Topic Description:
Energy-efficient urban transportation planning: There will be continuing challenges in energy use in transportation. As supply and demand change, there is a need to optimize the use of energy resources from fossil fuel sources. There is also real opportunity to use more carbon-neutral fuel sources. Finally, the use of transportation system planning and design will help to efficiently use energy resources as well as improve performance and safety.
Speaker Bios:
Craig Benson (Moderator)
Geological Engineering Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair, Director for Sustainability Research and Education, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Craig Benson is a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor in the departments of Geological Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He serves as Chair for both of these departments and as Director for Sustainability Research and Education with the newly established Office of Sustainability. He has been conducting experimental and analytical research in geoenvironmental engineering for nearly three decades, with primary focus in sustainable infrastructure, beneficial use of industrial byproducts, and environmental containment for the solid waste, hazardous waste, and mining industries. His research includes laboratory studies, large-scale field experiments, and computer modeling.
David Greene
Faculty Research Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Senior Fellow, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
David Greene is a Research Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Senior Fellow of the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He is an author of more than 250 professional publications on transportation and energy issues, including over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and National Research Council reports. The 2012 recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s Roy W. Crum Award, he is also an emeritus member of both the Energy and Alternative Fuels Committees of the TRB and a lifetime National Associate of the U.S. National Academies.
Dr. Connie Li
President, TranSmart Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Connie Li is President and Principal Engineer of TranSmart Technologies, Inc., a group of engineers, planners, and specialists focused on providing and delivering professional services and solutions for advancing and enhancing our nation’s transportation infrastructure. Dr. Li specializes in traffic and highway engineering, traffic operations, traffic modeling and simulations, and transportation research. TranSmart Technologies, Inc. has been recognized or its role in advancing the state of technology in transportation with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary’s Golden Shovel Award (2000), the United States Department of Transportation’s Minority Business Award (2001), and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary’s Twenty Year Legacy Award (2005). Besides TranSmart Technologies, Dr. Li also co-founded two other companies TrafficCast International and TrafficCast China, which focus on the advanced technology in traffic management and traveler information. Dr. Li is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan. She received an award of Outstanding Executive by Global Executive Women magazine in partnership with Microsoft.
Anthony Eggert
Executive Director, Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy (UC Davis); Commissioner, Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy (Washington, D.C.)
Anthony Eggert is the Executive Director of the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy at the University of California-Davis and servers as Commissioner on the Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy. Prior to these appointments, Eggert served as an appointee of Governors Brown and Schwarzenegger in several senior policy positions including Science and Technology Policy Advisor to the Chair of the Air Resources Board, Commissioner for the California Energy Commission, and Deputy Secretary for Energy Policy of the California Environmental Protection Agency, implementing clean energy and environmental policy development for California.