Emilia Rahnemay Kohlman Rabbani, PhD

Emilia Rahnemay Kohlman Rabbani has a postdoctorate in Civil Engineering from University of Minho (2012), Portugal, a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (2000), a Master’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (1998), a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (1996), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (1995). She has worked as a Traffic Engineer at Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, on a team of researchers in the area of transportation safety (2000–2002). She was a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil (2003–2005), has acted as the Coordinator of the Civil Engineering Master’s Program (2010-2011) at the University of Pernambuco (Brazil), Leader of the Ergonomics and Occupational Safety and Health research group (2008-2011), and is presently representative of the Associate Professors at the Academic Management Council of the School of Engineering (CGA/POLI/UPE), the Leader of the Safe and Sustainable Development research group at UPE - DESS (2013-present) and Coordinator of the Culture Division at the UPE School of Engineering - POLI (2014-present). As an Associate and tenured professor at the University of Pernambuco, she teaches at the undergraduate level, and at the Master’s level in Civil Engineering having developed and thought more than 12 university courses. She received her full professor title (livre docente) in 2013 and supervised directly over 115 students among teaching and research undergraduate and graduate assistants, Masters and Ph.D. theses. She has over 120 full articles published in journals, proceedings or books. She has experience in the civil engineering area, with emphasis in transportation, sustainability and occupational health and safety, working principally with the following subjects: transportation safety, sustainable construction, and social sustainability applied to construction projects.

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Possui pós-doutorado em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade do Minho, doutorado em Engenharia Civil pela University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - USA (2000), mestrado em Engenharia Civil e Ambiental pela University of Pittsburgh - USA (1998), graduação em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB (1996) e graduação em Engenharia Civil e Ambiental pela University of Pittsburgh - USA (1995). Atualmente é professora associada com título de livre docente da Universidade de Pernambuco (com Dedicação Exclusiva desde 2006), professora permanente do Mestrado em Engenharia Civil da UPE (desde 2007), coordena o grupo de pesquisa Desenvolvimento Seguro e Sustentável - DESS cadastrado no CNPq (desde 2013), atua como representante dos professores Associados no Conselho de Gestão Acadêmica da POLI (CGA) e atua como Gerente da Seção de Cultura da Escola Politécnica de Pernambuco (desde 2014). Tem experiência na área de Engenharia Civil, com ênfase em segurança em transportes e segurança e higiene ocupacionais relacionados com a construção civil sustentável.