- Recent TTI Staff Awards
- TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Transportation Research Board
- TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Other Organizations
Recent TTI Staff Awards
Akram Abu-Odeh | Patent Award – Tension Guardrail Terminal | Texas A&M Technology Commercialization |
Best Paper Award | TRB 5th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design | |
Edith Arambula | 2018 Best Scientific Paper Award | Road Materials and Pavement Design an International Journal |
Dusty Arrington | Practice Ready Paper Award | TRB – Design and Construction Group |
Roger Bligh | Practice Ready Paper Award | TRB – Design and Construction Group |
Patent Award – Tension Guardrail Terminal | Texas A&M Technology Commercialization | |
Two Patent Awards – Guardrail Elements, Terminals | Texas A&M Technology Commercialization | |
Jean-Louis Briaud | Aytaliev Honorable Medal of Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society |
Distinguished Professor | Texas A&M University | |
Regents Fellow Service Award | TAMUS Board of Regents | |
Cross USA Lecture Award | Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers | |
Robert Brydia | Best ITS Project in Texas | TxDOT – Waco District |
Partner of Excellence Award | Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering – Texas A&M University | |
Lance Bullard, Jr. | Patent Award – Guardrail Elements | Texas A&M Technology Commercialization |
Patent Award – Tension Guardrail Terminal | Texas A&M Technology Commercialization | |
Patent Award – Surface Mount Wedge Barrier | Texas A&M Technology Commercialization | |
Dennis Christiansen | Theodore M. Matson Award | Institute of Transportation Engineers |
Sue Chrysler | 2017 TRB Best Paper Award | TRB – Traffic Control Devices Committee |
Bahar Dadashova | 2018 Best Paper Award | TRB Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation Committee |
Karen Dixon | 2018 Best Paper Award | TRB Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation Committee |
Patricia F. Waller Award | Transportation Research Board | |
David Ellis | Regents Fellow Service Award | TAMUS Board of Regents |
Jon Epps | Lifetime Achievement Award | Association of Modified Asphalt Producers |
Bob M. Gallaway Award | Texas Asphalt Pavement Association | |
Steinberg Award | American Road and Transportation Builders Association | |
Regents Fellow Service Award | TAMUS Board of Regents | |
2019 Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship | Transportation Research Board | |
Kay Fitzpatrick | Emeritus Member of TRB Operational Effects of Geometric Design | Transportation Research Board |
Ginger Goodin | Regents Fellow Service Award | TAMUS Board of Regents |
Charles Gurganus | Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Graduate Fellowship | United States Department of Transportation |
Best Poster | TRB AFD90 Poster Session | |
Gene Hawkins | John “Jake” Landen Memorial Highway Safety Award | American Road & Transportation Builders Association |
TRB Outstanding Paper Award | TRB Committee on Traffic Control Devices | |
Stefan Hurlebaus | Patent Award – Traffic Signal Supporting Structures and Methods | Texas A&M Technology Commercialization |
Jinuk Hwang | 2019 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 25th Anniversary Scholarship | American Public Transportation Foundation |
2019 Jesus H. Hinojosa Endowed Scholarship in Urban Planning | Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning – Texas A&M University | |
2018 Best Paper Award | TRB Paratransit Committee | |
Beverly Kuhn | Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award | Institute of Transportation Engineers |
Dallas Little | Saudi-Aramco Honorary Chair | King Faisal University |
Francis C. Turner Award | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
C.L. Monismith Lecture | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
Robert Lytton Meng Ling |
2017 Best Paper | Materials and Structures |
I-35 Central Texas Team | WASHTO Award | Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
Journey Toward Excellence Award | Texas Department of Transportation | |
Eun Sug Park | Fellow | American Statistical Association (ASA) |
2018 Best Paper Award | TRB Paratransit Committee | |
Tom Scullion | Researcher Award of Excellence | Texas Department of Transportation |
Cliff Spiegelman | Don Owen Award | San Antonio Chapter of American Statistical Association |
Shuman Tan | 2018 Best Paper Award | TRB Paratransit Committee |
Melissa Tooley | Ethel S. Birchland Award | The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) |
Katie Turnbull | W. N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award | Transportation Research Board |
Regents Fellow Service Award | TAMUS Board of Regents | |
Lubinda Walubita | Mwape Peer Leadership Award | Recognition of Pivotal Accomplishments by Zambians |
ASCE Green Engineering Most Innovative Award | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
