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Dominique Lord
BornSeptember, 1969
St-Lambert, Canada
NationalityCanadian/American
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (M.A.Sc., Ph.D.) McGill University (B.Eng.)
TitleProfessor, Texas A&M University

Dominique Lord is a Canadian-American scientist/engineer who is primarily known for his research work in highway safety and engineering. He is currently a Professor and holder of the A.P. and Florence Wiley Faculty Fellowship in the Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Early life and education

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Lord was born in September 1969 and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal.[1] He attended Collège Charles-Lemoyne, a private high school, between 1981 and 1986.[2] He graduated in Civil Engineering from McGill University in 1992 and went on to complete his M.A.Sc. (1994) and Ph.D. (2000) in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto.[3] He conducted his Ph.D. research under the guidance of Dr. Ezra Hauer[4] and Dr. Bhagwant Persaud,[5] a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University).

Career

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Academic Positions

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Lord is a Professor and holder of the A.P. and Florence Wiley Faculty Fellowship in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Texas A&M University.[3] He joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2004, following a three-year tenure as an Associate Research Scientist with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.[3] Since 2008, he has been an Associate Member of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT) at the University of Montreal.[6]

Research Work

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Lord conducts fundamental work in highway safety.[3] He is known to have developed the theory for characterizing the crash process from the mathematical perspective[7] and detailing the negative effects related to using data characterized by small sample sizes and low sample mean on modeling crash data with the negative binomial[8] model, the Poisson-lognormal model,[9] and several crash-severity models.[10] He also advanced the knowledge in quantifying the influences of site selection and regression-to-the-mean (RTM) biases when conducting before-after studies.[11] His team has developed the negative binomial-Lindley (NB-L) model[12] for analyzing crash or any other types of data characterized with excess zero observations. Along with Dr. Soheil Sohrabi, they conceived the basic framework for identifying the safest paths in route planning applications for smart phones.[13][14][15] A patent application is currently under review.[16] His Google Scholar citation stands at 17,700+ with an h-index=62, and published 165 peer-reviewed publications in academic journals[17] (as of October 2024).

Academic Recognitions

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Lord has been identified as one of the researchers who had an important impact in highway safety research.[18] He was ranked among the top 5 most cited authors in the Journal Accident Analysis and Prevention,[19] and was also ranked in the top 5 in the field of accident analysis according to ScholarGPS.[20] Furthermore, the Stanford University/Elsevier Data Repository ranking of scholars has listed him in the top 2% over the last six years.[21][22][23][24][25][26] He has been the recipient of the CUTC-ARTBA New Faculty Award,[27] the D. Grant Mickle Award,[28] and the New Investigator Award for Non-intentional Injuries by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[29]

Lord has been interviewed by the media about his work and important issues in highway safety.[3] In 2014, he conducted a study on the safety effects of red-light cameras in Chicago on behalf of the Chicago Tribune.[30][31][32] He has been a contributor to the Toronto Star,[33] Radio Health Journal,[34] and other print/radio media.[35][36]

Books

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  • Lord, D., Qin, X., and Geedipally, S.R. (2021). Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling. 1st Ed. Elsevier Publishing ltd., Amsterdam, NL. (©2021)
  • Lord, D. and S. Washington (Eds.) (2018). Safe Mobility: Challenges, Methodology and Solutions. Volume 11 of Transport and Sustainability, Emerald Publishing Ltd, Bingley, UK. (©2018)
  • Instruction Manual for CrimeStat IV: A Spatial Statistics Program for the Analysis of Crime Incident Locations, Version 4.0 (2013). Participated in the writing of several chapters. (©2013)

Selected and most cited publications

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Personal Life

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Lord is married to Leah Silverman, the daughter of Peter Silverman, and they have a son named Javier.[37] He grew up in the same city as Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques and were schoolmates during the late 70s.[38]

