commonwealth professor of transportation engineering ce industry advisory committee november 29,...
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Commonwealth ProfessorOf Transportation Engineering
CE Industry Advisory CommitteeNovember 29, 2011
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
