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1 Sarah Searcy Research Assciate Institute fr Transprtatin Research and Educatin Nrth Carlina State University, Centennial Campus Raleigh, NC Tel: 919/ Sarah Searcy September 2017 Technical Skills Advanced research skills, including research design and implementatin; data cllectin, management, cleaning, and statistical analysis; technical writing; and GIS analysis including map layut and design. Degrees Cmpleted Graduate Certificate in Gespatial Infrmatin Science (GIS), NCSU, December 2016 MA in Scilgy, East Carlina University, May 2012 * 4.0 GPA, Academic Achievement Award * 2-year Graduate Schlar Award winner * Member f AKD, Natinal Scilgy Hnrs Sciety BA in Anthrplgy and Art, East Carlina University, May 2009 * Graduated Summa Cum Laude with University Hnrs * Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Senir Award/Senir f the Year: Anthrplgy Department * 4-time Undergraduate Research Assistantship recipient * 2-time Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) grant recipient Fellwships Awarded Fulbright-Nehru English Teaching Assistantship USIEF, New Delhi, India, July 2009-April 2010 William R. Kenan Fellwship t the Penland Schl f Crafts Penland, NC, May 2007 Select Experience Targeted Pedestrian Yielding Enfrcement, NC Gvernr s Highway Safety Prgram Assisted with the develpment f pedestrian yielding interventin plans that vary in duratin and intensity. Assisted with research site selectin. Analyzed and summarized data cllected frm a targeted yielding campaign t determine the level f enfrcement needed t change driver yielding behavir using prtcls develped thrugh the Watch Fr Me NC Safety Campaign. Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Cllectin, NCDOT Assists with the develpment f nn-mtrized cunting prgrams t determine bicycle and pedestrian activity levels in Nrth Carlina. Assists with site selectin, installatin f devices, quality cntrl checks n vlume data, and analysis f trends. Assists with the design and ppulatin f a bicycle and pedestrian cunt database in line with FHWA s Transprtatin Mnitring Guide (TMG) frmatting cnventins. Assists with data analysis and the develpment f summary statistics.

2 Evaluating the Ecnmic Cntributin f Shared Use Paths in Nrth Carlina, NCDOT Serves as lead statistical analyst. Assists with the cllectin, cleaning, and management f survey and cunt data cllected at a sample f shared use paths in Nrth Carlina. Assists with the crdinatin f subcntractrs n their analysis tasks. Generated and analyzed descriptive statistics, created tls t allw survey data t be visualized using a GIS, and assisted with the develpment f technical memrandums. Public Opinins f Radway Assets Using Radway Reviews and Fcus Grups, NCDOT Served as lead statistical analyst. Assisted with the cllectin, entry, cleaning, and management f survey and fcus grup data cllected at a sample f lcatins acrss Nrth Carlina. Generated and analyzed descriptive statistics, created summary visuals, and assisted with writing the final technical reprt. TOPR #34 Accelerating Rundabut Implementatin in the United States, FHWA Cnducted a multivariable regressin analysis f yielding behavir in relatin t gemetric factrs at a sample f rundabut crsswalks lcated in the United States. Develped a mdel t determine whether significant relatinships exist between gemetric factrs and yielding rates at the trial rundabut crsswalks and t predict driver yielding rates as a functin f gemetric factrs. Assisted with writing the final technical reprt. NCHRP 3-78b Guidelines fr the Applicatin f Crssing Slutins at Rundabuts and Channelized Turn Lanes t Assist Pedestrians with Visin Disabilities, NCHRP Assisted with the cllectin, entry, and management f wayfinding data cllected at a sample f rundabut and channelized turn lane crsswalks lcated in the United States. Generated and analyzed descriptive statistics, cnducted a crrelatin analysis, and tested fr statistical differences t determine whether rundabut and channelized turn lane site characteristics are significantly assciated with wayfinding errrs. Assisted with writing the final technical reprt. Additinal Analysis f Natinal Child Restraint Use Special Study (NCRUSS), NHTSA Serves as statistician. Develps SAS prgrams and cnducts and summarizes statistical analyses in accrdance with research questins related t child restraint use and misuse in passenger vehicles Nrth Carlina Observatinal Survey f Seat Belt Use, GHSP Served as State statistician. Updated sampling frame data and reselected bservatin sites in cmpliance with the Unifrm Criteria fr State Observatinal Surveys f Seat Belt Use. Develped a data cllectin schedule including assignment f bservatin times, bservatin prcedures, and data cllectin quality cntrl. Develped data cllectin training materials and trained data cllectin staff. Respnsible fr generating estimate f the statewide seat belt use rate, standard errr, and nnrespnse rate in cmpliance with NHTSA annual reprting requirements. Research and Technical Supprt fr NCDOT Strategic Priritizatin, NCDOT Served as c-pi and lead statistical analyst. Develped and applied a prcedure fr generating peak average daily traffic (PADT) factrs fr use in NCDOT strategic priritizatin effrts. Estimated segment-specific PADT factrs frm available cntinuus and seasnal cunt data, develped default PADT factrs fr primary and secndary rutes, prduced a GIS-enabled radway map t display PADT factr results, develped a data cllectin specificatin fr generating future PADT factrs, and develped cverage cunt sampling plans fr the interstate netwrk and fr NC cunties with limited data fr prducing PADT factrs.

