Participating Partners

Roadside Safety Research
Pooled Fund Committee
PARTNERS

This research project is performed under a pooled fund program between the following states and agencies:

Wade Henry, P.E.
Assistant State Design Engineer
Design Bureau, Final Design Division
Alabama Department of Transportation
1409 Coliseum Boulevard, T-205
Montgomery AL, 36110
Office:(334)242-6464; Cell: (334) 657-6736
[email protected]

Stanley (Stan) C. Biddick, P.E.
State Design Engineer
Alabama Department of Transportation
1409 Coliseum Boulevard, T-205
Montgomery AL, 36110
Office: (334)242-6489; Cell: (334) 850-0007
[email protected]

Micheal Hills 
Internal Consultant
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
Statewide Traffic Safety Engineers Office
3132 Channel Drive
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 465-2645
[email protected] 

Brandon Irvine
Preconstruction Standards Engineer
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
Project Delivery
2301 Peger Road
Fairbanks, AK 99709
(907) 451-5388
[email protected]

Vue Her, P.E.
Chief, Crash Test Operations
California Department of Transportation 
Division of Research, Innovation and System Information
Roadside Safety Research Group
Sacramento, CA 95819
5900 Folsom Blvd, MS-5
(916) 227-5828
[email protected]

 

Christopher Caldwell, P.E.
Transportation Engineer
California Department of Transportation 
Division of Research, Innovation and System Information
Roadside Safety Research Group
Sacramento, CA 95819
5900 Folsom Blvd, MS-5
(916) 591-2877
[email protected]

David Kosmiski, P.E.
Roadway Miscellaneous (M) Standards Engineer
Office of the Chief Engineer
Construction Engineering Services (CES) Branch
Standards and Specifications Unit (SSU)
CDOT HQ: 2829 W Howard Pl (3rd fl southwest), Denver, CO 80204
[email protected]

Andrew Pott, P.E.
Bridge/Structure Senior Design and Construction Engineer
CDOT HQ: 2829 W Howard Pl (3rd fl southeast), Denver, CO 80204
(720)454-4045
[email protected]

Amin Fakhimalizad
Roadway Assistant Miscellaneous (M) Standards Engineer
CDOT HQ: 2829 W Howard Pl (3rd fl southwest), Denver, CO 80204
[email protected]

Man (Steve) Yip, P.E. 
Bridge/Structure Design and Construction Support Engineer
Division of Project Support / Staff Bridge Design and Construction Management
CDOT HQ: 2829 W Howard Pl (3rd fl northeast), Denver, CO 80204
(303)269-1262
[email protected]

Rich Spann, P.E. 
Assistant Standards and Specifications Engineer 
Office of the Chief Engineer
Construction Engineering Services (CES) Branch
Standards and Specifications Unit (SSU)
CDOT HQ: 2829 W Howard Pl (3rd fl southwest), Denver, CO 80204
303-757-9011
[email protected]

Todd Ingarra 
Transportation Engineer 3
Engineering Services/Facilities & Transit
Connecticut Department of Transportation
860-594-3292
[email protected]  

Cassidy Blowers 
Construction Resource Engineer 
Construction Section 
Delaware DOT 
(302)760-2336 
[email protected] 

 
James Osborne 
Traffic Safety Programs Manager 
Traffic Operations 
Delaware DOT 
(302)659-4651 
[email protected] 

Eduardo Arispe
Research Highway Safety Specialist
FHWA Office of Safety and Operations Research & Development
U.S. Department of Transportation 

6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101
(202) 493-3291
[email protected]

Paul LaFleur, P.E. 
Safety Design Team – Roadway Departure Program Manager
FHWA Office of Safety 
U.S. Department of Transportation 
(515) 233-7308
[email protected]

Richard M. Stepp, P.E.  
Standard Plans Engineer  
Florida Department of Transportation  
Roadway Design Office  
605 Suwannee Street, MS-32  
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450  
(850) 414-4313  
[email protected] 

Marc Danley, P.E. 
Technical Engineer 
(208) 334-8024 
[email protected]  
 

Ryan Lancaster, P.E.  
Technical Engineer II
(208) 334-8528  
[email protected]

Martha A. Brown, P.E. 
Safety Policy & Initiatives Engineer 
Bureau of Safety Programs and Engineering 
Illinois Depart. of Transportation 
2300 Dirksen Parkway, Room 005 
Springfield, IL 62764 
(217) 785-3034 
[email protected] 
 
Edgar A. Galofre, MSCE, P.E. 
Safety Design Engineer 
Bureau of Safety Programs and Engineering 
Illinois Department of Transportation 
2300 S. Dirksen Parkway, Room 007 
Springfield, IL 62764 
(217) 558-9089 
[email protected] 
 
Kelli Erickson 
Safety Design Evaluation Engineer 
Bureau of Safety Programs and Engineering 
Illinois Department of Transportation 
Phone: (217) 557-2563 
[email protected]  

Daniel Harness 
Design Bureau – Methods Section 
Iowa Department of Transportation 
[email protected] 

Chris Poole 
State Traffic Engineer 
Traffic Operations and Safety Bureau
Iowa Department of Transportation 
[email protected] 

Ryan Owens
Bridge & Structural Design Section
Louisiana Department of Transportation
[email protected]

Vivian Berra Figuereo 
[email protected]  
 
Philip Brentlinger 
Maryland State Highway Administration 
[email protected] 

