MAP-21 Centers and Grantees

Lead Center:

• University of Maryland

Consortium Partners:

• Arizona State University
• Louisiana State University
• Morgan State University (Maryland)
• North Carolina State University
• Old Dominion University (Virginia)
• University of New Orleans (Louisiana)

Dr. Lei Zhang
Director
1173 Glenn L. Martin Hall,
College Park, MD 20742-3021

Phone: 301-405-2881
Email: lei@umd.edu
Website:  http://ntc.umd.edu/

Lead Center:

• University of California, Davis

Consortium Partners:

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• University of California, Riverside
• University of Southern California
• University of Vermont

Dr. Susan Handy
Director
One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

Phone: 530-752-5878
Email: slhandy@ucdavis.edu
Website: https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/

Lead Center:

• Portland State University (Oregon)

Consortium Partners:

• Oregon Institute of Technology
• University of Oregon
• University of South Florida
• University of Utah

Dr. Jennifer Dill
Director
1930 SW Fourth Avenue, Suite 300,
P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207

Phone: 503-725-2855
Email: jdill@pdx.edu
Website: http://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/

Lead Center:

• Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania)

Consortium Partners:

• University of Pennsylvania

Prof. Raj Rajkumar
Director
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Phone: 412-268-8707
Email: raj@ece.cmu.edu
Website:  http://utc.ices.cmu.edu/utc/

Lead Center:

• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Consortium Partners:

• Columbia University (New York)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Princeton University (New Jersey)
• University of Delaware
• University of South Florida
• University of Texas, El Paso
• Utah State University
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dr. Ali Maher
Director
100 Brett Road, Piscataway,
NJ 08854-8058

Phone: 848-445-2951
Email: mmaher@rci.rutgers.edu
Website: http://cait.rutgers.edu/

Lead Center:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Consortium Partners:

• Harvard University (Massachusetts)
• University of Connecticut
• University of Maine
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Dr. Joseph F. Coughlin
Director
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-279, Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: 617-253-4978
Email: coughlin@mit.edu
Website: http://utc.mit.edu/

Lead Center:

• City University of New York

Consortium Partners:

• Clarkson University (New York)
• College of New Jersey
• Columbia University (New York)
• Cornell University (New York)
• Hofstra University (New York)
• Manhattan College (New York)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• New York Institute of Technology
• New York University
• Polytechnic Institute of NYU
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York)
• Rochester Institute of Technology (New York)
• Rowan University (New Jersey)
• State University of New York, Albany
• Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey)
• Syracuse University (New York)
• University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Dr. Camille Kamga
Director
Marshak Hall, Suite 910,
The City College of New York,
160 Convent Avenue,
New York, NY 10031

Phone: 212-650-8087
Email: ckamga@utrc2.org
Website: http://www.utrc2.org/

Lead Center:

• University of Virginia 

Consortium Partners:

• University of Delaware
• Marshall University (West Virginia)
• Morgan State University (Maryland)
• Old Dominion University (Virginia)
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dr. Brian Smith
Director
Thorton Hall - Room B228
351 McCormick Road
Box 400742
Charlottesville, VA 22904

Phone: (434) 343-8585
Fax: (434) 982-2951
Email: briansmith@virginia.edu
Website: www.matsutc.org

Lead Center:

• University of Tennessee

Consortium Partners:

• Clemson University (South Carolina)
• North Carolina A&T State University
• University of Alabama, Birmingham
• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
• University of Central Florida
• University of Kentucky
• University of North Carolina
• University of South Florida

Dr. Stephen H. Richards
Director
The University of Tennessee
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 325 John D. Tickle Building,
Knoxville, TN 97996-2313

Phone: 865-974-0724
Email: stever@utk.edu
Website: http://stc.utk.edu/

Lead Center:

• University of Minnesota 

Consortium Partners:

• Southern Illinois University
• University of Akron (Ohio)
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Western Michigan University

Dr. Max Donath
Director
511 Washington Avenue S.E.,
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0375

Phone: 612-625-2304
Email: donath@umn.edu
Website: 
http://www.roadwaysafety.umn.edu

Lead Center:

• University of Oklahoma 

Consortium Partners:

• Langston University (Oklahoma)
• Louisiana Tech University
• Oklahoma State University
• Texas Tech University
• University of Arkansas
• University of New Mexico
• University of Texas, El Paso

