University of Washington

PacTrans Center MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE The University of Washington serves as the lead institution in the PacTrans Consortium. The PacTrans Center is located at More Hall room 112 on the UW campus. Dr. Yinhai Wang, Professor of transportation engineering in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, serves as Director for PacTrans. The management structure of PacTrans, aside from the director, includes a staff, a Board of Directors, and an External Advisory Committee. The PacTrans Board of Directors includes the PacTrans center director; associate directors of research, education, and outreach (each from the UW); 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 offices of the four state DOTs in Region 10 and representative from other transportation agencies, private industries, and the community. The role of the EAB is to provide input to 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 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 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 OPERATIONS TEAM Maria Bayya, Assistant Director, (206) 685-6648, bayyam@uw.edu (served until April 2016) Cole Kopca, Assistant Director, (206) 685-6648, ckopca@uw.edu (began in this role May 2016) Previously, Communications and Research Manager (served December 2015 through April 2016) Elysse Reyna, Communications Manager, (206)685-3894, elysse@uw.edu (served until November 2016) Melanie Paredes, Program Coordinator, (206) 221-9290, melqcp@uw.edu Weibin Zhang, Research Associate, (206) 221-9199, wbzhang@uw.edu Kristian Henrickson, PacTrans STAR Lab Manager, henr2237@uw.edu Yinhai Wang, Director; Professor, UW Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, (206) 616-2696, yinhai@uw.edu 2 Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

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