Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI)
This position is elected by the membership of T&DI. The Governor is expected to participate in the monthly Board meetings (2 or 3 face-to-face meetings annually and monthly teleconferences in-between. The face-to-face meetings are generally 1.5 days and the teleconferences generally last no more than 90 minutes.) In the first year, the governor acts as the Institute's Treasurer. The Treasurer works with the Institute Director on the budget...
November 23, 2022
Giving thanks - Hello, This is the time of year many of us gather in different settings and reflect, and one of the things I’m most thankful for is the great work our ASCE and T&DI civil engineers contribute each year volunteering on the local, state and national level.
November 04, 2022
In September, T&DI had the pleasure of hosting lectures by our past two Francis C. Turner Award recipients, Dr. Hai Yang, Ph.D., C.Eng, M.ASCE (2021), and Dr. Eyad Masad, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE (2022). Both delivered outstanding presentations that were so well-received by our attendees that we’ve decided to share them in a public space.
October 18, 2022
A Resilient Transportation System - Hello, I want to thank you for the chance to serve as T&DI President and look forward to the opportunities ahead in the next year. I’d also like to thank my predecessor David Noyce for all his fine work and the preparation for me to step into this role, as well past president Rick Boudreau as he steps off of the board after four years of service. And I’d like to welcome new board members...
October 17, 2022
Many quotes, song lyrics, and messages of friendly advice I have received over the years suggest that life goes faster than you think, so don’t blink! I wholeheartedly agree! A year has passed very quickly and my term as President of T&DI will come to an end on September 30. Where did the year go? When I wrote to you last October, I said...
September 16, 2022
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One of the various roles the President and Vice President of T&DI fulfills is membership on ASCE’s Technical Region Board of Governors (TRBG). Consisting of leadership from the ASCE Regions, and each Institute, TRBG among their many activities conduct peer reviews of each Institute of ASCE. At the August 12, 2022, TRBG meeting in Denver, CO, it was T&DI’s turn to be reviewed by our ASCE TRBG peers.
August 19, 2022
Joel P. Leisch, an iconic member of the transportation profession, passed away unexpectedly on June 30th, 2022. He was 81 years old and still actively contributing to the profession.
July 21, 2022
As I write this month’s message, nearly every T&DI member in academia is feverishly working on preparing proposals for the next University Transportation Center (UTC) competition. With thanks to the recent Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act federal legislation, the Secretary of Transportation has been approved to...
July 19, 2022
Some of you may recall an action-fiction television show from the early 1980’s called the A-Team. Our younger T&DI members may better recall the 2010 movie version of the A-Team that starred Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, and Jessica Biel...
June 17, 2022
ASCE’s Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) is pleased to congratulate Lan Ventura, a Ph.D. student at Texas Tech University, on winning the 2022 Jack E. Leisch Fellowship Award.
June 16, 2022