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  • Professional Engineer, State of Utah
  • Associate Chair , Civil And Environmental Engin
  • Associate Professor, Civil And Environmental Engin

Professional Service

  • Renewable Energy. Role: Guest Editor. Renewable Energy Special Iusse on Renewable Energy Impact on Urban Transportation Systems. 01/01/2024 - present
  • Transportation Research Board. Role: Panel. NCHRP 08-182 Project: Playbook for Communicating Benefits of Transportation Systems Management and Operations Strategies Using System Performance Data. 11/01/2023 - present
  • Data Science Center, School of Computing, University of Utah . Affiliated faculty member . 09/03/2019 - present
  • Transportation Research Board Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee . Role: Subcommittee Chair . Technology Transfer . 06/03/2019 - present
  • Elsevier . Role: Editorial Board . Journal of Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (Impact Factor 3.724). 12/03/2018 - present
  • 17th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP2017). Area Editor. 06/01/2017 - 07/10/2017
  • IEEE Third International Smart Cities Conference. Publication Chair . 03/06/2017 - 08/31/2017
  • Special Issue of Journal of Advanced Transportation: Data-Driven Urban Mobility Modeling and Analysis . Guest Editor. 11/01/2016 - 03/29/2017
  • ITS America University Partner Workshop. Invited Panel. 09/19/2016 - 10/01/2016
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation. Guest Editor on Special Issue: Data-Driven Urban Mobility Modeling and Analysis . 07/01/2016 - 03/01/2017
  • Transportation Research Board Highway Capacity Quality of Service (HCQS) Committee. Committee member, paper review coordinator, research committee secretary. 04/15/2016 - present
  • Transportation Research Board Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Committee. Committee member. 04/15/2016 - present
  • IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVE). Technical Program Committee. 05/2015 - 08/28/2015
  • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference. Associate Editor. 01/02/2015 - 07/30/2015
  • NSF . Graduate Fellowship Panel. 11/01/2014 - 02/03/2015
  • ITS America University Partner Workshop. Invited Panel. 09/30/2014 - 10/02/2014
  • 14th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals. Area Editor. 02/04/2014 - 07/30/2014
  • Salt Lake City Transportation Advisory Board. Board Member. 12/01/2013 - 03/31/2016
  • Transportation Research Board . Role: Member. Highway Capacity Quality of Service (HCQS) Committee inaugural mentorship program. 12/01/2013 - 11/01/2014
  • ITE University of Utah Student Chapter. Faculty Mentor. 08/29/2013 - present
  • Transportation Research Board . Role: Member. Managed Lane Committee (AHB35). 04/01/2012 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Educator Award. Mountain District ITE, 06/01/2023
  • Outstanding Educator. Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Western District , 06/14/2017
  • Faculty Fellow Awards. University of Utah, 01/30/2017
  • Nominee for Educator of the Year. Utah Engineering Council, 02/2016
  • Educator of the Year. Utah Institute of Transportation Engineers , 12/2015
  • Top 15% undergraduate instructors. University of Utah College of Engineering, 08/2015

Internal Service

  • University Technology Commercialization Advisory Committee. Committee member, 11/01/2023 - present. University service.
  • Department Chair and Transportation Engineering Positions Hire, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Search Committee, 09/01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Strategic Hiring and Planning Committee. Committee member, 08/01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Recruitment Committee. Chair, 08/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Associate Chair. 08/24/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Graduate Recruitment Committee. Committee Chair , 08/24/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Communication and Outreach Committee. Member, 08/26/2019 - 05/18/2021. Department service.
  • Construction Undergraduate Committee. Committee member, 01/01/2019 - 05/18/2021. Department service.
  • Faculty Search Committee for Transportation and Cyber Infrastructure Positions . 11/2017 - 05/2018. Department service.
  • Strategic Hiring and Planning Committee. Chair , 09/2017 - 05/19/2020. Department service.
  • Transportation group lead . 01/04/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Faculty Search Committee for Transportation Position. 11/2016 - 04/2017. Department service.
  • Faculty Search Committee for Transportation Position . 11/2015 - 05/02/2016. Department service.
  • Academic Senate. 05/2014 - 05/2017. University service.
  • Faculty Search Committee for Transportation Position . 11/2013 - 05/2014. Department service.
  • Department Graduate Committee. Member, 08/2013 - present. Department service.
  • Department Scholarship Committee. Member, 08/2013 - 07/2014. Department service.

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