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Adebayo Olude is a doctoral student and research assistant at Morgan State University's Department of Civil Engineering in Baltimore, Maryland. Adebayo formerly worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus, where he earned his master's degree in civil engineering. He also worked as a project Analyst with AgileP3 after graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in civil engineering from Covenant University, Nigeria. Adebayo has taught courses in Transportation and Chemistry at Morgan State University as part of his commitment to the STEM profession. He has attended conferences across the Transportation engineering field.

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Pelumi Abiodun is a current doctoral student and research assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Pelumi got his BSc and MSc degree in Physics from Obafemi Awolowo University, where he also served as a research assistant at the Environmental Pollution Research unit, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. As part of his contribution to science and engineering, Pelumi has taught as a teaching assistant both at Morgan State University and Obafemi Awolowo University. With a passion to communicate research findings gleaned from experts in the field as he advances his career, Olaitan has attended several in-person and virtual conferences and workshops, and at some of them, made presentations on findings on air pollution, wastewater reuse, and heavy metal contamination.

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Dr. Petronella James is a faculty member at Morgan State University in both the Electrical Engineering and Transportation departments. Dr. James has experience in accreditation, program assessment and evaluation process and was recently (2016-2019), the accreditation coordinator for the school of Engineering. Her interest in engineering education emphasizes developing new classroom innovations and assessment techniques and supporting student engagement. Her research interests include broadening participation in STEM, equity and diversity, engineering ethics, online engineering pedagogy, program assessment solutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, and bicycle access. She is a proud Morgan Alum (2011), having earned a Doctorate in Civil Engineering, with a focus on transportation. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City & Regional Planning. She completed a B.S. Management Studies, at the University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica.

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Celeste Chavis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Transportation & Urban Infrastructure Studies in the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Chavis is a registered professional engineer in the State of Mary

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Dr. Eazaz Vaziri is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Urban Mobility & Equity Center and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Transportation & Urban Infrastructure at Morgan State University. Also, he is an Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow (eFellows) at the American Society for Engineering Education through funding provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). He has almost ten years of experience in the Transportation Engineering field and has conducted different research projects. His research interests include connected and autonomous vehicle, micro mobility, equity in transportation, transportation planning, travel pattern analysis, driver behavior analysis, traffic simulation, and traffic safety. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, his Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Transportation Planning), and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering). He serves as a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Workforce Development and Organizational Excellence (AJE15). Also, he serves as a member of the TRB Standing Committee on Rural, Intercity Bus, and Specialized Transportation (AP055). He is a paper reviewer for different TRB committees, and has reviewed, presented, and published numerous research papers. He served the ITE student chapter at Florida International University as Secretary and Membership Chapter for two years. He has been PI/Co-PI for nine research grants funded by state agencies totaling over $1,018,659. He has also worked as a transportation engineer in private companies. Having both academic and industry backgrounds, Dr. Vaziri continues his practical research and works with students and practicing engineers.

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Krishna Bista is an Associate Professor at Morgan State University, Maryland (USA).

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Dr. J. 'Kemi Ladeji-Osias is Professor in the School of Engineering at Morgan State University in Baltimore. She is a rotating Program Director in the Division of Engineering Education from 2021 - 2023.

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