KU Transportation Center Staff
Director, LTAP and RTAP Programs
Lisa is the Director for the University of Kansas Transportation Center and the Kansas LTAP and RTAP Programs. Her areas of specialty include transportation safety, transportation planning, community planning, communications, and partnership development.
Professor, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
Steve's research interests are in traffic control devices, highway design, highway safety, and work zone safety.
Emily is the Education Program Manager for the University of Kansas Transportation Center. She facilitates the LTAP and RTAP training programs, managing the scheduling of events and delivery of services to achieve program goals.
Anne is Outreach Coordinator and lead trainer for the Kansas RTAP Program. She develops the annual Kansas RTAP training calendar, teaches RTAP classes statewide, trains other transit trainers in the state, and coordinates with partners of Kansas RTAP in ongoing service and new initiatives.
Hemin is the Road Safety Resources Coordinator. He works directly with county and city public works agencies in Kansas as part of Kansas LTAP. He assists KUTC staff and researchers in the University of Kansas Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department in collecting and analyzing relevant traffic data. Hemin also helps develop a series of road safety briefs for KUTC and Kansas LTAP.
Clark is Kansas LTAP's first Local Field Liaison. He is a licensed engineer and land surveyor. Clark has served as a military engineer at Fort Riley and Saudi Arabia, as well as City Engineer for Great Bend and County Engineer for Barton County. As Local Field Liaison, Clark works with county and city public works agencies in Kansas on issues such as: practical road safety assessments, identifying low cost safety improvements, providing guidance in applying for funding for safety improvements, assistance in the implementation of local road safety plans, and more.
Mike has 40 years of field and management experience in highway, road, and bridge construction, maintenance, and public works response to emergency events. His career began with KDOT in the Kansas City Metro area, working up to Area Superintendent responsible for the highway system in Johnson County. He became Operations Division Manager for Douglas County Public Works, then Street Division Manager for the City of Lawrence. Mike has worked with public officials at fire and accident events, including Hurricane Katrina, and the Greensburg and Chapman tornado cleanups. As Local Field Liaison, Mike assists public works agencies with road safety improvements and implementation, operational issues, department leadership turnover, and more.
Lisa manages the Transportation Center’s research initiatives. She serves as the technical expert on RTAP projects and manages other transit and transportation research projects led by the Transportation Center. Lisa also teaches in the Urban Planning Program in the School of Public Affairs and Administration.
Nikhila is a Graduate Research Assistant for the University of Kansas Transportation Center (KUTC) and is a graduate student in the department of Construction Management and Transportation Engineering. In 2017 she earned a Master’s degree in Urban Planning, specializing in Transportation Planning from KU. She conducts and assists in transportation research projects at KUTC.
Alice provides administrative support for the KU Transportation Center and handles requests for resources distributed by the Center.
Elle is a Research Associate for the University of Kansas Transportation Center (KUTC) and is a graduate student in Communications at KU School of Journalism. She provides marketing advice and assistance to local RTAP providers in Kansas.
Connor is a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Kansas Transportation Center (KUTC) and is a graduate student in the Urban Planning and Public Administration programs. He conducts and assists in transportation research at KUTC.
Colin is a Graduate Research Assistant for the University of Kansas Transportation Center (KUTC) and is a graduate student in the Urban Planning program with a specialization in Transportation. In 2018 he earned a dual degree in geography and natural resources & environmental science, a minor in regional & community planning, and a GIS operators certificate from Kansas State University. He conducts and assists with transportation research at KUTC.
Affiliated Faculty Researchers
Research interests in high quality, efficient, safe, health, and sustainable luminous and visual environments.
Research interests include geotechnical topics such as new design methods for unpaved roads, multi-tiered earth wall systems, geosynthetic reinforcements and soil improvement techniques.
Research interests in transportation engineering, traffic flow, highway capacity, and driver behavior.
Research interests include soil stabilization, flowable fill, site investigation methodology, and solid waste management.
Research interest in hydrology. Teaches LTAP training workshops in GIS applications to transportation.
Workshop Instructors
Teaches Asphalt Road and Street Maintenance and Bridge Maintenance.
Teaches Culverts and Drainage, Culvert Management, Surveying, Road Engineering, Public Works I and II and other management classes.
Teaches Workplace, Job Site and Equipment Safety and Snow and Ice Control