Dr. Musharraf Zaman
Director
College of Engineering,
202 W. Boyd Street, Rm 107,
Norman, OK 73019-1024

Phone: 405-325-4217
Email: zaman@ou.edu
Website: http://www.sptc.org

Lead Center:

• Iowa State University 

Consortium Partners:

• Creighton University (Nebraska)
• Harris-Stowe State University (Missouri)
• University of Missouri, Columbia
• University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Wichita State University (Kansas)

Dr. Shauna L. Hallmark
Interim Director
2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700,
Ames, IA 50010

Phone: 515-294-5249
Email: shallmar@iastate.edu
Website: 
http://www.intrans.iastate.edu/mtc/

Lead Center:

• North Dakota State University 

Consortium Partners:

• Colorado State University
• South Dakota State University
• University of Colorado, Denver
• University of Denver (Colorado)
• University of Utah
• University of Wyoming
• Utah State University

Dr. Denver Tolliver
Director
NDSU Dept. 2880,
P.O. Box 6050,
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

Phone: 701-231-7767
Email: denver.tolliver@ndsu.edu
Website: 
http://www.mountain-plains.org/

Lead Center:

• University of California, Berkeley

Consortium Partners:

• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Riverside
• University of California, Santa Barbara

Michael Cassidy
Director
416 McLaughlin Hall, #1720,
Berkeley, CA 94720-1712

Phone: 510-642-7702
Email: cassidy@ce.berkeley.edu
Website: 
http://www.ucconnect.berkeley.edu/

Lead Center:

• University of Washington

Consortium Partners:

• Oregon State University
• University of Alaska
• University of Idaho
• Washington State University

Dr. Yinhai Wang
Director
112 More Hall
Box 352700
Seattle, WA 98195-2700

Phone: (206) 616-2696
Fax: (206) 543-1546
Email: yinhai@u.washington.edu
Website: www.pactrans.org

Lead Center:

• University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Consortium Partners:

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York)
• George Mason University (Virginia)
• University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Dr. Adel W. Sadek
Director
212 Ketter, Buffalo, NY 14260

Phone: 716-645-4367
Email: asadek@buffalo.edu
Website: 
http://www.buffalo.edu/transinfo.html

Lead Center:

• University of Arkansas

Consortium Partners:

• Jackson State University (Mississippi)
• Louisiana State University
• University of New Orleans (Louisiana)

Dr. Heather Nachtmann
Director
4170 Bell Engineering Center,
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Phone: 479-575-5857
Email: hln@uark.edu
Website: http://martrec.uark.edu/

Lead Center:

• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Consortium Partners:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Michigan Technological University
• Rose-Hulman institute of Technology (Indiana)
• University of Illinois, Chicago
• University of Kentucky
• University of Tennessee

Dr. Christopher P. L. Barkan
Director
1245 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory,
MC-250, 205 North Mathews Avenue,
Urbana, IL 61801-2352

Phone: 212-244-6338
Email:  cbarkan@illinois.edu
Website: http://www.nurailcenter.org/

Lead Center:

• University of Southern California

Consortium Partners:

• California State University, Long Beach

Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Director
650 Childs Way,
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626

Phone: 213-740-3956
Email: giuliano@price.usc.edu
Website: 
http://www.metrans.org/about/

Lead Center:

• University of Texas, Austin

Consortium Partners:

• no sub-grantees

Dr. Chandra R. Bhat
Director
301 E. Dean Keeton St., C1761,
Austin, TX 78712-0278

Phone:  512-471-4535
Email: bhat@mail.utexas.edu
Website: 
http://ctr.utexas.edu/research/d-stop/

Lead Center:

• Maine Maritime Academy

Consortium Partners:

• University of Maine

Dr. Richard Kimball
Director
204 Dismukes Hall,
Maine Maritime Academy,
Castine, ME 04420

Phone: 207-326-2375
Email: kimball@mma.edu
Website: 
http://www.mainemaritime.edu/metel

Lead Center:

• University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Consortium Partners:

• Montana State University
• Washington State University

Billy G. Connor
Director
P.O. Box 757380,
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7270

Phone:  907-474-5552
Email: bgconnor@alaska.edu
Website: http://ine.uaf.edu/cesticc/

Lead Center:

• University of Central Florida

Consortium Partners:

• Tuskegee University (Alabama)
• University of Hawaii, Honolulu

Mr. Richard A. Raustad
Director
12201 Research Parkway, Suite 501,
Orlando, FL 32826