3 Impact f Develpment Density n K-Factrs (PI), NCDOT Served as PI and lead statistician. Develped a mdeling apprach incrprating lngitudinal cntinuus cunt and radway netwrk data fr Nrth Carlina t estimate K-factr change based n facility attributes and sciecnmic factrs, including variatins in area type. Research Prjects 2018 Nrth Carlina Observatinal Survey f Seat Belt Use Oct Sept. 2018, GHSP Investigatin f Shrt Duratin Cunt (SDC) Requirements fr Estimating Annual Average Daily Pedestrians (AADP) (PI) Sept Dec. 2017, NCDOT Peak Spreading Tl Implementatin (PI) Aug July 2018, NCDOT Investigatin f Shrt Duratin Cunt (SDC) Requirements fr Estimating Annual Average Daily Bicyclists (AADB) (PI) Feb May 2017, NCDOT High Pint Greenway Study Oct Dec. 2016, Suthwest Renewal Fundatin (SRF) Additinal Analysis f Natinal Child Restraint Use Special Study (NCRUSS) Oct Mar. 2018, NHTSA 2017 Nrth Carlina Observatinal Survey f Seat Belt Use Oct Sept. 2017, GHSP Impact f Develpment Density n K-Factrs (PI) Aug July 2017, NCDOT Rail Crridr Trespass Severity Assessment (c-pi) Aug July 2018, NCDOT Targeted Pedestrian Yielding Enfrcement Oct Sept. 2016, GHSP Public Opinins f Radway Assets Using Radway Reviews and Fcus Grups Aug July 2016, NCDOT Research and Technical Supprt fr NCDOT Strategic Priritizatin (c-pi) April 2015 July 2017, NCDOT Evaluating the Ecnmic Cntributin f Shared Use Paths in Nrth Carlina March 2015 Feb. 2018, NCDOT NCDOT Custmer Service Survey Aug July 2015, NCDOT

4 Assessment f Autmated Sign Retrreflectivity Measurement Feb Aug. 2015, NCDOT Reductin in Railrad Right-f-Way Trespassing Incidents Sept Aug. 2016, NCDOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Cllectin Nv Oct. 2017, NCDOT American Tbacc Trail Study May 2013 Aug. 2014, NCDOT, BCBSNC, East Cast Greenway Alliance, Helen & William Mazer Fundatin NCHRP 3-78b - Guidelines fr the Applicatin f Crssing Slutins at Rundabuts and Channelized Turn Lanes t Assist Pedestrians with Visin Disabilities May 2013 Aug. 2015, NCHRP Trip Making Patterns f Nrth Carlina s University Students Aug July 2014, NCDOT TOPR #34 - Accelerating Rundabut Implementatin in the United States Sept Feb. 2014, FHWA Prfessinal Experience Research Assistant, ITRE, Raleigh, NC (8/2014-7/2016) Prvided technical research assistance n a range f mtrized and nn-mtrized transprtatin research prjects FARS Analyst, Nrth Carlina Divisin f Mtr Vehicles, Raleigh, NC (3/2014-8/2014) Implemented the Fatality Analysis Reprting System (FARS) fr the Natinal Highway Traffic Safety Administratin (NHTSA) in the state f Nrth Carlina Bicycle and Pedestrian Prgram Intern, ITRE, Raleigh, NC (8/2013-3/2014) Cleaned and analyzed survey and cunt data fr a prject examining behaviral impacts n the American Tbacc Trail in Durham, NC befre and after the cmpletin f a majr pedestrian verpass Gecder, UNC-HSRC, Chapel Hill, NC (12/2012-4/2013) Gecded mtr vehicle-pedacyclist cllisins that ccurred in Nrth Carlina frm fr a NCDOT-funded prject and generated reprts n the gecded data Prfed and edited assessment and plicy dcuments and helped cmpile case studies fr the NCDOT Cmplete Streets prgram Research Assistant, East Carlina University, Greenville, NC (8/2010-6/2012) Prduced twenty-nine maps fr an undergraduate scilgy textbk (Jacbs, AJ The Wrld s Cities: Cntrasting Reginal, Natinal, and Glbal Perspectives. Rutledge: New Yrk.) Survey Researcher, Center fr Survey Research, East Carlina University, Greenville, NC (12/2010-3/2011) Administered telephne surveys fr a Nrth Carlina Castal Cmmunities Survey that investigated attitudes twards castal envirnmental issues, including severe weather impacts and glbal warming Educatinal and Curatrial Intern, Smithsnian Center fr Flklife and Cultural Heritage, Washingtn, DC (5/2008-8/2008)

