ATAC Staff
 Dr. Ayman Smadi
Ayman serves as the director of the ATAC and brings over eight years of experience in various aspects of transportation modeling,safety, planning, traffic operations, and ITS.He works with various transportation agencies and organizations and is active in national transportation research. Ayman has taught courses in transportation systems and the application of operations research to transportation problems. Ayman earned a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from Iowa State University and a M.S. in civil engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He is a member of ITE, ITS America, and TRB.
 Mary Marquart
Mary is an administrative assistant at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. She assists the directors of the Advanced Traffic Analysis Center (ATAC) and the Transportation Telecommunications Network (Tel8) programs, managing activities with emphasis on financial accounting and reporting. Mary attended Bismarck State College and has held administrative secretarial positions at universities in Bismarck, Moorhead and Fargo prior to joining the ATAC team.
 Mohammad Smadi
Mohammad has developed an adaptive signal control expert system and is studying its effects on an interchange in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Mohammad earned his B.S. in applied mathematics from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. He is currently pursuing his M.S. in computer science at North Dakota State University.
 Matthew Martimo
Matthew's current work focuses on the traffic engineering applications development and enhancement. He is currently testing and evalulating travel demand modeling software and examining how they can be integrated with traffic simulation. Matthew received his B.S. in civil engineering from North Dakota State University. He is working on his M.S. in civil engineering with a transportation option.
 Kiel Ova
Kiel supports ATAC's modeling and research activities, focusing on advanced applications of the VISSIM simulation model, traffic signal controller interface, and the use of video detection for traffic data collection. His experience with VISSIM includes dynamic traffic assignment and transit signal priority applications. Kiel is the main resource for developing and delivering the VISSIM Basic Course. Kiel has a M.S. and a B.S. in civil engineering, from North Dakota State University. He is also a member of ITE.
 Shawn Birst
Shawn works in the application of traffic analysis tools in a wide range of projects, including corridor operations, traffic signal coordination, incident management, and work zone traffic management. Shawn has practical knowledge in various traffic analysis tools such as TEAPAC, SYNCHRO, HCS, CORSIM, INTEGRATION and VISSIM. He is also familiar with the range of problems typical in urban transportation systems. Shawn has a M.S. and a B.S. both in civil engineering from North Dakota State University.
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