Past Transportation Scholars Seminars
This seminar series is part of Iowa State University's Transportation Scholar Program. The program is sponsored by the Midwest Transportation Consortium (MTC) at Iowa State University, the U.S. DOT's University Transportation Center for Region 7.
2008 Presentations
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18 | Nemmers/Vap/McDonald (UMC) | Safety Corridors National Summary
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| Jan. 25 | John Donahue (MoDOT) and Dean Bierwagen (Iowa DOT) | Rapid Concrete Pavement Replacement: A Safety Strategy |
| Feb. 1 | CANCELLED | |
| Feb. 8 | Lesley Hoffarth (MoDOT) | Total Highway Closure as an Option During Reconstruction |
| Feb. 15 | Rudy Umbs (FHWA) | Your Legacy in Highway Safety 2.2 mb pdf |
| Feb. 22 | Kevin Blanshan (Waterloo/Cedar Falls MPO) and Tom Kane (Des Moines MPO) | Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Directions Tom Kane's presentation 4.6 mb pdf |
| Feb. 29 | Ron Achelpohl (MARC) | Highway Safety in the Kansas City Region |
| March 7 | Linda Boyle (University of Iowa) | Human Factors Research in Highway Safety |
| March 14 | Stuart Anderson (Iowa DOT) | State DOT Revenue Shortfalls and Strategies 1.1 mb pdf |
| March 21 | No Class Due to ISU Spring Break | |
| March 28 | Howard Preston (CH2M Hill) | State Strategic Highway Safety Plans: Lesson Learned 2.3 mb pdf |
| April 4 | CANCELLED | |
| April 11 | CANCELLED | |
| April 18 | Edwards/May (Springfield, MO MPO) and Johnson (UMC) | Springfield, Missouri Activity Center Based-Planning and Cost Calculator |
| April 25 | Eric Wright (Iowa DOT) | How Land Developers Look at Transportation Systems and Access 1.7 mb pdf |
| May 2 | Doug Harwood (Midwest Research Institute) and and Peter Kissinger (AAA Foundation for Transportation Safety) | AAA's Road Safety Programs |
2007 Presentations
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 12 | Hillary Isebrands (ISU CTRE) | European Scanning Tour on Rural High Speed Roundabouts 1.5 mb pdf |
| Jan. 19 | Susan McCubbins/Josh Scott (MoDOT) | I-435 and Front St. Interchange in Kansas City (An Innovative Design) |
| Jan. 26 | CANCELLED | |
| Feb. 2 | Carlos Schwantes (UMSL) | What We Can Learn From Transportation History |
| Feb. 9 | Chris Gutierrez (Kansas City SmartPort) | International Intermodal Freight |
| Feb. 16 | Robert C. Brown (ISU Office of Biorenewables) | Biofuels and Transportation 1.5 mb pdf ISU's Bioeconomy Initiative 946 kb pdf |
| Feb. 23 | James Cooper (University of Glasgow, Scotland) | Public Transportation in Low Density Rural Areas |
| March 2 | Linda Boyle (University of Iowa) | Driver Distraction--CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER |
| March 9 | Mike Tully and Sunshine Yang (Aerial Services, Inc.) | Photogrammetry and Transportation Data Acquisition |
| March 16 | No Class Due to ISU Spring Break | |
| March 23 | Larry Frevert (National President Elect of American Public Works Assn. and HDR, Inc.) | |
| March 30 | Libby Ogard (Prime Focus LLC) | Leveraging Private Sector Railroad Assets |
| April 6 | Gary Davis (University of Minnesota) | Crash Causation |
| April 13 | Allen Hines (Consultant ) | Crash Reconstruction |
| April 20 | Dick Hemmingsen (Initiative for Renewable Energy and Environment, University of Minnesota) | The Future of Transportation Energy |
| April 27 | Kevin Keith (MoDOT Chief Engineer) | Missouri DOT’s 800 Bridge Program |
2006 Presentations
- Steven Chien (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Microscopic Traffic Simulation 5.4 mb pdf
- Brian Chandler (Missouri DOT), Midwest Highway Safety Scanning Tour 2.1 mb pdf
- Alexander Kurgansky (Consultant to US Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Transportation Partnership), Freight Transportation Energy and Environmental Issues 1.8 mb pdf
- Mike McGee (Federal Highway Administration), Woodrow Wilson Bridge Reconstruction Project, Washington, D.C. 3.2 mb pdf; Wilson Bridge project website
