Transportation Engineering and Science Program
While a major portion of my University-assigned responsibilities are for instruction and research, I have provided a wide range of services.
SERVICE TO SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Editorship of Journals and Review
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Taylor & Francis Publishers
(determine scope, manage reviews, help in production & marketing) 2003-date
- Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Taylor & Francis Publishers 2000-2003
- Associate Editor, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Taylor & Francis Publishers
(manage reviews & help in production & marketing) 2006-date
Reviewer for transportation and planning research journals
- Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C.
- Transportation Research, Parts A, B & C, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England.
- Transportation Science, Operations Research Society of America.
- World Development, Elsevier Journals, USA.
Review panels for government agencies or educational institutions
- California Department of Transportation 1991-
- University of California at Berkeley, PATH Program 1995-
- University of California at Berkeley, University of California Trans Center 1998-2003
Professional Memberships
- Member, SHRP II Expert Task Group on Interaction Between Transportation Capacity,
Economic Development and Land Use, and Integrating Economic Considerations 2007-
- Member, Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee,
Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C. 2004-
- Member, User Information Systems Committee,
Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C. 1993-2006
- Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Advanced Traveler Information Systems,
User Information Systems Committee, Transportation Research Board,
National Academies, Washington, D.C. 2000-
- Member, Council of University Transportation Centers, 1998-
(CUTC represents major transportation research and education centers in the US) 1998-
- Member, SAE—Society of Automotive Engineers 2001-2002
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
University of Tennessee
- Developed UT-Transportation Eng. & Sci. Program materials 2013-
- Coordinator, Transportation Engineering & Science Program, Civil & Env. Eng. 2013-
- Chair of Search Committee in Construction Engineering (2 successful hires) 2013-2014
Old Dominion University
- Developed ODU-Transportation Program-research, education & outreach 2006-2013
- Developed Transportation Research Cluster at ODU, established in 2006 2006-2008
- Director, Transportation Research Institute at ODU, established in 2007 2007-2013
- Chair of Search Committee in Transportation Engineering (successful hire) 2008
UNC-Chapel Hill
- Associate Department Chair—Technology, Planning, UNC-Chapel Hill 2002-2003
- Director, Transportation Specialization, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 1995-2006
- Developed Carolina Transportation Program 1996-1998
- Director, Carolina Transportation Program (funding, research production,
marketing, newsletters, brochure, faculty and student participation) 1998-2006
- Recruited & mentored a transportation faculty member 2000-2006
- Elevated transportation to an independent specialization in DCRP 2002-2006
SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Tennessee
- Tenure and Promotion guidelines committee 2014-date
- UTK Southeastern Transportation Center (coordinator Big Data & Safety initiative) 2013-date
- Co-Director, Initiative for Sustainable Mobility (a campus-wide organized research unit) 2013-date
Old Dominion University
- Director, Center for Innovative Transportation Solutions 2011-2013
- BCET Tenure and Promotion Committee 2009-2012
- Member, Inter-disciplinary Studies Committee 2008-2013
UNC-Chapel Hill
- Initiated a dual graduate degree in Transportation Planning and Engineering,
given by UNC-CH and NCSU 2003-2005
- Member, Carolina North Infrastructure Advisory Committee 2003
- Member, Pedestrian and bicycle committee (analysis of crashes by DCRP student) 2000-2003
- Faculty fellow, Center for Urban & Regional Studies 1998-2006
- Faculty fellow, Highway Safety Research Center 2003-2006
- Affiliated faculty, Kenan Institute
for Private Enterprise-Logistics & Digital Strategy 2002-2004
SERVICE TO FEDERAL & STATE AGENCIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR
- Direct participation in research, education, and outreach of several USDOT Univ Trans Ctrs.
University of Tennessee, STC-Southeastern Transportation Center 1997-date
University of Idaho TranLIVE 2011-date
University of Maryland national center NCSTPID 2013-date
University of Illinois NURail 2014-date
- Helped US Department of Transportation by participating in workshops on Research
and Development of Technology & Innovation, Washington D.C. 2003
- Direct participation in research, education, and outreach of various state DOTs
California Department of Transportation 1991-2001
North Carolina Department of Transportation 1997-2007
Virginia Department of Transportation 2007-date
- Developer of PLANiTS, which manifested in the development of a popular
Intelligent Transportation Systems web site, known as “ITS Decision” for the
California DOT. Caltrans invested $700,000 plus in developing the website,
which was visited by planners and engineers from around the world 1996-2006
- Study on Freeway Service Patrols helped NC Department of Transportation decide on
locations of such services in NC 1998-2000
SELECTED CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Consultant with:
- Strategic Highway Research Program II, SHRP Project L-02 (Establishing Monitoring
Programs for Mobility and Travel Time Reliability) 2010-2012
- American Concrete Pavement Association, Washington, D.C. (safety) 2006-2007
- American Transportation Research Institute, Alexandria, VA (trucking safety) 2004
- Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC (small aircrafts) 2002
- Bellomo-McGee, Inc. & Dr. Forrest Council (vehicle safety) 2002-2004
- National Cooperative Highway Research Program—NCHRP (vehicle safety) 2002
- University of California at Berkeley (traveler behavior) 1995-2003
- Federal Highway Administration (pedestrian safety) 1998
- North Carolina State University, University of Maryland, and University of Central Florida 2006-2011
- Virginia Department of Transportation 2009-2013