Rhonda Kae Young, Ph.D., PE

Assoc. Dean of Faculty Affairs; Professor of Civil Engineering

Rhonda Young has been in academics since 2002 and at Gonzaga since 2015. Throughout her career she has taught various undergraduate and graduate classes in Transportation Engineering as well as freshman and sophomore engineering courses. Prior to joining...

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Contact Information

502 E. Boone Ave AD Box 26
Spokane, WA

  • Bollier 029

  • Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 8-9 a.m.
    (Fall 2024)

  • (509) 313-5754

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Washington, 2002

Graduate Certificate, University of Washington, 2001

Master of Science Civil Engineering, University of Washington, 1999

Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, 1992

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

CENG 391 Civil Eng Design & Practice

CENG 418 Transportation System Design

Past Semesters

CENG 193 FYS: Equity & Infrastructure

CENG 318 Transportation Engineering

CENG 417 Traffic Engineering

Rhonda Young has been in academics since 2002 and at Gonzaga since 2015. Throughout her career she has taught various undergraduate and graduate classes in Transportation Engineering as well as freshman and sophomore engineering courses. Prior to joining the academic field, she worked as a consultant for 10 years in the transportation profession. Her research efforts includes projects in the planning, safety, and intelligent transportation areas. Currently her research has focused on the use of Connected Vehicle Technology to operate roadways in adverse weather conditions. She is a registered professional engineer in the states of Washington and Wyoming.