References

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  1. ^ "Interview with Dr. Dominique Lord". Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 46, Number 1, 2010. March 2010. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  2. ^ "Former students/employees who were recognized for their professional or life achievements (Nos ambassadeurs)". Association of Former Students. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Faculty Profile of Dr. Lord at Texas A&M University". Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ^ "Hauer Re-defining Cause Will Lead to Better Crash Prevention". University of Toronto. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  5. ^ "Bhagwant Persaud". Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  6. ^ "Faculty Profile of Dr. Lord at CIRRELT-University of Montreal". University of Montreal. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  7. ^ Lord, D.; Washington, S. P.; Ivan, J. N. (2005). "Characterizing the Crash Process From the Mathematical Perspective". Accident Analysis and Prevention. 37 (1): 35–46. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2004.02.004. PMID 15607273.
  8. ^ Lord, Dominique (July 2006). "Negative Binomial Model for Small Sample Size and Low Sample Mean". Accident Analysis & Prevention. 38 (4): 751–766. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2006.02.001. PMID 16545328.
  9. ^ Lord, Dominique; Miranda-Moreno, Luis F. (June 2008). "Poisson-lognormal Model". Safety Science. 46 (5): 751–770. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2007.03.005.
  10. ^ Ye, Fan; Lord, Dominique (January 2014). "Crash-severity Models". Analytic Methods in Accident Research. 1: 72–85. doi:10.1016/j.amar.2013.03.001.
  11. ^ Lord, Dominique; Kuo, Pei-Fen (July 2012). "Influences of Site Selection and RTM Biases in Before-After Studies". Accident Analysis & Prevention. 47: 52–63. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2011.12.008. PMID 22405239.
  12. ^ Geedipally, S. R.; Lord, D.; Dhavala, S. S. (2012). "Negative Binomial-Lindley Model for Analyzing Crash Data". Accident Analysis and Prevention. 45: 258–265. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2011.07.012. PMID 22269508.
  13. ^ "New Texas A&M research could lead to safer routes on navigation apps and tools". ABC13-Houston. 15 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Texas A&M study finds navigations apps may take you fastest route, not necessarily safest". KBTX-College Station. 28 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Can We Trust Computers To Drive Our Cars?". Radio Health Journal. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  16. ^ "Method and system of evaluation of navigation safety". Google Patents. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  17. ^ "Google Scholar Citations". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  18. ^ Zou, X.; Vu, H. L. (2019). "Impact of Research in Highway Safety". Accident Analysis and Prevention. 132. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2019.07.019. PMID 31494404.
  19. ^ Zou, Xin; Vu, Hai L.; Huang, Helai (September 2020). "Top 5 Most Cited Authors in Accident Analysis and Prevention". Accident Analysis & Prevention. 144. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2020.105568. PMID 32562929.
  20. ^ "Top 5 in Accident Analysis - ScholarGPS". ScholarGPS. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  21. ^ Ioannidis JPA; Baas, J.; Klavans, R.; Boyack, K. W. (2019). "Top 2% Scholars in the World". PLOS Biology. 17 (8): e3000384. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384. PMC 6699798. PMID 31404057.
  22. ^ Ioannidis JPA; Boyack, K. W.; Baas, J. (2020). "Top 2% Scholars - Continued Recognition". PLOS Biology. 18 (10): e3000918. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918. PMC 7567353. PMID 33064726.
  23. ^ Jeroen Baas; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P. A. (2021). "Top 2% Scholars - Annual Listing". Elsevier BV. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.3.
  24. ^ Jeroen Baas (2022). "Top Scholars Recognition". Elsevier BV. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.4.
  25. ^ Baas, Jeroen (2023). "Bibliometrics". Continued Recognition in Top 2% Scholars. Vol. 6. Elsevier Data Repository. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.6.
  26. ^ John P.A. Ioannidis (2024). "Bibliometrics". Top Scholars Recognition 2024. Vol. 7. Elsevier BV. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.7.
  27. ^ "Past winners of CUTC-ARTBA Awards". Council of University Transportation Centers. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  28. ^ "Past winners of D. Grant Mickle Awards". Transportation Research Board. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  29. ^ "TTI Press Release". Texas A&M Transportation Institute. 12 September 2003.
  30. ^ "Chicago red light cameras provide few safety benefits". Chicago Tribune. 19 December 2014.
  31. ^ "Radar guns and cameras don't stop accidents, huh?". Politifact. 14 June 2016.
  32. ^ "Would red-light cameras help make Milwaukee's streets safer? The evidence suggests they would, but there are caveats". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 27 June 2018.
  33. ^ "Should speed limits be lowered to save lives? Not necessarily". Toronto Star. 30 October 2019.
  34. ^ "Can We Trust Computers To Drive Our Cars?". Radio Health Journal. 25 January 2022.
  35. ^ "A street paved with gold". Journal of Oak Park and River Forest. 10 January 2017.
  36. ^ "Speed cameras safer for officers at intersections, former Mountie says". vancouver.citynews.ca. 11 May 2019.
  37. ^ "NYT Interview about the family's experience with Amazon drones". The New York Times. 4 November 2023.
  38. ^ "Biography of Dr. David Saint-Jacques". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
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