Transportation Northwest Staff
Background:
Nancy Nihan received her B.S.I.E. from Northwestern University in 1964, and her
Masters and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University in 1967 and 1970,
respectively. She served as an Assistant Professor in the University of
Illinois Chicago Circle from 1969 until 1974, when she joined the faculty at
the University of Washington.
During the academic years 1984-85 and 1985-86 she was a visiting scholar at the
Transport Studies Group, University College London. She served as the Director
of Transportation, Surveying, and Construction Engineering from 1987-1988 and
has been the Director of the USDOT University Transportation Center for Federal
Region 10 from 1988 to the present date.
Her current research areas are Traffic Operations, Intelligent Transportation
Systems, Video Imaging, and Traffic Flow Models.
Background:
Pete holds BSCE and MS Env.E degrees, and is a registered professional engineer in Washington. He has worked as a traffic and transportation engineer for 26 years; serving approximately 23 of those years as the Northwest Region Freeway Operations Engineer for the Washington State DOT, and 13 of those years as the ITS Program Manager for Washington state.
Pete comes to TransNow from the Puget Sound Regional Council where he spent 9 months as a principal planner working on ITS planning and coordinating regional operations. He served on the TRB Committee on Freeway Operations for 15 years and was Committee Chair for 6 years.
Background:
Joe received his BSCE and MSCE from Texas A&M University in 1968 and 1970, respectively. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M in 1979. Joe.s primary focus areas include transportation and construction with specific focus on pavements, pavement materials, and pavement management systems. In addition to co-authoring numerous publications on construction and transportation, Joe is a member of UW Transportation faculty and teaches courses on construction management, pavement design, and global aviation management, among others.
Background:
Scott Rutherford received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Civil Engineering from Washington State University in 1966 and 1968, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University in 1974. He is a registered professional engineer with several years of industry and consulting experience. Previously, he was director of research for the Washington State DOT and director of the Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC).
Prof. Ed McCormack
Co-Director, TransNow Freight Operations Program
Senior Research Engineer, Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC)
Research Assistant Professor, UW CEE Department
Contact: (206) 543-3348
edm@u.washington.edu
Background:
Ed's focus area is freight operations and transportation. He serves as Senior Research Engineer for the Washington State Transportation Center in the UW branch. In addition to contributing to numerous publications on freight and transportation, he teaches classes on freight mobility and operations.
Background:
Anne received a BS in Mathematics from the University of California at Davis in 1995. Before attending graduate school, she worked in consulting for five years in Europe and North America, for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Applied Decision Analysis Inc., modeling business problems such as airline fleet maintenance scheduling. She received her MS and PhD degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Anne joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor after completing her PhD and adds expertise in freight transportation and logistics, aviation logistics, freight transportation and air quality, and freight terminal operations. Anne is a co-author of multiple journal publications on freight mobility and transportation.
Background:
Stephen received his BSCE from the University of Washington in 1990. Before returning to UW graduate school, Stephen served as an officer in the Navy. He attended nuclear power school and nuclear prototype and submarine school before serving three years on USS William H. Bates (SSN 680). Stephen returned to UW and received his MSCE and PhD in 1998 and 2004, respectively. His research and teaching focus is in transportation construction, construction information, engineering training and education, and pavements.
Background:
Yinhai Wang received his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and his Master's degree in Construction Engineering from Tsinghua University in China in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He received a second Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington in 2002 as well as his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Tokyo in Japan in 1998. His research interests include advanced traveler information systems (ATIS), video image processing for traffic data collection, and infrastructure planning among others. Yinhai has served as both researcher and assistant professor for several years at the University of Washington.
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