Undergraduate Research

This page documents work done by undergraduate students and alumni as a part of the Infrastructure Research Group. 

  • Taylor Sherwood
    • Research Topic: Complex Adaptive Systems, Spring 2024.
  • Elizabeth Letizia
    • Research Topic: Refining the Portfolio of Resilience Metrics, Fall 2023 – Spring 2024.
  • Caroline Delcroix
    • Research Topic: Fundamental Relationship between Sustainability and Reseilience, Fall 2023 – Present.
  • Maya Orthous Inchauste
    • Research Topic: Transportation System Resilience, Social Equity and Accessibility; Negotiated Resilience, Spring 2023 – Present.
    • Publications:
      • Orthous Inchauste, M., Garrett, A., Yarbrough, C., Amekudzi-Kennedy, A., and B. Woodall. Enhancing Disaster Resilience and Authentic Public Partnership in Transportation: A Maturity Model for Integrating Negotiated Resilience in Disaster Preparedness. Under Review, Submitted July 2024.
      • Woodall, B., Amekudzi-Kennedy, A., Orthous Inchauste, M., Sundararajan, S., Medina, A., Smith, S., and K. Popp. Institutional resilience and disaster governance: How countries respond to Black Swan events. Progress in Disaster Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2024.100329
      • Garrett, A., Patil, P., Orthous Inchauste, M., and A. Amekudzi-Kennedy. Vulnerability Assessments Incorporating Accessibility Considerations to Enhance Transportation System Resilience and Equity. Accepted for presentation at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 7 – 11, 2024, Washington, D.C.
  • Agam Singh
    • Research Topic: Development of Modified Resilience Triangle Tool for Economic Evaluation of Adaptation Alternatives, Spring 2021 – Summer 2022.
  • Carlos Cedeno
    • Research Topic: Development of GIS-Based Multi-Hazards Exposure Analysis Tool, Spring 2021 – Summer 2022.
  • Emily Williams
    • Research Topic: Risk and Resilience Metrics, Fall 2021 – Summer 2022.
    • Publication: Amekudzi-Kennedy, A., Singh, P., Williams, E., Cuadra, M., Ashuri, B., Woodall, B., Garrett, A., Tennakoon, M., Clark, R., and A. Dheeraj. Developing Transportation Resilience Adaptively to Climate Change: A Risk-Based, Adaptive and Mitigation-Based Approach. Transportation Research Record. Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C. https://doi.org/10.1177/036119812311869, First published online: September 21, 2023.
  • Simrill Smith
    • Research Topic: Black Swan Event Planning: Institutions and Innovation, Spring 2021.
    • Publication: Woodall, B., Amekudzi-Kennedy, A., Orthous Inchauste, M., Sundararajan, S., Medina, A., Smith, S., and K. Popp. Institutional resilience and disaster governance: How countries respond to Black Swan events. Progress in Disaster Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2024.100329
  • Tanay Tak
    • Research Topic: Black Swan Event Planning: Institutions and Innovation, Fall 2020.
  • Sarah Walker
    • Research Topic: Black Swan Event Planning: Simulation Tools, Fall 2020.
  • Manuel Cuadra
    • Research Topic: Transportation System Resilience: Best Practices, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021.
  • Katie Popp
    • Research Topic: Black Swan Event Planning: Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Methods, Summer and Fall 2020.
    • Publication: Woodall, B., Amekudzi-Kennedy, A., Orthous Inchauste, M., Sundararajan, S., Medina, A., Smith, S., and K. Popp. Institutional resilience and disaster governance: How countries respond to Black Swan events. Progress in Disaster Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2024.100329
  • Ty Parrillo
    • Research Topics: Vulnerability Analysis of Inland Flood Risk in Metropolitan Atlanta and the state of Georgia, Spring and Summer 2020; Transportation System Resilience: Real Options Analysis, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021.
  • Derek Rizzi
    • Research Topics: Equity Analysis of Inland Flood Risk in Metropolitan Atlanta and the State of Georgia, Spring and Summer 2020; Transportation System Resilience: Adaptive Planning Approaches, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021.