- Rich Pirog (Aldo Leopold Center), Transportation Sustainability Issues 968 kb pdf; Iowa Produce Market Potential Calculator website
- Chris Fulcher (Community Information Resource Center and Center for Agriculture, Resource and Environmental Systems), Integrated GIS for Planning and Public Policy Decision Making 1.6 mb pdf
- Ron Vititoe, Barrier Systems, Inc., Improving Traffic Flow with Movable Barriers 10.2 mb pdf
- Gerald Rawling (Chicago Area Transportation Study/CATS), Chicago Freight Hub Issues 1.5 mb pdf
- Kevin Dolliole (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis Airport and Aviation Issues 9.5 mb pdf
- Earl Newman (Springfield, Missouri), Report from the Vice President (1.9 mb pdf) of ITE
- Wes James, National Ag-Based Lubricant Center, University of Northern Iowa, The National Ag-Based Lubricant Center (NABL) and Transportation Sustainability 5.4 mb pdf
- Ben Allen (Iowa State University Provost) and Neil Burke , Future Freight Capacity Needs 81 kb pdf
- James Brunke (The Boeing Company), Boeing Company Supply Chain Issues 1.5 mb pdf
- Michael Dreznes (Quixote Corporation), Utilizing Forgiving Highways to Reduce “Needless Deaths”
- Joe Pestka (Missouri DOT) and Michelle McEnany (Iowa DOT), McEnany: Airports and Their Impact on the Economy 6 mb pdf
2005 Presentations
- Omar Smadi (Iowa State University), How State DOTs Use Infrastructure Management Systems 10.9 mb pdf
- Jay Thompson (Transportation Business Associates), Profitability and Productivity in the Trucking Industry 190 kb pdf
- Tom Welch (Iowa DOT), Managing Highway Safety 4 mb pdf
- Dr. Bill Ankner (Missouri Transportation Institute), Transportation Financing
- Dan Franklin (Iowa DOT), Transportation Funding: A State Perspective 116 kb pdf
- Wendell Cox (Wendell Cox Consultancy), Myths of Public Transportation
- Admiral Lou Smith (US Navy, Ret.), Asset Management in the Military and Education: What Transportation Professionals Can Learn
- Dan Murray (American Transportation Research Institute), Freight Performance Measures and Freight Security 157 kb pdf
- Larry Salci (Metro St. Louis CEO), Managing Large Public Transportation Systems
- Mark Taylor (Federal Highway Administration, Federal Lands Division), Innovative Highway Designs 8.9 mb pdf
- Kevin Mahoney, John Adams, and Sandra Larson (Iowa DOT), Issues Future
Transportation Professionals Will Face:
- Kevin Mahoney's presentation about the Iowa DOT Highway Division 5 mb pdf
- Iowa River bridge construction video 13 mb Windows Media file
- John Adam's presentation about future challenges 1.7 mb pdf
- Sandra Larson's presentation about the Bureau of Research and Technology 1.1 mb pdf
- Commander Suzanne E. Englebert (US Coast Guard), Inland Ports and Waterways
- Reg Souleyrette (Iowa State University), Road Safety Risk Rating
- Bill Halsband (Mammoet), Heavy Lifting Systems In Construction
2004 Presentations
- Terry Browne (Collins Engineering), Underwater Bridge Inspection (Part 1 5.4 mb pdf, Part 2 4.9 mb pdf)
- Matt Shands (Transportation Policy Institute), Asset Management as Communications (5.4 mb ppt, 1.2 mb pdf)
- Glen Washer (FHWA Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center), Non Destructive Evaluation in Condition Assessment for Asset Management
- Terry Wipf and Brent Phares (Iowa State University), Bridge Health Monitoring: Present and Future (9.5 mb pdf)
- Mike Smid (Yellow Freight), The Trucking Industry
- Ernest Barenberg (University of Illinois) and Dulci Rufino (ERES Consultants), PCC Pavement Issues (Rockford airport, 7.2 mb pdf; design criteria, 17 kb pdf; Denver airport, 7.4 mb pdf)
- Mark Ward (John Deere), Global Logistics
- Steve Andrle and Dennis Kroeger (Iowa State University), Winter Maintenance Management—The MDSS System (3.9 mb pdf)
- Tom Maze (Iowa State University), The Science of Asset Management (1.3 mb pdf)
- Spring Break, no seminar
- David Plazak and Reg Souleyrette (Iowa State University), Process
to Identify High Priority Corridors for Access Management Near Large Urban
