Distinguished Lecture Series

Fall 2008

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Dr. Chris Hendrickson
Duquesne Light Company Professor of Engineering and Co-Director of the Green Design Institute at Carnegie
Mellon University

Topic: Infrastructure for Alternative Vehicle Fuels

Spring 2008

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David S. Ekern, P.E.
Commissioner
Virginia Department of Transportation

Topic: At the Crossroads - Building for the
Next Generation

Fall 2007

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Genevieve Giuliano, PhD
Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Research and Technology, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, USC Director, METRANS Transportation Center

Topic: Port-related Trade: regulation and response in Los Angeles

Fall 2006

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Dr. Michael D. Meyer P.E.
Professor, School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Director, Georgia Transportation Institute

Topic: Potential Effects of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure: Re-thinking the Design Process

Spring 2006

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Mr. William W. Millar
President of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Washington, DC.

Topic: Public Transportation in the United States

Fall 2005

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Dr. Kumares C. Sinha
Edgar B. & Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering
Director of the Joint Transportation Research Program of Purdue University and Indiana Department of Transportation

Topic: Challenges and New Directions in Highway Transportation

Spring 2005

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John Samuels, Jr.
Senior Vice President
Operations Planning and Support
Norfolk Southern Railroad

Topic: Achieving 10X Acceleration of Engineering Science on Railroads in the 21 st Century.

Fall 2004

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Dr. C. Michael Walton
Professor of Civil Engineering
Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering
University of Texas at Austin

Topic: Evolution of Highway Transportation

Spring 2004

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Mr. Emil Frankel
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Department of Transportation (DOT)

Topic: The Development of Transportation Policy in the Context of the Ongoing Struggle between Congress and the Bush Administration over the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill

Spring 2003

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Philip A. Shucet
Commissioner
Virginia Department of Transportation

Topic: Meeting the Transportation Needs of Virginia

Fall 2002

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Martin Wachs, PHD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Professor of City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley

Topic: A Quiet Revolution in Transportation Finance