Brian Wilson | Fellowship Award | American Society for Non-Destructive Testing |
Lingtao Wu | TRB Young Researcher Paper Award | TRB – Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation Committee |
Robert Wunderlich | Public Service Award | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
Burton W. Marsh Award | Institute of Transportation Engineers | |
Fujie Zhou Tom Scullion Sheng Hu |
Walter J. Emmons Award | Association of Asphalt Paving Technologies |
Joe Zietsman | Highest Scoring Abstract — Research Category | 3rd International Conference on Health and Transportation |
TranStar and Texas A&M Transportation Institute | ITS Texas Award | Intelligent Transportation Society of Texas |
TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Transportation Research Board
Edith Arambula | Standing Committee on Aggregates | Member |
Standing Committee on Surface Requirements of Asphalt Mixtures | Member | |
NCHRP Project Panel on Practice and Performance of Cold In-Place Recycling and Cold Central Plant Recycling | Member | |
Tim Barrette | Standing Committee on Traffic Law Enforcement | Member |
David Bierling | Marine Environment | Member |
Transportation of Hazardous Materials | Member, Secretary | |
Roger Bligh | Roadside Safety Design | Chair |
Design | Member | |
General Structures | Member | |
Marcus Brewer | Geometric Design | Member, Research Coordinator |
Managed Lanes Committee | Member | |
Lance Bullard | NCHRP Project Panel on Criteria for Restoration of Longitudinal Barriers: Phase II | Member |
NCHRP Project Panel on Development of a Collaborative Approach for Multi-State In-Service Evaluations of Roadside Safety Hardware | Member | |
Mark Burris | TCRP Project Panel on Guidance for Quantifying the Return on Investment of Transit State of Good Repair Investments | Member |
Dennis Christiansen | Managed Lanes | Emeritus Member |
Sue Chrysler | User Information Systems | Member |
NCHRP Project Panel on Expansion of Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems, Second Edition | Member | |
Safety and Systems User Group | Member | |
Users Performance Section | Chair | |
Bahar Dadashova | Bicycle Research Subcommittee, Standing Committee on Bicycles | Co-Chair |
Bicycle Transportation | Member | |
Anik Das | Standing Committee on Road Weather | Member |
Subasish Das | Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications | Member |
Library and Information Science for Transportation | Member | |
Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Transporation | Member | |
Data-Driven Safety Analysis (DDSA) Sub-committee | Member | |
NCHRP 23-03: Targeted Guidance and Information Support to State DOT CEOs on Cybersecurity Issues and Protection Strategies | Panel Member | |
NCHRP 08-120: Initiating the Systems Engineering Process for Rural Connected Vehicle Corridors | Panel Member | |
Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board | Handling Editor | |
Karen Dixon | Highway Safety Performance Committee | Chair |
Standing Committee on Safety Performance and Analysis | Co-Chair | |
Operational Effects of Geometrics | Member | |
Safety | Member | |
William Eisele | Urban Freight Transportation | Chair |
Freight Systems Group | Chair | |
Amy Epps Martin | Structural Requirements of Asphalt Mixtures | Member |
Asphalt Binders | Member | |
Jon Epps | Critical Issues and Emerging Technologies in Asphalt | Emeritus Member |
Emmanuel Fernando | Pavement Surface Properties and Vehicle Interaction | Member |
Melisa Finley | Work Zone Traffic Control | Member, Communications Coordinator |
Standing Committee on Traffic Control Devices | Chair | |
Traffic Control Device Challenge | Co-Chair | |
Joint Subcommittee on Vehicle Intrusion Mitigation in Work Zones | Chair | |
Kay Fitzpatrick | Pedestrians | Member |
Operational Effects of Geometrics | Emeritus Member | |
William Frawley | Standing Committee on Transportation Planning Policy and Processes | Chair |
Transportation Planning for Small- and Medium-Sized Communities | Member | |
David Galicia | Standing Committee on Transit Capacity and Quality of Service | Member |
Brittney Gick | Women’s Issues in Transportation | Member |
Todd Hansen | Standing Committee on Accessible Transportation and Mobility | Co-Chair, Paper Review Coordinator |
Kristopher Harbin | Utilities | Member |
Landscape and Environmental Design | Member | |
Ed Hard | Travel Survey Methods | Member |
Stefen Hurlebaus | Testing and Evaluation of Transportation Structures | Member |
Gene Hawkins | Signing and Marking Materials | Member |
Stefan Hurlebaus | Testing and Evaluation of Transportation Structures | Member |
Nicole Katsikides | NCHRP Project Panel on Effective Performance Management for Transportation Agencies | Member |
Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics | Member | |
NCHRP Project Panel on Research Roadmap–Freight Transportation | Member | |
NCHRP Project Panel on Prioritization Procedure for Proposed Road-Rail Grade Separation Projects along Specific Rail Corridor | Member | |