  • Mandani Tennakoon
    • Research Topics: Feasibility and Economic Analyses of Gray and Green Infrastructure Solutions to Inland Flood Risk in Metropolitan Atlanta and the State of Georgia, Spring 2020; Emerging Methods for Planning under Deep Uncertainty, Fall 2021.
  • Ashlee Bryant
    • Research Topic: History of Institutions and Recommendations for Government Regulations to Address Inland Flood Risk in Metropolitan Atlanta and the State of Georgia, Spring 2020. 
  • Haley Callaway
    • Research Topic: Analysis of the Drivers of Socioeconomic Development in the Global South, Summer 2018 – Fall 2019.
  • Jose-Luis Simao
    • Research Topic: Institutions, Infrastructure and the Socio-economy: Data Collection and Analysis, Spring 2017 – Fall 2017.
  • Alexandra Akosa
    • Research Topic: Institutions, Infrastructure and the Socio-economy: U. S. Case Study, Spring 2017 – Fall 2017.
  • Haley Franklin
    • Research Topic: Institutions, Infrastructure and the Socio-economy: Japan Case Study, Spring 2017 – Fall 2017.
  • Valerie O. Curtis
    • Research Topic: Development of STEM Programs for Georgia Department of Transportation, Fall 2015.
  • Oreoluwa Ogunkanmi
    • Research Topic: Teaching-Learning Networks, Blended-Learning and Global Classrooms, Fall 2012.
  • Emma Bones
    • Research Topic: Applying Evidence-Based Design in Transportation, Fall 2010 – Spring 2011.
    • Publication: Bones, E. J., Barrella, E. M., and A. A. Amekudzi. 2013. Implementation of Evidence-Based Design Approaches in Transportation Decision Making. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 49, 317-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.017.
  • Laura Stahley
    • Research Topic: Case Studies on Best Practices in Transportation Sustainability, Spring – Summer 2010.
  • Sarah Friedrich
    • Research Topic: Sustainability in Transportation: The Australian Experience, Spring 2008.
  • Sandra Nava
    • Research Topic: Sustainability in Transportation: The European Experience, Spring 2008.
  • Jamie Montague
    • Research Topic: Transportation and Quality of Life, Fall 2007 – Spring 2009.
  • Y-Thao Truong
    • Research Topic: Sustainable Development Standards, Fall 2007.
  • Karen Wong
    • Research Topic: Strategic Infrastructure, Fall 2007.
  • Andrew Kohrs
    • Research Topic: Green Infrastructure Standards, Fall 2007.
  • Joseph Tiernan
    • Research Topic: Historical Review of Sustainable Development, Fall 2007.
  • Chris Puglisi
    • Research Topic: Transportation System Sustainability in Megacities, Fall 2005 – Summer 2006.
    • Conference Presentation: “Megacities and Transportation” at the First Annual Conference for Undergraduate Research, Clemson University, April 2006.
  • Ryan Weatherell
    • Research Topic: Sustainability Initiatives in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Oceania, Summer 2003.
  • Sarah Walker
    • Research Topic: Highway Finance and Cost Allocation/Defining and Measuring Transportation Sustainability: Data Availability, Fall 2002 – Summer 2003.
  • Creighton Lancaster
    • Research Topic: Valuation of Transportation Corridors/Transportation Improvements for Brownfield Developments, Summer – Fall 2001.
    • Publication: Amekudzi, A., Herabat, P., Wang, S., & Lancaster, C. (2002). Multipurpose Asset Valuation for Civil Infrastructure: Aligning Valuation Approaches with Asset Management Objectives and Stakeholder Interests. Transportation Research Record, 1812(1), 211-218. https://doi.org/10.3141/1812-26.
  • Danena Lewis
    • Research Topic: Critical Issues in Public Works Management in the State of Georgia, Fall 2002 (CEE Undergraduate Research Fellow).
  • Ashley Melvin
    • Research Topic: Sustainable Transportation Practices in Europe and Canada, Fall 2002.
  • Douglas Day
    • Research Topic: Selected Approaches for Funding and Financing Airport Projects, Summer 2001.