Peer Reviewed Articles and Conference Proceedings

  1. Sanford, Kristen; Rhonda Young; Angela Bielefeldt. (2024) “Teaching First-year Student to See Infrastructure Issues as Equity Issues.” Accepted for the 2024 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, June, 2024 in Portland, OR.
  2. Woodside, Jasmin; Hisham Jashami; David Hurwitz; Rhonda Young; Kevin Chang. (2023) “Safety Relevant Driver and Bicyclist Behaviors Resulting from Bicycling Rolling Stops Observed in a Networked Driving and Bicycling Simulator”, In Re-review with Transportation Research Part C.
  3. Young, Rhonda; Kevin Chang; David Hurwitz; Antonio Roman Campos; Jasmin Woodside. (2024) “Characterizations of Expert and Public Perception of Bicycle Rolling Stop Laws” Transportation Research Record.  DOI: 10.1177/03611981241234906
  4. Ohara, Noriaki, Adarsha Neupane, Kathy Ahlenius, Rhonda Young, Roman Campos. (2023) “Blow-Over Risk Evaluation System for High-Profile Light-Weight (HPLW) Vehicles on Wyoming”, Transportation Research Record. Volume 2677, Issue 12. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231168118
  5. Woodside, Jasmin; David Hurwitz; Kevin Chang; and Rhonda Young.  (2021) “Bicycle Rolling Safety Laws: State of the Practice Review.  Proceedings for the International Annual Meeting of the Institute of Traffic Engineers, July, 2021.
  6. Ahmed, Mohamed; Guangchuan Yang; Sherif Gaweesh; Rhonda Young; Fred Kitchener.  (2019) “Performance Evaluation Framework of Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program: Summary of Phase 2 Pre-Deployment Efforts and Lessons Learned”.  Vol 2 (2), pg 41-54, DOI 10.1108/JICV-03-2019-006
  7. Hammit, Britton; Rachel James; Mohamed Ahmed; Rhonda Young.  (2019) “Towards the Development of Weather-Dependent Microsimulation Models.” Transportation Research Record 2673, Issue 7, pg 143-156 DOI: 10.1177/0361198119844743. April 2019.
  8. Ahmed, Mohamed; Guangchuan Yang; Sherif Gaweesh; Rhonda Young; Fred Kitchener. (2019) “ “Performance Measurement and System Evaluation of Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program: Baseline Conditions”.  Proceedings from the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2019.
  9. Sanford-Bernhardt, Kristen; Rod Turochy; Rhonda Young; David Hurwitz. (2019) “Building an Effective Community of Practice for Transportation Engineering Education.”   Proceedings from the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2019.
  10. Young, Rhonda; Brittany Welch; Amanda Siems-Anderson. (2019) “Generating Weather Alerts Including High Wind Blowover Hazards Using Pikalert ® for the Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot Project.” Proceedings from the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2019.
  11. Young, Rhonda. (2018) “GIS&T and Civil Engineering.”  The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (1st Quarter 2018 Edition). John P Wilson (ed) DOI: 10.22224/gistbok/2018.1.8
  12. Hammit, Britton, Ali Ghasemzadeh, Mohamed Ahmed, and Rhonda Young.  (2018) “Evaluation of Weather-Related Freeway Car-Following Behavior using SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study”. Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behavior.  Volume 59, Part A, 244-259.
  13. Ghasemzadeh, Ali, Britton Hammit, Mohamed Ahmed, and Rhonda Young.  (2018) “Using Parametric Ordinal Logistic Regression and Non-Parametric Decision Tree Approaches for Assessing the Impact of Weather Conditions on Driver Speed Selection Using Naturalistic Driving Data”. Transportation Research Record. pp 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/0361198118758035.
  14. Young, Rhonda and Mohamed Ahmed.  (2017)  “Summary of Phase 1 Efforts from the Wyoming Connected Vehicle Pilot for Performance Measurement, Safety, and Human Use Approval.”  Proceedings of the ITS World Congress.  Montreal, CA, October, 2017.
  15. Hammit, Britton, Mohamed Ahmed, and Rhonda Young.   (2016) “Feasibility of Using Connected Vehicle Data for Rural Roadway Weather Conditions in Wyoming.  Proceedings from the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2016.
  16. Hurwitz, David, Kristen Sanford-Bernhardt, Rod Turochy, and Rhonda Young.  (2015) “Transportation Engineering Curriculum: An Analytic Review of the Literature”.  ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000275 , 04016003.
