Dominique Lord, Ph.D.

Lord, Dominique

Associate Professor

Crash Analysis Group - CE/TTI, Room 301A
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 458-3949 Ext. 83949
d-lord@ttimail.tamu.edu

Short Biography

Dr. Lord has been an Associate Research Scientist with the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M 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.

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

  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, September 2010 - 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.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas Transportation Institute, October 2004 - August 2010.
  • 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

D. Lord, M.A. Brewer, K. Fitzpatrick, S.R. Geedipally, Y. Peng. Analysis of Roadway Departure Crashes on Two-Lane Rural Roads in Texas. 0-6031-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2011.

D. Lord, M.A. Brewer, K. Fitzpatrick, S.R. Geedipally, Y. Peng. Analysis of Roadway Departure Crashes on Two-Lane Rural Roads in Texas. 0-6031-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. December 2011.

J.A. Bonneson, S.R. Geedipally, M.P. Pratt, D. Lord. Safety Prediction Methodology and Analysis Tool for Freeways and Intersections. 476440-1. October 2011.

C.E. Buth, M.S. Brackin, L.S. Chatham, D.L. Bullard, R.R. Haug, W.F. Williams, G. Fry, D. Lord, S.R. Geedipally, A. Abu-Odeh, W.L. Menges. Guidelines for Designing Bridge Piers and Abutments for Vehicle Collisions. 9-4973-P2. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. April 2011.

W.L. Eisele, C.E. Yager, M.A. Brewer, W.E. Frawley, E. Park, D. Lord, J.A. Robertson, P. Kuo. Safety and Economic Impacts of Converting Two-Way Frontage Roads to One-Way: Methodology and Findings. 0-5856-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. January 2011.

W.L. Eisele, C.E. Yager, M.A. Brewer, W.E. Frawley, E. Park, D. Lord, J.A. Robertson, P. Kuo. Safety and Economic Impacts of Converting Two-Way Frontage Roads to One-Way. 0-5856-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2010.

C.E. Buth, M.S. Brackin, W.F. Williams, G. Fry, D. Lord, S.R. Geedipally, A. Abu-Odeh. Guidelines for Designing Bridge Piers and Abutments for Vehicle Collisions. 9-4973-S. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. 2010.

C.E. Buth, W.F. Williams, M.S. Brackin, D. Lord, S.R. Geedipally, A. Abu-Odeh. Analysis of Large Truck Collisions with Bridge Piers: Phase 1. Report of Guidelines for Designing Bridge Piers and Abutments for Vehicle Collisions. 9-4973-1. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, TX. May 2010.

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.