Areas in Iowa (2.7
mb pdf)
(NOTE: These speakers were emergency substitutes for the previously scheduled Chris Huffman of the Kansas DOT; however, the main topic remained the same.) - Keith Herbold (Federal Highway Administration), Pavement Preservation and Asset Management (2.3 mb pdf)
- Wayne McDaniel (PB Consultants), GASB 34 Modified Approach Implementation (part 1, 14.3 mb pdf; part 2, 9.4 mb pdf)
- Joseph Kellett (US Army Corps of Engineers), US Army Corps of Engineers: Overview and Opportunities
- Stuart Anderson (Iowa Department of Transportation), Iowa DOT’s Long Range Transportation Plan Update
- Donald Broughton (A. G. Edwards), Financial Health of Transportation
2003 Presentations
- Mei Meiarashi, Public Works Research Institute of Japan, Infrastructure Asset Management Overseas
- Yiannis Papelis, National Advanced Driving Simulator, Human Factors and Advanced Driving Simulation
- Daryl Smith, Kirk Henderson, Greg Houseal, Native Roadside Vegetation Center, UNI, Native Roadside Vegetation
- Katie Zimmerman, Applied Pavement Technologies, Pavement Management (4.9MB **ppt)
- Tom Ryan, Missouri Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems in the St. Louis Metro Area
- Steve Chase, FHWA Turner Fairbank Laboratories, Observations on the Future of Bridge Technology (4.5MB *pdf)
- Brad Hagen, Waterloo Regional Airport, Regional Airport Management (3.4MB **ppt)
- Howard Preston, Howard R. Green Company, Performance Measures in Highway Corridor Planning and Design
- Gene Amparano, FHWA-NHTSA Liaison, Kansas City, Highway Safety in the Midwest
- John Craig, Nebraska Dept. of Roads, AASHTO Asset Management Activities (4.8MB **ppt)
- Ken Welch, Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Asset Management in the Railroad Industry
- Robert Rasmussen, Transtec Group, Inc., Advanced Pavement Materials, Analysis, and Design (1.4MB *pdf)
- Susan Stauder, Regional Commerce and Growth Association, Public Transportation Use of Intelligent Transit Systems
- Chris Yarnell, Cole County, Missouri Public Works, Asset Management Deployment in Central Missouri
- Don Taylor, McAninch Corporation, and Ed Jaselskis, ISU, Advanced Construction Technologies: Stakeless Grading and Laser Scanning
2002 Presentations
- Kenneth Peters, State of Iowa, Information Assurance and Security and Its Relationship to Transportation (3 MB PowerPoint presentation)
- Dr. Michael Barker, University of Missouri-Columbia, FEMA First Response: Report from "Ground Zero" in New York City
- Jim Lafrenz, American Concrete Paving Association, Terrorism and Design of the Built Environment (1.6 MB PowerPoint presentation)
- Steve Stockham, Joplin, Missouri Airport, General Aviation is Big Business (web page, 1.6 MB pdf file, 4.8 MB PowerPoint presentation)
- Bill Flannery, Des Moines International Airport, Aviation Security: Past, Present, and Future
- John Snyder, Livingston Aviation, The Air Charter Business
- Tom Rummel, Texas DOT, Security Activities at the Texas DOT Related to Bridges (647 KB PowerPoint presentation)
- Eric Gabler, Federal Highway Administration, Economics and Engineering: Asset Management Fundamentals (217 KB PowerPoint presentation)
- Louis Lambert, Michigan DOT, Implementing Asset Management in a State DOT (1.3 MB PowerPoint presentation)
- Floyd Barwig, Iowa Energy Center, The Future of Energy and Transportation (1.7 MB pdf file, 3.8 MB PowerPoint presentation)
- Lisa Skubal, Cedar Valley Economic Development Corporation, and Cindy Angel, University of Northern Iowa's Institute for Decision Making, Transportation and Economic Development: Site Selection (related news release)
- Ellen Gordon, Homeland Security for Iowa, Security and Transportation After September 11 (91k PowerPoint presentation)
- Steve Lanter, Lanter Trucking, Managing a Modern Logistics Company Today
- Dr. David Forkenbrock, University of Iowa Public Policy Center, Re-inventing Highway Taxes and Finance (73k PowerPoint presentation)