5 Evaluated the 2008 Smithsnian Flklife Festival as an experiential learning envirnment, fcusing n the Bhutan: Land f the Thunder Dragn prgram; resulted in a detailed reprt n effective and ineffective presentatin methds in the prgram and a prpsal fr educating lcal high schl and university students t be presenters at subsequent Flklife Festivals Perfrmed curatrial research fr an African Arts f Adrnment exhibitin Publicatins Jacksn, Kristy, Sarah O Brien, Sarah Searcy, and Shannn Warchl. Quality Assurance and Quality Cntrl Prcesses fr a Large Scale Bicycle and Pedestrian Vlume Data Prgram. In Transprtatin Research Recrd: Jurnal f the Transprtatin Research Bard, N. 2644, Transprtatin Research Bard f the Natinal Academies, Washingtn, D.C Davis, Jy, Chris Cunningham, Daniel Findley, Sarah Searcy, James Martin, and Lnnie Watkins. Relating Public Opinins f Radway Assets t Field Data Using Surveys and Fcus Grups. In Transprtatin Research Recrd: Jurnal f the Transprtatin Research Bard, N. 2613, Transprtatin Research Bard f the Natinal Academies, Washingtn, D.C Yem, Chunh, Sarah Searcy, Daniel Findley, Bastian Schreder. A New Methd t Accunt fr Seasnal Peak Traffic Vlumes in Prject Priritizatin. ITE Jurnal, TBD Ck, Thmas, Sarah O Brien, Kristy Jacksn, Daniel Findley, and Sarah Searcy. Behaviral Effects f Cmpleting a Critical Link in the American Tbacc Trail. In Transprtatin Research Recrd: Jurnal f the Transprtatin Research Bard, N. 2598, Transprtatin Research Bard f the Natinal Academies, Washingtn, D.C., 2016, pp Findley, Daniel J., J. Duglas Small, Wah Tran, Adrienne Heller, Steven A. Bert, Sarah E. Searcy. Ecnmic Cntributin f the Nrth Carlina Prts. Nrth Carlina State Prts Authrity, Nvember Searcy, Sarah and Laura Wagner. East Bulevard Rad Diet Case Study. Cmplete Streets NC, Searcy, Sarah and Laura Wagner. Weaver Dairy Rad Imprvement Case Study. Cmplete Streets NC, Searcy, Sarah. (2012). Turism, Pilgrimage, and Develpment in Bdhgaya, Bihar, India. MA Thesis, East Carlina University. PrQuest, UMI Dissertatins Publishing, Publicatin N Prduced all maps fr: Jacbs, AJ. (2012). The Wrld s Cities: Cntrasting Reginal, Natinal, and Glbal Perspectives. Rutledge: New Yrk. Jacbs, AJ. (2013). Examining the Impacts f the New Dmestics Autmakers n Wrkers and Lcal Regins in Canada and the USA: A Research Reprt t the Internatinal Cuncil fr Canadian Studies and Canadian Embassy in Washingtn. 15 January (150 pages). Jacbs, AJ. (2012). The Bratislava Metrplitan Regin. Cities 29(3): in press, published nline, Nvember 12, Jacbs, AJ. (2012). Cllabrative Reginalism and FDI: The Case f the Sutheast Autmtive Cre and the 'New Dmestics. Ecnmic Develpment Quarterly, 26 (3): Jacbs, AJ. (2012). The Nest Glbal-City Regin: Intermunicipal Incme Stratificatin in the Tky Metrplitan Regin, Urban Gegraphy, 33 (1): Jacbs, AJ. (2011). Uslan, Suth Krea: A Glbal and Nested 'Great' Industrial City. The Open Urban Studies Jurnal 4 (1): Cnference Prceedings/Presentatins Searcy, Sarah, Chunh Yem, Daniel Findley, Bastian Schreder, and Kent Taylr Peak

