People
Research Staff
Kevin Heaslip
Director of the Center for Transportation Research and Professor
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
865-974-5255
Usman Ahmed
Research Assistant Professor, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
Sameer Aryal
Postdoctoral Research Associate, CTR
311 Tickle Engineering Building Knoxville, TN 37916
Katherine Asmussen
Research Assistant Professor, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
703-424-8696
Emami Davazdah Benham
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, TDOT
Matt Cate
Director of Tennessee Transportation Assistance Program
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
865-974-4614
Heewon Chea
Post Doctoral Research Associate, TDOT Long Range Planning Division
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
865-974-4358
David B. Clarke
Research Associate Professor, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
865-974-4358
Jerry Everett
Associate Director
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
865-974-8275
Jackeline Goenaga
Research Assistant Professor, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
Michael Han
Samantha Haus
Research Assistant Professor, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
Marcella Kaplan
Director of Global Engagement & Research Assistant Professor, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
Airton Kohls
Research Assistant Professor, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
865-974-0298
Riley Laureigh
Research Technician III, TDOT
Christian Sabillon-Orellana
Postdoctoral Research Associate, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4133
John Scruggs
Research Technician III, CTR
309 Conference Center Building Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-5255
Mohammad Razaur Rahman Shaon
Tony Wheeler
Research Technician III, CTR
Our People in The News
- Research Rock Stars: Anahita Khojandi Puts People at the Center of AI Innovation
- UT’s Institute of Future Mobility Celebrates Strong Start with Director Kevin Heaslip
- From Hoarding to Donating: Researching Strategies for Disasters
- Davis, Rewalt Named UTC Outstanding Students of the Year
- Calderón’s Research Seeks to Ease Freight Congestion
- Four Future Mobility Institute Cluster Faculty Hired
- Carol Hatmaker Retires after 23 Years of Being a Vital Part of CTR
- Han’s Ongoing Research Uses Innovations from Generations of Vols
- Kevin Heaslip, Director of CTR, Gives Expert Opinion on Baltimore Bridge Collapse
- Bai leads $5M Grant from DOE-VTO to Produce Smaller, More Efficient Motor Drive Systems for Electric Vehicles
- Deb Crawford discusses foundation for success at TEAM TN Summit
- Hightower, Whitehouse Awarded Prestigious Eisenhower Fellowships
- More than 180 UT Faculty Members Among World’s Top 2% of Cited Scientists
