Yaw Adu-Gyamfi

Yaw Adu-Gyamfi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia, specializing in Traffic Operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Big Data Analytics. His research leverages Artificial Intelligence and LiDAR for infrastructure health monitoring and road safety innovations.

• Education: PhD and MCE from the University of Delaware; BSC in Geomatic Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

His work focuses on real-time traffic analytics, cloud-based solutions, and automated pavement distress classification, supported by grants from the NSF, U.S. DOT, and state agencies. He co-founded Tiger Eye Engineering, LLC, offering road distress monitoring services, and has developed tools like PaveSAM for segmentation and Deep InSight for driver-state estimation.

Recent research includes generative adversarial networks for pavement assessments, 3D object detection with LiDAR, and resource-efficient damage detection using YOLOv10. His projects emphasize scalable, low-cost solutions for transportation challenges.

Scientific Awards
• NSF CAREER Award (2021)
• Spirit Award from NSF I-Corps Program

He has collaborated with Mizzou Engineering, MoDOT, and international partners on safety systems, including autonomous alerts for work zones and predictive models for road maintenance. His team conducted over 100 interviews to refine tools for transportation officials.