Transportation engineers are involved with the safe and efficient movement of both people and goods. They design and maintain all types of transportation facilities, including highways and streets, mass transit systems, railroads, airfields, ports and harbors.
Transportation engineers apply technological knowledge as well as an understanding of the economic, political and social factors in their projects. They must work directly with urban planners because the quality of a community is directly related to the quality of the transportation system.
Some of Our Research Specialties
- Planning & Modeling
- Traffic Management
- Traffic Control
- Highway Capacity
- Intelligent Systems
- Geometric Design
Area faculty and researchers
Mark Burris
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Herbert D. Kelleher Professor
- Division Head, Transportation & Materials Engineering
- Office: DLEB 301C
- Phone: 979-845-9875
- Email: mburris@tamu.edu
Gene Hawkins
- Professor Emeritus, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Office: DLEB 301H
- Email: gene.hawkins@tamu.edu
Dominique Lord
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- A.P. Wiley Faculty Fellow
- Office: DLEB 301B
- Phone: 979-458-3949
- Email: d-lord@tamu.edu
Luca Quadrifoglio
- Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- E.B. Snead ‘25 Associate Professor
- Office: DLEB 301I
- Phone: 979-458-4171
- Email: lquadrifoglio@civil.tamu.edu
Xiubin "Bruce" Wang
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Office: DLEB 303C
- Phone: 979-845-9901
- Email: bwang@civil.tamu.edu
Yunlong Zhang
- Associate Department Head, Graduate Programs, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Peter C. Forster ‘61 Professor
- Office: DLEB 101D, 301G
- Phone: 979-845-9902
- Email: yzhang@civil.tamu.edu
