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John Michael Mounce, Ph.D., P.E.

John Michael Mounce, Ph.D., P.E.

Center Director
Center for Transportation Safety - Gilchrist, Room 325
Texas Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 458-3346
j-mounce@tamu.edu

Short Biography

Dr. Mounce is currently Director and Senior Research Engineer for the Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) of the Texas A&M University System, where he supervises and conducts transportation safety research. He has over 35 years experience as an engineer, researcher, and educator focusing on highway design, operations, safety and human factors. He received his B.S., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. He has conducted sponsored research for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and U.S. Department of Transportation. He is a registered professional engineer in the States of Texas and Montana.

Dr. Mounce was previously with TTI from 1974 to 1993 serving in various capacities in four different divisions. From 1994 to 2002, he held the positions of Associate Professor with the Civil Engineering Department of Montana State University and Deputy Director of the Western Transportation Institute. While in Montana he developed and taught graduate courses in Safety Management, Human Factors, Advanced Traffic Management, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. He also developed for the Montana Department of Transportation seminar courses in Safety Management and Risk Management for Roadway Tort Liability. He was also Project Director for the Safe Passage project which was a five-year, $1.5 million dollar rural ITS evaluation project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration.

Since returning to TTI in 2002, Dr. Mounce has been Principal Investigator on projects sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation entitled Feasibility of Safety Improvement Index Methodology for Assessment of Safe Routes to School Projects, Pavement Surface Elevation Changes in Highway Construction Work Zones as Contributing Factor to Motorcycle Crashes, Validation of HES Accident Reduction Factors for Safety Improvement Index Calculation, and Assessment of Safety Engineering Countermeasures and Potential Impact on Crash Fatalities for Texas Roadways. Over his career, he has authored or co-authored approximately 100 published reports or papers and taught a dozen different undergraduate and graduate college courses. In the past, he has been a lead instructor for FHWA sponsored nationally taught courses on barriers, roadside safety, and safety design and operational practices for streets and highways. He has been a lead instructor for courses taught statewide by the Texas Engineering Extension Service on safety design, work zone safety, risk management, and traffic operations.

Professional Interests

Transportation Design & Operation

Highway Construction & Maintenace

Traffic Safety & Human Factors

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1980.

M.Eng., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1975.

B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1972.

Experience

Center Director, Center for Transportation Safety, Texas Transportation Institute, November 2003 - Present.

Senior Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, September 2002 - November 2003.

Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, January 1991 - August 2002.

Senior Research Engineer, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Montana, 1998 - 2001.

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Montana State University, Montana, 1996 - 2001.

Assistant Director, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Montana, 1995 - 1998.

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Montana State University, Montana, 1994 - 1996.

Associate Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1984 - January 1991.

Assistant Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1978 - August 1984.

Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, 1976 - 1980.

Engineering Research Associate, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1975 - August 1978.

Student Technician, Texas Transportation Institute, February 1970 - August 1975.

Senior Engineering Assistant, Texas Highway Department, 1972 - 1974.

Research Technician, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, 1971 - 1972.

Consulting

JM Engineering Consultants, College Station, Texas.

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

Registered Professional Engineer in Montana.

Affiliations

Member, National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE).

Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).

Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB).

Honors/Awards

Federal Highway Administration Safety Fellowship, Federal Highway Administration, 1975.

Best Technical Presentation, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 1995.

Academic Courses Taught

Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods. Montana State University.

Highway Technology. Montana State University.

Human Factors in Transportation. Montana State University.

Intelligent Transportation Systems. Montana State University.

Rural Transportation. Montana State University.

Safety Management. Montana State University.

Traffic Engineering. Texas A & M University.

Transportation Engineering. Texas A & M University.

Transportation Planning. Montana State University.

Short Courses Developed

Basic Traffic Engineering. Texas Engineering Extension, Texas Department of Transportation. TX.

Selected Publications

J.M. Mounce, G.L. Ullman, G. Pesti, V.J. Pezoldt. Guidelines for the Evaluation of Dynamic Message Sign Performance. Research Report. 0-4772-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2007.

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