Street and Highway Operations Committee

Mission:

• To contribute to the annual ICTD technical program.
• To develop and coordinate webinars discussing newly developed transportation methods and practices.
• To disseminate information on traffic operations and safety advancements in research, standards, policies, technology, challenging issues, and state-of-the-art practices. 
• To identify, encourage, and nominate outstanding leaders, engineers, researchers, and students for ASCE awards.
• To share the latest developments in traffic operations and upcoming committee events and activities via T&DI communications.  
• To support future standards via content creation and development, contributing to reviews, and supporting MUTCD.

Meet the chair

Min Liu, A.M.ASCE

Dr. Min Liu is the Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professor in Sustainable Civil Infrastructure at the Syracuse University. She serves as the Director of the Syracuse University Infrastructure Institute. Her research field is developing innovative approaches and generating knowledge on how to integrate the Human and Engineering aspects of construction planning to improve productivity and project performance. She has published over 50 articles in top-ranked journals in Construction Engineering and Management. Her research on using the Information Theory approach to quantify information exchange effectiveness in construction planning won the 2021 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Thomas Fitch Rowland award. Her work has also received the Best Paper Awards from the 2018 International Group of Lean Construction Conference and 2017 Lean and Computing in Construction Congress. She received the “Thank a Teacher” awards in 2018, 2017, and 2011 at the North Carolina State University.

Dr. Min Liu was the Chair of ASCE Construction Research Council from 2020 to 2021. Dr. Liu has also served as the Associate Specialty Editor for ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering since 2016 and the Assistant Specialty Editor in Labor and Personnel Issues for ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management since 2009.