  17. Hurwitz, David, Kristen Sanford-Bernhardt, Rod Turochy, and Rhonda Young.  (2015) “Transportation Engineering Instructional Practices: An Analytic Review of the Literature”.  Transportation Research Record 2480, pp 45-54.
  18. Saha, Promothes, Mohamed Ahmed, and Rhonda Young.  (2015) “Safety Effectiveness of Variable Speed Limit Systems in Adverse Weather Conditions on Challenging Roadway Geometry”. Transportation Research Record 2521, p 45-53. DOI: 10.3141/2521-05.
  19. Offei, Edward, Rhonda Young, Khaled Ksaibati, and Dick Apronti.  (2015) “Evaluating Base Widening Methods”.  International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Vol 17 (6), p 517-527. DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2015.1007227
  20. Young, Rhonda, Kristen Sanford-Bernhardt, David Hurwitz, and Rod Turochy.  (2015) “What a Systematic Literature Review Tells Us About Transportation Engineering Education”.  Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education 2015 Annual Conference, June 2015.
  21. Saha, Promothes and Rhonda Young.  “Safety and Road Closure Benefits of Rural Interstate Variable Speed Limit Systems”.  Proceedings of the 21st ITS World Congress. Detroit, MI, September, 2014.
  22. Sui, Yanfei, and Rhonda Young.  (2014) “Impact of Dynamic Message Signs on Speeds Observed on a Rural Interstate”.  ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, June 2014, Volume 140 (6).
  23. Hurwitz, David, Joshua Swake, Shane Brown, Rhonda Young, Kevin Heaslip, Kristen Sanford Bernahrdt, and Rod Turochy. (2014) “Influence of Collaborative Curriculum Design on Educational Beliefs, Communities of Practitioners, and Classroom Practice in Transportation Engineering Education”.  ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, July 2014, Volume 140 (3).
  24. Sabawat, Vijay, and Rhonda Young.  (2014) Transferability of Control Strategies Across Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridors. Proceedings from the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2014.
  25. Saha, Promothes, and Rhonda Young.  (2014) Weather-Based Safety Analysis for the Effectiveness of Rural VSL Corridors. Proceedings from the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2014.
  26. Sandford-Bernhardt, Kristen, David Hurwitz, Rhonda Young, Rod Turochy, Shane Brown, Joshua Swake, Andrea Bill, Kevin Heaslip, and Michael Kyte. (2013) A Model for Collaborative Curriculum Design in Transportation Engineering Education.  Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education 2013 Annual Conference, June 2013.
  27. Offei, Edward, and Rhonda Young.  (2013) “Crash Rates on Interstate Segments with Very Large Truck Percentages”. Proceedings from the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
  28. Sabawat, Vijay and Rhonda Young.  (2012) “Control Strategy for Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridor.” Transportation Research Record 2329, p 31-44. 
  29. Turochy, Rod, Jon Fricker, H. Gene Hawkins, David Hurwitz, Stephanie Ivey, Michael Knodler, Rhonda Young. (2012) “Assessment of the Introductory Engineering Course and General Transportation Engineering Curriculum”.  Transportation Research Record 2328, p. 9-15.
  30. Young, Rhonda, Kristen Sandford Bernhardt, Shashi Nambisan. (2012) “Core Concepts and Learning Outcomes in an Introductory Transportation Engineering Course: An Evaluation of Pilot Implementations”, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education 2012 Annual Conference, June 2012.
  31. Layton, Emily and Rhonda Young.  (2011) “Effects on Speeds of Rural Variable Speed Limit System”.  Proceedings of the 18th ITS World Congress on ITS. Orlando, FL, October, 2011
  32. Bill, Andrea, Steve Beyerlein, Kevin Heaslip, David Hurwitz, Michael Kyte, Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Rhonda Young. (2011)  “Development of Knowledge Tables and Learning Outcomes for the Introductory Course in Transportation Engineering”.  Transportation Research Record, Issue 2211, pages, 27-35.
  33. Young, Rhonda, , Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Steven Beyerlein, Andrea Bill, Shashi Nambisan, Ida van Schalkwyk, and Rod Turochy, (2011) “A Nationwide Effort to Improve Transportation Engineering Education”.  Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education 2011 Annual Conference, June 2011.
  34. Kyte, Michael, Andrea Bill, and Rhonda Young.  (2010) “Everything You Need to Know About Transportation Engineering in 40 Hours.”  ITE Journal, Oct 2010, Pages 40-43.
