Matt excels at working with communities to leverage existing assets in order to improve the safety and efficiency of their transportation infrastructure. His focus on diagnosing and repairing structural problems has helped revitalize communities and bolster economic growth.  He is a national leader in bridge inspection, load rating, and rehabilitation and is a certified NBI Team Leader. Matt’s roadway expertise ranges from intersection realignments to major highway interchanges.

Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from West Virginia University.

Presentation topics

• Bridge rehabilitation
• Load rating
• Project management
• Roadway design

Connecting neighborhoods with award-winning multimodal designs under tight schedules, budgets and right-of-way access is where Amy excels the most. She is experienced in the complexities of urban design, focusing on Complete Streets, ADA requirements, roadway drainage, and post construction stormwater management. Her strong background in utility coordination and design also is an asset to urban planning projects.

Amy shares her insights into the Vision Zero strategy aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy and equitable mobility for all in this article, Safety is a Mindset: Vision Zero in Action.

Presentation topics

• Project management
• Complete streets
• Roadway planning
• Roadway design
• Public engagement
• Urban corridor design

Steve has worked with numerous MPOs and understands their valuable role in guiding transportation policy and funding for a region. Steve also serves numerous cities, towns, villages, and counties with traffic studies, access management, traffic signals, and other transportation needs. This experience has guided his approach to facilitating public and stakeholder meetings and workshops. Click to hear Steve’s insights on different ways that communities can leverage their transportation investments.

Steve can be heard in both local and national forums presenting to groups such as TRB, ITE, Planning Conferences and various government agencies.

He earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Master of Science focused in Transportation Engineering and Planning from The Ohio State University.

Presentation topics

• Public and stakeholder engagement
• Planning
• Roundabout design

As a champion of Practical Design, Brian understands the need to stretch every transportation dollar given the reality of shrinking funding sources. He is actively involved in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) as a member of the Geometric Design committee (AFB10), the Operational Effects of Geometrics committee (AHB65), a panel member of NCHRP Project 07-23 Access Management in the Vicinity of a Freeway Interchange, a panel member of NCHRP Project 15-56 Ramp Design Speed and a member of the Context Sensitive Solutions Subcommittee.

Brian is known as one of the nation’s top geometrics engineers and has contributed to projects with a combined total estimated construction value of over $8 billion. Brian excels at bringing innovation and creativity to the study and design process to uncover cost-effective solutions for DOTs. Read about his approach to one of these solutions - Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDIs) - in this Point/Counterpoint Analysis. 

Brian attended The Ohio State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.

Presentation topics

• Practical design
• Complex geometrics and interchange design
• Diverging diamond interchange design
• Active traffic management

Drawing on his experience as an Environmental Engineer with a background in per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) treatment and remediation research, Brian designs innovative solutions to address existing and anticipated PFAS-related regulations. In addition to leading industrial and domestic wastewater treatment and evaluation projects, Brian actively advocates for clients on compliance issues. He is the only non-member of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) to the be appointed to the Technical PFAS Workgroup, which advises treatment options. 

Through numerous journal publications and presentations at seminars and conferences across the US, Brian has helped shape discussions around PFAS-related issues including fate and transport, health implications, and treatment technologies. His recent articles include: Physico-chemical Destructive Technologies for Treatment of PFAS; State-of-the-Science: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Drinking Water, A PFAS Primer: Part I and Part II; PFAS: Sources, Regulations, and Treatment Options; and What are Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)?

Brian holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Pure Mathematics from the University of Cincinnati, and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Presentation topics

• Emerging contaminants
• Treatment technologies
• Stormwater management