Visiting Scholar Program

As a University Transportation Center, OTREC supports professional development by transferring research into practice. Key to this goal 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 along with 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.

Visiting Scholars

Date
Speaker
Presentation
Archive
February 12th, 2010 Rick Wilson
Professor Department of Urban and Regional Planning Cal Poly Pomona 		Transit Oriented Development 2.0
March 12th, 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
December 13th, 2009 Joan Walker
Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering UC Berkeley 		The Power and Value of 'Green' in Promoting Sustainable Travel Behaviors
October 30th, 2009 David Strayer
Professor Department of Psychology University of Utah 		The Multi-Tasking Driver: Are We Being Driven to Distraction?
October 16th, 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 25th, 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 12th, 2009 Dr. Benjamin Coifman
Associate Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science Ohio State University 		Imbalances in Lane Change Accommodation Time and Lasting Disturbances
July 10th, 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 27th, 2009 Dr. Peter Furth
Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering Northeastern University 		Cycle Tracks and Bicycle Priority Lanes: More Tools to Serve Traffic Intolerant Riders
May 26th, 2009 Dr. Peter Furth
Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering Northeastern University 		Aggressive Signal Priority with Compensation: Maximizing the Transit Benefit Without Disrupting Traffic
May 8th, 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 1st, 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 10th, 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 3rd, 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 13th, 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 14th, 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 16th, 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 16th, 2007 Dr. Brian Taylor
Rethinking Congestion (presented at TransNow Student Conference)
September 28th, 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 18th, 2007 Dr. Peter Stopher
Professor Transport and Logistics Studies University of Sydney 		Using a GPS Panel to Evaluate Travel Behavior Changes
May 4th, 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 9th, 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 2nd, 2007 Dr. Donald Shoup
Professor Urban Planning University of California, Los Angeles 		The High Cost of Free Parking
October 27th, 2006 Alan E. Pisarski
The End of Commuting