Phone: 321-638-1454
Email: rraustad@fsec.ucf.edu
Website: 
http://evtc.fsec.ucf.edu/index.htm

Lead Center:

• Montana State University

Consortium Partners:

• North Dakota State University

David Kack
Director
Montana State University
College of Engineering,
P.O. Box 174250,
Bozeman, MT 59717-4250

Phone: 406-994-7526
Email: dkack@coe.montana.edu
Website: 
http://www.westerntransportationinstitute.
org/centers/small-urban-and-rural-
livability-center/default.aspx

Lead Center:

• University of South Florida

Consortium Partners:

• Florida International University
• Texas A&M University
• University of Illinois, Chicago

Dr. Robert L. Bertini
Director
4202 E. Fowler Avenue CUT100,
Tampa, FL 33620-5375

Phone:  813-974-9797
Email: rbertini@usf.edu
Website: http://www.nctr.usf.edu

Lead Center:

• Western Michigan University

Consortium Partners:

• Tennessee State University
• University of Texas, Arlington
• Utah State University
• Wayne State University (Michigan)

Dr. Jun-Seok Oh
Director
1903 W. Michigan Avenue,
Kalamazoo, MI 49009-5316

Phone: 269-276-3216
Email: jun.oh@wmich.edu
Website: 
http://www.wmich.edu/
transportationcenter

Lead Center:

• Florida State University

Consortium Partners:

• Florida A&M University
• University of North Florida

Dr. John C. Sobanjo
Director
2525 Pottsdamer Street, Rm. 129,
Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046

Phone:  850-410-6153
Email: jsobanjo@fsu.edu
Website: http://utc.fsu.edu

Lead Center:

• Ohio State University

Consortium Partners:

• Indiana University-Purdue University
• North Carolina A&T State University
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dr. Ümit Özgüner
Director
2015 Neil Avenue, 
Columbus, OH 43210

Phone: 614-292-5940
Email: umit@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu
Website: http://citr.osu.edu/CrIS/

Lead Center:

• University of Iowa

Consortium Partners:

• University of Central Florida
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
• University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dawn C. Marshall
Director
SaferSim University
Transportation Center
2401 Oakdale Blvd.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-5003

Phone: 319-335-4774
Fax 319-335-4658
Email: dawn-marshall@uiowa.edu
Website: 
http://safersim.nads-sc.uiowa.edu/

Lead Center:

• University of Michigan

Consortium Partners:

• Texas A&M University

Dr. David W. Eby
Director
2901 Baxter Road,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Phone: 734-763-8107
Email: eby@umich.edu
Website: www.atlas-center.org

Lead Center:

• University of Nevada, Reno

Consortium Partners:

• Arizona State University
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• University of New Mexico

Dr. Zong Tian, P.E.
Director
University of Nevada,
Reno, MS 258, Reno, NV 89557

Phone: 775-784-1232
Email: zongt@unr.edu
Website: http://www.unr.edu/solaris

Lead Center:

• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Consortium Partners:

• Texas A&M University
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Dr. Constantine Tarawneh
Director
1201 West University Drive,
Edinburg, TX 78539-2999

Phone: 956-665-8878
Email: constantine.tarawneh@utrgv.edu
Website: http://railwaysafety.utrgv.edu/

Lead Center:

• Florida International University

Consortium Partners:

• Iowa State University
• University of Nevada, Reno

Dr. Atorod Azizinamini
Director
Florida International University,
Miami, FL 33174

Phone:  402-770-6210
Email: aazizina@fiu.edu
Website: www.abc-utc.fiu.edu

Lead Center:

• Michigan State University

Consortium Partners:

• North Carolina A&T State University
• University of Hawaii
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• University of Minnesota
• University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Karim Chatti
Director
3557 Engineering Building,
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226

Phone: 517-355-5133
Email: chatti@egr.msu.edu
Web Address: 
http://www.chpp.egr.msu.edu/

Lead Center:

• Missouri University of Science and Technology

Consortium Partners:

• Rutgers University (New Jersey)
• Southern University (Louisiana)
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• University of Miami (Florida)

Dr. Kamal H. Khayat
Director
224 Engineering Research Laboratory, 500 W. 16th Street,
Rolla, MO 65409-0710

Phone: 573-341-6223
Email: khayatk@mst.edu
Website: 
http://recast.mst.edu/thecenter/