  35. Buddemeyer, Jenna, Rhonda Young, and Brendan Dorsey-Spitz.  (2010) “Rural Variable Speed Limit System for Southeast Wyoming” Transportation Research Record 2189, Pages 37-44.  
  36. Zhong, Tao and Rhonda Young.  (2010) “Multiple Choice Knapsack Problem: Example of Planning Choice in Transportation.” Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol 33, Issue 2, Pages 128-137.
  37. Sanford Bernhardt, Kristen, Steven Beyerlein, Andrea Bill, Shashi Nambisan, Ida van Schalkwyk, Rod Turochy, and Rhonda Young.  (2010) Development of Core Concepts and Learning Outcomes for the Introductory Transportation Course.  Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education 2010 Annual Conference, June 2010.
  38. Dai, Qiyue and Rhonda Young. (2010) High Wind Warning System to Prevent Overturning Truck Crashes in Wyoming, Proceedings form the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2010.
  39. Beyerlein, Steven, Andrea Bill, Ida van Schalkwyk, Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Rhonda Young, Shashi Nambisan, and Rod Turochy.  (2010) Formulating Learning Outcomes Based on Core Concepts for the Introductory Transportation Engineering Course, Proceedings form the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2010.
  40. Vander Giessen, Steven, James Kladianos, and Rhonda Young.  (2009) “Effects of Varying Functional Classification on the Cost of Roadways.”  ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 135, Issue 1, Pages 37-42.
  41. Young, Rhonda, April Heaney, and James Kladianos.  (2009) Assessing Writing in a Comprehensive Design Course, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education 2009 Annual Conference, June 2009.
  42. Vokurka, Christopher, and Rhonda Young.  (2008) Relating Vehicle-Wildlife Crashes to Road Reconstruction.  Proceedings from the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2008.
  43. Zhong, Tao , Rhonda Young, Mike Lowry, and G. Scott Rutherford. (2007)  “A Model for Public Involvement in Transportation Improvement Programming using Participatory Geographic Information Systems.”  Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, Vol. 32, Issue 2, pages 123-133.
  44. Young , Rhonda, Tao Zhong, Mike Lowry, G. Scott Rutherford, and Timothy Nyerges. (2007)  “An Analytic-Deliberative Online Framework for Transportation Programming”.  International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society.  Vol. 3, Issue 2, pages 89-98.
  45. Young, Rhonda and Joel Liesman.  (2007)  “Intelligent Transportation Systems for Operation of Roadway Segments in High-Wind Conditions.” Transportation Research Record 2000, Pages 1-7.
  46. Young, Rhonda and Joel Liesman.  (2007) “Estimated Relationship between Measured Wind Speed and Overturning Truck Crashes Using Binary Logit Model.”  Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 39, Issue 3, pages 574-580.
  47. Zhong, Tao, Mike Lowry, Rhonda Young, G. Scott Rutherford and Timothy Nyerges.  (2007) “An Analytic-Deliberative Framework for Transportation Programming.”  Proceedings from the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
  48. Zhong, Tao, Mike Lowry, Rhonda Young, and G. Scott Rutherford (2007) “A New Model for Public Involvement in Transportation Improvement Programming.” Proceedings from the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
  49. Young, Rhonda.  (2006)  Transportation Research Circular E-C091:  Innovations in Statewide Planning.  Transportation Research Board, National Academy Press, Washington D.C.
  50. Nyerges, Timothy, Terry Brooks, Piotr Jankowski, G. Scott Rutherford, and Rhonda Young.  (2006) “Web Portal Implementation to Support Participation in Transportation Decision Making.”  Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, San Diego, CA.
  51. Nyerges, Timothy, Terry Brooks, Piotr Jankowski, G. Scott Rutherford, and Rhonda Young.  (2005) “Public Participation in Transportation Decision Making.”  Proceedings of the 2005 National Conference on Digital Government Research, Atlanta, GA.
  52. Young, Rhonda, Chris Wolffing, and Michael Tomasini. (2005) “Highway Construction Impacts to Wyoming Businesses.”  Transportation Research Record 1924, pages 94-102. 
  53. Young, Rhonda, Jennifer Barnes, and G. Scott Rutherford.  (2002) “Multimodal Investment Choice Analysis for Washington State Transportation Projects: Phase 1 Results.”  Transportation Research Record 1817, pages 137-142.

