Program Directors

CTS and Joint CTS Programs

Laurie McGinnis

  • Transportation Engineering and Road Research Alliance (TERRA) Support
  • Operating Program
  • CTS Scholars and Seed Research Program

Gina Baas

  • Toward Zero Deaths Support
  • Outreach Services
  • Education Services
  • Access to Destinations

Dawn Spanhake

  • Transitway Impacts

Jim Grothaus

  • Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)
  • Airport Technical Assistance Program (AirTAP)
  • Customized Training
  • Truck Weight Education and Outreach Program
  • Local Operational Research Assistance Program (OPERA)

Jan Lucke

  • Coordinated Research Program
  • National Research Proposal Coordination Services

Max Donath

  • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute
  • Intelligent Vehicles Program

Arlene Mathison

  • Digital Information and Library Services

Michael Manser

  • Human FIRST Program (Human Factors Interdisciplinary Research in Simulation and Transportation)

John Hourdos

  • Minnesota Traffic Observatory

Eil Kwon

  • Northland Advanced Transportation Systems Institute (NATSRL)

Frank Douma

  • TechPlan: Preparing Transportation Planners for ITS Applications

Lee Munnich

  • Center for Excellence in Rural Safety

Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos

  • Security in Transportation Technology and Research Applications program (SECTTRA)

CTS Affiliated Programs

Lee Munnich

  • State and Local Policy Program

Ed Goetz

  • Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)

David Levinson

  • Networks, Economics, and Urban Systems (NeXus)

Cathy French

  • Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing System (MAST) Lab

David Kittelson

  • Center for Diesel Research

Ignacio San Martin

  • Metropolitan Design Center

Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos

  • Center for Distributed Robotics
  • NSF Safety Security and Rescue Research Center

Saif Benjaafar

  • Center for Supply Chain Research

Bruce Wilson

  • Erosion/Sediment Management and Control Program

Ed Goetz and Tom Fisher

  • University Metropolitan Consortium

Jonathan Foley

  • Institute on the Environment