In this clip from the latest episode of the Thinking Transportation Podcast from Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Melissa Tooley, TTI assistant agency director for federal affairs and University Transportation Centers (UTC) operations, discusses TTI’s history with the program and looks forward to future opportunities. To hear the whole episode log on the Thinking Transportation homepage or find it on your favorite streaming service.
Guest info: Melissa Tooley, P.E., has been a leader in the University Transportation Center (UTC) community for decades, from being selected as a UTC Student of the Year in 1993 to serving as the first female president of the Council of University Transportation Centers. She has directed three different UTCs at the University of Arkansas and TTI. She currently serves as deputy director of the National Center for Infrastructure Transportation, a national UTC led by Prairie View A&M University, and as associate director for the Southern Plains Transportation Center, a regional UTC led by the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Tooley was honored with the ARTBA Ethel Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award, and was recently named a Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas.
