Abram Musinguzi

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Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., Computer and Information Systems Engineering ,麻豆传媒,听 2021.
  • Master of Engineering - Civil Engineering, 麻豆传媒,2016
  • BSc in Civil and Transportation Engineering University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2012.

Research Interests听听

  • Hurricane Storm Surge Modeling.听
  • Traffic Safety Analysis and Modeling.
  • Traffic Operations and Visualization.
  • Modeling and Analysis of Geospatial Information and Data.
  • Data Collection Methods and Visualization.
  • Application of Statistics in Transportation.

Technical Skills听

  • Storm Surge Modeling: SWAN+ADCIRC, WRF and GIS.听
  • Transportation : Synchro, AutoCAD, HCS+, Micro Station.
  • 3D Modelling: Solidworks, 3D printing.听
  • Statistics: STATA, SPSS, Python.
  • Programming: Matlab, Fortran , C++.
  • Project Management: Microsoft听 Project, MS Office.

Professional Experience

  • Instructor,听 Mechanical Engineering Department, 麻豆传媒 (2022-Current)
  • Postdoctoral Reseacher ,麻豆传媒 (May 2021- December 2021)
  • Graduate Teaching and听 Research Assistant, 麻豆传媒, (August 2014 -May 2021)
  • Intern, Pillars Development III, Nashville, TN, (February 2016 -December 2016)
  • Civil Engineer, Uganda National Roads Authority, Kampala, Uganda (July 2013 鈥� July 2014)

Refereed Journal Publications听

  1. Musinguzi, A. , Reddy, L., & Akbar, M. K. (2022). Evaluation of Wave Contributions in Hurricane Irma Storm Surge Hindcast.Atmosphere,13(3), 404.
  2. Musinguzi, A., Akbar, M. K., Fleming, J. G., & Hargrove, S. K. (2019). Understanding hurricane storm surge generation and propagation using a forecasting model, forecast advisories and best track in a wind model, and observed data鈥擟ase study Hurricane Rita.Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,7(3), 77.
  3. Musinguzi, A., Shamsu, M., Akbar, M. K., & Fleming, J. G. (2021). Understanding the Effects of Wind Intensity, Forward Speed, Pressure and Track on Generation and Propagation of Hurricane Irma Surges around Florida.Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,9(9), 963.
  4. Musinguzi, A., & Akbar, M. K. (2021). Effect of varying wind intensity, forward speed, and surface pressure on storm surges of hurricane Rita.听 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering ,听 9 (2), 128.
  5. Musinguzi, A., Akbar, M. K., Fleming, J. G., & Hargrove, S. K. (2019). Understanding Hurricane Storm Surge Generation and Propagation Using a Forecasting Model, Forecast Advisories and Best Track in a Wind Model, and Observed Data鈥擟ase Study Hurricane Rita.听Journal of Marine Science and Engineering,听7(3), 77.
  6. Chimba, D., Musinguzi, A., & Kidando, E. (2018). Associating pedestrian crashes with demographic and socioeconomic factors.听Case Studies on Transport Policy,听6(1), 11-16.
  7. Akbar, Muhammad K., Simbarashe Kanjanda, and Abram Musinguzi. "Effect of Bottom Friction, Wind Drag Coefficient, and Meteorological Forcing in Hindcast of Hurricane Rita Storm Surge Using SWAN+ ADCIRC Model."听Journal of Marine Science and Engineering听5.3 (2017): 38.

听Refereed Paper Proceedings

  1. Kidando, E., Musinguzi A. and Chimba, D., Probabilistic Forecasting of Service Life of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings. Transportation Research Board, Paper No. 16-2167, Washington, D.C., January 2016.
  2. Musinguzi, A., and Chimba, D. (2015, July). Spatial variation in local road pedestrian and bicycle crashes. In听Presented and published in proceedings of ESRI International User annual Conference, San Diego, CA听(Vol. 7, p. 21).

Peer-Reviewed Abstract Conference听

  1. Musinguzi, A. and Akbar, M. Understanding Hurricane Storm Surge Generation and Propagation Using a Forecasting Model, Forecast Advisories and Best Track in a Wind Model, and Observed Data鈥擟ase Study Hurricane Rita. The 2019 ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, 20-21 May 2019, Vicksburg, MS.
  2. Musinguzi, A and Akbar, M., Assessing the performance of a Forecasting Model and Published Forecast Advisories on Hurricane Storm Surge Generation and Propagation in Hurricane Rita Case Study. TSU 41st Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, April 2019, Nashville, TN.
  3. Bryant, K., Musinguzi, A. and Akbar, M. The Saffir鈥揝impson Scale: Simple, Straightforward, and Insufficient鈥� 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 2019
  4. Bryant, K., Alghamdi, A., Musinguzi, A. and Akbar, M. Incorporating Rainfall into Storm Surge Prediction for Hurricane Irma. 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 16-20 April 2018, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
  5. Bryant, K., Musinguzi, A. and Akbar, M. Incorporating Rainfall into Storm Surge Prediction for Hurricane Irma. TSU 40th Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, April 2018, Nashville, TN.
  6. Musinguzi, A and Akbar, M., Examining the performance of Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to forecast Hurricane Harvey鈥檚 wind field. TSU 40th Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, April 2018, Nashville, TN.
  7. Musinguzi, A and Akbar, M.,听Analysis of Hurricane Harvey鈥檚 Wind Field Using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF). TSU 40th Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, April 2018, Nashville, TN.
  8. Musinguzi, A听and Akbar, M. A Coupled Atmospheric and Circulation Model for Accurate Hurricane Storm Surge Forecasting鈥�.听TSU 39th听Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, April 2017, Nashville, TN.
  9. Musinguzi, A and Chimba, D. 鈥淎n Access-Based Decision Support Tool for assessing Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety鈥�. TSU 38th Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, April 2016, Nashville, TN.
  10. Kidando, E., Musinguzi, A. and Chimba, D., Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Pedestrian Crashes and Socio-demographic Factors. Presented at the 2nd Summer Conference on Livable Communities, Kalamazoo, MI, 2015.
  11. Musinguzi, A and Chimba, D. 鈥淯sing Spatial Statistical Tools to correlate Bicycle and Pedestrian Crashes with Socio- demographics鈥�. TSU 37th Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, April 2015, Nashville, TN.
  12. Musinguzi, A.,听Kidando, E., and Chimba, D., Analyzing Socio-demographic effects on Pedestrian Safety using Bayesian Network. Presented at Southern District ITE (SDITE) annual Meeting, Biloxi, MS, 2015.
  13. Musinguzi, A., Chimba, D., and Ruhazwe, E. Geospatial correlation between land use patterns and pedestrian crash clusters on local roads. Presented at the 124th Tennessee Academy of Science-Annual meeting (TAS), November 2014, Morristown, TN.
  14. Kidando, E., Chimba, D., Ruhazwe, E., and Musinguzi, A. Predicting life cycle of longitudinal Pavement Markings Using Stochastic Differential Equation. Presented at the 124th Tennessee Academy of Science-Annual meeting (TAS), November 2014, Morristown, TN.

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