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July 2006
UMD selects director for transportation programs
Eil Kwon
The University of Minnesota Duluth has hired Dr. Eil Kwon to direct its expanded transportation research program. Kwon was the 3M McKnight Visiting Professor in UMD’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000. During that appointment, he helped lay the groundwork for the establishment of the Northland Advanced Transportation Systems Research Laboratories (NATSRL), a program of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute at CTS.
Kwon returns to university life after a stay at Mn/DOT’s Office of Traffic Safety and Operations, where he was the director of traffic research. While working for Mn/DOT, Kwon also served on the NATSRL advisory board and was involved in the selection process for UMD’s transportation research projects.
Kwon previously served as program director of advanced traffic systems at the ITS Institute and was a long-time staff member at CTS.
In his new position, Kwon will direct NATSRL and serve as UMD’s codirector for the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute.