Resume

• 2012

  English

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Civil Engineering

  Transportation Engineering

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Xi Epsilon (XE)

  Clemson University

• 2008

  M.S

  Civil Engineering

  Transportation Engineering

  University of Connecticut

  Master's degree

  Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering)

  MS

  Geomatics and Spatial Measurements \t\t\t\t\t\t\t Fall

  2008\nTaught lab sessions \t\t\t\t\t\t\nOperations Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering

  \t\t\t\t Spring 2009\nGraded homework and held tutoring sessions\nTeaching Assistant

  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology\t\t\t \t Fall

  2006\nElementary Structures

  Theory of Structures\nGraded homework and held tutoring sessions

  Civil Engineering

  University of Connecticut

• 2002

  Bachelor's degree

  Civil Engineering

  Kwame Nkrumah' University of Science and Technology

  Kumasi

  B.Sc

  Civil Engineering

  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

• Maptitude 6.0

  Traffic Engineering

  Traffic Simulation

  Maptitude

  Engineering

  ArcGIS 10.1

  Synchro

  Civil Engineering

  Road Traffic

  TransCAD

  Transportation Planning

  Leadership

  Highways

  Transportation Engineering

  VISSIM

  ArcGIS

  Project Planning

  A Methodology Using GPS to Inventory University Campus Parking

  Wayne Sarasua

  Global positioning systems (GPSs) have been used by both public and private entities to collect the locations of transportation assets and other spatial data including traffic signs

  bus stops

  bridges and culverts

  and incident locations. In combination with geographic information systems

  GPS data enable asset managers to track changes in assets and conduct “what if” assessments to aid in improved system management. This research explores the use of GPS to inventory individual parking space data

  and subsequently generate a geospatial parking management system for Clemson University. On a growing college campus

  with new buildings now occupying former surface parking lots and peak parking utilization rates reaching 95 percent

  accurate and aggressive management of this commodity is a priority. While handheld GPS data collection devices provide opportunities to locate individual parking spaces for development of comprehensive space-by-space parking inventory maps

  most published parking inventory studies have been conducted with pen and paper

  limiting data to counts by lots or street segments. Collecting GPS locations for individual parking spaces provides a unique challenge due to the relative proximity of one space to another. Even small spatial errors that are inherent in GPS data collection not only are apparent but could compromise effective use of the data. This research combines the use of Wide Area Augmentation System–enabled GPS with digital aerial/satellite imagery and computer-aided design (CAD) as-built drawings to locate and inventory individual parking spaces. A methodology was developed to enhance the GPS locations to match the underlying CAD and aerial maps.

  A Methodology Using GPS to Inventory University Campus Parking

  Kweku

  Brown

  Ph.D.

  Twum-Boafo and Partners

  Milone & MacBroom Inc

  Spartanburg County Planning

  Clemson University

  University of Connecticut

  The Citadel

  Nantucket Island Transportation Study

  Charleston

  SC

  Assistant Professor

  The Citadel

  Conducted transportation survey of residents and vacationers as part of assessment for need of parking structure

  Nantucket Island Transportation Study

  Research Assistant

  Using Spatial Analysis to Identify High-Risk Driver Residential Areas in South Carolina\nInvestigated demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of drivers involved in crashes August 2013 - Present\nusing SC crash data and residential 9-digit zip code data of drivers\n Project Title: Applying Successfully Proven Measures in Roadway Safety to Reduce Harmful Collisions\n in South Carolina\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Dec

  2013 – Present\nIdentify proven safety programs across the nation and evaluate their applications in South Carolina\nIdentify potential areas to target safety programs using crash data analysis\t\t\t\t\t\n Project Title: Support for the Development and Implementation of an Access Management Program through \n Research and Analysis of Collision Data \t\t\t May

  2013 – April

  2014\nGeocode and analyze South Carolina crash data\nIdentify potential corridors with violations of access management standards\t\t\t\t \n Project Title: South Carolina Lane Width Project – The effects of roadway lane and shoulder\n widths on roadway operations and safety in South Carolina. \t\t\t July

  2012 – Dec

  2013\nDeveloped GIS models to create roadway segments and aggregate crash data to created segments\nRan driving simulation scenarios to determine driver gap acceptance and effect of lane widths on encroachment

  Clemson University

  Intern

  Calibrated travel demand forecasting model in TransCAD for County \nConducted training on use of GIS

  GPS and data range finder units for staff

  Spartanburg County Planning

  Intern

  Created and managed CAD drawings for company streetscape and cite design/development projects\nConducted a detailed bridge inventory

  Milone & MacBroom Inc

  Research Assistant

  Reversing Urban Sprawl - A Reclaimability Index Approach for Reviving Downtown Brownfields \nDeveloped a visual tool for prioritizing brownfields in Connecticut\t\t\t Fall

  2008 – Summer

  2010\nusing GIS as part of an interdisciplinary research team\nCreated a smart growth index for the state of Connecticut using GIS tools

  University of Connecticut

  Intern

  Produced CAD drawings of project to introduce dedicated bike lanes and \nshared travel lanes in city\nMarked out locations for the installation of ‘sharrows’ on city streets; Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange Project)

  Accra

  Ghana June

  2004 – July

  2004\nInterned in Structural

  Surveying and Materials Departments

  Twum-Boafo and Partners

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  NO