TTI - Key Persons
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- Assistant Research Scientist / Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies
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- Research Specialist II / Research & Implementation - Houston
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- Software Applications Developer II
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- Senior Data Analyst / International Trade and Border Transportation
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- Assistant
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- Software Applications Developer I
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- Senior Research Scientist / Operations Group
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- Administrative Coordinator I
Mr. Rutter has more than 30 years of experience in multimodal transportation policy, finance and safety, and organizational management and strategic planning. Mr. Rutter provides leadership in TTI's freight research efforts. Working out of TTI's Dallas office, he guides the implementation of a strategic plan for TTI's freight activities and serves in a coordination role for freight… (more)
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- Research Engineering Associate I
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- Project Coordinator III / International Trade and Border Transportation
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- Assistant Research Engineer / Research & Implementation - San Antonio
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Senior Research Engineer / Research & Implementation
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- Research Assistant / Research & Implementation - San Antonio
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- Financial Accountant II / Financial Services
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- Project Administrator II / Research Contracts Management
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Senior Administrative Coordinator II / Metropolitan
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Director, Risk and Compliance / Administration
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- Editorial Assistant / Communications
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- Software Applications Developer II
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- Administrative Associate III / Research & Implementation - San Antonio
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- Engineering Technician III
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- Associate Transportation Researcher
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- Administrative Associate IV
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- Business Administrator II
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- Senior Manager, Budget / Financial Services
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Associate Transportation Researcher
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
Mr. Simek has 15 years of project management and travel behavior survey research experience, including 12 years in private sector consulting, and 3 year in university research. Throughout his career, his work and experience has been focused in the areas of travel surveys to support urban transportation models and urban planning policy.… (more)
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Financial Specialist II / Financial Services
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Research Engineer / Research & Implementation - Fort Worth
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Research Specialist I / Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies / Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Courtney Hrncir joined the CADES team in July 2021 as a Research Specialist. She has aided in projects related to blood alcohol concentration (BAC) reporting practices, ignition interlock devices, and treatment and referral services for impaired drivers experiencing mental illness and substance use conditions. Her commitment and drive to eliminate impaired-driving crashes and fatalities and encourage behavioral health improvements stems from witnessing those closest to her experience the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Previously, Ms. Hrncir worked for Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station as a program specialist with the Engineering Professional Education team. She was responsible for overseeing professional development course registrations, communication, and management. Ms. Hrncir is skilled at assessing community needs, program planning, implementation and evaluation, data analysis, and grant writing. In 2017, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Community Health from Texas A&M University.
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- Research Engineer / Research & Implementation
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Assistant Transportation Researcher at the Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Mr. Salgado is an Assistant Transportation Researcher at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), a member of the Texas A&M University System. His experience includes technical, financial and institutional structuring of transportation infrastructure; tolling feasibility studies; transportation system management and operations (TSMO); feasibility studies for the implementation of transportation systems… (more)
Dr. Schrank has been extensively involved in urban mobility research for over 20 years. He has been involved in research that has developed and applied a methodology to assess areawide traffic congestion levels and congestion costs. The Urban Mobility Report includes information on 101 cities throughout the U.S. from 1982. The study examines trends in urban area mobility and documents… (more)
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- Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator III / Facilities, Safety
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Associate Transportation Researcher
Dr. Andrew J. Wimsatt joined the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in September, 2006, after working at the Texas of Department of Transportation (Texas DOT) for 18 years, most recently as the Fort Worth District Pavement Engineer and manager of the District's Pavement Management and Bridge Inspection Section from February, 1996 to August, 2006. He earned… (more)
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- Associate Director
- Executive
Dr. Katie Turnbull is an executive associate director of TTI and is head of the System Planning, Policy, & Environment Research Group.… (more)
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- Senior Research Engineer at the Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Dr. Kay Fitzpatrick is a Senior Research Engineer at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. She has both bachelor and master degrees from Texas A&M University and a doctor of philosophy degree from Penn State University. She is a registered professional engineer in Texas and Pennsylvania.… (more)
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Human Resources Specialist II / Human Resources
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- Administrative Associate II
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- Senior Research Engineer / Planning Group
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- Human Resources Administrator I / Human Resources
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- Assistant Chief
- Information Officer
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- Senior Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellows
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- Research Engineering Associate III / International Trade and Border Transportation
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- Research Scientist / International Trade and Border Transportation
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- Financial Accountant III / Financial Services
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- Director, Event Services / Events Management
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- Program Specialist III / Environment Group
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- Assistant Research Engineer
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Associate Research Scientist / Research & Implementation - Dallas
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- Senior Classification and Compensation Analyst / Human Resources
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- Software Applications Developer I
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- Assistant Director, Facilities and Construction / Facilities, Safety
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- Geospatial Systems Coordinator III
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Associate Research Engineer / Infrastructure Group
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- Research Assistant / Investment
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Research Engineer / Infrastructure Group
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Financial Accountant II / Financial Services
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Assistant Research Engineer
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- Associate Research Scientist / Research & Implementation - El Paso