James Kovar | Roadside Safety Design | Member |
Edgar Kraus | Eminent Domain and Land Use | Member, Research Coordinator |
Information Systems and Technology | Member, Research Coordinator | |
Jim Kruse | Marine Group | Chair |
Ports and Channels | Member | |
Technical Activities Council | Member | |
Beverly Kuhn | Standing Committee on Freeway Operations | Chair |
Research and Technology Coordinating Committee | Member | |
Phil Lasley | Transportation Issues in Major Cities | Member |
Kai-Wei Liu | Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board | Editorial Board |
Dominique Lord | Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation | Member |
Bob Lytton | Engineering Behavior of Unsaturated Geomaterials | Emeritus Member |
Michael Manser | Motorcycles and Mopeds | Member |
Vehicle User Characteristics | Member | |
Michael Martin | Transportation Needs of National Parks and Public Lands | Member |
Matt Miller | Technology Transfer | Member |
Mario Monsreal | Freight Transportation Data | Member |
Anol Mukhopadhyay | Concrete Materials and Placement Techniques | Member |
David Newcomb | NCHRP Project Panel on Performance-Related Specifications for Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction | Member |
John Overman | TCRP Project Panel on Update of TCRP Report 38, Evaluating Fuel Choices for Transit Bus Operations | Member |
Eun Sug Park | Statistical Methods | Member |
Terri Parker | Public Involvement in Transportation | Member |
Adam Pike | Signing and Marking Materials | Member |
Jolanda Prozzi | NCHRP Project Panel on Sustainable Transportation Systems and Sustainability as an Organizing Principle for Transportation Agencies | Member |
Standing Committee on Agriculture and Food Transportation | Chair | |
Cesar Quiroga | Section – Design | Member |
Utilities | Chair, Communications Coordinator | |
Tara Lakshmi Ramani | Transportation and Sustainability | Vice Chair |
Emira Rista | Truck and Bus Safety | Young Member |
Allan Rutter | Intermodal Freight Transport | Member |
Maryam Sakhaei Far | Sealants and Fillers for Joints and Cracks | Member |
David Salgado | Transportation in Developing Countries | Member |
David Schrank | Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems | Member |
Transportation Asset Management | Member | |
Tom Scullion | Stabilization of Geomaterials and Recycled Materials | Member |
Ipek Nese Sener | Committee on Transportation and Public Health | Chair |
Travel Behavior and Values | Member | |
Effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Travel Choices | Member, Paper Review Coordinator | |
Health and Transportation Subcommittee | Paper Review Coordinator, Research Coordinator | |
Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board | Editorial Board | |
Ed Seymour | TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility | Member |
Sushant Sharma | Standing Committee on Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics | Chair |
Transportation Network Modeling | Member, Communications Coordinator | |
Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board | Editorial Board | |
Shuman Tan | Paratransit | Member |
Alireza Talebpour | Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics | Member |
Ioannis Tsapakis | Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Monitoring | Chair, Research Coordinator |
Katherine Turnbull | Transportation Research Board Division Committee | Ex Officio Member |
TRB Executive Committee | Ex Officio Member Voting | |
Task Force on TRB Centennial | Member | |
Planning and Policy Review | Chair | |
Shawn Turner | Safety and Systems Users Group | Member |
Pedestrians and Cycles Section | Chair | |
Jerry Ullman | Maintenance and Operations Personnel | Member |
Suriyapriya Vallamsundar | Transportation and Air Quality | Member |
Juan Carlos Villa | Standing Committee on International Trade and Transportation | Chair |
Freight Systems Group | Member | |
Teng Wang | Highway/Rail Grade Crossings | Member |
Jeff Warner | Joint Subcommittee on on Railroad Trespass & Suicide Prevention | Chair |
Highway/Rail Grade Crossings | Member | |
Bryan Wilson | Asphalt Pavement Construction and Rehabilitation | Member, Communications Coordinator |
Greg Winfree | TRB Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility | Co-Chair |
Nicholas Wood | Transportation Planning Applications | Member |
Managed Lanes | Member, Research Coordinator | |
Robert Wunderlich | Transportation Safety Management | Member |
Yanzhi Xu | Transportation and Sustainability | Member |
Transportation and Air Quality | Member | |
Matthew Yarnold | General Structures | Member |
Steel Bridges | Member | |
Hong Yu | Standing Committee on Information and Knowledge Management | Member |
Yunlong Zhang | Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications | Member |
Dan Zollinger | Subsurface Drainage | Member |
Sealants and Filers for Joints and Cracks | Member |
