Leadership

Officers

President

Dr. Chandra R. Bhat

Director, US DOT Center on Data-Supported Transportation Operations and Planning (D-STOP)
University Distinguished Teaching Professor
Joe J. King Chair in Engineering
Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Department of Economics (Courtesy Appointment)

The University of Texas at Austin
301 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C1761
Austin, Texas 78713

Vice President

Dr. Laurence Rilett

Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering and Technology

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mid-America Transportation Center
2200 Vine Street, PO Box 454015
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0851

Secretary

Dr. Patrick Szary

Associate Director

Center for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation (CAIT)
Rutgers University
100 Brett Rd
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8058

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About CUTC

Strategic Alliances

Committees & Task Forces

Workforce Development Task Force

Chair: Laurie McGinnis, Center for Transportation Studies and Tom O’Brien, Center for International Trade and Transportation

Work Initiatives: Download the 2012 National Transportation Workforce Summit: Summary of Results
Get Involved! Fill out the pledge card and return to Traci Ulberg (CUTC Executive Director).

Communications Committee

Chair: Chandra Bhat, Center for Transportation Research

Mission: Facilitate and promote working relationships within the CUTC membership and to develop and maintain mediums of communication with external groups on behalf of the council for the advancement of university transportation research, education, technology transfer, and workforce development.

Student Awards Committee

Chair: Sue McNeil, Delaware Center for Transportation/University Transportation Center and Hillary Nixon, Minata Transportation Institute

Mission: Annual recognition of outstanding PhD and MS theses in Science/Technology and Policy/Planning, and outstanding non-thesis ME reports in Science/Technology and Policy/Planning.

Professional Awards Committee

Chair: Chandra Bhat, Center for Transportation Research and Musharraf Zaman, The University of Oklahoma

Committee Members: CUTC Members

Mission: This committee oversees the solicitation of nominations for all of the CUTC awards but not the CUTC awards given to students. This group administers the judging and/or selection process for these awards.

Nominating Committee

Chair: CUTC Immediate Past-President
Committee Members: To be determined by the current President to ensure there is no conflict of interest.

Mission: Shall prepare a slate of nominees for all offices and Executive Committee Membership to be filled by election as set forth in Article IV of the bylaws.

Federally Sponsored Centers

Chair: TBD

Mission: To serve as the point of contact for activities required of transportation centers by sponsoring federal agencies, and to accommodate those activities within CUTC’s normal activities, to the extent consistent with the purposes of CUTC.

Treasurer

Dr. Noreen McDonald

Chair, City & Regional Planning
Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Professor
Director, Carolina Transportation Program

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3140

Immediate Past President

Dr. Thomas O’Brien

Executive Director

Center for International Trade and Transportation
California State University, Long Beach
6300 State University Drive, Suite 255
Long Beach, California 90815

CUTC Executive Director

Traci Ulberg, CAE, CMP

Meetings Northwest, Inc.
PO Box 2083,
Missoula, MT 59806

Meeting Minutes

February 5, 2021
March 5, 2021

Executive Committee

Dr. Shauna Hallmark

Director and Professor

Institute of Transportation (InTrans)
Iowa State University
2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700
Ames, Iowa 50010

Term Expires: 2023

Dr. Marwa Hassan

Director

Transportation Consortium of South Central States
Louisiana State University
3316A PFT Hall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

Term Expires: 2022

Mr. David Kack

Executive Director

Western Transportation Institute
Montana State University
2327 University Way
Bozeman, Montana 59715

Term Expires: 2023

Dr. Michael Knodler

Director

University of Massachusetts Transportation Center University of Massachusetts, Amherst
214B Marston Hall, 130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003

Term Expires: 2021

Dr. P.S. Sriraj

Director

Urban Transportation Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
412 South Peoria Street, Suite 340
Chicago, IL 60607

Term Expires: 2021

Dr. Yinhai Wang

Director and Professor

Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium
USDOT University Transportation Center for Federal Region 10
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-2700

Term Expires: 2022