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PROGRAM PRESENTERSDr. Laurence Rilett, P.E.Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair inEngineering and TechnologyDistinguished ProfessorDirector, Mid-America TransportationCenterPhone: (402) 472-1992Email: lrilett2@unl.eduDr. Laurence R. Rilett, DistinguishedProfessor of Civil Engineering andthe inaugural holder of the Keith W.Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering andTechnology at the University of NebraskaLincoln (UNL), is Director of both the UNLMid-America Transportation Center (MATC) and the NebraskaTransportation Center (NTC).Under Rilett’s directorship, MATC was designated as the U.S.Department of Transportation (USDOT) Region VII UniversityTransportation Center in 2006, 2011, and 2016. To date, MATChas received over 28 million in funding with an equal amountof matching funds. Rilett has led the development of importantoutreach activities including an after-school program formiddle-school students, a week-long STEM summer academyfor Native American high school students, and a scholars thatprovides mentorship to help undergraduate students fromunderrepresented groups navigate graduate school recruitment,admissions, and completion processes with success.Rilett’s research is in the field of transportation system analysisarea; his specific research focus may be divided into two mainareas: Intelligent Transportation Systems applications and largescale transportation system modeling. Rilett has been a principalinvestigator or co-principal investigator on more than 40 researchprojects with total funding in excess of 48 million.Rilett has more than 250 publications, including 90 peerreviewed articles, 90 conference proceedings papers, and manyother published reports, editorials, and reviews. The AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers (ASCE) awarded Rilett the 2019 ArthurM. Wellington Prize for Best Transportation-Related Paper in anASCE Journal and the 2021 Frank M. Masters TransportationEngineering Award for “contributions to innovative research ontransportation systems and collaborative leadership to develop adiverse workforce in transportation engineering.” He is currentlythe Managing Editor of the ASCE Journal of Transportation-PartA and was elected Vice-President of the Council of UniversityTransportation Centers for 2020-2021.7MATC Scholars ProgramDr. Judy A. Perkins, P.E.Professor & Interim Department HeadTexas A&M University Regents ProfessorPrairie View A&M UniversityPhone: (936) 261-1655Email: juperkins@pvamu.eduDr. Judy A. Perkins is a Professor of Civil& Environmental Engineering at PrairieView A&M University (PVAMU) and holdsthe title of Texas A&M University System(TAMUS) Regents Professor. Dr. Perkins isthe former Department Head of PVAMU’sCivil & Environmental EngineeringDepartment and was the first AfricanAmerican and first female to serve in this administrative capacity.Dr. Perkins’ current research activities involve working on projectsfunded by an array of state and federal agencies. She has workedwith several Department of Defense research laboratories andcenters. Specifically, her research has focused on statewideintermodal transportation planning, asset management,emergency operations, transportation logistics, hurricaneevacuation analysis, military logistics, engineering education,minority outreach, optimization of transportation infrastructureinvestments, and radio-frequency identification (RFID) technologiesused by motor carriers and for locating underground utilities. Dr.Perkins has accumulated extensive experience in the developmentof survey design, data collection, state-level transportationplanning, and the refinement of economic developmentmethodologies used to evaluate transportation-related activities.Her extensive record of publication extends into both the nationaland international transportation and engineering educationarenas.Moreover, Dr. Perkins is the President of JPID Consulting LLC. Hercompany has designation status as a small business (SB), veteranowned small business (VOSB), and woman-owned small business(WOSB) company. She is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel.During her 32 years of military service, Dr. Perkins served as apetroleum officer, transportation officer, and logistician.Lastly, Dr. Perkins holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Civil Engineering fromSouthern University, University of Illinois (Urbana–Champaign),and Georgia Institute of Technology, respectively. She is also alicensed professional engineer in the state of Texas.

