Dr. Emmanuel (Kofi) Adanu
Research Assistant Professor
Contact
- 2006 SCIB
- phone (205) 239-9464
Research Areas
Education
- Masters in Business Administration, The University of Alabama, (January 2023 – )
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama, 2017
- M.S. Applied Statistics, The University of Alabama, 2016
- M.S. Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama, 2014
- B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, 2010
Dr. Kofi Adanu has extensive experience in traffic safety data analytics. He employs various statistical and econometric modeling techniques to identify patterns and associations in crash data in efforts to understand crash contributing factors and how they influence crash outcomes, leading to the development of robust countermeasures. His research also includes Intelligent Transportation Systems, sustainable transportation, and equity issues in transport. Adanu has published over 50 refereed journal and conference papers, 2 book chapters, and some technical reports. His dedication to traffic safety studies transcends geographical boundaries, as he actively participates in conferences and workshops both domestically and internationally.
He is actively involved in national committees at the Transportation Research Board. Adanu is a research fellow at The Regional Transport Research and Education Centre, Kumasi (TRECK) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. In this capacity, he offers guidance and serves as an external supervisor for graduate students working on their theses. He is also the co-chair of the Powered Two-Wheeler Safety Taskforce of the International Road Federation (IRF).
Affiliated Areas
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Alabama Transportation Institute
Selected Publications
- Adanu, E.K., Powell, L., Jones, S. and Smith, R. (2023). Learning about injury severity from no-injury crashes: A random parameters with heterogeneity in means and variances approach. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 181, p.106952.
- Adanu, E. K., Agyemang, W., Lidbe, A., Adarkwa, O., and Jones, S. (2023). An in-depth analysis of head-on crash severity and fatalities in Ghana. Heliyon, 9(8).
- Bullard, C., Jones, S., Adanu, E. K., and Liu, J. (2023). Crash severity analysis of single-vehicle rollover crashes in Namibia: a mixed logit approach. IATSS research, 47(3), 318-324.
- Tamakloe, R., Das, S., Adanu, E. K., and Park, D. (2023). Key factors affecting motorcycle-barrier crash severity: an innovative cluster-regression technique. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 1-25.
- Adanu, E. K., Dzinyela, R., and Agyemang, W. (2023). A comprehensive study of child pedestrian crash outcomes in Ghana. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 189, 107146.
Awards and Honors
- 2018 University of Alabama Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Louis Berger Sponsored Fellow, International Road Federation Road Scholar Program (2017)