Michael Alexander Yager

Yager, Michael

Associate Transportation Researcher

Multimodal Freight - Gilchrist, Room 349
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
ph. (979) 845-0986 Ext. 50986
m-yager@ttimail.tamu.edu

Short Biography

Michael Yager is an assistant transportation researcher with the Multimodal Freight Transportation Program of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Yager holds a master's degree in industrial and systems engineering and a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, both from Texas A&M University. Yager is registered as an engineer-in-training in Texas (EIT No. 45472).

Since joining TTI, Yager has been extensively involved with the design and development of the Freight Shuttle System, a transformational new mode of freight transportation. He is currently the principal investigator on a project developing the concept for an automated cross-border segment of the Freight Shuttle System.

Education

  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2009.
  • M.Eng., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2009.

Experience

  • Associate Transportation Researcher, Multimodal Freight, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, September 2011 - Present.
  • Assistant Transportation Researcher, Multimodal Freight Transportation, Texas Transportation Institute, April 2010 - August 2011.

Professional Registration

Engineer-in-Training in Texas, Registration No. 45472, 2011.

Certfied Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Registration No. 1576040, 2013.