Nathan Schulz

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TTI Assistant Research Scientist
Infrastructure Protection
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
(979) 317-2694 x42694
[email protected]

Education

M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University
B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

Biography

“Mr. Schulz is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in civil engineering at Texas A&M University.”

Mr. Schulz is an assistant research scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in the Roadside Safety and Physical Security Division. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in civil engineering at Texas A&M University. Mr. Schulz is a registered engineer-in-training in the state of Texas.

Since he joined TTI, he has been involved in research with various state departments of transportation (DOTs), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) and several private industry sponsors. In these various projects, he designed and evaluated bridge rails, guardrail systems, concrete median barriers and roadway gates to mitigate injury to occupants in passenger vehicles, heavy trucks and motorcycles.

Mr. Schulz has a wide range of experience in the use and validation of computer simulation models for the development, analysis and evaluation of highway safety appurtenances and roadside geometric features.

Research Interests

Highway Safety, Physical Security, Computer Simulation, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Machine Learning