Dr. Michael Walton This is Me

Education

 View all 247 references Web References

1. 1. www.artba.com

   www.artba.com/about_artba/list - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/4/2007   Last Visited: 10/4/2007

   Chairman: C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., E.H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

2. 2. New Vision for Future U.S. Transportation Network & Industry Image Campaign Endorsed by ARTBA Board of Directors. 10/02/06

   www.artba.org/news/press_relea - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/2/2006   Last Visited: 7/24/2008

   "Our aim is to ensure that America continues to have the world's leading transportation network in the future," ARTBA Chairman C. Michael Walton said.

3. 3. Transportation & Development Institute

   www.tanddi.org/inside/biowalto - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/11/2006   Last Visited: 9/11/2006

   C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCETransportation & Development Institute
   ...
   C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE
   
   C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE is a member of the inaugural Board of Governors of the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI).As a member of the Board of Governors he has volunteer responsibility for the Institute's programs, products and services.
   
   Dr. C. Michael Walton is Professor of Civil Engineering and holds the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT).In addition, he holds a joint academic appointment in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.Dr. Walton joined the UT - Austin faculty in 1971 pursuing a career in transport policy and engineering analysis that now spans more than 30 years.Prior to joining the UT faculty Dr. Walton served in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington and with the North Carolina State Highway Commission.Dr. Walton has contributed to more than 200 publications in the areas of ITS, freight transport, and transportation engineering, planning, policy and economics, and he has delivered several hundred technical presentations.He has served as senior editor or contributing author for a variety of technical reference books and manuals and as a member of the editorial board for several international journals.
   
   Dr. Walton is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.He is a past-chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee and the western region vice chairman of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).He is a founding member of the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) of America and currently serves as chair on the Board of Directors.He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Transportation Engineers.He also holds many other positions within the transportation profession's technical societies and industrial boards such as serving as secretary and member on the Board of Directors of the International Road Federation (IRF) and president of the Board of the International Road Educational Foundation.He has served on or chaired a number of national study panels, including those mandated by Congress and others by the National Research Council (NRC).He is chair of TRB's Committee for the Congressional Study for a Future Strategic Highway Research Program and the Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (FHWA).Other professional or technical society memberships include American Society for Engineering Education, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, National Society of Professional Engineers, Society of American Military Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Urban Land Institute.
   
   Dr. Walton is the recent recipient of the 2000 George S. Bartlett Award in recognition for outstanding contributions to highway progress.He was selected by a Board of Award comprised of the President and Executive Director of each of the three sponsoring organizations-American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), TRB and ARTBA.The Bartlett Award is unusual in that it is the only award jointly sponsored by the three organizations and is considered to be among the highest honors in the highway transportation profession.The American Society of Civil Engineers noted the technical contributions of Dr. Walton by honoring him with several awards including the 1999 Francis C. Turner Lecture for contributions to transportation research, education and practice, the 1992 James Laurie Prize for contributions to the advancement of transportation engineering; the 1987 Harland Bartholomew Award for contributions to the enhancement of the civil engineer's role in urban planning and development; and the 1987 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award, for innovations in transport facility planning.
   ...
   The Transportation Research Board presented Dr. Walton with the 1998 W.N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award in recognition of outstanding leadership in support of transportation research.
   ...
   The American Road and Transportation Builders Association presented Dr. Walton with the 1994 S.S. Steinberg Award recognizing his outstanding contributions to transportation education.He received the 1995 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.The College of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin awarded Dr. Walton the 1996 Joe J. King Award, their highest professional award, in recognition of his outstanding leadership to the engineering profession.The Institute of Transportation Engineers has awarded him the 1996 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the transportation profession by relating academic studies to the actual practice of transportation.
   
   Dr. Walton received his B.S. in Civil Engineering degree from the Virginia Military Institute and his M.S. Ph.D. from North Carolina State University.Dr. Walton also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
   
   Contact Information
   
   C. Michael Walton, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCEcmwalton@mail.utexas.edu512-471-1414 (phone)512-471-4995 (fax)
   
   1801 Alexander Bell DriveReston, VA 20191-4400 phone: (703) 295-6420fax: (703) 295-6421