Leonard Ruback

TTI Senior Research Scientist

Education

• M.Eng., Electrical Engineering, Texas A & M University, 1990
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, Texas A & M University, 1985

Short Biography

Mr. Ruback has more than 35 years of research experience in transportation-related electrical/electronic and telecommunication-oriented projects. Since he joined the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in 1995, he has led system design, field deployment, and operation of numerous ITS projects. He has experience in many electronic and telecommunication systems including wireless, wireline, telephony, fiber optics, networking, personal computers, microcontrollers, single-board computers, and software systems.

Past research has been conducted in the area of off-right-of-way train detection and tracking for use by municipalities to provide accurate and timely information on the location, speed, and length of trains along a corridor.  The research produced a complete vertical integration of field components, back-office processing software, and multiple information dissemination solutions. Other larger research efforts include the development and deployment of travel time calculation and dissemination systems. The solution utilizes radio frequency tag and Bluetooth technology to measure the crossing times of both commercial and private vehicles coupled with a high-reliability field cabinet design.  Several of the past projects have led to patentable technology.

Current research interests include artificial intelligence/machine learning systems in transportation, detection systems using LIDAR and radar, connected vehicle systems, field solutions to support connected vehicle operations, and large-scale corridor deployment of traffic sensor systems.