Dr. Eddie Chou is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Toledo and director of the Transportation Systems Research Lab.  He has over 35 years of experience as a researcher in the transportation engineering field.  His research interests include transportation asset management, smart transportation systems, engineering materials, and applications of analytical tools including multi-objective optimization, traffic simulation, and artificial intelligence to solve transportation problems.  Dr. Chou has been awarded 7.7 million dollars of externally funded research as the principal investigator of more than 50 research projects at the University of Toledo.  His research has been funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Transportation, and other transportation agencies.  He and his research team have published their work in top civil engineering journals including the journals of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Transportation Research Board.  Dr. Chou’s research is recognized both nationally and internationally.  He received his doctoral degree from Texas A&M University.  He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio.