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Recent TTI Staff Awards
TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Transportation Research Board
TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Other Organizations
Recent TTI Staff Awards
| Adam Pike | Young Professional Best Paper Award | Transportation Research Board |
| Stacey Bricka | Charley V. Wootan Award | Transportation Research Board |
| Bruce Wang | CUTC-ARTBA New Faculty Award | CUTC-ARTBA |
| Jerry Ullman | Regents Fellow Service Award | Texas A&M University Board of Regents |
| Marcus Brewer Kay Fitzpatrick |
Outstanding Paper Award | Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (TexITE) |
| Gene Hawkins | Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award | Institute of Transportation Engineers |
| Robert Brydia | Best ITS Projects in Texas | TxDOT-Waco District |
| Past President Award | ITS Texas | |
| TxDOT Waco District (TTI Supported) |
Outstanding Achievement for Traveler Information and Public Outreach – I-35 Central Texas | ITS Texas |
| Gary Thomas | Instructor of Excellence | National Highway Institute |
| Katie Turnbull | Ethel Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award | American Road and Transportation Builders Association |
| David Newcomb | Commendation for Leadership in Warm Mix Asphalt | National Asphalt Pavement Association |
| Amy Epps Martin | Board of Directors Award of Recognition | Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists |
| Akram Abu-Oden Dean Alberson Roger Bligh Lance Bullard Gene Buth |
Patent and Innovative Award –Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware | TAMUS Office of Technology Commercialization |
| Steve Roop Leslie Olson Curtis Morgan |
Patent and Innovative – Freight Shuttle System | TAMUS Office of Technology Commercialization |
| Katie Turnbull | Excellence in Applied Research Award | TRB Managed Lanes Committee |
| Mary Beth Hueste | 2011 Williams Brothers Construction Company Fellow | Dwight D. Look College of Engineering |
| Ginger Goodin | Woman of the Year | Women’s Transportation Seminar – Heart of Texas Chapter |
| Jon Epps | Hot-Mix Asphalt Hall of Fame | National Asphalt Pavement Association |
| Wall of Honor | National Center for Asphalt Technology | |
| Kay Fitzpatrick | ITE 2011 Coordinating Council Best Project Award | Institute of Transportation Engineers |
| Kay Fitzpatrick Vichika Iragavarapu Eun Sug Park |
D. Grant Mickle Award | Transportation Research Board |
| Joan Hudson | Innovative Transportation Solutions Award | International Women’s Transportation SeminarWomen’s Transportation Seminar – Heart of Texas Chapter |
| Houston TranStar (TTI Developed) |
2011 Digital Government Achievement Award | Center for Digital Government |
| Dallas Little | Distinguished Member | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Nicolas Norboge | Fellow and Inaugural William P. Eno Research Paper Author | Eno Transportation Foundation |
| Chris Poe | Engineer of the Year | TexITE |
| Tom Scullion | Regents Fellow Service Award | Texas A&M University Board of Regents |
| Teens in the Driver Seat | Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award | Governors Highway Safety Association |
| Transportation Achievement Award in Safety | Institute of Transportation Engineering | |
| Partner of the Year Award | Northside Independent School District, San Antonio | |
| TTI | Glass Hammer Award | American Road & Transportation Builders Association |
| Nauman Sheikh Roger Bligh |
K.B. Woods Award | Transportation Research Board |
| Marcelo Sanchez | Editor’s Choice for 2012 | Canadian Geotechnical Journal |
TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Transportation Research Board 
| Dean Alberson | Roadside Safety Design | Member |
| Rafael Aldrete | NCHRP Project Panel on Guide for Selecting Level-of-Service Targets for Maintaining and Operating Highway Assets | Member |
| Transportation in the Developing Countries | Member | |
| Stuart Anderson | Design and Construction Group | Member |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Alternative Quality Systems for Application in Highway Construction | Member | |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Problems | Member | |
| Project Delivery Methods | Member | |
| Construction Section | Chair | |
| Edith Arambula | Modeling for the Design, Construction and Management of Geosystems | Member |
| Charles Aubeny | Engineering Behavior of Unsaturated Soils | Member |
| Richard Baker | Congestion Pricing | Young Member |
| Kevin Balke | Traffic Signal Systems | Member |
| David Bierling | HMCRP Project Panel on Improving Recovery from Episodic Events Involving Hazardous Materials Transport | Member |
| Marine Environment Committee | Committee Research Coordinator | |
| Roger Bligh | Roadside Safety Design | Vice Chair |
| Brian Bochner | Task Force on Context Sensitive Design/Solutions | Member |
| Jeff Borowiec | Aviation System Planning | Secretary |
| Intergovernmental Relations in Aviation | Member | |
| Marcus Brewer | Geometric Design | Member |
| Committee on Roundabouts | Member | |
| Stacey Bricka | Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey | Chair |
| Committee on Innovations in Travel Demand Forecasting: A Conference | Member | |
| Section – Data and Information Systems | Member | |
| SHRP 2 Technical Expert Task Group on the Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand (Project C16) | Member | |
| TCRP Project Panel on Quantifying Transit’s Impact on GHG Emissions and Energy Use: The Land Use Component | Member | |
| Transportation Demand Forecasting | Member | |
| - Paper Review Subcommittee | Chair | |
| Travel Survey Methods | Member | |
| - Household Travel Survey Subcommittee | Co-Chair | |
| Jonathan Brooks | Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation | Young Member |
| Lance Bullard, Jr. | NCHRP Project Panel on Criteria for Restoration of Longitudinal Barriers: Phase II | Member |
| Mark Burris | Transportation Policy Section | Member |
| Transportation Economics | Chair | |
| Paul Carlson | Operations and Preservation Group | Chair |
| Signing and Marking Materials | Member | |
| Technical Activities Council | Member | |
| Traffic Control Devices Committee | Chair | |
| Linda Cherrington | Transportation Issues in Major U.S. Cities | Member |
| Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation | Member | |
| Planning Committee for Transit GIS Conference | Chair | |
| Arif Chowdhury | Characteristics of Non-asphalt Components of Asphalt Paving Mixtures | Member |
| Dennis Christiansen | Managed Lanes | Emeritus Member |
| Karen Dixon | Safety Performance Committee | Member |
| Research and Technology Coordinating Committee | Member | |
| Operational Effects of Geometrics | Member | |
| William Eisele | Access Management | Member |
| Urban Freight Transportation | Member | |
| Jon Epps | General Issues in Asphalt Technology | Member |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Field versus Laboratory Volumetrics and Mechanical Properties | Member | |
| Cindy Estakhri | Pavement Maintenance | Member |
| Pavement Preservation | Member | |
| Suzie Edrington | Paratransit | Member |
| Taxi-Cab Subcommittee | Member | |
| Melisa Finley | Traffic Control Devices | Member |
| Subcommittee on Positive Protection in Work Zones | Secretary | |
| Kay Fitzpatrick | Operational Effects of Geometrics | Chair |
| Operations and Preservation Group | Member | |
| Section – Operations | Member | |
| 2012 Urban Street Symposium | Co-chair | |
| William Frawley | Access Management | Secretary |
| Transportation Planning for Small- and Medium-Sized Communities | Member | |
| Thomas Freeman | Pavement Preservation | Member |
| Tina Geiselbrecht | Environmental Justice in Transportation | Member |
| Subcommittee on Pricing Outreach | Member | |
| Ginger Goodin | Managed Lanes | Chair |
| Section – Operations | Member | |
| Ed Hard | Transportation and Land Development | Member |
| Travel Survey Methods | Member | |
| H. Gene Hawkins | Tort Liability and Risk Management | Member |
| Traffic Control Devices | Member | |
| Russell Henk | Task Force on Emergency Evacuation | Secretary |
| Meredith Highsmith | TCRP J-06 Project Panel – Standardizing Data for Mobility Management | Member |
| Vichika Iragavarapu | Operational Effects of Geometrics | Young Member |
| Visibility | Young Member | |
| Edgar Kraus | Utilities Committee | Member |
| Eminent Domain and Land Use | Member | |
| Jim Kruse | Inland Water Transportation | Member |
| Marine Environment | Chair | |
| Beverly Kuhn | Section – Users Performance | Chair |
| Safety and Systems Users Group | Member | |
| Freeway Operations Committee | Secretary | |
| Joint Subcommittee on Active Traffic Management | Chair | |
| Darrell Kuhn | NCHRP Project Panel on Intellectual Property Management Guide for State Departments of Transportation | Member |
| Ming-Han Li | Landscape and Environmental Design | Member |
| Tim Lomax | Special Task Force on Data for Decisions and Performance Measures | Member |
| Dominique Lord | Highway Safety Performance | Member |
| Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation | Member | |
| Statistical Methods | Member | |
| Rong Luo | Geosynthetics | Member |
| Modeling for the Design, Construction, and Management of Geosystems | Member | |
| Bob Lytton | Engineering Behavior of Unsaturated Soils | Emeritus Member |
| Amy Epps Martin | Characteristics of Asphalt Paving Mixtures to Meet Structural Requirements | Member |
| Characteristics of Asphalt-Aggregate Combinations to Meet Surface Requirements | Member | |
| Dan Middleton | Highway Traffic Monitoring | Member |
| Curtis Morgan | Commuter Rail Transportation | Member |
| Intercity Passenger Rail | Member | |
| Anol Mukhopadhyay | Durability of Concrete | Member |
| Task Force on Nanotechnology-Based Concrete Materials | Member | |
| David Newcomb | Flexible Pavement Design | Member |
| General Issues in Asphalt Technology | Member | |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Development of a Precision Statement for the Density of Superpave HMA Specimens Compacted to TP4-00 | Liaison Representative | |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Methodologies for Evaluating Pavement Strategies and Barriers for Noise Mitigation | Member | |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Mix Design Practices for Warm Mix Asphalt Technologies | Liaison Representative | |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Performance-Related Specifications for Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction | Member | |
| NCHRP Project Panel on Rutting Performance Models for HMA Mix and Structural Design | Member | |
| Pavement Preservation | Member | |
| John Overman | TCRP Project Panel on Update to TCRP Report 38, Evaluating Fuel Choices for Transit Bus Operations | Member |
| Adam Pike | Signing and Marking Materials | Young Member |
| Christopher Poe | Operational Effects of Geometrics | Member |
| Freeway Operations | Member | |
| Annie Protopapas | Agricultural Transportation | Member |
| Highway/Rail Grade Crossings | Member | |
| Inland Water Transportation | Member | |
| Freight Transportation Economics and Regulation | Member | |
| Jolanda Prozzi | Low Volume Roads | Research Coordinator |
| Cesar Quiroga | Geographic Information Science and Applications | Co-chair |
| Section – Data and Information Systems | Member | |
| SHRP 2 Technical Expert Task Group on Innovations in Technologies to Support the Storage, Retrieval, and Utilization of 3-D Utility Location Data (Project R01-A) | Member | |
| Utilities | Secretary | |
| Luca Quadrifoglio | Paratransit | Member |
| Tara Lakshmi Ramani | Performance Measurement | Young Member |
| Herbert Richardson | Committee on National Research Frameworks: Application to Transportation | Member |
| Steve Roop | Intermodal Freight Transport | Member |
| Maryam Sakhaeifar | Sealants and Fillers for Joints and Cracks | Member |
| David Schrank | Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems | Member |
| Tom Scullion | Pavement Rehabilitation | Member |
| Ipek Nese Sener | Effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Travel Choices | Young Member |
| Travel Behavior and Values | Young Member | |
| Transportation and Health Subcommittee | Member | |
| Edward Seymour | Conduct of Research | Member |
| Subcommittee on Transportation and Health | Member | |
| Sushant Sharma | Planning and Environment – Travel Analysis Section | Young Member |
| User Information Systems Committee | Young Member | |
| Network Modeling Committee | Member | |
| Roger Smith | Committee on Pavement Preservation | Chair |
| Committee on Pavement Maintenance | Emeritus Member | |
| Committee on Pavement Monitoring and Evaluation | Emeritus Member | |
| Committee on Pavement Management Systems | Member | |
| Subcommittee on International Conference | Chair | |
| William Stockton | Revenue and Finance | Member |
| Beverly Storey | Landscape and Environmental Design | Member |
| Roadside Maintenance Operations | Member | |
| Task Force on Context Sensitive Design/Solutions | Member | |
| Gary Thomas | Task Force on Highway Safety Workforce Development | Member |
| Transportation Education and Training | Member | |
| Melissa Tooley | Transportation Education and Training | Member |
| Katherine Turnbull | Technical Activities Council | Chair |
| Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review | Member | |
| TCRP Project Panel on Transit – Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) | Member | |
| Transportation Needs of National Parks and Public Lands | Member | |
| Patricia Turner | Motorcycles and Mopeds | Member |
| Shawn Turner | Pedestrians | Chair |
| Section – Pedestrians and Cycles | Member | |
| Gerald Ullman | Work Zone Traffic Control | Chair |
| Section – Operations | Member | |
| Sharada Vadali | Social and Economic Factors of Transportation | Member |
| Transportation and Economic Development | Member | |
| International Conference on Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee | Co-Chair | |
| Juan Carlos Villa | International Trade and Transportation – Border Subcommittee | Chair |
| Freight Transportation Data | Member | |
| Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics | Member | |
| International Conference on Transportation and Economic Development Subcommittee | Member | |
| Montie Wade | Native American Transportation Issues | Member |
| Statewide Multimodal Transportation Planning | Member | |
| Transportation Planning Applications | Emeritus Member | |
| Transportation Planning for Small- and Medium- Sized Communities | Emeritus Member | |
| Bruce Xiubin Wang | Freight Systems Group | Member |
| Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics | Co-chair | |
| Cynthia Weatherby | Strategic Management | Paper Coordinator |
| Andrew Wimsatt | Committee on Pavement Preservement | Member |
| Joe Zietsman | Performance Measurement | Secretary |
| Section – Social, Economic, and Cultural Issues | Member | |
| Transportation and Air Quality | Member | |
| Transportation and Sustainability | Chair | |
| Dan Zollinger | Affiliated Individual |
TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Other Organizations
Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology
| Roger Smith | Civil Engineering Technology Program | Evaluator |
Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
| Amy Epps Martin | Board of Directors | Director-at-Large |
| David Newcomb | Past President |
American Concrete Institute
| Joseph Bracci | Fellow | |
| Mary Beth Hueste | Joints and Connections in Monolithic Concrete Structures Committee | Fellow |
| Performance-Based Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings | Voting Member | |
| Anol Mukhopadhyay | Aggregate Committee | Voting Member |
| Material Science Committee | Voting Member |
American Road and Transportation Builders Association
| Melissa Tooley | Women Leaders in Transportation Design and Construction Council | Chair |
American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM)
| Paul Carlson | E12.10 Color and Appearance | Member |
| C04.38 Road and Paving Materials | Member | |
| - Task Group 07 Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity | Chair | |
| - Task Group 09 Specification for Performance Based Traffic Sign Criteria | Chair | |
| D01.44 Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications | Member | |
| Anol Mukhopadhyay | Supplementary Cementitious Materials | Member |
| Risk Management for Alkali Aggregate Reactions | Member | |
| Petrography | Member | |
| Chemical Reactions | Member | |
| Special Cements | Member |
American Society of Civil Engineers
| Kunhee Choi | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management – Cost and Schedule Section | Assistant Specialty Editor |
| Cesar Quiroga | Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data | Member |
American Traffic Safety Services Association
| Roger Bligh | Guardrail Committee | Member |
| Lance Bullard | Guardrail Committee | Member |
Brazos Valley Institute of Transportation Engineers
| Kay Fitzpatrick | Secretary/Treasurer | |
| Beverly Storey | President | |
| LuAnn Theiss | Section Rep |
City of Austin
| Meredith Highsmith | Austin Urban Transportation Commission | Member |
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
| Mary Beth Hueste | Ad Hoc Committee on Seismic Safety of Schools | Member |
Eno Foundation
| Melissa Tooley | Board of Regents | Member |
Federal Highway Administration
| Jon Epps | Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Expert Task Group | Member |
| Warm Mix Asphalt Technical Working Group | Member | |
| Sustainable Pavements Technical Working Group | Member | |
| Amy Epps Martin | Emulsion Task force of the Pavement Preservation Expert Task Group | Member |
| David Newcomb | Expert Task Group on Asphalt Mixtures | Member |
| Expert Task Group on Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement | Member | |
| Technological Working Group on Warm Mix Asphalt | Member | |
| Roger Smith | Next Generation Pavement Performance Measure Technical Working Group | Member |
| Anol Mukhopadhyay | Technical Working Group on ASR Development and Deployment Program | Member |
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
| Bill Eisele | Freight Mobility Council | Technical Projects Chair |
| Kay Fitzpatrick | Committee on Marking Patterns Used at Pedestrian Crossings | Chair |
| Beverly Kuhn | Coordinating Council | Vice Chair |
| Standing Committee on Recommended Practices | Chair | |
| Ed Seymour | ITS Professional Capacity Building Technical Advisory Group | Member |
| Robert Wunderlich | Immediate Past President |
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
| Jean-Louis Briaud | Past President |
Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA)
| Robert Brydia | State Chapters Council | Member |
| Dennis Christiansen | Board of Directors | Member |
| Chris Poe | Connected Vehicle Task Force | Vice Chair |
| Policy and Business Council | Member | |
| Ed Seymour | International Relations Subcommittee | Member |
| World Congress International Program Committee 2012 | Member |
ITS Texas
| Robert Brydia | Board of Directors | Past President |
| Scholarship Committee | Chair | |
| Awards Committee | Chair | |
| Tony Voigt | Board of Directors | Member |
Mexico City Round Table
| Juan Villa | Past President |
National Asphalt Pavement Association
| David Newcomb | Board of Directors | Member |
| National Asphalt Roadmap Working Group | Member |
National Committee on Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD)
| Paul Carlson | Board – Research | Vice-Chair |
| ITE Delegation | Member | |
| Regulatory & Warning Sign Technical Committee | Member | |
| Gene Hawkins | Board – Programs | Vice-Chair |
| ITE Delegation | Member | |
| Markings Technical Committee | Member | |
| Jerry Ullman | Temporary Traffic Control Technical Committee | Member |
National Safety Council Texas Teen Driving Safety Coalition
| Russell Henk | Youth Outreach Committee | Chair |
System Employees Benefits Advisory Committee
| Wally Simpson | Chairperson |
Task Force 13 AASHTO/ARTBA/AGC
| Roger Bligh | Bridge Rail & Transitions Subcommittee | Co-Chair |
| Lance Bullard | Laboratory Accreditation Subcommittee | Co-Chair |
Texas Campus Safety Association
| Holly Crenshaw | President |
TexITE
| Melissa Finley | Board of Directors | President-Elect |
Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) International
| Cynthia Weatherby | International Board of Directors | Member |
World Road Association
| Rafael Aldrete | Committee on Road Financing | Member |
Young Professionals in Transportation
| Jonathan Brooks | Young Professionals in Transportation – Houston | Acting Deputy Chair |
| Megan Kenney | Young Professionals in Transportation – Houston | Deputy Vice Chair for Finance |
| Phil Lasley | Young Professionals in Transportation – Houston | Acting Vice Chair for Administration |
| Nick Norboge | Young Professionals in Transportation – Houston | Acting Chair |
| Lauren Othold | Young Professionals in Transportation – Houston | Acting Vice Chair for Communications |
| Nick Wood | Young Professionals in Transportation – Austin | Acting Deputy Chair |