James Danila
State Traffic Engineer
Massachusetts Department of Transportation
10 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
857-368-9640
[email protected]

Alexander Bardow
State Bridge Engineer
Massachusetts Depart. of Transportation
10 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
617-279-5134

[email protected] 

Carlos Torres, P.E. 
Roadside Safety Engineer 
Geometric Design Unit, Design Division 
Michigan Depart. of Transportation
P.
O. Box 30050
Lansing, MI 48909 
(517) 335-2852 
[email protected] 

Khamsai Yang  State Design Standards Engineer Office of Project Management and Technical Support Minnesota Department of Transportation (612) 322-5601 [email protected]   Brian Tang  Assistant State Design Standards Engineer Office of Project Management and Technical Support Minnesota Department of Transportation (651) 366-4684 [email protected]

Gidget Koestner
Policy & Innovations Engineer
Central Office – Design
Missouri Department of Transportation
(573) 751-6905
[email protected]

 

Kirby Woods Jr.
Roadside Design Engineer
Missouri Department of Transportation
(573) 472-5333
[email protected]

Brad Julian 
New Mexico Department of Transportation 
Traffic Technical Support Engineer 
(505) 469-1405 
[email protected] 
 

David Fox, P.E. 
Specifications Engineer 
Roadway Design Division 
Nevada Dept. of Transportation 
1263 S. Stewart St. 
Carson City, NV 89712 
(775) 888-7053 
[email protected]  

Tim Rudnick 
Standards and Manuals Supervisor 
Roadway Design Division 
Nevada Dept. of Transportation 
1263 S. Stewart St. 
Carson City, NV 89712 
(775) 888-7598 
[email protected]

Don P. Fisher, P.E. 
Ohio Depart. of Transportation 
1980 West Broad Street 
Mail Stop 1230 
Columbus, OH 43223 
(614) 387-2614 
[email protected]  

Andrew Holloway, P.E. 
(614) 387-4020
[email protected] 

Kenneth Shannon, P. Eng. 
Lead Engineer, Highway Design 
Ontario Ministry of Transportation 
301 St. Paul Street 
St. Catharines, ON L2R 7R4 
CANADA 
(289) 783–4348 
[email protected] 

Christopher Henson
Sr. Roadway / Roadside Design Engineer
Oregon Department of Transportation
Technical Service Branch
(971) 208-4989
[email protected]

James A. Borino, Jr., P.E.
Chief, Standards and Criteria Unit
Highway Design and Technology Division
Pennsylvania DOT
(717) 612-4791
[email protected] 

Evan Pursel
Senior Civil Engineer
Highway Design and Technology Division
Pennsylvania DOT
(717) 705-8535
[email protected]

Nina Ertel
Project Development Engineer
Highway Design and Technology Division
Pennsylvania DOT
(717) 425-7679
[email protected] 

Tsehay Dessalgn 
Statewide Transportation Engineer
Engineering Division – Production Support
(615) 532-2614
[email protected]  

Laura Chandler 
Engineering Production Support Manager 
Engineering Division 
Tennessee Dept. of Transportation 
(615) 253-4769 
[email protected] 
  
Wesley Apple
Design Quality – Team Lead
(615) 770-6815 
[email protected]  

Chris Lindsey
Transportation Engineer
Design Division 
Texas Department of Transportation
6230 E Stassney Laney
Austin, TX 78744
(512) 416-2750 
[email protected]  

Taya Retterer 
TxDOT Bridge Standards Engineer 
Bridge Division 
Texas Department of Transportation 
(512) 993-0330 
[email protected] 

Wade Odell
Research Project Manager
Research & Technology Implementation Division
Texas Department of Transportation 
(512) 416-4737 
[email protected]

Lance Bullard, Jr., P.E.
Senior Research Engineer
Roadside Safety & Physical Security Div. 
Texas A&M Transportation Institute 
3135 TAMU 
College Station, TX 77843-3135 
(979) 317-2855 
[email protected] 
 
Roger P. Bligh, Ph.D., P.E. 
Senior Research Engineer 
Roadside Safety and Physical Security Division  
(979) 317-2703 
[email protected]  

 

Nauman Sheikh, P.E. 
Research Engineer 
Roadside Safety and Physical Security 
Texas A&M Transportation Institute 
(979) 317-2703 
[email protected] 

 

Ariel Sheil Bounds 
Research Assistant 
Roadside Safety and Physical Security 
Texas A&M Transportation Institute 
(979) 317-2250 
[email protected] 

Clint McCleery
Barrier and Attenuation Manager
Traffic and Safety Operations
Utah Department of Transportation 
(801)712-8685 
[email protected] 
 

Tim Moeckel
Roadside Safety Engineer
Washington State Department of Transportation
Development Division
(360) 704-6377
[email protected]

Mustafa Mohamedali
Research Engineering/Supervisor
Washington State Department of Transportation
Multimodal Planning & Data Division 
(360) 704-6307
[email protected]

Kevin Burch
Policy Support Engineer
Washington State Department of Transportation
Development Division
(360) 705-7952
[email protected]

Shervin Jahangirnejad
Research Coordinator
Washington State Department of Transportation
Multimodal Planning & Data Division 
[email protected]

Ted Whitmore 
Traffic Engineering Director
Traffic Engineering 
WV Division of Highways 
(304)414-7373 
[email protected] 

Erik Emerson, P.E.
Standards Development Engineer-Roadside Design
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Bureau of Project Development
(608) 266-2842
[email protected]