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    Other Publications

    1. Milliken, Eric and Rhonda Young.  (2015) Use of Travel Time, Travel Time Reliability, and winter Condition Index Information for Improved Operation of Rural Interstates.  Mountain-Plains Consortium, MPC-15-295. Fargo, ND.
    2. Britton Hammit and Rhonda Young.  (2015) Connected Vehicle Weather Data for Operation of Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridors.  Mountain-Plains Consortium, MPC-15-299. Fargo, ND.
    3. Edward Offei, Rhonda Young, Khaled Ksaibati, and Dick Apronti.  (2014) Evaluating Base Widening Methods.  Wyoming Department of Transportation, FHWA-WY-14/02F. Cheyenne, WY.
    4. Young, Rhonda, Vijay Sabawat, Promothes Saha, and Yanfei Sui.  (2013) Rural Variable Speed Limits: Phase II.  Wyoming Department of Transportation, FHWA-WY-13/03F. Cheyenne, WY.
    5. Offei, Edward  and Rhonda Young. (2012) Relationship between Heavy Vehicle Percentages and Crash Rates.  Mountain-Plains Consortium.
    6. Ringenberg, Paul and Rhonda Young. (2010) Developing a System for consistent Messaging on Interstate 80 Dynamic Message Signs: Phase II.  Mountain-Plains Consortium, MPC-09-211B, Project #286.
    7. Young, Rhonda, Edward Offei, and Qiyue Dai. (2010) High Wind Warning System for Bordeaux, Wyoming.  Wyoming Department of Transportation, FHWA-WY-10/05F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    8. Buddemeyer, Jenna, Rhonda Young, Vijay Sabawat, and Emily Layton. (2010) Variable Speed Limit System for Elk Mountain Corridor.  Wyoming Department of Transportation, FHWA-WY-10/04F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    9. Dai, Qiyue, Rhonda Young, Steven Vander Giessen.  (2008) Evaluation of an Active Wildlife-Sensing and Driver Warning System at Trapper’s Point.  Wyoming Department of Transportation, FHWA-WY-09/03F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    10. Edward, Michelle and Rhonda Young.  (2008) Developing System for Consistent Messaging on Interstate 80’s Dynamic Message Signs: Phase I.  Mountain-Plains Consortium, Fargo, North Dakota.
    11. Buddemeyer, Jenna, Rhonda Young, and Steven Vander Giessen.  (2008)  Highway Construction Related Business Impacts: Phase 3 Effort for the Town of Dubois.   FHWA-WY-08/01F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    12. Vokurka, Chris and Rhonda Young.  (2007)  Relating Vehicle Wildlife Crashes to Roadway Improvements.  Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Mountain-Plains Consortium, FHWA-WY-07/02F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    13. Schneider, Gary, Larry Redd, Rhonda Young, and Michael Tomasini.  (2006) Feasibility of a Next-Generation Intermodal Rail-Truck Transport System for the Western I-80 Corridor: Engineering Economic, Environmental, Safety and Security Policy Considerations.  Wyoming Department of Transportation FHWA-WY-06/04F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    14. Schieck, Shane and Rhonda Young.  (2005)  Highway Construction Related Business Impacts:  Phase II.  Wyoming Department of Transportation Report FHWA-WY-05/04F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    15. Young, Rhonda, Joel Liesman, David Lucke, and Shane Schieck.  (2004)  Wyoming Freight Movement and Wind Vulnerability .  Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Mountain-Plains Consortium.  FHWA-WY-04/06F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    16. Wolffing, Chris, Joel Liesman, Rhonda Young, and Khaled Ksaibati.  (2004)  Highway Construction Related Business Impacts: Phase I Results; Wyoming Department of Transportation Report FHWA-WY-04/01F, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
    17. Young, Rhonda, Jennifer Barnes, and G. Scott Rutherford.  (2002) Multimodal Investment Choice Analysis-Phase I (MICA); Washington Department of Transportation Report WA-RD 547.1, Olympia, Washington.
    18. Young, Rhonda, Jennifer Barnes, and G. Scott Rutherford.  (2002) Multimodal Investment Choice Analysis-Technical Documentation (MICA); Washington Department of Transportation Report WA-RD 547.2, Olympia, Washington.
    19. Young, Rhonda.  (1999) Two Essays on Transportation Planning: Sweden and Washington State.  Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Infrastructure and Planning.  Report No. TRITA-IP FR 00-68.  January 2000

     

    Presentations

    National and International Meetings

    1. “Use of Travel Time, Travel Time Reliability, and Winter Condition Index Information for Improved Operation of Rural Interstates”.  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute Webinar on October 3, 2016.
    2. “The Future of Resource Documents” Focus Panel the Institute of Transportation Engineers International Meeting, August, 2016 in Anaheim, CA.
    3. “Connected Vehicles and Rural Road Weather Management” USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinar, July 2016.
    4. “Feasibility of Using Connected Vehicle Data for Rural Roadway Weather Conditions in Wyoming.” Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2016.
    5. “A Connected Vehicle Road Weather Data Collection System” Presented at the National Rural Intelligent Transportation System (NRITS) Conferee, Snowbird, UT, August 2015.
    6. “What a Systematic Literature Review Tells Us About Transportation Engineering Education”.  Presented at the American Society of Engineering Education 2015 Annual Conference. Seattle, WA, June, 2015.
    7. “Transportation Engineering Instructional Practices: An Analytic Review of the Literature.” Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2015.
    8. “Safety Effectiveness of Variable Speed Limit Systems in Adverse Weather Conditions on Challenging Roadway Geometry”. Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2015.
    9. “Safety and Road Closure Benefits of Rural Interstate Variable Speed Limit Systems”.  Presented at the International World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Detroit, MI, September 2014.
    10. “Speed and Safety Analyses on Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridors”.  Presented at the 17th International Road Weather Conference, La Massana, Andorra, January 2014.
    11. “Variable Speed Limit System for I-80 Corridor in Wyoming: Improving Safety on Roadways in Adverse Conditions”.  Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2014.
    12. “Weather-Based Safety Analysis for Effectiveness of Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridors”. Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2014.
    13. “Transferability of Weather-Based Control Strategy Across Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridors.  Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2014.
    14. “Speed and Safety Analyses on Wyoming Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridors.”  National Rural ITS Conference, St. Cloud, MN, August 2013.
    15. “Transforming Undergraduate Transportation Education Workshop: A Model for Collaborative Curriculum Design in Transportation Engineering Education” Presented at the International Meeting for the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Boston, MA, August 2013.
    16. “Control Strategy for Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridor”  Presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
    17. “Crash Rates on Interstate Segments with Very Large Truck Percentages” Presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
    18. “Assessment of Introductory Transportation Engineering Course and General Transportation Engineering Curriculum” Presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
    19. “Educating the Transportation Professional – Innovative Practices in the Classroom and Workplace: Conversation Circle”.  Presented at the Institute of Transportation Engineers International Meeting in Atlanta, GA, in August 2012.
    20. “A Model for Collaborative Curriculum Design in Transportation Engineering Education” Presented at the American Society of Engineering Education, Atlanta, GA, June 2013.
    21. “Transportation Engineering Educators Conference”  Funded by the National Science Foundation.  Presenter and Organizing Committee.  July 31-August 1, 2012, Seattle, WA. 
    22. “Control Strategy for Rural Variable Speed Limit Corridor”  Presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
    23. “Crash Rates on Interstate Segments with Very Large Truck Percentages” Presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.               
    24. “Assessment of Introductory Transportation Engineering Course and General Transportation Engineering Curriculum” Presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.
    25. “Core Concepts and Learning Outcomes in an Introductory Transportation Engineering course: An Evaluation of Pilot Implementations.”  Presented at the American Society of Engineering Education, San Antonio, TX June 2012.
    26.  “Use of Real Time Weather Variables to Operate Rural Interstates in Wyoming”. Presented at the 16th Conference of the Standing International Roadway Weather Commission (SIRWEC), May 2012, Helsinki, Finland.
    27.  “Estimating Travel Times on a Rural Interstate”.  Presented at the 2011 National Rural ITS Conference, Coeur d’Alene, ID, August 2011.
    28. “Nationwide Effort to Improve Transportation Engineering Education”.  Presented at the 2011 American Society of Engineering Education, Vancouver, B.C., June 2011.
    29. “Development of Core Concepts and Learning Outcomes for the Introductory Transportation Course”.  Presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2011.
    30.  “Rural Variable Speed Limit Systems” and “Trappers Point Wildlife Detection System”.  Presented at the 2010 National Rural ITS conference, Huntington, WV, July 2010.
    31. “Rural Variable Speed Limit System for Southeast Wyoming” Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2010.
    32. “High Wind Warning System to Prevent Overturning Truck Crashes in Wyoming”  Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2010.
    33. “Need to Develop Core Concepts and Learning Outcomes for Introductory Transportation Engineering Course” Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2010.
    34.  “Weather and Speed Indicators to Support Variable Speed Limit System in Southeastern Wyoming” Presented at the 2009 National Rural ITS Conference, Seaside, OR, September 2009.
    35. “Use of RWIS Data for Rural ITS Deployments in Wyoming”.  Presented at the 2008 National Rural ITS Conference, Anchorage, AK, September 2008.
    36. “Mitigating Wildlife’s Impact on the Transportation System”.  Presented at the 2008 National Rural ITS Conference, Anchorage, AK, September 2008.
    37. “Use Visualization in Transportation Planning”. Presented at the TRB Meeting Federal Surface Transportation Requirements in Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Planning Conference, Atlanta, GA 2008.
    38. “Relating Vehicle-Wildlife Crashes to Road Reconstruction”.  Presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2008.
    39. “Relating Vehicle-Wildlife Crash Rates to Roadway Improvements.”  Presented at the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, Little Rock, AR, May 2007.
    40. “A New Model for Public Involvement in Transportation Improvement Programming.” Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
    41. “An Analytic-Deliberative Framework for Transportation Programming.”  Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
    42. “Mitigation of Business Impacts Caused by Highway Reconstruction Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.,  January 2007.
    43. “Use of ITS for Operation of Roadway Segments in High Wind Conditions”.  Presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
    44. “Highway Construction Impacts on Wyoming Businesses.” Presented at the 84st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2005.
    45. “Creating Linkages between Planning and Programming.” Presented at the Statewide Transportation Planning Conference: Making Connections, Duck Key, Florida, May 2003.
    46. “Multimodal Investment Choice Analysis for Washington State Transportation Projects.”  Presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2002.

