University of Washington

Melanie Paredes, Program Coordinator, (206) 221-9290, melqcp@uw.edu MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE The University of Washington serves as the lead institution in the PacTrans consortium. The PacTrans Center is located at More 112 on the UW campus. Dr. Yinhai Wang, Professor of transportation engineering in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, serves as Director of PacTrans. The management structure of PacTrans includes the director and staff, Board of Directors, and an External Advisory Board. The PacTrans Board of Directors includes the PacTrans center director and associate directors from all five consortium universities. The Board of Directors meets in person on a quarterly basis to discuss matters pertaining to PacTrans research, education, outreach and technology transfer. The PacTrans External Advisory Board (EAB), which is composed of nine members, includes directors from the research office of the state DOTs in Region 10 and representatives from other transportation agencies, private industries, and communities. The role of the External Advisory Board (EAB) is to provide input on PacTrans' strategic planning and outreach activities. The Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) is the University Transportation Center (UTC) for Region 10. Established in January 2012, PacTrans continues to function as the UTC for Federal Region 10 with funding from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and local transportation agencies and industry. PacTrans is a coalition of transportation professionals and educators from Oregon State University (OSU), the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), University of Idaho (UI), Washington State University (WSU), and the University of Washington (UW). PacTrans' theme centers on "Developing Data Driven Solutions and Decision-Making for Safe Transport." It serves as a focal point within Region 10 to develop initiatives and facilitate collaborative activities with regional partners to maximize the effectiveness of their collective services and programs toward the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) strategic goal of safety. Safety can be defined as a place that is free from danger, risk, or injury; safety is central to our transportation system. Map-21 (section 501) defines "safety" to include highway and traffic safety systems, research, and development related to the vehicle, highway, driver, passenger, bicyclist, and pedestrian characteristics, accident investigations, communications, emergency medical care, and transportation of the injured. With our combined expertise, research facilities, and experience in human factors, vehicle design, traffic operations, cybersecurity, land use, economics, innovative construction methods, and infrastructure monitoring and rehabilitation, PacTrans is well suited to address all such issues of regional importance using data-driven approaches. PacTrans Center PACTRANS OPERATION TEAM FOR 2014-2015 Yinhai Wang, Director; Professor, UW Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, (206) 616-2696, yinhai@uw.edu Linda Boyle, Associate Director of Research; Associate Professor and Chair, UW Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, and Professor, UW Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Maria Bayya, Assistant Director, (206) 685-6648, bayyam@uw.edu Elysse Reyna, Communications Manager, (206) 685-3894, elysse@uw.edu Weibin Zhang, Research Associate, (206) 221-9199 wbzhang@uw.edu Kristian Henrickson, PacTrans Graduate Assistant, henr2237@uw.edu 2 Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

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