Pres. Ted CarterPresidentUniversity of NebraskaPresident Ted Carter became the eighthpresident of the University of Nebraska onJan. 1, 2020, following a national searchby the Board of Regents.As president, Carter leads a fourcampus university system that enrollsnearly 52,000 students and employs16,000 faculty and staff on campuses in Lincoln, Omaha andKearney, plus academic divisions and research and extensioncenters across the state. He serves as chief spokesman andchief executive officer for the system, which operates on a 2.8billion annual budget and includes a flagship Big Ten institution,a world-renowned academic health sciences center, Division Iathletics programs, and preeminent institutes focused on waterand agriculture, national security and defense, infectious diseaseand early childhood education.: TED CARTEResident of the University of Nebraska on Jan. 1, 2020, following a national search bycampus university system that enrolls nearly 52,000 students and employs 16,000Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney, plus academic divisions and research and extensionas chief spokesman and chief executive officer for the system, which operates onncludes a flagship Big Ten institution, a world-renowned academic health sciencesms, and preeminent institutes focused on water and agriculture, national security andrly childhood education.guished record in education, partnerships and military service, having come toademy, his alma mater, where he served as superintendent. Under his leadership, thenational ranking and new records in student success and diversity. Carter previouslyWar College in Newport, R.I. A retired Vice Admiral with 38 years of service, Carterg hours and holds the American record for carrier-arrested landings.of Nebraska – faced with the unexpected and unprecedented challenges presentedith a focus on the land-grant priorities of access and opportunity for students andka Promise, a financial aid program guaranteeing free tuition for low- and middle-ented a multi-year budget plan that included a two-year, across-the-board tuitionde growth in enrollment, including record gains among underrepresented students.Carter brought with him a distinguished record in education,partnerships and military service, having come to Nebraskafrom the U.S. Naval Academy, his alma mater, where he servedas superintendent. Under his leadership, the Naval Academyachieved a No. 1 national ranking and new records in studentsuccess and diversity. Carter previously was president of the U.S.Naval War College in Newport, R.I. A retired Vice Admiral with 38years of service, Carter has logged more than 6,300 flying hoursand holds the American record for carrier-arrested landings.Carter earned his bachelor’s degree in physics and oceanographyfrom the U.S. Naval Academy, where he played hockey and servedas team captain. He is a graduate of the Navy Fighter WeaponsSchool (Top Gun) and holds educational credentials from the NavyNuclear Power School, the U.S. Air Force Air War College, theNaval War College and the Armed Forces Staff College. Carter’smilitary career includes service for the Carrier Strike Group Twelve,in which he commanded 20 ships, two nuclear-powered aircraftcarriers, and two carrier wings that were deployed to Afghanistanand the Arabian Gulf.The son of an English teacher, Carter was raised in the rural, onehigh school town of Burrillville, R.I. He and his wife, Lynda, livein Lincoln and have two adult children, Brittany and Christopher.Dr. Ronnie GreenChancellorUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnPhone: (402) 472-2116Email: chancellorgreen@unl.eduDr. Ronnie D. Green became theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 20thchancellor on May 8, 2016.Green previously served as the UNLHarlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute ofAgriculture and Natural Resources andNU system Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources,and as UNL’s interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.Green received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal sciencefrom Virginia Tech and Colorado State University, respectively.His doctoral program was completed jointly at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln and the USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal ResearchCenter in animal breeding and genetics.Green has served on the animal science faculties of Texas TechUniversity and Colorado State University, and as the nationalprogram leader for animal production research for the USDA’sAgricultural Research Service and executive secretary of the WhiteHouse’s interagency working group on animal genomics withinthe National Science and Technology Council. Prior to returning toNU, Green served as a global executive for Pfizer Animal Health’sanimal genomics business.Green has published 130 refereed publications and abstracts,nine book chapters and 56 invited symposia papers; and hasdelivered invited presentations in 43 U.S. states and 21 countriesaround the world. He is a past-president of both the AmericanSociety of Animal Science (ASAS) and the National Block andBridle Club and has served in a number of leadership positionsfor the U.S. Beef Improvement Federation, National Cattlemen’sBeef Association, National Pork Board, the National ResearchCouncil of the National Academy of Sciences, the Associationof Public and Land-Grant Universities, and Alpha Gamma Rhonational fraternity. He currently is a member of a number ofboards including the Big Ten Conference, Neogen Corporation,and Supporters of Agricultural Research, and was recently namedto the Presidential Forum of the NCAA representing the Big TenConference. He was named a fellow of ASAS in 2014 and a fellowof the American Association for the Advancement of Science in2015, and was honored with the American Society of AnimalScience’s Morrison Award, the highest international academicrecognition for an animal scientist, in 2017.Ronnie and his wife Jane, a double UNL alumna, are the proudparents of four children – Justin, Nate, Kelli and Regan Green – allUNL graduates – and one granddaughter, Charlotte.8

