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Professional Achievements - Curriculum Vitae

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Education

1970

Bachelor of Science (C Eng)

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Department of Civil Engineering
1973

Master of City Planning

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Department of City Planning
1979

Doctorate (PhD)

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
- Department of Civil Engineering

Professional Experience

1992 - present Full Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Canada
2007 - present Advisory Appointment Collegio dei Docenti del Dottorato di Ricerca, Universita’ della Calabria, Italy
1999-2000 Visiting Scientist Institute for Systems Analysis, Informatics and Statistics, European Joint Research Centre, Italy
1992-1993 Visiting Scientist Major Hazards Unit, Health and Safety Executive and University of Sheffield, UK
1985-1986 Visiting Associate Professor Civil Engineering and CIGGT, Queen’s University, Canada
1980-1981 Visiting Assistant Professor Institute for Transportation Studies, Leeds University, UK
1979-1985 Assistant Professor Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

Professional Collaborative Activities

Associate Editor Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Transportation Division. 2006-present
Member Ontario Association of Professional Engineers (APEO), Registered P.Eng.
Visiting Professor Dipartimento di Pianificazione Territoriale,  Universita’ della Calabria, Rende, Italy, 2007.  Adjunct, Unical College of Doctoral Researchers
Principal Investigator Transport Canada, Safety implications of mandated truck speed limiters, 2009
Member US National Research Council, Committee of Experts, “Safe transport of spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive wastes”. November, 2005
Member Transport Canada (Transportation Development Centre), Research Steering Committee on Human Factors in Highway/Rail at grade crossing accidents, 2005
Principal Investigator Transport Canada, Identifying highway-railway hotspots and countermeasures, 2006.
Member US National Academy of Sciences and Transportation Research Board, Committee of Experts on Human Factors and Truck Driver Fatigue, 2003
Member Consultant on transportation safety issues to a number of government and private sector agencies, including Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Transport Canada, Expert Witness on Transportation Safety, European Commission, DG-7, US-DOT, AAR, Ontario Trucking Association
Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineering and Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Canada
Member Canadian Transportation Research Forum
Member Canadian Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology, University of Waterloo
Member University of Waterloo, Institute for Risk Research
Friend/Member
Transportation Research Board Committees
  • Committee on the Transportation of Hazardous Materials 
  • Committee on Safety Data and Accident Analysis. 
  • Committee on Transportation Safety Management, and Truck and Bus Safety
Reviewer
  • American Society of Civil Engineering, Journal of Transportation Engineering 
  • Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 
  • Transportation Research Record 
  • Journal of Risk Analysis
Peer Reviewer AD Little QRA Model, Association of American Railroads, OECD/PIARC/EU Project No. ERS2
AOECD/PIARC/EU Project No. ERS2
External PhD examiner UBC, UToronto, RMC, Ryerson University, Carleton University, Queens, University of Manitoba
Visiting Scientist Eu. Joint Research Centre, Institute for Systems Analysis, Ispra, Italy
Peer reviewer Canadian Transportation Development Agency
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Safety Office