Alumni Corner

Dwayne Henclewood  -  dhenclew@ecs.umass.edu

Dwayne is currently a MS student in the Transportation Engineering Program.  His research interest lies in vehicle movement representation for traffic simulation.  He has a special affinity for traffic and transit operations especially in developing countries.  He has a BA in Physics from Holy Cross and upon graduating with his MS from UMass Amherst he is planning on continuing his education in the field of transportation engineering by way of a PhD.  In moments when his head is out of the books, he enjoys sports (watching and playing) and also good food (cooking and eating) with good people.

Kevin Moriarty  -  kdmoriar@student.umass.edu

Kevin is a Master’s student in the Transportation Engineering program.  His past research has focused on evacuation simulation modeling, where he performed an evaluation of some current software packages and proposed several enhancements to increase evacuation efficiency.  He is currently working with the application of simulation software to work zones, namely QuickZone.  Other areas of interest include highway geometric design and traffic signal timing.  This is Kevin’s first year of involvement with ITE.  Kevin’s outside interests include sports, fishing, auto racing, and cooking.  He is also an avid UMass football and hockey fan.

Elsa Chan  -  echan@student.umass.edu

Elsa is a Masters student in the Transportation Engineering program.  She received her B.S.C.E. in 2005 from UMass Amherst.  Her research interests are on transportation safety and human factors.  She has been involved with ITE student chapter for almost four years and has served as the secretary and treasurer for the past year.  When she’s not working, Elsa enjoys playing volleyball, cooking, and hanging out with the great people from her office.

Natalia Landron - nlandron@engin.umass.edu

Natalia is a graduate student in the Transportation Engineering Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her main areas of research are traffic safety and human factors. She is currently working on finishing her thesis, which evaluates drivers' compliance to yielding to pedestrians when using different light colors in-pavement warning lights. Natalia has a BA in Civil Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. During her free time, she enjoys playing volleyball, going to the beach, and traveling.

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More Coming Soon!

We would like to have an alumni page of bios with contact information to help stay in touch with each other and for networking opportunities.  Please email us (jrkenned@student.umass.edu) some brief information about your time here at UMass and where you are in the transportation field.