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Farukh has been involved in the planning, design, construction, and
operations of multi-million dollar projects that represent critical links
within the New York/New Jersey regional transportation network. Additionally, he has also improved safety and operations at Port Authority
facilities by working closely with facility staff and outside agencies to
mitigate high priority crash locations and implement changes in facility
operations. Most recently, Farukh has been working on several projects
in the areas of transportation technology and transportation systems
management and operations to meet the goals and objectives outlined in the Port Authority's ITS Strategic Plan. He has also developed
a Regional ITS architecture deployment matrix to identify gaps and
opportunities for multi-agency deployments. In addition, he is managing a project to evaluate travel time data from different sources (Waze,
GPS, EZ-Pass, Bluetooth, etc.) to help the Port Authority make informed
decisions about the need for hardware installations in the field (i.e. travel
time reader). Finally, Farukh is working on numerous technology projects to share data from ITS field devices within the Port Authority, with
other agencies, and the public.

Jen has proudly served ITE at the District, Section, and Student
Chapter levels and is the current Past President of the Canadian District. Jen was a member of the 2017 Walk21 steering committee and a
sessional lecturer at The University of Calgary.

Emad E. Makarious, P.E., PTOE is a civil engineer with Signals and ITS Engineering, Division of
Traffic Operations, for the New York City Department
of Transportation. He has a strong educational background in transportation and has gained experience
in micro-simulation and the development of signal
timings plans. He is familiar with various modeling software packages,
including Aimsun, Vissim, and Synchro, as well as many other transportation-related programs. He is involved with the citywide
management, development, design, and implementation of Transit
Signal Priority treatments along several SBS corridors.
Emad has been with the city of New York for 25 years. He has a
bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Alexandria University,
Egypt, and a master of science degree in civil engineering from Polytechnic University. In June 2011, he acquired his second master of
science degree in transportation planning and engineering from Polytechnic Institute of NYU. He is a registered Professional Engineer with
New York State and Delaware and is a certified Professional Transportation Operations Engineer.

ized safety engineering specialist for the Michigan
Department of Transportation (MDOT). She is responsible as a statewide resource for pedestrian and bicycle
issues on trunkline and local networks working
towards reducing fatalities and serious injuries. Carissa
also manages MDOT's Road Safety Audit program and is the state
highway safety plan engineer. Prior to joining MDOT, Carissa spent
seven years at the City of Grand Rapids as traffic engineer/traffic
system engineer, supervising the signal, sign, and traffic engineering
staff. Carissa graduated from Michigan State University with bachelor
and master of science degrees in civil engineering. Currently she is the
treasurer for the Michigan Section of ITE and coordinates the Michigan
student chapters.

Jen Malzer, MSc., P.Eng. is a transportation
engineer with the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
focusing on pedestrians, complete streets, and tactical
urbanism. In 2017 her project, 20 Avenue Street Lab
Party, earned the Sustainable Urban Transportation
Award by the Transportation Association of Canada.
Jen is a two-time engineering graduate from the University of Manitoba and previously worked for MMM (now WSP).

Alyssa May, P.E. is Rybinski Engineering's traffic
engineering business line manager. Prior to Rybinski
Engineering, Alyssa worked for AECOM as a transportation engineer and at Sabra, Wang & Associates as a
traffic engineer. Alyssa received her bachelor of science in civil engineering from the University of
Delaware in 2010. Alyssa is also active in several professional organizations such as ITE, serving as an Annual Meeting Committee Member
for the Mid-Colonial District; Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS)
Philadelphia, serving on the Communications Committee; and the
Delaware Engineering Society (DES) Engineers Week Banquet Committee, where she has served as chairwoman.
Carissa D. McQuiston, P.E. is the non-motor-

Dimitra Michalaka, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the department of civil and environmental
engineering at The Citadel. Dimitra received her
undergraduate diploma in civil engineering from the
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), after
which she entered into the transportation engineering graduate program at University of Florida. She graduated with a
master's of science degree in 2009 and with a doctorate in 2012. Her
research is primarily focused on traffic operations, congestion pricing,
traffic simulation, and engineering education. Dimitra is a registered
Professional Engineer in the state of South Carolina. She has been
involved with ITE since 2007, when she first moved to the United
States from Greece. She has held the position of social secretary at the
University of Florida ITE Student Chapter for multiple semesters up to
2012, and this semester, she is serving as the faculty advisor at the
newly formed ITE student chapter at The Citadel.
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