PROGRAM PRESENTERSDr. Bob WilhelmVice Chancellor for Research andEconomic DevelopmentUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnPhone: (402) 472-3123Email: bob.wilhelm@unl.eduDr. Robert G. (Bob) Wilhelm is the ViceChancellor for research and economicdevelopment at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln. He works at advancingthe quality, diversity, and growth ofresearch at UNL by establishing and enabling research directions,cultivating partnerships, strengthening national and internationalrelationships, and articulating a vision for partnership-basedresearch and economic development.Dr. Wilhelm has served in university executive roles since 2005and as a faculty member since 1993. At UNL he is the Kate FosterProfessor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Previously hewas a professor and Vice Chancellor at the University of NorthCarolina Charlotte.A recognized expert in precision engineering and advancedmanufacturing, he began his career at Cincinnati Milacron, theRockwell Science Center and his own advanced manufacturingcompany. He holds three U.S. patents.He is a Fellow of the International Academy for ProductionEngineering and has served on many boards, including theNorth Carolina Board of Science, Technology, and Innovation; theNorth Carolina Biotechnology Center; Ventureprise; NebraskaInnovation Campus; the National Strategic Research Institute;and NUtech Ventures.He holds a BSIE from Wichita State University, an MSIE fromPurdue University, and a doctorate in mechanical engineeringfrom the University of Illinois. As a Rotary Foundation Fellow inthe U.K., he studied the history of science and technology at theUniversity of Leicester and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum.Dr. Erick Jones, P.E.,CLSSMBB, MSIEDGeorge and Elizabeth Pickett EndowedProfessorAssociate Dean for Graduate StudiesUniversity of Texas-ArlingtonEmail: ecjones@uta.eduDr. Erick C. Jones is Professor andAssociate Dean for Graduate Studiesin the College of Engineering at theUniversity of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Jones joined UTA in 2010after eight years at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, wherehe was Associate Professor. He is the George and ElizabethPickett Endowed Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing andSystems Engineering and served as the Deputy Director of the UTArlington Homeland Security focused University Center SAVANTand Director of the RFID & Auto-ID RAID labs at UTA.Until recently, Jones has served as a rotating program directorat the National Science Foundation (NSF). His programs includedthe Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) the GraduateResearch Internship Program, and the Workforce Strand of theEducation Core Research Program in the Education and HumanResources Directorate. His last NSF detail was as a ProgramDirector for the Engineering Research Centers or ERCs, in theEngineering Directorate.Dr. Jones graduated from Texas A&M University with a degreein Industrial Engineering and attained a Masters and PhD inIndustrial Engineering from the University of Houston. Dr. Joneshas held positions in industry which include Industrial EngineeringSpecialist, Director of Engineering, Consultant and ProjectManager, and Executive Manager of a “Big 5” Accounting firm.Dr. Jones’ unique background positioned him to develop one ofthe first and largest academic RFID labs in the country in 2003.Recently, Dr. Jones’ interdisciplinary research with chemists andphysicists, neuroscientists and surgeons, and bio- and biomedicalengineers is leading to translational and commercial researchfor important national programs including the BRAIN initiative,Homeland Security and Safety, and Smart Planet initiatives. Hisresearch partnerships include a wide range of organizations.Academically, Dr. Jones has received over 9 Million dollars infunding for academic research projects. Dr. Jones’ researchincludes the areas of automated data capture using RadioFrequency Identification (RFID) technologies, Quality Controlat the Six Sigma level, and Manufacturing Technologies thatsupport the development of “Auto Sensing” technologies. He haspublished over 165 manuscripts including 3 textbooks. As partof his research efforts, he has advised over 34 Masters Studentand 16 Ph.D. students along with 32 undergraduate researchstudents on sponsored research projects.9MATC Scholars Program

Mr. Juhann C. Waller, P.E.InstructorNorth Carolina Agricultural andTechnical State UniversityCEO/PrincipalJC Waller & Associates, PCPhone: (336) 334-7575Email: jwaller@jcwaller.comMr. Juhann Waller is a registeredProfessional Engineer in North Carolina,South Carolina, and Virginia with 15 yearsof experience in the private consultingpractice of civil engineering. Mr. Wallerhas experience in the design, management and constructionadministration of civil engineering projects in the areas of sitedevelopment, water and sewer utilities, stormwater design/management and roadway improvements for higher education,K-12, municipal, public safety, residential and commercialdevelopment projects ranging from 30 thousand to 100 milliondollars (total construction value).Mr. Waller is the Founder of JC Waller & Associates, PC. AsPrincipal, he provides senior leadership to the company’sadministrative matters and engineering project management. Heteams with the Director of Land Surveying to establish the firm’sapproach to growth and expansion of services and how to bestsupport that growth through defining staffing types and needs,as well as strategic investment efforts and company pursuits. Mr.Waller serves to develop the firm’s business by leading the day-today operation of the company in accordance with the company’smission and values. He provides an experienced approach