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OTREC Visiting Scholar Program

As a University Transportation Center, OTREC aims to support professional development by transferring research into practice. One of OTREC’s main strategies in this regard is the Visiting Scholars Program, which brings experts to Oregon to share their research and experience. Many of these scholars participate in Portland State University’s Transportation Seminar Series. Below are the names of past and future Visiting Scholars as well as the archived video of their seminars, if available. OTREC welcomes suggestions for future participants in this program – please contact OTREC’s Education and Technology Transfer Program Manager, Jon Makler at 503-725-2842. Donald Shoup Visits PSU
Donald Shoup at PSU in Feburary 2007

Winter Term 2010

Date
Speaker
Presentation
Archive
February 12, 2010 Rick Willson
Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Cal Poly Pomona
Transit Oriented Development 2.0  
March 12, 2010 Shawn Turner
Program Manager
Texas Transportation Institute
The Texas A&M University System
Comparing Active Transportation Approaches in China and Europe

 

Past Visiting Scholars

Date
Speaker
Presentation
Archive
November 13, 2009 Joan Walker
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
UC Berkeley
The Power and Value of 'Green' in Promoting Sustainable Travel Behaviors
October 30, 2009 David Strayer
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Utah
The Multi-Tasking Driver: Are We Being Driven to Distraction?
October 16, 2009 Eric Dumbaugh
Assistant Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Texas A&M
Urban Form and Traffic Safety: Examining the Design and Developmental Factors that Influence Crash Incidence
June 25, 2009 Geoff Rose
Director
Institute of Transport Studies
Department of Civil Engineering
Monash University, Melbourne Australia
Emerging types of private vehicles and their implications for road system management  
June 12, 2009 Dr. Benjamin Coifman
Associate Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science
Ohio State University
Imbalances in Lane Change Accommodation Time and Lasting Disturbances
July 10, 2009 Dr. Michael Sivak
Research Professor
Transportation Research Institute
University of Michigan

Upsides of the Current Economic Downturn: Changes in Vehicle Fuel Economy, Amount of Driving, Vehicle Emissions, and Road Fatalities

Location: ITS Lab (Engineering 315)

May 27, 2009 Dr. Peter Furth
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Northeastern University
Cycle Tracks and Bicycle Priority Lanes: More Tools to Serve Traffic Intolerant Riders -Presentation Slides-
May 26, 2009 Dr. Peter Furth
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Northeastern University
Aggressive Signal Priority with Compensation: Maximizing the Transit Benefit Without Disrupting Traffic -Presentation Slides-
May 8, 2009 Dr. Luca Quadrifoglio
Assistant Professor
Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
Zoning Strategy Effect in ADA Paratransit Services: A Simulation Study in Los Angeles, CA
May 1, 2009 Brian Lee
Doctoral Candidate
University of Washington Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design & Planning
Re-examining the influence of work and non-work accessibility on residential location choices with a micro-analytic framework
April 10, 2009 Dr. Scott Samuelsen
Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Enviornmental Engineering
Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center
University of California, Irvine
Powering the Future of Transportation
April 3, 2009 Dr. David Levinson
Associate Professor
Director of the Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems (NEXUS) Research Group
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota
Transport, Land Use, and Value
March 13, 2009 Robin Chase
Founder and former CEO of Zipcar
Founder and CEO of GoLoco and Meadow Networks
How Sharing and Openness Should Play a Critical Role in Our Transportation Future
November 14, 2008 Dr. David L. Goodstein
Professor
Physics and Applied Physics
California Institute of Technology
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
November 16, 2007 Dr. Brian Taylor
Chair of Urban Planning
Director, Institute of Transportation Studies
Associate Director, Lewis Center for
Regional Policy Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
Transit's Dirty Little Secret: Analyzing Patterns of Transit Use
November 16, 2007 Dr. Brian Taylor Rethinking Congestion (presented at TransNow Student Conference)
September 28, 2007 Dr. John Pucher
Professor
Urban Planning and Policy Development
Rutgers University
Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health: Lesson from Europe
May 18, 2007 Dr. Peter Stopher
Professor
Transport and Logistics Studies
University of Sydney
Using a GPS Panel to Evaluate Travel Behavior Changes
May 4, 2007 Dr. Susan Handy
Professor
Enviornmental Science and Policy
University of California, Davis
Bicycling in Davis, CA: A Critical Look at Policy and Behavior in the First Platinum Bicycle City in the U.S.
March 9, 2007 Dr. Joseph M. Sussman
JR East Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Engineering Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Where Transportatation is Going: Transporation in the CLIOS System Era
February 2, 2007 Dr. Donald Shoup
Professor
Urban Planning
University of California, Los Angeles
The High Cost of Free Parking
October 27, 2006 Alan E. Pisarski The End of Commuting
     

 

Alan Pisarski Visits PSU Joseph Sussman Visits ITS Lab
Alan Pisarski Visits PSU Joseph Sussman Visits ITS Lab