    Regional Meetings

    1. “Workforce Development: Higher Education” PacTrans Regional Transportation Conference.  Seattle, WA on October 14, 2016.
    2. “Connected Vehicles and Rural Road Weather Management” Portland State University Transportation Seminar Series,  Portland, OR on May 20, 2016.
    3. “Transportation and Road Weather” Portland State University Transportation Seminar Series,  Portland, OR on April 18, 2014.
    4. “Variable Speed Limit Corridors in Wyoming” 10th Annual Spring Transportation Symposium, Denver, CO on April 5, 2013.
    5. “Variable Speed Limit Corridors in Wyoming” Wyoming Engineering Society, February 6, 2013.
    6. “Rural Variable Speed Limit System for I-80 Corridor in Southeast Wyoming” Institute of Transportation Engineers, District 6 Annual Meeting, July 2009.
    7. “Operation of Roadway Facilities with Very High Truck Volumes.”  Presented at the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers Annual Meeting and Quad Conference, April 2008.
    8. “Funding Transportation Infrastructure.” Presented at the Wyoming Business Day at the Legislature, Cheyenne, WY, February 2008.
    9. “Highway Construction Related Business Impacts.”  Presented at the Wyoming Association of Municipalities, Cheyenne, WY, September 2005.
    10. “Transportation Impact Fees Workshop.” Presented at the Wyoming Engineers Society Annual Meeting, Casper, WY, February 2004.
    11. “Multimodal Hubs: An Option for the Washington State Freight Infrastructure Strategy.”  Presented at the 7th Annual Global Trade and Transportation Logistics Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 2001.
    12. “Freight Mobility: State Perspective on a Global Issue.”  Presented at the Fall Global Trade and Transportation Logistics Conference, Seattle, Washington, December 2000.  
    13. “Transportation Planning in Sweden.”  Presented at the Institute of Transportation Engineers Washington Section, Seattle, Washington, May 2000