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Name: Nikiforos  Stamatiadis
Position Type: Professorship
Appointment Start Date: 07/01/03
Appointment End Date: 06/30/06
Area of Specialty: Transportation Engineering
Summary Vita: EDUCATION 3/86 - 8/90 Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, with specialization in transportation. Major area of research including dissertation was in highway safety. Dissertation: "Relationship Between Accidents of Elderly Drivers and Traffic Control Devices at Intersections" 9/84 - 3/86 Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, with specialization in transportation. 9/78 - 9/83 Diploma in Surveying Engineering, College of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Graduated from a five year program, equivalent to the B.Sc. degree. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 9/90 - Present Professor, Transportation and Traffic Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky. 9/88 - 6/90 Consultant with various consulting firms working on part-time basis. 3/89 - 6/90 Teaching Assistant in Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, at Michigan State University. 1/85 - 12/89 Research Assistant in Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, at Michigan State University. 3/83 - 9/84 Research Assistant in Civil Engineering Department, at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Society Member ? Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers (KSPE, 1996 - Present) ? Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honor Society (XE, 1995- Present) ? Michigan Society of Professional Engineers (MISPE, 1992 - Present) ? Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky (1991- Present) ? American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE, 1988 - Present) ? Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE, 1986- Present) ? Transportation Research Board (TRB, 1985- Present) ? Association of Professional Civil Engineers of Greece (1983 - Present) ? Association of Professional Surveying Engineers of Greece (1983 - Present) Professional Licenses ? P.E. in Michigan, #37805, Kentucky #19452. ? Licensed Civil Engineer in Greece and European Community. ? Licensed Land Surveyor in Greece and European Community.
Highest Degree: Ph.D.
Professional Affiliations: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP (Present) 1. American Society of Civil Engineers (Member, 1992-present, Associate Member, 1990-1992, Student Member, 1987-1990). 2. Transportation Research Board (Member, 1990-present, Student Member, 1986-1990). 3. Institute of Transportation Engineers (Member, 1994-present, Associate Member, 1990-1994, Student Member, 1986-1990). 4. Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky (Associate Member, 1991-present). 5. Association of Professional Civil Engineers of Greece (Member, 1983-present). 6. Association of Professional Surveying Engineers of Greece (Member, 1983-present). 7. Michigan Society of Professional Engineers (Member, 1992-present). 8. Chi-Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honor Society (Member, 1995- present). 9. Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers (Member, 1996-present). SOCIETY OFFICES 1. Transportation Research Board University Representative, 1991 - present. 2. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Faculty Advisor, 1993 - present. 3. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Southern Section, Vice President, Technical Council, 1995-1996. 4. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Southern Section, President, Technical Council, 1996-1997. 5. Chair of the Transportation Research Board A2A02(1), Subcommittee on Context Sensitive Design, 2000-Present. 6. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Southern Section, Vice President, Technical Council, 2002-2003. 1. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Southern Section, President, Technical Council, 2003-2004. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP (Present) 1. American Society of Civil Engineers, Airport Operations and Capacity Committee, Air Transport Division (Member, 1992- present). 2. American Society of Civil Engineers, Environmental Quality Committee, Highway Division (Control Group Member, 2000-present). 3. American Society of Civil Engineers, Traffic Operations Committee, Urban Transportation Division (Member, 1992 - present). 4. American Society of Civil Engineers, Traffic and Highway Safety Committee, Highway Division (Member, 1992-present). 5. Transportation Research Board Committee A2A02, Geometric Design (Member, 1994 - present). 6. Transportation Research Board Committee A3B11, Traffic Records and Accident Analysis (Member, 1996- present). 7. Transportation Research Board Task Force on Context Sensitive Design (Charting member 2003-present). 8. National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Transit Research Cooperative Program Review Panel for Project A-19 (Member, 1996 - 2000). 9. National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Transit Research Cooperative Program Review Panel for Project A-19A (Member, 2000 - present). 10. Institute of Transportation Engineers, Kentucky Section, Committee on Access Management (Chair, 2000-present). 11. Transportation Research Unit of the University of Thessaloniki (Research Advisor, 1987- present). REVIEWER 1. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2. Journal of Transportation Research Board. 3. Journal of Transportation, American Society of Civil Engineers. 4. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 5. Journal of Institute of Transportation Engineers. 6. Journal of Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers. 7. Journal of Injury Control and Prevention. 8. Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 9. National Science Foundation. 10. Technika Chronika (Technical Chronicles, Greek Journal). 11. Technical Views (Greek Journal). CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design Conference, Chicago, IL, June, 2005 (Member Organizing Committee). 