Dr. Laurence R Rilett
Distinguished Professor and Director262D Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School
Lincoln, NE 68583-0851
Phone: 402-472-1992
Fax: 402-472-0859
lrilett2@unl.edu
| Bio |
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| Dr. Laurence R. Rilett is a Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering and the Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering and Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). He also serves as the Director of the UNL Mid-America Transportation Center, which is the U.S. Department of Transportation Region VII University Transportation Center, and the Nebraska Transportation Center, which is the umbrella organization for all transportation research at the University of Nebraska. Dr. Rilett received his B.A.Sc. degree and his M.A.Sc. degree from the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. degree from Queen's University. He has held academic positions as an Assistant Professor and an Associate Professor (1995) at the University of Alberta, and as an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor at Texas A&M University (TAMU). Dr. Rilett has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over 25 research projects. Dr. Rilett's field of research is in the transportation system analysis area and his specific research may be divided into two main areas: Intelligent Transportation Systems applications and large-scale transportation system modeling. He has authored or co-authored over 60 refereed journal papers and over 70 conference papers based on his research. In 2002 he was awarded the Texas Transportation Institute TTI/Trinity Researcher Award and in 2007 he was awarded the UNL College of Engineering Research Award. Dr. Rilett is an Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering and on the editorial board of the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations. |
| Education |
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| Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1992 |
| Ph.D. Candidate for Civil Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1990 |
| M.S. Civil Engineering from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, 1987 |
| Honors B.S. Civil Engineering from University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, 1987 |
| Experience |
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| University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska | Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering and Technology |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska | Director, Mid-America Transportation Center |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska | Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas | Professor |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas | E.B. Snead II Associate Professor |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas | Associate Professor with tenure |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas | Assistant Professor |
| University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta | Associate Professor with Tenure | Department of Civil Engineering |
| University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta | Assistant Professor | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario | Lecturer | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario | Lecturer | Department of Mathematics |
| Selected Publications |
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| A Methodology for Comparing Non-Intrusive Traffic Detectors Under Different Operating Conditions published in International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety, 2011 |
| Safety Effect of Dilemma-Zone Protection Using Actuated Advance Warning Systems published in Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting, 2011 |
| Taesun You, Yong-Rak Kim, Keyvan Zare Rami, and Dallas N. Little, “Performance Prediction of Asphaltic Pavements Using Multiscale Modeling: Components-Mixture-Pavement Linkage”, 2016 (Paper-submitted). |
| Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation, 2011 |
| A Methodology for Comparing Non-Intrusive Traffic Detectors Under Different Operating Conditions published in 1st International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety, 2011 |
| Development of a State of the Art Traffic Microsimulation Model for Nebraska published in Nebraska Transportation Center, Final Report 2011 |
| The Challenges and Opportunities of ITS in the 21st Century published in 1st International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety, 2011 |
| ITS Research - A U.S. Perspective, Intelligent Transportation Society of India Annual Conference published in Intelligent Transportation Society of India Annual Conference, 2011 |
| Transportation Data and Green House Gas Emissions Modeling published in INDO-US Workshop on Transportation and GHG Emissions, 2011 |
| Wind/Solar Hybrid Generation-based Roadway Microgrids published in Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2011 IEEE |
| Estimation of Dynamic Origin-Destination Matrices and Calibration of Micro-Simulation Models Using Aggregate Intersection Turn Count Data published in 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board |
| Developing a State-wide Traffic Micro-Simulation Model: Issues and Challenges published in Proceedings of the 8th International Transportation Specialty Conference, 2010 |
| Effectiveness of Combined Advance Detection and Advance Warning Flashers published in Proceedings of the 8th International Transportation Specialty Conference, 2010 |
| Joint Estimation of Dynamic Origin-Destination Matrices and Calibration of Micro-simulation Models Using Aggregate Intersection Turn-Count Data published in Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting, 2010 |
| ITS in America: Challenges and Opportunities published in Indo-US Workshop on Emerging Trends in Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| Effectiveness of Offsetting Opposing Left-Turn Lanes: A Case Study published in Journal of the Transportation Research Forum |
| An Improved Flow-Based Travel Time Estimation Method from Point Detector Data for Freeways published in ASCE Journal of Transportation |
| Selected Projects |
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| Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) U.S.D.O.T. Region VII University Transportation Center |
| Speed Limit Recommendation in Vicinity of Signalized, High-Speed Intersections |
| Nebraska Transportation Center Seed Funding |
| Transportation Curriculum Development |
| ARRA: National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program Region 7 (1) |
| NDOR Speed Limit Recommendation in Vicinity of Signalized High-Speed Intersection |
| Evaluation of Nebraska Department of Road Advanced Warning Systems |
| Video Detection Equipment |
| Region VII- Diesel Emissions and Idle Reduction Retrofit Program |
| NDOR Optimal Design of Workzone Crossovers |
| Non-Intrusive Detector Study |
| ITS Travel Time |
| Quantifying the Effectiveness of Mobile Emission Reduction Technologies for Small Fleet Carriers |
| Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program (GAMTTEP) |
| Evaluation of NDOR Advanced Warning System |
| Awards |
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| College of Engineering Faculty Service Award, 2008 |
| UNL College of Engineering Researcher and Creative Activity Award, 2007 |
| Texas Transportation Trinity Researcher Award, 2002 |
| Dick and Joyce Birdwell Endowed Teaching Award, 1999 |
| Dick and Joyce Birdwell Endowed Teaching Award, 1998 |
| Zachry Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997 |
