Joseph Schofer
Joseph L. Schofer is an American civil engineer specializing in transportation engineering. He is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Associate Dean[when?] at the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he is also[when?] Director of the Infrastructure Technology Institute. Schofer earned his B.E. from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He is actively engaged[when?] with the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council, chairing[when?] national policy studies on Equity Implications of Evolving Transportation Finance Mechanisms and Strategies for Improved Passenger and Freight Travel Data; serving[when?] on the Technical Advisory Committee on Capacity for the Strategic Highway Research Program.[1]
He has been on the Northwestern University faculty since 1970, serving as chairman of the department from 1997 to 2002, and as Interim Dean of the McCormick School during 2004-2005. His research and teaching are in transportation policy planning, analysis, evaluation, and behavior. He has published over 130 articles and book chapters and more than 50 technical reports.[2] He received the 2011 Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from the Transportation Research Board.[3]
Schofer co-hosts[when?] a podcast - the Infrastructure Show for which he interviews infrastructure experts and posts news stories about infrastructure on a monthly basis.[4] He is a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and a life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.[citation needed]
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References
- ^ http://cts.cs.uic.edu/event.php?ind=205
- ^ http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/docs/Schofer/Schofer_CV_04282012.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.theinfrastructureshow.com/ Infrastructure Show