51st Annual Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers Meeting, Covington, Kentucky, April, 2004 (Chair, Technical Program). Context Sensitive Design Workshop for Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January, 2004 (Chair). CONFERENCE SESSION CHAIR Technical Session on "Context Sensitive Urban Street Design," Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2005. CONFERENCE SESSION ORGANIZATION Workshop on "Context Sensitive Design and Liability Issues," Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 2006. Workshop on "Context Sensitive Design: A European Perspective on Urban Street Design," Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 2005. Technical Session on "Context Sensitive Design for Urban Streets," Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 2005. Technical Session on "Educational Needs for Context Sensitive Design," Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 2006. Workshop on "Implementing Context Sensitive Design," Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 2004. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS REFEREED FULL PAPERS (Minimum of three peer reviewers)1 1. Stamatiadis, N. and Vest, A.* 2005 "Use of Warning Signs and Markings to Reduce Speeds on Curves," 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design, CD-Rom. 2. Stamatiadis, N. and Psarianos, B. 2005 "Context Sensitive Design: Issues and Concerns," 2nd Panhellenic Roadway Design Conference Proceedings, CD-Rom. 3. Vest, A.* and Stamatiadis, N. (2004) "Means to Reduce Operating Speeds on Curves," accepted for the Proceedings of SIIV 2nd International Congress, Florence, Italy, October 27-29, 2004. 4. Stamatiadis, N., Pigman, J., and Agent, K. (2004) "Safety Consequences from Design Exceptions," accepted for the Proceedings of SIIV 2nd International Congress, Florence, Italy, October 27-29, 2004. 5. Stamatiadis, N. (2004) "Context Sensitive Design Safety Issues," accepted for the Proceedings Transport Science and Technology Congress, Athens, Greece, September 1-5, 2004. 6. Stamatiadis, N. and Logsdon, P. (2004) "Euclid Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky," Transportation Research Board Circular E-067, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. 7. Stamatiadis, N. and Sugg, S. (2004) "Bridgeport Way, University Place, Washington," Transportation Research Board Circular E-067, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. REFEREED ABSTRACTS (Minimum of two peer reviewers)1 1. Chandraratna, S.*, and Stamatiadis, N. (2003). "Traffic Maneuvers and Crashes of Elderly Drivers," accepted for the Proceedings World Conference on Transport Research, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-8, 2004. 2. Yaw, J.*, Stamatiadis, N., and Aultam-Hall, L. (2003). "Evaluating the Impact of Passengers on the Safety of Older Drivers," accepted for the Proceedings World Conference on Transport Research, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-8, 2004. PRESENTATIONS (in the past 2 years) TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Note: All presentations were made by Dr. Stamatiadis unless otherwise noted. "Self-Enforcing, Self-Explaining Roads," AASHTO Design Committee Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 26-28, 2005 "Safety Consequence from Design Exceptions," 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design, Chicago, IL June 28-30, 2005 "Context Sensitive Design: Issues and Concerns," 2nd Panhellenic Conference on Highway Design, Volos, Greece, May 8-10, 2005 "Effect of Warning Signs on Speed Operating Curves," 84th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC January 9-13, 2005 (presented by Mr. Vest). "Potential Crash Involvements of Young, Novice Drivers," 84th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC January 9-13, 2005 (presented by Mr. Chandraratna). "Means to Reduce Operating Speeds on Curves," SIIV 2nd International Congress, Florence, Italy, October 27-29, 2004. "Safety Consequences from Design Exceptions," SIIV 2nd International Congress, Florence, Italy, October 27-29, 2004. "Context Sensitive Design Safety Issues," Transport Science and Technology Congress, Athens, Greece, September 1-5, 2004. "Safety Issues of Older Drivers," 8th World Conference on Transport Research, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-8, 2004. "Evaluating the Impact of Passengers on the Safety of Older Drivers," 8th World Conference on Transport Research, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-8, 2004. "Design Exceptions and Highway Safety," Jordan International Conference on Sustainable Development of Transportation Systems, Amman, Jordan, April 13-16, 2004. "Traffic Maneuvers and Crashes of Elderly Drivers," Jordan International Conference on Sustainable Development of Transportation Systems, Amman, Jordan, April 13-16, 2004. "Predicting Crash Involvement for Drivers with Multiple Crashes," 83nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 11-15, 2004 (presented by Mr. Chandraratna). INVITED LECTURES AND SEMINARS 1. "Traffic Safety in the USA: Issues and Trends," Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, February, 2005. 2. "European Approach to Context Sensitive Design," - West Virginia Department of Transportation, Charleston, WV, May, 2004 - Tennessee Department of Transportation, Nashville, TN, January 2004 SHORT COURSES 1. Airport Design, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2005. 2. Short Course on Thinking Beyond the Pavement, West Virginia Department of Transportation, Charleston, WV, May, 2004.
Primary Research Focus: Traffic safety, highway design, traffic opeations
Key Contributions: Developed and evaluated methods for screening risky drivers; assisted in the deployment of access management for Kentucky; developed several guidelines and policies for a varierty of traffic operation conditions
Publications: 1. Stamatiadis, N., Pigman, J. and Hartman, D. 2005 "Safety Consequences from Design Flexibility in Rural to Urban Transitions," submitted for review to the Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2. Stamatiadis, N. 2005 "Context Sensitive Design: Issues with Design Elements," ASCE Transportation Journal, Vol 131:5 pp. 374-378. 3. Chandraratna, S.*, Stamatiadis, N., and Stromberg, A. 2004 "Potential Crash Involvements of Young Novice Drivers with Previous Crash and Citation Records," forthcoming in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 4. Padlo, P.**, Aultman-Hall, L., and Stamatiadis, N. 2004 "Passengers and Other Factors Affecting Young and Older Driver Safety," forthcoming in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 5. Chandraratna, S.* and Stamatiadis, N. 2004 "Crash Involvement for Drivers with Multiple Crashes," submitted for publication to the Accident Analysis and Prevention. Stamatiadis, N., Agent, K., and Pigman, J. 2004. "Safety Implications from Design Exceptions," submitted for publication to the ASCE Transportation Journal.