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- Assistant Transportation Researcher
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- Research Engineer / Research & Implementation
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- Senior Research Scientist / Metropolitan
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- Senior Audio Visual Specialist / Communications
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- Assistant Research Scientist / Research & Implementation
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- Program Specialist III / Operations Group
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- Engineering Technician III
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- Senior Administrative Coordinator II / Center for Transportation Safety
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- Research Services Administrator / Research Development Office
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Administrative Coordinator I
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- Project Administrator I / Research Contracts Management
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- Research Editor / Communications
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Proposal Administrator I / Research Development Office
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- Proposal Administrator I / Research Development Office
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- Financial Accountant III / Financial Services / Texas a & M Transportation Institute
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- Chief Financial Officer / Business Operations
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- Research Specialist I / Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Research Engineering Associate I
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- Research Editor / Communications
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- Associate Director, Information Technology
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Executive Assistant III / Administration
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Administrative Associate V
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- Engineering Technician II
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- Associate Research Scientist With the Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Jeff Kaufman is an associate research scientist with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.… (more)
Dr. Ullman has been a principal investigator or key researcher on over 70 different research studies pertaining to work zone safety and operations, dynamic message sign message design and applications, transportation management analysis of major freeway reconstruction projects, transportation management for incidents and major emergencies, and freeway operations and management.… (more)
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- Facilities Coordinator I / Facilities, Safety
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Deputy Director, Agency / Division Head / Administration
Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2000
M.Eng., Transportation Engineering, University of Pretoria, 1993
B.E., Construction Project Management, University of Pretoria, 1990
B.E., Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, 1986
John Habermann joined the TTI Research and Implementation Division as the Lead Mobility Coordinator on the I-35 Mobility Coordination Project. John moved to the Waco area to start an I-35 project office for TTI. In his role as mobility coordinator, John has worked to advance traffic and work zone safety initiatives such as automated, portable, smart traffic, monitoring systems, variable speed limits in work zones, dynamic speed display signs, comparative travel time signs, and the dynamic late lane merge… (more)
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- Engineering Technician III
- Research Specialist V
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- Business Administrator III / Communications
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Event Services Manager / Events Management
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Senior Research Scientist at the Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Katie Womack is a Senior Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and is the manager of the Behavioral Research Group at the Center for Transportation Safety. Ms. Womack has been a member of the Institute's full-time staff for over 24 years, joining TTI as a graduate student in Sociology at Texas A&M University. Prior to receiving her Master's degree from Texas A&M University, Ms. Womack received B.A. degrees (cum laude) in Sociology and Psychology at Texas A&M University-Commerce… (more)
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- Research Scientist / Research & Implementation - Houston
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Research Engineering Associate III
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Senior Research Scientist / Center for Ports & Waterways
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Associate Research Scientist / Investment
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- Systems Administrator III
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Marketing Coordinator / Communications
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- Research Engineer / Research & Implementation - Dallas
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Associate Transportation Researcher
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Research Assistant / Environment Group
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- Associate Transportation Researcher
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- Director, Research Development / Research Development Office
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Web Applications Developer III / Communications
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- Graphic Designer II / Communications
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- Graduate Assistant - Research / Center for Railway Research
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- Assistant Transportation Researcher / Investment
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- Associate Director, Information Technology
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- Assistant Transportation Researcher
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- Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator I / Facilities, Safety
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Communications Specialist II / Communications
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- Research Engineer in the Traffic Operations and Roadway Safety Division of the Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Melisa Finley is a Research Engineer in the Traffic Operations and Roadway Safety Division of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). She has over 15 years of experience as a principal investigator or key researcher on over 35 studies relating to work zone safety and operations, traffic control measures and devices, human factors, and educational outreach.… (more)
Michael has experience in conducting multimodal transportation planning- and safety-related studies in both urban and rural contexts. His work has focused on providing communities and local, state, and federal transportation agencies with data-driven results that are informative and implementable… (more)
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- Senior Systems Analyst at the Texas a & M Transportation Institute
As a Senior Systems Analyst at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), Mr. Vickich has almost 20 years of experience developing transportation software systems. While at TTI, his work has involved him in the design and implementation of Traffic Management System (TMC) software responsible for running large scale Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) and… (more)
Mr. Shawn Turner has managed and performed a wide variety of transportation planning and traffic operations research since joining the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in 1992. His major areas of emphasis have been in traffic data collection, ITS data archiving, management, and analysis. Other emphasis areas include transportation system performance measures and bicycle/pedestrian transportation.… (more)
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- Research Scientist at the Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Mr. Stephen Sebesta is a research scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). His research interests include rapid pavement renewal strategies, identification and development of new techniques for field and laboratory quality control, soil and base stabilization and reclamation, nondestructive testing, and forensic evaluation. He enjoys working closely with stakeholders to identify solutions to real-world problems and places high priority on providing results of practical usefulness to project sponsors.… (more)
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- Program Manager of the Flexible Pavement Program
Mr. Tom Scullion is a Regents Fellow and the program manager of the Flexible Pavement Program at TTI and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas. He has been involved with pavement research for 35 years and his current interests are in the areas of pavement rehabilitation, overlay design, non-destructive testing, and the development and implementation of new technologies for real-time quality control testing… (more)
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Administrative Associate III
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- Assistant Transportation Researcher
Neal Johnson is an Assistant Transportation Researcher in the Center for Transportation Safety, Behavioral Research Group. Mr. Johnson came to Texas after receiving his master's degree at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. During his graduate studies Mr. Johnson served as a graduate assistant researcher.… (more)
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- Director / Communications
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- Chief of Staff II / Administration
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- Senior Financial Accountant / Financial Services
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- Research Specialist I / Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies
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- Program Specialist III / Environment Group
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- Chief Human Resources Officer / Human Resources
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- Research Services Administrator / Research Development Office
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- Manager, Printing Services / Communications
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Business Coordinator II / Research & Implementation - Fort Worth
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Senior Communications Specialist / Communications
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Associate Transportation Researcher / Investment
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- Associate Agency Director / Environment Group
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- Research Specialist V / Research & Implementation - Fort Worth
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- Graduate Assistant - Research
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- Engineering Technician III
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- Engineering Technician II
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- Business Coordinator III / Communications
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- Senior Administrative Coordinator I
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- Financial Analyst I / Business Operations
Currently holding the position of senior research scientist and possessing a diverse background of project experience encompassing 30 years of cross-cutting research across both transportation operations and information technology, Mr. Brydia is an expert in developing highly functional and integrated systems for multiple deployment efforts, and for implementing cross-cutting technology innovations that lead to recognizable transportation improvements… (more)
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Senior Administrative Coordinator II / Facilities, Safety
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Executive Assistant I / Administration
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Senior Research Scientist
Mr. Cooner's experience includes a wide range of traffic operations and transportation planning activities. He has experience in freeway operations studies, signalized intersection analysis, railroad-highway grade crossing safety, ITS planning, incident management research, simulation modeling, and accident analysis. Mr. Cooner received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. He has been employed with TTI since August 1995 and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.… (more)
Srinivasa Sunkari is a Research Engineer in the Translink Research Center. Currently he is working on a project to provide advance warning for end of green at high speed signals and another project to develop cost effective methods to obtain advance detection at signalized intersections.… (more)
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- Software Applications Developer
Mr. Samant has been involved in development of web based and desktop software since 2001. Mr. Samant currently serves as a Software Applications Developer at TTI. In this role, he has developed web based software applications for projects sponsored by various regional, state and federal agencies.… (more)
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- Business Coordinator I / Construction, Geotechnical and Structures
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- Assistant Chief Financial Officer / Financial Services
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- Data Analyst / Research & Implementation - Dallas
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- Software Applications Developer III / Research & Implementation - Houston
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Associate Transportation Researcher
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- Senior Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellows
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- Research Technician I / Research & Implementation - El Paso
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- Assistant Research Scientist / Research & Implementation - El Paso
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- Administrative Associate II
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- Graduate Student Worker - Biweekly
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- Research Scientist / International Trade and Border Transportation
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- Director, Facilities, Safety, and Support Services / Facilities, Safety
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- Program Specialist III / System
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- Senior IT Professional I / Research & Implementation - Fort Worth
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- Associate
- Research Scientist
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Software Applications Developer IV / Communications
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- Software Engineer III / Communications
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- Research & Implementation - San Antonio
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- Communications Specialist III / Communications
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- Graduate Assistant - Research / Center for Railway Research
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- Program Manager
- Research Scientist
- Research Scientist in Texas a & M Transportation Institute
Billy Hwang is a Research Scientist in Texas A&M Transportation Institute's (TTI's) Policy Analysis Division. Based in Los Angeles, Billy has 18 years of experience providing policy, planning, and management support for local and state government agencies. Prior to joining TTI in 2020, Billy was a Principal Consultant at WSP for over four years, managing funding and financing and strategic planning projects. From 2004 to 2016, Billy held staff and executive-level positions in local and state government agencies. Billy served for four years in executive leadership at local and state transportation agencies. He was Chief of Staff for the DC District Department of Transportation, where he led agency budgeting, funding, and procurement strategy for priority projects, communications, and legislative affairs. Before that, Billy served as the Deputy Director for the Baltimore City Department of Transportation and spent a number of years at the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), rising to the position of Special Assistant to the State Highway Administrator and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy and Freight. He also brings relevant skills as a licensed attorney, with experience in legislative and regulatory drafting, contracts and agreements, and negotiations.
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- Financial Accountant III / Financial Services
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Director, Agency / Administration
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Associate Research Scientist / Research & Implementation - Dallas
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- Associate Research Engineer
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- Senior Research Engineer / Center for Transportation Safety
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- Assistant
- Research Scientist
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- Controller / Financial Services
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- Research Engineering Associate I
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- Project Coordinator I / Senior Research Fellows
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
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- Librarian IV / Communications
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- Associate Program Director / University Transportation Center
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- Associate Transportation Researcher in the Transit Mobility Division
Zachary Elgart is an associate transportation researcher in the Transit Mobility Division at TTI.… (more)
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- Financial Accountant II / Financial Services
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Deputy Director, Agency / Administration