MINTESNOT G. WOLDEAMANUEL (PhD, M.Eng, BSc., Adv. Dip) Department of Urban Studies and Planning, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences California State University Northridge 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330 Phone: (818)-677-7246 E-mail: mintesnot.woldeamanuel@csun.edu I. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2007- Ph.D., Urban and Environmental Planning (with specialization in urban transportation planning), Hokkaido University, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering. Dissertation: Planning and Decision Models for an Integrated Public Transportation in a Developing City. 2004- Master of Engineering, Urban and Environmental Planning/Engineering (with specialization in urban transportation planning), Hokkaido University, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering. Thesis: Diagnostic Evaluation of High School Location and Accessibility: Analyzing Existing Public Bus Route Networks. 2001- Bachelor of Science, Urban Planning, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Faculty of Urban Development Studies. Thesis: Analysis of Urban Poverty and Urban Renewal in the City of Addis Ababa 1996 - Advanced Diploma (Associate Degree), Urban Engineering, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Faculty of Urban Development Studies. Graduation project: Urban Upgrading Project in the City of Addis Ababa. II. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY August 2011- ~, Assistant Professor, Dep t of Urban Studies and Planning, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, California State University, Northridge, USA. Course taught Urban Transportation Planning (URBS 480) Internship (URBS 494) Field Work (URBS 490C) Urban Problem Seminar (URBS 450) Third World Cities (URBS 350) Planning for the Multiethnic Cities (URBS 250) Urban Scene (URBS 150) Research Methods for Public Administrators (MPA 620) Page 1 of 7
August 2008- July 2011, Assistant Professor, Planning and Community Development Program, Dep t of Geography and Planning, St Cloud State University, USA. Course taught Environmental Planning (CMTY 466/566), Transportation Planning (CMTY 369), Community Development; Theory Practice and Ethics (CMTY 350) Research Methods (CMTY 333), Cities, Suburbs and Small Towns (CMTY 200), Community and Democratic Citizenship (CMTY 195), November 2007- August 2008, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), German Aerospace Center, DLR, Institute of Transport Research, Germany. December 1996 - September 2002, Assistant Lecturer, Technical Assistant, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Faculty of Urban Development Studies. III. AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS HONORS AND GRANTS Received World Social Science Fellow 2013, by International Social Science Council. CSUN Competition for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Awards, 2012-2013 CSUN, CSBS New Faculty Research Grant, 2011-2012, 2013-2014 CSUN, CSBS Summer Stipend, Summer 2012, 2013 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship- May 2010 to July 2010, Germany Saint Cloud State University, College of Social Science Grant, Spring 2010 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship- May 2009 to July 2009, Germany Saint Cloud State University, College of Social Science New Faculty Grant, Spring 2009 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship- From Nov. 2007- Aug. 2008 Japanese Government Scholarship- Master study from Oct. 2002 to Sept. 2004 Japanese Government Scholarship- Ph.D. study from Oct. 2004 to Sept. 2007 Hokkaido University Center of Excellence (COE)- conference grant- for the 6 th Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) conference in Bangkok, Thailand (September 2005) Gold Medal- Ethiopian Civil Service University, Faculty of Urban Development Studies, Great Distinction Student Award (2001) Page 2 of 7
IV. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Book 1. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, Planning and Decision Models for an Integrated Public Transportation: Tools for a Developing City, VDM, 2011 Peer-reviewed Journals 1. Mintesnot Woldeamanuel and Erin Welle, Analyzing Mode-Switching Behavior in Response to Transit-Oriented Developments, Studies in Regional Science Vol. 42, No. 3, Page 607-620, 2012 2. Mintesnot Woldeamanuel, "Evaluating the Competitiveness of Intercity Buses in Terms of Sustainability Indicators", Journal of Public Transportation, Vol.15, No. 3, Page 77-96, 2012. 3. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, Stopping Behavior of Drivers at Stop-Controlled Intersections: Compositional and Contextual Analysis Journal of Transport Research Forum Vol.51, No. 3, Page 109-123, 2012. 4. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, Cyganski Rita, Schulz Angelika, Justen Andreas, "Variation of Households Car Ownership across Time: Application of a Panel Data Model" Transportation, Springer Journal, 36(4): 371-387, 2009. 5. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, Modeling the Relationship between Travelers Level of Satisfaction and Their Mode Choice Behavior using Ordinal Models, Journal of Transport Research Forum, 47(2): 103-118, 2008. 6. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, "Demand Responsive Route Design: GIS Application to Link Downtowns with Expansion Areas", Journal of Public transportation, 11(1): 43-62, 2008. 7. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, "Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Public Transportation Development Projects using Analytic Network Process (ANP)", Journal of Eastern Asia Society for Transport Studies (EASTS), 7: 223-237, 2007. 8. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, "Evaluation of Bus Routes Performance in Addis Ababa City using Stochastic Frontier Model", Journal of Infrastructural Planning, JSCE, 24: 447-458, 2007. 9. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, "Diagnostic Evaluation of Public Transportation Mode Choice in the City of Addis Ababa", Journal of Public Transportation, 10(4): 27-50, 2007. 10. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, "Application of Logical Planning Model for Urban Transport Improvement Programs in the city of Addis Ababa", Journal of Regional Science Association International (JSRSAI), Studies in Regional Science, 36(3): 663-682, 2006. Page 3 of 7
11. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, "Modeling the Relationship Between Seasonal Constraints and Modal Choice Characteristics of High School Students in Snowy Regions", Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 6: 1844-1857, 2005. Conference Presentations 1. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, Craig Olwert and Manuel Araujo, Multimodality and Active Living: Connectivity of the Bus Rapid Transit with Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities, The 2014 Annual Conference of Active Living Research, San Diego, CA, March 9-12, 2014 2. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Kenya Covington," Public Transit Spatial Mismatch in Los Angeles Suburbs: Socio-spatial Distribution of Service Quality, Neighborhood Need, and Labor Force Participation ", 91st Annual Conference of Transport Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 12-16, 2014. 3. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Daniel Duballe, Promoting Health through the Built Environment: Measuring Walk Access to Transit in terms of Sidewalk Availability, Quality and Connectivity, the 10th Annual Conference of Active Living Research, San Diego, CA, February 26-28, 2013. 4. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Daniel Duballe, Measuring Walking Access to Parks in Terms of Sidewalk Availability, Quality, and Connectivity, the 43rd Annual Conference of Urban Affairs, San Francisco, CA, Apr 3-6, 2013. 5. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, Causality between Parents Attitudes towards Walking/biking Environments and Mode Choice to Their Children, 13th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research, Toronto, July 2012. 6. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, The Effect of Attitude on Mode Choice: Evidence from NHTS 2009, The 53rd Annual Transportation Research Forum, Tampa, FL, March 15-17, 2012 7. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Rita Cyganski, Subjective Assessment of Access to Public Transportation, The 9 th Annual Conference of Active Living Research, San Diego, CA, March 12-14, 2012 8. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, Attitudes Towards Walk/Bike Issues and Its Influence on Students' Travel Behavior: Evidence from NHTS, 2009, The 9 th Annual Conference of Active Living Research, San Diego, CA, March 12-14, 2012 9. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Rita Cyganski, Factors Affecting Travelers Satisfaction with Accessibility to Public Transportation, European Transport Conference 2011, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, October10-12, 2011 Page 4 of 7
10. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Nathanael Hankes, To Stop or Not to Stop? Factors Affecting the Stopping Behavior of Drivers at Stop-Sign Controlled Intersections", 90th Annual Conference of Transport Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 23-27, 2011 (forthcoming) 11. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Patrick Brama, Summer-Winter Mode Choice Behavior of University Students 21st Annual Transportation Research Conference, April 27-28, 2010, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 12. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel and Erin Welle, Likelihood of Modal Switch: Can Travel Habit Change? 21st Annual Transportation Research Conference, April 27-28, 2010, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 13. Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel, Rita Cyganski, Angelika Schulz and Andreas Justen, "Variation of Households' Car Ownership across Time: Application of Panel data Model", 88th Annual Conference of Transport Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 11-15, 2009 14. