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Reginald R. (Reg) Souleyrette (soo-lah-ret), Ph.D., PE, F.ASCE, is Chair, Department of Civil Engineering and Commonwealth Professor of Transportation Engineering at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Souleyrette has 30 years of experience as an educator, researcher and administrator. His research interests include transportation safety, information systems, planning models and railroad engineering. He has authored over 200 papers on a broad range of transportation topics and led over 100 projects sponsored by federal, state, local and private agencies and valued at over thirteen million dollars. These projects have supported Souleyrette’s graduate students helping them to earn over 70 advanced degrees. Dr. Souleyrette is a Fellow of both the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Association of Traffic Safety Information Systems Professionals. He is a 30-year member of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board (TRB) where he served in a variety of leadership roles including Chair of Data and Information Technologies, the largest section of committees of TRB, chair of the Geospatial Information Sciences Committee, and at-large member of the Safety and Systems Users Group Executive Board. He currently serves as at-large member and Communications Coordinator of the newly formed Data and Data Science Section. Souleyrette also served as chair of ASCE’s national committee on Transportation Planning. He earned BS and MS degrees from the University of Texas and a PhD in civil engineering (transportation) from UC Berkeley and is a registered Professional Engineer in Iowa and Kentucky. Dr. Souleyrette lives in Jessamine County with his wife and son, and especially enjoys camping with his two year-old granddaughter, Ellie.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Univ Of California - Berkeley
1989
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Univ Of Texas At Austin
1986
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Univ Of Texas At Austin
1984
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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PL 50, Developing a Tracking and Coordination System for Project Plans
Souleyrette, R., Chen, M. & Wang, T.
7/1/23 → 6/30/24
Project: Research project
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PL 48, Estimation of Benefits from Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements
Souleyrette, R. & Stamatiadis, N.
7/1/23 → 6/30/24
Project: Research project
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UTC, Center for Regional and Rural Connected Communities (CR2C2)
Kreis, S., Chen, M., Graves, R., Horseman, M., Martin, S., Souleyrette, R. & Zhang, X.
North Carolina A&T State University
7/1/23 → 5/31/24
Project: Research project
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SPR 24-652: Addressing Multimodal Transportation Needs Through Complete Streets Implementation
Souleyrette, R., Staats, W., Stamatiadis, N. & Wang, T.
7/1/23 → 6/30/24
Project: Research project
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PL 49, A Method to Estimate Missing ATR Data
Souleyrette, R., Hawk, G. & Stromberg, A.
7/1/23 → 6/30/24
Project: Research project
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Local-Ideal-Points based Autonomous Space Decomposition framework for the Multi-objective Periodic Generalized Directed Rural Postman problem under Length Restrictions with Intermediate Facilities
Chen, L., Xu, P., Yan, X., Souleyrette, R. R. & Wang, T., Feb 2023, In: Computers and Operations Research. 150, 106052.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Incorporating crash severity to improve highway safety project prioritization
Tanzen, R., Souleyrette, R., Wang, T. & Staats, W., 2022, In: Advances in Transportation Studies. 3, Special issue, p. 155-168 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
The changing accuracy of traffic forecasts
Hoque, J. M., Erhardt, G. D., Schmitt, D., Chen, M., Chaudhary, A., Wachs, M. & Souleyrette, R. R., Apr 2022, In: Transportation. 49, 2, p. 445-466 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations -
Two-Geometry Roundabouts: Design Principles
Pratelli, A., Souleyrette, R. R. & Brocchini, L., 2022, In: Transportation Research Procedia. 64, C, p. 299-307 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Cable median barrier effect on commercial vehicle crossover crashes
Stamatiadis, N., Sagar, S., Wright, S., Green, E. & Souleyrette, R., 2021, Transportation Research Record. 9 ed. SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 1423-1433 11 p. (Transportation Research Record; vol. 2675, no. 9).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Prizes
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Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
Souleyrette, Reginald (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award
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Section Awards/Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award
Souleyrette, Reginald (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Honorary award