6 Average Daily Traffic and Its Use in Prject Priritizatin. Pster Sessin 780: Transprtatin Planning Applicatins. Prceedings f the 96 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC. Hrne, Dylan, Sarah Searcy, Christpher Cunningham, and Nick Machak Predicting Railrad Right-f-Way Trespassing Incidents. Railrad Safety Operatinal Cmmittee Meeting. Prceedings f the 96 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC. Vaughan, Christpher, Sarah Searcy, Steven Bert, Daniel Findley, Edward Fyle, Christpher Carnes, Teresa Pincus, Amelia Cley, Zachary Manfredi, and Christpher Cunningham Assessment f Autmated Sign Retrreflectivity Measurement. Pster Sessin 452: Sign and Pavement Marking Assessment Methds, Detectin Technlgies, and Safety Practices. Prceedings f the 96 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC. Findley, Daniel, Sarah Searcy, and Bastian Schreder Investigatin f Crsswalk Design and Driver Behavirs at Rundabuts. Lectern Sessin 399: Data-Driven Appraches t Advancing Rundabuts. Prceedings f the 96 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC. Davis, Jy, Christpher Cunningham, Daniel Findley, Sarah Searcy, James Martin, and Lnnie Watkins Relating Public Opinins f Radway Assets t Field Data Using Surveys and Fcus Grups. Lectern Sessin 323: Driving Imprved Maintenance Decisins Thrugh Data, Part 1. Prceedings f the 96 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC. Jacksn, Kristy, Sarah O Brien, Sarah Searcy, and Shannn Warchl Quality Assurance and Quality Cntrl Prcesses fr Large-Scale Bicycle and Pedestrian Vlume Data Prgram. Pster Sessin 285: Explring Innvative Data Surces and Appraches fr Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Cllectin. Prceedings f the 96 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC. Findley, Daniel, Sarah Searcy, Kristy Jacksn, Sarah O Brien, and Thmas Ck Extraplatin and Factring Methds fr Recreatinal Greenway Trails. Pster Sessin 285: Explring Innvative Data Surces and Appraches fr Bicycle and Pedestrian Data Cllectin. Prceedings f the 96 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC. Searcy, Sarah, Mathew Palmer, Daniel Findley, Kristy Jacksn, and Tim Nye. A Case Study f the Effect f Crsswalk Enfrcement Operatins n Driver Yielding Behavir at Unsignalized Mid-Blck Crsswalks in Raleigh, Nrth Carlina. Pster Sessin. Prceedings f the 10 th University Transprtatin Centers Sptlight Cnference: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Washingtn, DC. Vaughan, Christpher and Sarah Searcy. Imprving Autmated Sign Retrreflectivity Data Cllectin and Database Management Using Unique Identifiers. Pster Sessin: Data, Perfrmance Measurement, and Target Setting. Prceedings f the Transprtatin Research Bard 11 th Natinal Cnference n Transprtatin Asset Management, Minneaplis, MN. O Brien, Sarah, Kristy Jacksn, Sarah Searcy, Daniel Findley, and Thmas Ck Behaviral Effects f Cmpleting a Critical Link in the American Tbacc Trail. Pster Sessin 309: Innvatins in Health and Transprtatin Research. Prceedings f the 95 th Annual Meeting f the Transprtatin Research Bard, Washingtn, DC.

7 Searcy, Sarah. Pilgrimage, Turism, and Develpment in Bdhgaya, Bihar, India. Prceedings f the 75 th Annual Meeting f the Suthern Scilgical Sciety, New Orleans, LA. Searcy, Sarah. The Ecnmic Relatinship Between India and Bhutan. Prceedings f the 74 th Annual Meeting f the Suthern Scilgical Sciety, Jacksnville, FL. Cmmittee and Panel Activities Transprtatin Research Bard Friend, Standing Cmmittee n Gegraphic Infrmatin Science and Applicatins (ABJ60) Friend, Standing Cmmittee n Statistical Methds (ABJ80) Friend, Standing Cmmittee n Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluatin (ANB20) Friend, Standing Cmmittee n Pedestrians (ANF10) Friend, Standing Cmmittee n Bicycle Transprtatin (ANF20)

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SELECTED RESEARCH FUNDING 1. PI: Dr. Yi Qi Phne: (713) 313 6809 Fax: (713) 313 1856 E-mail: qiy@tsu.edu Assciate Prfessr and Chair Department f Transprtatin Studies Texas Suthern University 3100 Cleburne Avenue, Hustn Texas 77004-9986