About us

Meet the team

Lauryn A. Spearing, PhD (Project Lead/PI)

Assistant Professor of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois Chicago 

spearing@uic.edu

(713) 503-6851

R. Clayton Wukich, PhD

Associate Professor of Public Administration

Cleveland State University

r.wukich@csuohio.edu

(216) 687-6941

Andrew J. Whelton, PhD

Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering

Purdue University

awhelton@purdue.edu

(765) 494-2160

Joseph Toland

Graduate Student in Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois Chicago 

jtolan3@uic.edu

(206) 790-3201