TTI Staff in Leadership Positions – Other Organizations
American Concrete Institute
Anna Birely | Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation Committee (ACI 369) | Voting Member |
Disaster Reconnaissance Committee (ACI 133) | Voting Member | |
Joseph Bracci | Fellow | |
Mary Beth Hueste | Joints and Connections in Monolithic Concrete Structures Committee (ACI 352) | Chair |
Performance-Based Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings Committee (ACI 374) | Voting Member | |
Educational Activities Committee | Voting Member | |
Structural Concrete Building Code Subcommittee on Joints and Connections | Voting Member | |
Kai-Wei Liu | Aggregates Committee (ACI 221) | Voting Member |
Anol Mukhopadhyay | Aggregates Committee (ACI 221) | Chair |
Strategic Development Council | Executive Representative | |
Material Science of Concrete Committee (ACI 236) | Voting Member | |
Alternative Cements Committee (ACI 242) | Voting Member | |
Nuclear Structures-Materials Subcommittee (ACI 349-0A) | Voting Member | |
Nanotechnology (ACI 241-E) | Chair | |
Nanotechnology of Concrete Committee (ACI 241) | Voting Member | |
Durability of Concrete Committee (ACI 201) | Associate Member | |
Sustainability of Concrete Committee (ACI 130) | Associate Member | |
Fly Ash in Concrete Committee (ACI 232) | Associate Member |
American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
Melissa Tooley | Board of Directors | |
Women Leaders in Transportation Design and Construction Council | Member |
American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM)
David Bierling | ASTM Committee E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action | Member of Workgroup WK63356 |
Jon Epps | D04 Committee on Road and Paving Materials | Member |
Anol Mukhopadhyay | Supplementary Cementitious Materials | Voting Member |
Aggregate Reactions in Concrete | Voting Member | |
Petrography | Voting Member | |
Special Cements | Voting Member |
American Society of Civil Engineers
Jean-Louis Briaud | President | |
Distinguished Member | ||
Kunhee Choi | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management – Cost and Schedule Section | Assistant Specialty Editor |
Kristopher Harbin | Board of Governors – Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute | Younger Member |
Young Member Engagement Committee – Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute | Chair | |
Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data Committee – Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute | Member | |
Standard for Recording and Exchanging Utility Infrastructure Data Committee – Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute | Member | |
Board of Directors, Construction Division – Institute of Industrial and System Engineers | Member | |
Cesar Quiroga | Standard for Recording and Exchanging Utility Infrastructure Data Committee | Secretary |
Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data Standards Subcommittee | Member | |
Board of Governors – Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute | Member | |
Utility Engineering Committee | Member | |
Fellow |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Cesar Quiroga | Committee on Right of Way, Utilities and Outdoor Advertising Control | |
Technical Council on Utility Project Scoping and Coordination | Member | |
Technical Council on Utility Accommodation and Safety | Member | |
Technical Council on Utility Mapping, GIS, and Information Management | Member | |
Robert Wunderlich | Technical Committee on Geometric Design | Member |
Anol Mukhopadhyay | Subcommittee on Materials Technical Section 3c – Hardened Concrete Properties | Friend Member |
American Traffic Safety Services Association
Roger Bligh | Guardrail Committee | Member |
Lance Bullard, Jr. | Guardrail Committee | Member |
Melisa Finley | Temporary Traffic Control Committee | Member |
LuAnn Theiss | Temporary Traffic Control Committee | Member |
Jerry Ullman | Innovation Council | Member |
Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
Edith Arambula | Member and Associate Editor |
Amy Epps Martin | Member-at-Large, Board of Directors |
Jon Epps | Member |
David Newcomb | Past President |
Brazos Valley Institute of Transportation Engineers
Timothy Barrette | Vice President |
Marcus Brewer | Section Administrator |
Beverly Kuhn | Past President |
Chemometrics Society
Eun Sug Park | Editor of Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems (Journal) |
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
Ming-Han Li | Vice President |
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
Juan Villa | Americas Program, U.S.-Mexico Futures Initiative | Senior Associate (Non-resident) |
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Mary Beth Hueste | Ad Hoc Committee on Seismic Safety of Schools | Member |
Elsevier
Subasish Das | IATSS Research | Editor |
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives | Editorial Board Member |
