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The SPTC has brought together a skilled team of professionals with an experienced director at the lead. The SPTC also benefits immensely from knowledgeable personnel associated with a number of university-based transportation centers.
CENTER LEADERSHIP
The SPTC is governed by the center director and associate directors representing member consortium institutions. A Word document of their contact information can be found here.
Musharraf Zaman
SPTC Director
University of Oklahoma
Carson Engineering Center
202 W. Boyd St., Room 213
Norman, OK 73109
405-401-3096
Email Dr. Zaman
Rafiqul Tarefder
Associate Director
University of New Mexico
Department of Civil Engineering, MSC01 1070
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505-277-6083
Email Dr. Tarefder
Anand J. Puppala
Associate Director
Texas A&M University
College of Engineering
3127 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3127
979-458-6346
Email Dr. Puppala
Mostafa Elseifi
Associate Director
Louisiana State University
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
3240N Patrick F. Taylor Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-4821
Email Dr. Elseifi
Renee McPherson
SPTC Co-Director
University of Oklahoma
Five Partners Place
201 Stephenson Pkway, Room 2100
Norman, OK 73019
405-325-1271
Email Dr. McPherson
Andrew Braham
Associate Director
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Department of Civil Engineering
4190 Bell Engineering Center
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479-575-4954
Email Dr. Braham
Joshua Li
Associate Director
Oklahoma State University
Transportation Engineering
224 Engineering North
Stillwater, OK 74078
405-744-6697
Email Dr. Li
Rebecca Escamilla
Associate Director
El Paso Community College
Valle Verde Campus
919 Hunter
El Paso, Texas 79915
915-831-2164
Email Dr. Escamilla
Royce Floyd
Associate Director
University of Oklahoma
Fears Structural Engineering Lab
303 E. Chesapeake St.
Norman, OK 73019
405-325-1417
Email Dr. Floyd
Melissa Tooley
Associate Director
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
1111 Rellis Pkway
Bryan, TX 77807-3135
Email Dr. Tooley
Anusuya Vellingiri
Associate Director
Navajo Technical University
School of Engineering, Math, and Technology
Lowerpoint Road, State Highway 371
Crownpoint, NM 87313
505-979-0150
Email Dr. Vellingiri
Soheil Nazarian
Associate Director
University of Texas El Paso
Engineering Building, Room A-207
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968
915-747-6911
Email Dr. Nazarian
Gwendolyn Goodwin
Associate Director
Texas Southern University
TECH 401A
713-313-7283
Email Dr. Goodwin
Nazimuddin Wasiuddin
Associate Director
Louisiana Tech University
College of Engineering & Science
600 Dan Reneau Dr., #245
Ruston, LA 71272
318-257-2392
Email Dr. Wasiuddun
Advisory board
Members of respective state departments of transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and members in both academia and industry that hold advisory roles with SPTC.
Joni Seymour (Chair)
Chief Innovation Officer
Oklahoma Department of Transportation &
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
200 N.E. 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-425-3679
Email Ms. Seymour
Vijaya (VJ) Gopu, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Director, External Programs
Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC)
Stuller Settings -Matthew Stuller/LEQSF Regents Professor, UL-Lafayette
Formosa Plastics Distinguished Professor Emeritus, LSU
Member, Louisiana Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board
4101 Gourrier Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225-767-9102
Email Dr. Gopu
Michael Vahabzadegan
President, Engineering Services and Testing
615 N Hudson Ave., Suite 300
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-815-3600
Email Mr. Vahabzadegan
Nancy Beltran
Director, Concrete Pavement Cement Council of Texas
1820 Harwood Ct
Hurst, Tx 76054
915-203-0387
Email Ms. Beltran
Brad McCaleb
Division Head, System Information & Research
Arkansas Department of Transportation
10324 Interstate 30
Little Rock, AR 72209
501-569-2945
Email Mr. McCaleb
Curtis Walker
Project Scientist I
Weather Systems and Assessment Program
Research Applications Laboratory
National Center for Atmospheric Research
1850 Table Mesa Dr.
Boulder, CO 80305
307-497-1448
Email Mr. Walker
Michael Brown
Executive Vice President, Texas Materials, Inc., a CRH Co.
1320 Arrow Pointe Drive, Suite 600
Cedar Park, Texas 78613
512-861-7120 (office)
512-415-9601 (cell)
Email Mr. Brown
Basharat Siddiqi (non-voting member)
Division Administrator
Federal Highway Administration, Oklahoma Division
5801 N Broadway, Suite 300
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
405-254-3311
Email Mr. Siddiqi
New Mexico Partner coming soon
Rhonda Fair
Director – Tribal Coordination
Government Affairs Division
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
200 NE 21st Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
405-517-5670
Email Ms. Fair
James Stevenson, P.E.
Maintenance Division Director
Texas Department of Transportation
6230 Stassney Ln
Austin, TX 78744
512-416-3056
Email Mr. Stevenson
CENTER PERSONNEL
SPTC personnel responsible for driving Center operations from office in Norman, Oklahoma.
Michael Molina, Ph.D., MLIS
Oklahoma Transportation Library
Head Librarian
The University of Oklahoma
Carson Engineering Center
202 W. Boyd St., Rm. 213
Norman, OK 73019
405-325-5960
Email Dr. Molina
Dr. Arif Sadri
The University of Oklahoma
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carson Engineering Center
202 W, Boyd St,, Rm. 450A
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-5911
Email Dr. Sadri
Alan Leon
Southern Plains Transportation Center
Student Assistant
The University of Oklahoma
Carson Engineering Center
202 W. Boyd St,. Rm. 213A
Norman, OK 73019
Email Alan
Olivia Dailey
Southern Plains Transportation Center
Program Manager
The University of Oklahoma
Carson Engineering Center
202 W. Boyd St,. Rm. 213A
Norman, OK 73019
Email Olivia