commonwealth professor of transportation engineering ce industry advisory committee november 29,...

Commonwealth ProfessorOf Transportation Engineering

CE Industry Advisory CommitteeNovember 29, 2011

Reg Souleyrettersouley@engr.uky.edu859-257-5309

About Lexington + IBM Austin Univ. of Texas BSCE, MSCE Cal Berkeley (Garrison) PhD

Transportation systems impact UNLV

Nuclear waste transport Iowa State

1993 to present

0.5

GIS-TPlanning models

Safety

2.5

Focus

Analytical/ theoretical Applied/

Practical

Big Picture

Productivity, quality of life, finance

Safety, traffic, asset management, information systems

Haptics, models

6

Commonwealth Professorresponsibilities

Teaching, research, service …

Research• usRAP (US Road Assessment Program)• Rail tie asset management prospectus

and training concept• Rail UTC w/UIUC, MIT, UTK, UIC, RH,

MTU• TTCI GIS white paper to USDOT/RITA• GIS Best Practice w/ISU to NCHRP• Sight impaired wayfinding/electric car

warning (concept)

Teaching

• CE 120 Intro to Civil Engineering F11, F12• CE 525 GIS in Civil Engineering S12• CE 635 Highway Safety S12• CE 599 Transportation Planning and

Implementation F12• CE 331 Intro to Transportation S13• CE XXX Transport Policy S13• CE 433 Intermodal Transport?• CE 533 Rail Design?

Service

• NAS’ TRB Transportation Research Board– ABJ00 Data and Information Systems (11

committees incl. National, State, Local, Traffic Monitoring, Survey, IT, GIS, AI, Statistics, Freight, Viz

• CE Research Committee• KTRAC, CHSP, KSPN• KBT, BGADD• AREMA/RailCats

Interdisciplinary Collaborations• geographic information systems (geography)• public health• injury prevention/KIPRC• statistics• public policy• business• economics• urban planning (landscape architecture)• human computer interaction• computer science• psychology/human factors• sociology• mechanical and electrical engineering

CE/KTC proposals• GIS – KTSDS (Eric Green)• Traffic and Safety – travel time/safety; KTRAC;

adaptive signal mod. (Mei Chen, Taylor Li)• Waterways w/Chuck Knowles• Safety UTC w/UTK, Clemson, USF, UCF …• Intermodal UTC w/Marshall, UL, Hampton• Mulitmodal simulator– Rail, highway, water, air

Vision

• Stronger CE/KTC ties• Multimodal emphasis• Growth in Graduate Program• Growth in Emerging Areas– Finance– Energy– Sustainability/Infrastructure

Suggestions?

• Reg Souleyrette• rsouley@engr.uky.edu• 859-257-5309

• Thank you!