Dr. Dennis L. Christiansen, P.E., Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) agency director emeritus, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a reception and dinner at Traditions Club in Bryan on September 14. During his 50-year career of transportation leadership and innovation, he served in numerous leadership roles over four decades at TTI, […]
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Visionary Leader: Christiansen’s Vision Led TTI to New Opportunities, Steady Growth
When The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents selected Dr. Dennis Christiansen as the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) fifth agency director in late 2006, the board tapped a seasoned leader, with 35 years of experience in advancing the national and international reputation of TTI already under his belt. In the subsequent 10 years […]
Christiansen Honored by Board of Regents
TTI Agency Director Dennis L. Christiansen was presented a resolution in honor of his 45 years of service to TTI, including 10 years as agency director, at the November 10 meeting of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. The resolution recognized the significant growth of TTI’s research program and reputation under his leadership. […]
Christiansen Honored with ITE Matson Award
Dennis Christiansen, agency director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), was awarded the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Theodore M. Matson Award on August 15 during the ITE Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. “Dr. Christiansen has worked tirelessly for more than four decades to further research in the areas of traffic operations, transportation and […]
TTI’s Fitzpatrick Receives Award Named for TTI Director Christiansen
Kay Fitzpatrick, senior research engineer and manager of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Roadway Design Program, has received numerous awards over the course of her 33-year career at TTI. But the one she received at the 15th International Conference on Managed Lanes in Miami, Florida, held May 4-6, holds special significance. Fitzpatrick accepted the inaugural […]
Christiansen Editorial in the Texas Lyceum Journal Focuses on Transportation Infrastructure
Dennis Christiansen, agency director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), recently wrote an editorial for the 2012-2013 Texas Lyceum journal. The editorial examines the state of transportation in Texas, where rapid growth and shrinking resources have stretched the transportation infrastructure to its limits, threatening the state’s economy and quality of life. The full text […]
Transportation Infrastructure in Texas: The Needs and the Numbers
By Dennis L. Christiansen, P.E. Agency Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Had the Texas Lyceum met at a conference to discuss Texas infrastructure a little over 100 years ago, say in 1911, the need for roads and “getting the farmer out of the mud” was a major agenda item. Had the conference met about 70 […]
TTI Earns Recognition From Women’s Transportation Seminar
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute has been named Employer of the Year by the Heart of Texas Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar. The organization also honored as its Woman of the Year, Cinde Weatherby, Director of TTI’s Strategic Transportation Solutions Center. The Chapter’s Employer of the Year award each year goes to a business […]
Christiansen becomes new TTI Director
Dennis L. Christiansen was formally appointed director of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) during a special telephonic meeting of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents Wednesday, November 1. Regents named Christiansen sole finalist for the position last month. Wednesday’s confirmation by the Board completes the appointment process. “The leadership provided by former directors […]
Passing the Gavel
Outgoing TTI Director Herb Richardson passes a ceremonial gavel to Dennis Christiansen, recently named by the Texas A&M System board of regents as sole finalist to be the Institute’s next director. The brief exchange occurred during opening ceremonies of the 80th Annual Short Course, now underway on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station.
Christiansen Selected Sole Finalist for Director of TTI
The Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System has unanimously selected Dr. Dennis L. Christiansen as the sole finalist for the position of director of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). When appointed, Christiansen, the current deputy director of TTI, will succeed Dr. Herbert H. Richardson, who is retiring after 22 years of service […]
Burke and Christiansen receive Regents Fellow Award
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently bestowed its Regents Fellow Service Award on TTI Deputy Director Dennis Christiansen and Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Southwest Region University Transportation Center Dock Burke. In 1998, the Board established the Regents Fellow Service Award Program to honor service, extension and research professionals who […]
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