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Dominique Lord, Ph.D.

Dominique Lord, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Crash Analysis Group - CE/TTI, Room 301A
Texas Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 458-3949
d-lord@ttimail.tamu.edu

Short Biography

Dr. Lord has been an Associate Research Scientist with the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) since October 2001. Dr. Lord holds a B.Eng. (1992) in Civil Engineering from McGill University, and an M.A.Sc. (1994) and Ph.D. (2000) from the University of Toronto. Prior to joining TTI, Dr. Lord was a research associate with Ryerson University in Canada.

Over the last ten years, Dr. Lord has participated in numerous traffic safety studies as researcher and consultant in Canada. He has led studies on the development of safety performance functions, pedestrian safety, the application of traffic conflicts at signalized intersections and the investigation of safety issues for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technology. Recently, he had the opportunity to participate in an award-winning research study on the application the Empirical Bayes (EB) methods to estimate the safety benefits of installing roundabouts at intersections. He also participated in an important study on the evaluation of the Manitoba Driver Education Program for high school students. In 2000, Dr. Lord lead a traffic safety study in Burkina Faso, Western Africa, that incorporated the application of the latest state-of-the-art safety methods to identify hazardous roadway segments located in rural areas. He led a seminal study on the safety and operational improvements resulting from right turn on red on the behalf of the Quebec Department of Transportation in 2001. The outcome of the study has been used to implement a new transportation policy in Quebec.

Dr. Lord has excellent knowledge of the latest statistical methods used for the modelling of crash data, the estimation of crash risk for individual drivers and highway segments, and the evaluation of treatments for the reduction of crashes on transportation networks. He also has a great understanding of other areas of traffic safety, such as the collection process of crash data, safety audits, human factors as principally applied towards pedestrians, and traffic flow theory. He has published refereed papers in numerous journals and international conferences.

Dr. Lord primary fields of interest are conducting fundamental research on accident analysis methodology, statistical modeling of crash data and evaluation techniques. He is currently working as a researcher on studies related to in-service evaluation of roadside safety features, median barrier guidelines and rollover crashes sponsored by organizations such the Texas Department of Transportation and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Dr. Lord, who is the recipient of the Transportation Research Board D. Grant Mickle, the 2000 Canadian Association of Road Safety Professional Best Paper Award and the TRB A3B05 2003 Young Research Award, is a registered Professional Engineer in both the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Professional Interests

Traffic safety

Human factors

Statistics

Transportation safety

Highway safety

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 2000.

M.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 1994.

B.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, McGill University, 1992.

Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas Transportation Institute, October 2004 - Present.

Examiner, Professional Engineers of Ontario, 2001 - Present.

Consultant, Canada and International, 1995 - Present.

Transportation Research Board Reviewer, Committees on Pedestrians, Statistics and Safety Analysis, 1994 - Present.

Assistant Visiting Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A & M University, 2001.

Associate Research Scientist, Crash Analysis and Modeling Group, Texas Transportation Institute, October 2001 - October 2004.

Lecturer, Ryerson University, 2001.

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Ryerson University, 2000 - 2001.

Research Assistant, University of Toronto, 1992 - 2000.

Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, 1995 - 1999.

Research Assistant, Ecole Polytechnique(Center for Research on Transportation), University of Montreal, 1994 - 1995.

Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, 1992 - 1994.

Traffic Engineer, CIty of Cóte St. Luc, 1992.

Editor, The Pedestal, Student Section for the Bi-monthly CSCE Newsletter, 1990 - 1992.

Consulting

Dominique Lord Consulting, Traffic Safety and Transportation Engineering.

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer in Quebec, Registration No. 109575, 1995.

Registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Registration No. 100052049, 2001.

Affiliations

Member, Association quebecoise du transport et des routes, Provincial.

Member, Association quebecoise du transport et des routes, Transportation Safety Committee, 1991 - 1992.

Member, Association quebecoise du transport et des routes, Traffic Engineering Committee, 1991 - 1992.

Friend, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Statistical Methodology and Statistical Computer Software in Transportation (A5011).

Friend, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Pedestrian (A3B04).

Friend, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation (A3B05).

Member, The Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals, National.

Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), International and Brazos County.

Honors/Awards

D. Grant Mickle Award, Transportation Research Board (TRB), 2002.

Committee A3A08 Best Paper Award, Transportation Research Board (TRB), 2002.

2000 Best Student Paper Competition, CTRF, 2000.

Research Assistantship, University of Toronto/Ryerson University, 2000.

Open Fellowship, University of Toronto, 1999.

2nd Prize Best Student Presentation, CITE, 1996.

Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Transportation, CTRF, 1994.

2nd Prize Student Research Paper Competition, CTRF, 1992.

Allen Cook Prize in Transportation, McGill University, 1992.

David Adrian Selby Award, CSCE, 1992.

Academic Courses Taught

Transportation Engineering. Ryerson University, 2001.

Product Safety Engineering. Texas A & M University.

Selected Publications

J.A. Bonneson, K. Fitzpatrick, D. Lord, K.H. Zimmerman. Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process: Summary Report. PSR. 0-4703-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. October 2009.

D. Lord, I.V. Schalkwyk, S.T. Chrysler, L. Staplin. A Strategy to Reduce Older Driver Injuries at Intersections Using More Accommodating Roundabout Design Practices. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2007, pp. 427-432.

J.A. Bonneson, D. Lord, K.H. Zimmerman, K. Fitzpatrick, M.P. Pratt. Development of Tools for Evaluating the Safety Implications of Highway Design Decisions. Technical Report. 0-4703-4. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2007.

D.R. Middleton, S.P. Venglar, C.A. Quiroga, D. Lord, D.L. Jasek. Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicles: Final Report. Technical Report. 0-4663-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2006.

C.R. Stevens, D. Lord. Evaluating the Safety Effects of Daylight Savings Time on Fatal and Non-Fatal Injury Crashes in Texas. TRB 85th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers, 06-1848. Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. 2006.

K. Fitzpatrick, S.M. Turner, M.A. Brewer, P.J. Carlson, N. Lalani, B.R. Ullman, N.D. Trout, E. Park, D. Lord, J.A. Whitacre. Improving Pedestrian Safety at Unsignalized Crossings. NCHRP Report. 562. Transportation Research Board. 2006.

D.R. Middleton, S.P. Venglar, C.A. Quiroga, D. Lord. Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicles: Truck Facility Guidebook. Product. 0-4663-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. October 2006.

R.P. Bligh, S. Miaou, D. Lord, S.A. Cooner. Median Barrier Guidelines for Texas. Technical Report. 0-4254-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. August 2006.

I. van Schalkwyk, R.P. Bligh, D.C. Alberson, D. Lance Bullard, Jr., D. Lord, S. Miaou. An Overview of the Development of a TxDOT In-Service Performance Evaluation Process for Roadside Safety Features. PSR. 0-4366-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. August 2006.

D.R. Middleton, S.P. Venglar, C.A. Quiroga, D. Lord. Strategies for Separating Trucks from Passenger Vehicle Traffic. PSR. 0-4663-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. August 2005.

J.A. Bonneson, D. Lord. Role and Application of Accident Modification Factors in the Highway Design Process. Technical Report. 0-4703-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. May 2005.

A.S. Cothron, S.E. Ranft, C.H. Walters, D.W. Fenno, D. Lord. Crash Data Identify Safety Issues for High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes in Selected Texas Corridors. PSR. 0-4434-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. March 2005.

J.A. Bonneson, K. Fitzpatrick, M.D. Wooldridge, D. Lord. A Plan for Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process. Project Status Report. 0-4703-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. January 2005.

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