Steven P. Venglar, P.E.

Venglar, Steven

Research Engineer

Research and Implementation - San Antonio
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3500 NW Loop 410, Suite 315
San Antonio, TX 78229
ph. (210) 731-9938 Ext. 17108 · fax (210) 731-8904
s-venglar@tamu.edu

Short Biography

Mr. Steven Venglar is a Research Engineer with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) San Antonio Research and Implementation Office. His primary role is to provide traffic operations research extension and technical support to state and local agencies in south Texas, and his primary responsibilities are in the areas of traffic operations modeling, analysis and evaluation. In recent years, he has served as a project leader on research in the areas of freeway ramp operations and safety, advanced warning of signals on vertical curves and managed lanes traffic operations (including truck lane restrictions). In performance of myriad traffic engineering research and transportation modeling studies, Mr. Venglar has developed a broad experience base using traffic analysis (PASSER, Synchro, HCS) and transportation modeling (CORSIM, VISSIM, TransModeler) tools.

Mr. Venglar's career experience includes leadership roles in efforts to develop improved methods for railroad preemption of traffic signals, evaluating the system-wide impacts of transportation infrastructure improvements, improving hurricane evacuation practices, providing improved arterial corridor and diamond interchange operation with near real-time control, and evaluating transportation simulation models. He has also participated in TTI's effort to develop Intelligent Transportation System Strategic Plan for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). His professional development activities include developing and teaching courses on traffic signal preemption, signal optimization and transportation simulation modeling, and he taught a National Highway Institute course on computerized traffic signal systems. He has also developed materials for a National Highway Institute course on signalized intersections and contributed to the update of a federal guide on signal intersections. Mr. Venglar is a local member of the South Texas Section (Texas District) of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and has served in several local leadership positions within the Texas District of ITE. He is involved in national ITE committees in several traffic engineering areas.

Education

  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1994.
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1991.

Experience

  • Research Engineer, Research and Implementation - San Antonio, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, June 2008 - Present.
  • Program Manager, Research and Implementation - San Antonio, Texas Transportation Institute, June 2004 - August 2009.
  • Associate Research Engineer, Research and Implementation - San Antonio, Texas Transportation Institute, October 2003 - May 2008.
  • Associate Research Engineer, Austin Office, Texas Transportation Institute, September 2002 - September 2003.
  • Assistant Research Engineer, Austin Office, Texas Transportation Institute, February 2002 - August 2002.
  • Assistant Research Engineer, Research and Implementation - San Antonio, Texas Transportation Institute, August 1998 - January 2002.
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Research and Implementation - San Antonio, Texas Transportation Institute, January 1994 - July 1998.
  • Graduate Assistant Research, Design and Operations, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1992 - December 1993.
  • Graduate Student Worker, Design and Operations, Texas Transportation Institute, July 1992 - August 1992.
  • Student Technician, System Monitoring Program, Texas Transportation Institute, September 1989 - April 1991.

Professional Registration

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, Registration No. 84027.

Affiliations

  • Member, South Texas Section, Texas District, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)..
  • Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB).

Selected Publications

A. Weissmann, J. Weissmann, J.L. Kunisetty, J.E. Warner, A.A. Protopapas, E. Park, S.P. Venglar, S. Sunkari. Integrated Prioritization Method for Active and Passive Highway-Rail Crossings. 0-6642-1. University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. January 2013.

J. Weissmann, A. Weissmann, J.L. Kunisetty, J.E. Warner, A.A. Protopapa, E. Park, S.P. Venglar, S.R. Sunkari. Developing Warrants for Active Warning Devices at Low-Volume Highway-Rail Grade Crossings. 0-6642-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2012.

S. Anderson, C.P. Beaty, L. Ding, D.R. Ellis, J.A. Epps, C.K. Estakhri, B.A. Glover, M.L. Hoelscher, N.D. Norboge, R. Rajbhandari, T.L. Ramani, T. Scullion, J.A. Shelton, C. Shon, W.R. Stockton, S.R. Vadali, S.P. Venglar, J. Zietsman. TxDOT Administration Research: Tasks Completed FY2011. 0-6581-TI-3. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. April 2012.

M.A. Brewer, S.P. Venglar, L. Ding, K. Fitzpatrick, B. Park. Super 2 Design for Higher Traffic Volumes. PSR. 0-6135-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2011.

R.H. Henk, P. Songchitruksa, S.P. Venglar, S.S. Samant, G. Lim. Prototype Design for a Predictive Model to Improve Evacuation Operations. 0-6121-S. Texas Transportation Institute, Arlington, TX. 2011.

R.H. Henk, P. Songchitruksa, S.P. Venglar, G. Lim. Prototype Decision-Making Software (web-based). 0-6121-P1. Texas Transportation Institute, Arlington, TX. November 2011.

R.H. Henk, P. Songchitruksa, S.P. Venglar, G. Lim. Prototype Design for a Predictive Model to Improve Evacuation Operations: Technical Report. 0-6121-1. Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX. August 2011.

M.A. Brewer, S.P. Venglar, L. Ding, K. Fitzpatrick, B. Park. Operations and Safety of Super 2 Corridors with Higher Volumes. 0-6135-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. June 2011.

R.T. Baker, L. Ding, J. Epps, C.K. Estakhri, G. Fry, T.S. Geiselbrecht, V.D. Goodin, J.G. Hudson, T.J. Lomax, C.A. Morgan, J.P. Orsak, D.L. Schrank, T. Scullion, W.R. Stockton, S.P. Venglar, J.C. Villa, B.A. Wood, D.M. Winterich, R.E. Lee, J. Zietsman. TxDOT Administration Research: Tasks Completed FY2010. 0-6581-TI-2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2011.

S.P. Venglar, R.J. Porter, K.O. Obeng-Boampong, s. Kuchangi. Establishing Advisory Speeds on Non Direct-Connect Ramps: Technical Report. 0-6035-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. February 2009.