Craig A. Roberts, Ph.D., P.E., R.L.S.
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
(928) 523-0651
Academic Background
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Transportation Specialty with Minors in Statistics and Spatial Analysis, 1999, The Georgia Institute of Technology.
M.S. in Civil Engineering, Transportation Specialty, 1996, The Georgia Institute of Technology.
Certificate in Owners/Presidents Management Program (Executive Education), 1987-1989, Harvard University--Graduate School of Business Administration.
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Kansas State University.
Professional History
2005 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
1999 - 2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.
1995 - 1999:Graduate Research Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
1994 - 1995:Executive Vice President, Carnahan-Proctor & Associates, Margate, Florida.
1991 - 1994:Vice President, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, San Francisco, California.
1988 - 1991:Principal, Management Consulting Practice, Portland, Oregon.
BSCE - 1988:Managing Partner, Partner, and Project Engineer/Manager, Wilson & Company, Engineers & Architects, Salina, Kansas.
Prior to receiving his graduate degrees in Civil Engineering, Dr. Roberts had over twenty years of consulting engineering experience, ranging from design engineer to managing partner. Dr. Roberts served in engineering design and project management capacities for water, wastewater, transportation, and construction observation projects. He has served as an officer or partner in three consulting firms, which maintain headquarters in Florida, New Mexico (formerly Kansas), and California.
Professional Registration and Affiliations
Registered Professional Engineer in Arizona and 13 other states (AR, CO, GA, KS, IL, MS, MO, NE, NM, ND, OK, SD, and TX). Registered Land Surveyor in Kansas.
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Transportation Research Board (TRB), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), and Rotary International (RI).
Honors and Awards
Transportation Leadership Fellow, 1999, ENO Transportation Foundation, Inc.
Great Works Award, 1992; Professional Services Management Association.
Kansas Outstanding Young Engineer, 1981; Kansas Engineering Society of NSPE
Kansas Outstanding Engineering-in-Training, 1973; Kansas Engineering Society of NSPE.
Recent Journal/Proceeding Publications, Research Funding, and Invited Presentations
Railroad-Highway Crossing Cooperative Signal Research Control, SPR-557, Principal Investigator, 2003-2005. Research project funded by Arizona Department of Transportation, the City of Flagstaff, AZ, and Northern Arizona University. ($219,500/32 months: ADOT $155,000, Flagstaff $33,000, NAU $31,500)
Evaluation of Photo Radar for Freeway Enforcement, Principal Investigator, 2004-2005. Research project funded by Arizona Department of Transportation. ($60,000/15 months).
Railroad Preemption-Congestion Mitigation, Arizona Institute of Traffic Engineers/ITMSA Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 10 March 2005.
Roberts, Craig A., Mark J. Poppe, and Seth W. Chalmers. “A Statistical Procedure Using An Expert Panel For The Procurement Of Emerging Transportation Technologies.” Transportation Research Record, No. 1840, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, The National Academies, Washington, D.C., pp. 1-9, 2004.
VISSIM Modeling of RR Crossing Early Warning System, Arizona Intelligent Transportation System/I-40 Collation joint meeting, Flagstaff, AZ, 17 August 2004.
Roberts, Craig .A. and K.K. Dixon. “Model for Emphasizing Design in Highway Engineering by Incorporating an Experiential Laboratory. American Society for Engineering Education, Pacific Southwest Section Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings, Tucson, AZ, 15 April 2000.
Microscopic Traffic Simulation Modeling as a Research Tool, University of Arizona Graduate CE Seminar, Tucson, AZ, 16 April 2004.
Roberts, Craig A. Review of the book, Sensor Technologies and Data Requirements for ITS, by Lawrence A. Klein, Journal of Transportation Engineering, July/August 2002.
Congestion Mitigation Resources and Strategies for Arizona’s State Highway System, Research Engineer, 2001-2002. Research project funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation. (My portion $11,650/12 months; total project $100,000, Andrew Kolcz and Nayan S. Amin, Co-Principal Investigators, BWR, Inc.)
Scientific Approaches for Transportation Research, Research Engineer, 1998-2001. Research project funded by National Cooperative Highway Research Project 20-45, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, The National Academies. Also, developed a 3-day National Highway Institute (NHI) Training Course: Scientific Approaches to Transportation Research. (My portion at NAU $10,100/15 months; total project $200,000, Simon Washington, Principal Investigator, The Georgia Institute of Technology)
Boards and Committees – Institutional and Professional
Traffic Control Products Evaluation Committee, Arizona Department of Transportation: Member, 2000 to present.
American Society of Civil Engineers, Transportation and Development Institute Research Committee: Member 2000 to present, Secretary 2002 to 2005.
Technical Advisory Committee, Flagstaff Signal Synchronization Study, City of Flagstaff, Arizona: Member 2002 to 2005.
Peer Exchange Team, Review of the ADOT Arizona Transportation Research Center’s Funded-Research Program: Member 25-27 June 2002, Phoenix, AZ.
Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, The National Academies, Committee AHB25, Traffic Signal Systems: Member of committee, 2003 - 2005. Friend and paper reviewer, 2000 to present.