tomanaging the company by having lead other organizations aswell as owning other profitable businesses.Dr. Deo Chimba, P.E.,PTOEAssociate ProfessorCivil and Architectural EngineeringTennessee State UniversityPhone: (615) 963-5430Email: dchimba@tnstate.eduDr. Deo Chimba is an Associate Professorof Civil Engineering at the TennesseeState University (TSU). He received hisundergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from University ofDar es Salaam in 2002, Master’s of Science in Civil Engineeringfrom Florida State University in 2004 and Ph.D. in TransportationEngineering from University of Miami in 2008. Dr. Chimba hasapproximately seventeen years of combined teaching, researchand industrial experience in transportation engineering andplanning fields.Prior to joining Tennessee State University, Dr. Chimba worked forfour years as a Transportation Engineer with Stanley Consultants,Inc. located in West Palm Beach, Florida. His research interestinclude transportation engineering and planning includinghighway safety, traffic impact analysis and mitigation, trafficsimulation, public /transit transportation, bicycle and pedestrianstudies and application of statistics in transportation and civilengineering. He has published quality papers in peer-reviewJournals or conference proceeding using advanced statisticalmodeling techniques for highway safety, traffic analysis,transportation planning and traffic flow studies.Mr. Waller is also an Adjunct faculty member in the CivilEngineering Department at North Carolina Agricultural andTechnical State University where he teaches the civil engineeringcapstone courses and the AutoCAD Civil 3D classes.10

PROGRAM PRESENTERSDr. Lance C. PérezOmar H. Heins Professor of Electricaland Computer EngineeringDean, College of EngineeringUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnPhone: (402) 472-5259Email: lcperez@unl.eduDr. Lance C. Pérez was named dean ofthe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Collegeof Engineering in May 2018, following twoyears as interim dean. An experiencedacademic and campus leader, Pérez previously was associate vicechancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies atthe university. He has been a faculty member in the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering since 1996 and is currentlythe Heins Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.In his previous administrative positions, Pérez was responsiblefor faculty and leadership development, promotion and tenure,instruction technology and classroom facilities’ improvements,and graduate education. He led the implementation of 30 millionin improvements to the academic facilities and played a pivotalrole in the university’s entrance into the Big Ten Committee onInstitutional Cooperation.As a faculty member, he has won numerous teaching awards andhas been principal investigator or co-principal investigator onmore than 15 million in federally funded research. His researchinterests include signal and information processing, engineeringeducation, and faculty leadership development. From 2008-10,Pérez was a program director in the Division of UndergraduateEducation at the National Science Foundation.He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University ofVirginia, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from theUniversity of Notre Dame.11MATC Scholars ProgramDr. Robert HampshirePrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretary forResearch and Technology PolicyU.S. Department of TransportationDr. Robert Hampshire serves as thePrincipal Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Research and Technology Policy.Hampshire was previously an associateprofessor at the Gerald R. Ford School ofPublic Policy at the University of Michigan.He was also a research associate professorin both the U-M Transportation ResearchInstitute (UMTRI) and Michigan Institutefor Data Science (MIDAS), and an affiliated faculty member inthe Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE).His unique blend of engineering systems research with publicpolicy has made him a leader in not only transportationresearch, but also on the disparate impact of policy decisions intransportation systems. This has led to important strides in ourunderstanding of transportation equity. His research appliesoperations research, data science, and systems approaches toanalyze novel transportation systems such as smart parking,connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, ride-hailing, bikesharing, car sharing, as well as, pedestrian and bicyclist safety.His research focuses on environmental impacts, equity, and accessto opportunities. His work has been cited widely, and covered bymajor press outlets. He has worked extensively with both publicand private sector partners worldwide. He has also been a facultymember at Carnegie Mellon University and a visiting professor atMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Hampshire received a PhDin operations research and financial engineering from PrincetonUniversity.

Dr. Marcus A. HuggansMr. Devan Addison-TurnerEmail: mhuggans@gemfellowship.org Email: devancantrell44@yahoo.comExecutive Director of Client RelationsThe National GEM ConsortiumDr. Marcus A. Huggans is a native ofSt. Louis, Missouri and was educated inthe University City and Lutheran Parochialschool systems. Dr. Huggans completedhis engineering studies at the University ofMissouri-Rolla now known as the MissouriUniversity of Science and Technology. Hereceived a B.S.E.E. and M.S. & Ph.D. Engineering Management.Dr. Huggans is an alumnus of the GEM Fellowship Program.Dr. Huggans ha

5:30 - 7:00 PM 2021 SCHOLARS PROGRAM WELCOME RECEPTION 6:50 - 7:00 PM RECEPTION WRAP UP MARCH 26 9:30 - 9:50 AM UNL WELCOME AND MATC INTRODUCTION Dr. Larry Rilett, P.E. — Director, Mid-America Transportation Center 10:10 - 10:30 AM OVERVIEW OF MATC SCHOLARS PROGRAM Dr. Erick Jones, P.E., CLSSMBB, MSIED — George and Elizabeth