This month, we will be joined by Dr. Brendan Russo! Dr. Russo is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Northern Arizona University, where he also serves as Associate Director of The Arizona Laboratory for Applied Transportation Research. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a focus in transportation from Iowa State University. His primary research area is traffic safety and he is a registered Professional Engineer in Arizona. Dr. Russo has been involved with numerous transportation-related research projects funded by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), the Arizona, Michigan, Montana, and Oregon DOTs, the Arizona Institute of Automated Mobility, the Maricopa Association of Governments, the City of Phoenix, and the City of Scottsdale.

Dr. Russo will give an overview of the field of transportation engineering, including a summary of how our surface transportation systems are designed and operated. He will also provide a summary of several recent research projects completed through the NAU Arizona Laboratory for Applied Transportation Research.