ASU Ultimate: Men & Women	Dr. Michael Kuby Professor School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-5302 Email: mikekuby AT asu.edu
	Office Location: Coor Building 5568 Phone: (480) 965-6850 Fax: (480) 965-8313 Office Hours (Fall 2011): Tues. 1:30-3 Thu. 10:30-12
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Research Interests

My research focuses upon transportation, energy, and the environment, with a specialization in optimization models. I create new kinds of optimization models to help decision-makers in the US and less-developed countries solve their intertwined transport, energy, and environmental problems sustainably and efficiently. My recent focus is on optimal location of alternative-fuel stations. Lack of refueling infrastructure is the biggest barrier to our transition to alternative fuels (the “chicken-and-egg problem), and so it is of crucial importance that the initial networks of stations be sited where they will enable the greatest number of people to adopt the new technologies and refuel their vehicles conveniently. My approach to this problem, known as the Flow Refueling Location Model (FRLM) is rooted in flow-capturing models, and is based on the idea that it is more important for the early stations to be located “on the way” to where people are already going rather than located near their homes. I also have an NSF grant (2010-2012) to survey drivers on their actual refueling behavior in their daily lives.

Most of my work has integrated technology choice with location decisions and network design in recognition of the interdependencies among these decisions. Several examples of such interdependencies from my research are that new technologies may: require new network infrastructure (e.g., carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline networks); pay for themselves with transport cost savings (e.g., coal washing); and shift from a centralized to a distributed location pattern (e.g., solar photolytic waste detoxification). Many of my transport and energy models have explored the tradeoffs among multiple objectives such as cost, risk, pollution, population coverage, equity, or habitat restoration (e.g., dam removal).

In addition to optimization models, I also apply statistical methods to energy and transport topics such as how land use and weather affect light rail ridership, as well as topics on air transport, transit-oriented development, scale-free networks, and energy in China.

See my Curriculum Vita for details.

Classes

Grades and other class materials for my current courses can be accessed via the My.ASU system. Here are the syllabi for the courses I have taught recently.

GCU 102 Introduction to Human Geography - online (every semester)

GCU 432 Geography of China (Spring 2011, Spring 2012)

GCU 442/542 Geographical Analysis of Transportation (Fall 2010, Fall 2012 probably)
GCU 495 Quantitative Methods in Geography (Fall 2007)

GCU 496 Geographic Research Methods for Undergraduates (Spring 1999)
GCU 585 Advanced Research Methods (Spring 2006)
GCU 591 Optimal Facility Location Models (Fall 2007)

PUP 591 Transportation Certificate Pro-Seminar (Fall 2011)
Internet Links for Geography Students

Director, ASU Graduate Interdisciplinary Certificate in Transportation Systems. This is a 5-course interdisciplinary certificate program for degree and non-degree grad students from across ASU and from the public and private sectors. I have been Director of the program since Spring 2011.

Some Current and Past Research and Service

· Arizona Town Hall, Background Report on Transportation for April 2009 Town Hall (co-edited with Aaron Golub, see Ch. 1—Intro, Ch. 2—Gas Prices, and Ch. 16—Alternative Fuels)

· China Railway Investment Study (with the World Bank)
1994 Franz Edelman Award (Finalist/Honorable Mention) from the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) (with the World Bank and Chinese State Planning Commission)

· Carbon Capture and Storage Pipeline Network Optimization (with Richard Middleton and others at Los Alamos National Labs and Jeff Bielicki of U. of Minnesota)

· Transport Logistics in a Roadless Area of the Ecuadorian Amazon (with Rodrigo Sierra, EcoCiencia, and graduate student Jason Kelley)

· Energy Systems Optimization Research (various projects) 

· Waste Systems Optimization Research (various projects)  

· Light Rail Study and GIS Buffering (with Tony Barranda, Chris Upchurch, and Michael Zoldak). Code for buffering available on this link     

· Human Geography in Action (5th edition interactive textbook with CD, written with John Harner and Patricia Gober)

o John Wiley and Sons

o WileyPlus

· Arizona’s 20-20 Challenge (hiking website for AZ's 20 highest peaks and 20 deepest canyons, with Libby Wentz and Brandon Vogt)

· Florida Hydrogen Initiative Final Report (Funded by US Dept of Energy, this project analyzed optimal refueling station location strategies in Orlando and across Florida, and explored the feasibility of a hydrogen rental car business based at the Orlando International Airport. With Lee Lines of Rollins College and Ron Schultz and Zhixiao Xie of Florida Atlantic University).

· I am involved with several scholarly journals:

o Location Area Editor of Networks and Spatial Economics

o Editorial board of Journal of Transport Geography

o Editorial board of International Regional Science Review

Former Undergraduate and Graduate Advisees

· Jong-Geun Kim (PhD 2010) is now a post-doc at Seoul National University.

· Jason Kelley (M.A. 2008) is a PhD student in Planning at ASU.

· Alice Chen (M.A. 2007) works at the Maricopa Association of Governments in the Transportation Program.

· Seow Lim (PhD 2007) works at Salt River Project.

· Tyler Roberts (M.A. 2006) is a PhD student in Geography at University of Colorado.

· Chris Upchurch (M.A. 2005), now Assistant Professor at University of South Carolina.

· Kedi Wang (M.A. 2005) is a certified public accountant in China.

· Sean Tierney (M.A. 2004), now Assistant Professor at University of North Texas. Winner, 2005 TGSG Student Paper Award (M.A.)

· Curt Sommer (M.A. 2000) is a renewable energy consultant and head of Green Energy Solutions in Portland, Oregon.

· Gayle Wilkinson (M.A. 1997) Winner, 1998 Transportation Geography Specialty Group Student Paper Award (M.A.).

· Max Wyman (PhD 1994), winner of 2005 ASU Young Alumni Achievement Award 

(follow his link to read about hydrogen-powered railways, and Max’s consulting company Terra Genesis).

· Paul Sweum (B.A. 1992), owner of Top Hat Word and Index, who blogged about his undergraduate experience with me at ASU.

· Robert Gray (M.A. 1990) works at the Arizona Corporation Commission in the Utilities Division.

Extracurricular Stuff

· ASU Ultimate Frisbee Club (I'm the faculty advisor of the Men’s and Women’s teams).

· Valley of the Sun (VOTS) Ultimate Club.

· Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU) Geography Club and Honor Society (I’m faculty advisor). We also have a facebook page.

· Back in 9^th grade I invented a strategy board game called Traverse, first produced in 1985 and now licensed to Educational Insights.

· My daughter Nora has a vegan blog called prideandvegudice.

· My brother Adam Kuby is an artist specializing in public and environmental art in Portland, Oregon, and recently developed the Portland Accupuncture Project, and is the main artist on the City of Phoenix’s Tres Rios project.

(Last revised July 2010.)