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Public Transportation Development Projects using Analytic Network Process (ANP), the 7 th conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transport Studies (EASTS), Dalian, China, September 24-27, 2007 15. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, The Effect of Travelers Level of Satisfaction on Transportation Mode Choice: an Input for Policy Analysis, The 11 th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) Berkley, California, June 24-28, 2007 16. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, Evaluation of Bus Routes Performance in Addis Ababa City using Stochastic Frontier Model, Proceeding of Infrastructure Planning Review, No. 34, 2006, Takamatsu, Japan, 2006 17. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, "Modeling the Relationship Between Seasonal Constraints and Modal Choice Characteristics of High School Students in Snowy Regions", the 6th conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transport Studies (EASTS), Bangkok, Thailand, September 21-24, 2005 18. Mintesnot Gebeyehu and Shin-ei Takano, Citizen s Attitude, Existing Challenges and Prospects of Bus Transportation in The City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, proceeding of Japanese Society of Civil Engineers, No 59, 2005, Tokyo, Japan, 2005 19. Mintesnot Gebeyehu, Yoshitaka Koyama, Shin-ei Takano, Bus Route Network Analysis for High School Trips in Urban Periphery of Sapporo City, proceeding of Japanese Society of Civil Engineers, No 58, 2004, Nagoya, Japan, 2004 Page 5 of 7
Invited lectures, presentations and seminars 1. Presentation on Sustainable Urbanization seminar held in Quito, Ecuador from March 25-30, 2013. 2. Key Note Presentation at Business meeting of APA Planning & the Black Community Division, April 16, 2012, Los Angeles, CA Title: Recent Trends in Regional and Metropolitan Growth 3. Invited lecture for CSUN Summer Interdisciplinary Team Experience (SITE) in College of Engineering, June, 2012, CSUN Title: Planning for Electric Bike 4. Invited lecture on Forum 2009-2010 on Graduate Program for Regional Environmental Conservation Experts - Special Lecture & Presentations on Cooperative Research Projects, Saitama University, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama, Japan, March 9, 2010 Title: Creating Sustainable Cities and Communities: Principles and Practices 5. Invited lecture on Foreign Researchers Forum in Berlin, Germany, May 11, 2010 Title: Household Car Ownership and Travel Behavior Analysis in Germany 6. ROADIDEA innovation seminar, Brussels, Belgium, June 10-11, 2010 V. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP The World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) International Association for Travel Behavior Research (IATBR) Eastern Asia Society for Transport Studies (EASTS) VI. SERVICES AND EDITORIAL & REVIEW WORKS Service Member, International Education Council, CSUN. Member, Transportation Working Group, California State University Northridge, Since September, 2011. Member, GE Assessment Team, California State University Northridge, Fall 2012- Spring 2013 assignment. Website Liaison (Fall 2011- present): Department of Urban Studies and Planning, CSBS, CSUN. Equity and Diversity Representative (AY 2011-2012): Department of Urban Studies and Planning, CSBS, CSUN. Member, nominating committee to select students participating in California Transportation Foundation (CTF) (Fall 2012): Department of Urban Studies and Planning, CSBS, CSUN. Page 6 of 7
Member, Saint Cloud State University, Admission and Retention Committee, April 2009-May 2011. Member, Saint Cloud State University, Academic Affairs Committee, April 2010-May 2011 Member, Sustainability Taskforce, Saint Cloud State University, December, 2009-May 2011 Member, starred paper committee (masters thesis) of Rebekah Criswell, Bisphenol-A in the Environment; Fate, Effects, and Community Solutions, Department of Environmental Studies, Saint Cloud State University. President, English Graduate Program in Socio-Environmental Engineering Student Union (EGPSEE-SU), March 2004 to March 2005, Hokkaido University, Japan. Secretary, Academic commission of Faculty of Urban Development Studies, Ethiopian Civil Service College, Jan. 2001-Sept 2002. Editorial work and journal reviewing Editor: the URBS post, a bi-annual newsletter of Urban Studies and Planning. Editor. The CD Chronicle, a bi-annual newsletter of Planning and Community Development (PCD) program, Saint Cloud State University. Manuscript referee (reviewer): Transport, Institution of Civil Engineers Journal, Journal of Land Use and Transportation, Transportation research board (TRB), International Association for Travel Behavior Research (IATBR) Reviewed a book proposal for Routledge (Tyler and Frances Publishers)-Fall 2011. Editorial member. E-Vision; a biannually released bulletin of the English Graduate Program in Socio-Environmental Engineering - Student Union (EGPSEE-SU), 2003-2004, Hokkaido University, Japan. VII. SKILLS Excellent knowledge on common MS software Geographical Information Systems (ArcGIS) Statistical software; SPSS, LIMDEP. Supervising students and conducting lectures as part of academic program. Page 7 of 7