Dr. Ruey Long (Kelvin) Cheu earned his Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Engineering at the University of California at Irvine in 1994. He was a tenured faculty member at the Department of Civil Engineering at the National University of Singapore until 2006, when he joined The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). At UTEP, Dr. Cheu is a tenured full Professor with the Department of Civil Engineering and directs the Border Intermodal Gateway (BIG) Transportation Laboratory. His research interest and expertise include applications of artificial intelligence in transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), traffic operations, highway capacity and geometric design, public and intermodal transportation, transportation logistics and transportation security.