Eno Foundation
Melissa Tooley | Board of Regents | Member |
Federal Highway Administration
Jon Epps | Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Expert Task Group | Member |
Warm Mix Asphalt Technical Working Group | Member | |
Sustainable Pavements Technical Working Group | Member | |
Amy Epps Martin | Emulsion Task force of the Pavement Preservation Expert Task Group | Member |
David Newcomb | Expert Task Group on Asphalt Mixtures | Member |
Expert Task Group on Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement | Member | |
Technological Working Group on Warm Mix Asphalt | Member | |
Anol Mukhopadhyay | Technical Working Group on ASR Development and Deployment Program | Member |
Federation of International Geo-Engineering Societies
Jean-Louis Briaud | President |
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)
Joe Zietsman | Technology and Policy Impacts Advisory Council | Member |
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Jason Crawford | Board of Directors – Texas District | Director |
Coordinating Council | Chair | |
Bill Eisele | Freight Mobility Council | Technical Projects Chair |
Melisa Finley | Women in ITE Subcommittee | Member |
STEM Subcommittee | Member | |
Beverly Kuhn | Board of Direction | 2022 International President |
Board of Direction | 2021 International Vice President | |
Cesar Quiroga | Member | |
Ed Seymour | ITS Professional Capacity Building Technical Advisory Group | Member |
Robert Wunderlich | Past President |
International Cement Microscopy Association
Anol Mukhopadhyay | Executive Board | Member |
Panel Discussion & Workshop Committee | Chairman/Coordinator |
International Congress on Logistics and Supply Chain
Juan Villa | International Advisory Board | Member |
International Professional Association for Transport & Health
Ipek Nese Sener | Board of Directors | Member |
International Right-Of-Way Association
Cesar Quiroga | Member |
International Road Federation
Akram Abu-Odeh | Roadside Safety Features Subcommittee | Chairman |
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Jean-Louis Briaud | President |
International Statistical Institute (ISI)
Eun Sug Park | Elected Member |
Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA)
Greg Winfree | Board of Directors | Member |
Ed Seymour | International Relations Subcommittee | Member |
Melissa Tooley | Legislative Steering Committee | Member |
ITS Joint Program Office
Ginger Goodin | ITS Program Advisory Committee | Member |
ITS Texas
Jeff Kaufman | Past President | |
Tony Voigt | Board of Directors | Member |
Leadership Texas
Kay Fitzpatrick | Leadership Texas 2017 Class | Member |
Katie Womack | Leadership Texas 2018 Class | Member |
Marine Transportation System National Advisory Committee
Jim Kruse | Member |
National Asphalt Pavement Association
David Newcomb | National Asphalt Roadmap Working Group | Member |
National Committee on Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD)
Gene Hawkins | Board – Programs | Vice-Chair |
ITE Delegation | Member | |
Markings Technical Committee | Member | |
Jerry Ullman | Temporary Traffic Control Technical Committee | Member |
National Research Council
Katie Turnbull | National Associate |
National Operations Center of Excellence
Beverly Kuhn | Technical Advisory Committee | Advisory Committee Member |
National Safety Council Texas Teen Driving Safety Coalition
Russell Henk | 2017–2018 | Chair |
PLOS
Subasish Das | PLOS ONE | Academic Editor |
Safe Kids Austin
Gabriella Medina | Board | Member At-Large |
Society of Concrete Petrographers
Anol Mukhopadhyay | Secretary |
Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Hong Yu | SLA Transportation Division | Past Chair |
SLA 2017 Annual Conference | Program Chair |
Task Force 13 AASHTO/ARTBA/AGC
Roger Bligh | Bridge Rail & Transitions Subcommittee | Co-Chair |
Lance Bullard, Jr. | Laboratory Accreditation Subcommittee | Co-Chair |
Texas A&M Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center
David Bierling | Associate Director |
Texas A&M Prairie View University
Rob Benz | Industry Advisory Council | Member |
Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (TexITE)
John Habermann | At-Large Representative |
Texas Division of Emergency Management
David Bierling | State Hazard Mitigation Team | Member |
Texas Transportation Advisory Board
Jim Kruse | Port Subcommittee | Member |
The Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST)
Cesar Quiroga | Task Force on Environmental and Community Impacts of Shale Development in Texas | Member |
U.S. Department of Commerce
Juan Villa | Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness | Member |
U.S. Department of Transportation
Ginger Goodin | Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Advisory Committee | Member |
World Road Association (Permanent International Association of Road Congresses)
Rafael Aldrete | Task Force on Innovative Financing TF A.1 | Member |
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