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2070 Natural History Building
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Urbana, IL 61801
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Educational Background
- Ph.D., Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1994
- M.A., Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles, 1989
Positions Held
- Affiliated Faculty, CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013 to present
- Professor, Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013 to present
- Professor, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013 to present
Recent Publications
- Kwan, M., Zhang, X., Tang, L., & Kan, Z. (2018). Estimating and visualizing vehicle fuel consumption and emissions using GPS big data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (4).
- Kwan, M., Mei-Po Kwan and Tim Schwanen (Ed.) (2017). Geographies of Mobility: Recent Advances in Theory and Method. ( pp. 264). London: Routledge.
- Kwan, M., Waldmann, C., Clifford, J., & Bai, Y. (2017). Geoscience and the technological revolution IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine.
- Kwan, M., Lee, ., & Lee, K. (2017). Location-based service using ontology-based semantic queries: A study with a focus on indoor activities in a university context Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.
Other Publications
Articles
- Kwan, M., & Schwanen, T. (2017). Selected Studies on Urban Development Issues in China. Urban Geography, 38 (1).
- Kwan, M., Xu, L., Wang, S., & McLafferty, S. (2017). Predicting demand for 311 non-emergency municipal services: An adaptive space-time kernel approach Applied Geography, 89 133-141.
- Kwan, M. (2016). Algorithmic geographies: Big data, algorithmic uncertainty, and the production of geographic knowledge Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106 274-282.
- Kwan, M. (2014). International Perspectives on Research Directions in Geography and Urban Sustainability Asian Geographer, 31.
Books and Monographs
- Kwan, M., Wang, D., Richardson, ., & Zhou, C. (2015). Space-Time Integration in Geography and GIScience: Research Frontiers in the US and China. Dordrecht: Springer.
Honors and Awards
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009 to present
Grants
- I have received about US$24 million support as PI or co-PI from sources including the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Transportation., 1994-2017
Teaching Interests
Teaching Interests: Geographic information systems and science (GIS); Business Applications of Geographic Information Science.
Research Interests
Research Interests: Geographic information systems and science (GIS); Environmental health; Human mobility; Sustainable cities; Information and communication technologies (ICT).
Contact
2070 Natural History Building
1301 W Green St
Urbana, IL 61801