfli, Ignatius Fomunung Zhifan Chen, Daniel Bessis, Alfred Msezane, “Generalized Oscillator Strengths for the Vibronic Excitation Levels of the b¹ II_u Electronic State of N₂ SESAPS, Tallahasee, Florida. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 49 No. 13, 2084 (1995)

Ignatius Fomunung, Zhifan Chen, Alfred Msezane, “Small Angle Electron Cross Sections for the Fourth Positive Band of CO and for CO₂ 1s (2sg) Æ2P_u”, Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) Annual Meeting, Toronto Canada, May 1995. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 40, No. 4, 1293 (1995).

INVITED SEMINARS

Kinetic Effects on Mobile Source Emissions, Invited Seminar, Department of Physics, Clark Atlanta University, November 01, 2001.

Transportation Research and Education Capacity in the Department of Engineering at CAU, An Expose Presented at CAU Transportation Education Forum, October 10, 2002

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Title: Information Flyers on the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ)

Source: Federal Highway Administration

Amount: $22,500

Duration: August 13, 2003 – June 12, 2004

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: A Three-dimensional Dispersion Model Designed to Determine Air Pollution Concentrations at Receptor Locations Downwind of Mobile Sources using Simulation Modeling Techniques.

Source: NASA

Amount: $11,023

Duration: March, 2003 – February, 2004

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Transportation Improvements and Systems-Level Brownfields Development Programs.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

Amount: $75.000

Duration: July 2002 – May 2003

Role: Principal Investigator

Title: Transportation Improvements for Brownfield Developments

Source: US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

Amount: $87,500

Duration: September 2001 – July 2002

Role: Principal Investigator

SERVICE

Professional Affiliations

· Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

· American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

· American Physical Society (APS)

· Transportation Research Board Committee A1F03, Transportation and Air Quality: “friend” and paper reviewer, since 1997.

· Transportation Research Board Committee A5011, Statistical Methodology and Statistical Computer Software in Transportation Research: “friend” of committee since 1999

· NASA Research Summit, July 16-19, 2003 Steering Committee Member

· Cameroon Society of Engineers-USA (CSE-USA)

Technical Referee (Paper Reviewer) – Journals

· Journal of Transportation and Statistics (JTS)

· Transportation Research Board Transportation and Air Quality Committee (A1F03)