Dr. Jithamala Caldera
Research Associate, Civil Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Canada
Pillar 1
Dr. Caldera has contributed to the development of modeling frameworks that assess the impacts of natural disasters on access to health care, with a particular focus on children with asthma and other populations affected by respiratory conditions. Her work examines how disruptions to transportation and health-care systems influence timely access to essential services during and after disaster events, providing evidence to support resilience planning, emergency preparedness, and health equity–oriented policy interventions.
Mahnoush Minuyee
MSc student, Civil Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Canada
Pillar 1
Mahnoush Minuyee is an MSc alumna from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary, affiliated with Pillar 1: Mobility Equity & Access. She studied equitable access to healthcare, focusing on vulnerable populations, including children with asthma. Her research evaluated how different transportation modes, including public transit, private vehicles, and taxis, affected access to essential healthcare services in Calgary, using advanced spatiotemporal analysis and equity metrics such as the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method and the Gini coefficient. By identifying areas with limited accessibility and high socioeconomic vulnerability, her work provided evidence to inform interventions and policy strategies that enhance transportation equity and timely healthcare access.
Omid Owjimehr
MSc Student, Department of Electrical & Software Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Pillar 2
Omid Owjimehr is an MSc alumnus from the Department of Electrical & Software Engineering at the University of Calgary. His research focused on improving road traffic safety through predictive modeling and data analysis. He investigated the determinants of road collisions, with particular emphasis on harsh winter weather, and compared classical and machine-learning approaches for collision prediction. By identifying the most influential factors contributing to crashes, his work provided evidence to inform interventions, policy decisions, and safety strategies aimed at reducing injuries, fatalities, and property damage on urban roads.
Yuesong Ding
Pillar 1
Yuesong Ding is an MSc alumna from the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Calgary, affiliated with Pillar 1: Mobility Equity & Access. Her research focused on evaluating the equity impacts of emerging shared on-demand mobility services. She developed a comprehensive framework to assess how flexible, on-demand transportation options, ranging from shared bikes and scooters to ride-hailing services, affected access to jobs and land uses across diverse population groups. Her work provided insights into the equitable distribution of the benefits and impacts of new mobility technologies and informed evidence-based transportation planning and policy.
Pannawat Rodpai
MSc student, City Context Lab, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Pillar 3
Pannawat Rodpai is an MSc alumnus from the City Context Lab, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, affiliated with Pillar 3: Digital Innovation & Decision Support. His work focused on improving multimodal transportation accessibility through digital tools and data-driven analysis. His research examined the integration of electric shared micromobility services, such as e-scooters, with public transit in Calgary, using MuTraNG (Multimodal Transportation Network Generator), an online tool he helped develop and made publicly available for researchers. By modeling travel times to essential services such as education, healthcare, and financial institutions, his research demonstrated how micromobility can enhance first-and-last-mile connectivity, promote social and economic inclusion, and support evidence-based urban planning for more equitable access.
Madison Brischuk
Summer Undergraduate Researcher, Civil Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Canada
Pillar 1
Topic: Data analysis for Transportation Equity Analysis
Michelle Benz
Summer Undergraduate Researcher, Civil Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Canada
Pillar 1
Topic: Assessing Accessibility Gaps in Cochrane’s On-Demand Transit System
Gabriel Jones
Summer Undergraduate Researcher, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Pillar 1
Topic: Comparison of the equity performance of Transit and shared electric scooter services
