Transportation Infrastructure Research Council

This council focuses primarily on pavement and bridge research. Topics include materials, pavement performance, bridge design and maintenance, innovative construction and contracting, deicing and corrosion, and water impacts.

Non-University representatives join faculty and research staff from the Departments of Civil Engineering, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, and Soil, Water, and Climate; Pavement Research Institute; Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth; and other disciplines.

Responsibilities

Activities of the Council include:

  • Provide advice during research project activities.
  • Identify and advance emerging research needs and opportunities.
  • Participate in seminars and other mechanisms to disseminate research results.
  • Assist in planning the annual CTS Research Conference.

Meetings

The Council meets a minimum of three times per year; the Fall and Winter meetings are generally held in conjunction with research seminars.

Membership

Council members are appointed by the CTS director on behalf of the CTS Executive Committee, following nomination by the council chair. Approximately one-third of council members are University faculty or staff. Non-University members include a balance of business, government, and other interests.

A membership rotation occurs every three years. Though members may serve more than one consecutive three-year term, an effort is made to rotate approximately one-third of council membership during a rotation year. In addition to members, “friends” of councils also participate in council activities. New members will often be drawn from friends who are active within councils.

How do I become involved?

If you are interested in becoming a friend of one or more of the councils, please contact Joe Barbeau, program coordinator, at 612-626-1077 or barb0092@umn.edu or return the Council interest form (PDF).

Members

  • Chair: Michael Sheehan — Olmsted County
  • Farideh Amiri — MnDOT
  • Laura Amundson — PB Americas, Inc.
  • Ron Bray — WSB & Associates
  • George Cochran — MnDOT (ret.)
  • Nancy Daubenberger — MnDOT
  • Dan Dorgan — HDR, Inc.
  • Alan Forsberg — Blue Earth County
  • Catherine French — Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Romeo Garcia — Federal Highway Administration
  • Jim Grube — Hennepin County
  • Lee Gustafson — City of Minnetonka
  • Bojan Guzina — Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Maureen Jensen — MnDOT
  • Lev Khazanovich — Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Mark Krebsbach — Dakota County
  • Joe Labuz — Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Erland Lukanen — MnDOT
  • Mark Maloney — City of Shoreview, Minnesota
  • Mihai Marasteanu — Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Steve Olson — Olson & Nesvold Engineers
  • Linda Pieper — Things With a Twist, Inc.
  • Paul Rowecamp — MnDOT
  • Arturo Schultz — Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Carol Shield — Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
  • Linda Taylor — MnDOT
  • Jill Thomas — Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Assn.
  • Curt Turgeon — MnDOT
  • Matthew Zeller — Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota