Bruce N. Janson, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering University of Illinois at 1981

Urbana-Champaign

M.A. Regional Science University of Pennsylvania 1977

B.S. Engineering Cornell University 1976

Academic Experience

Associate Chair (2009-present), Civil Engineering, Univ. of Colorado Denver

Department Chair (2002-2008), Civil Engineering, Univ. of Colorado Denver Professor (August

2000-present), Civil Engineering, Univ. of Colorado Denver Associate Professor (1990-2000),

Civil Engineering, Univ. of Colorado Denver Assistant Professor (1981-1987), Civil

Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Teaching/Research Assistant (1977-1980),Civil Engineering, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign

Non-Academic Experience 1988-90 Research Project Leader, Energy Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,

TN

1984 (summer) Research Fellow, USAF Summer Faculty Research Program, USAF Logistics

Management Center, Gunter, AL

1976-77 Research Assistant, Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bromall,

PA

1976 (summer) Research Assistant, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission,

Philadelphia, PA

Current Membership in Professional Organizations Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Institute for Operations Research & Management Science (INFORMS)

Honors and Awards Chi Epsilon

Service Activities

Dept. of Civil Engineering

Associate Chair of Civil Engineering

Chair of the Primary Unit RTP Committee

Director of Transportation Research Center

Student Transfer Advisor for the Civil Engineering Dept.(meet with about 60 students per year to

perform their transfer advising from other universities)

Senior Graduation Advisor for the Civil Engineering Dept.(meet with about 60 students per year

to perform their graduation agreements or 30-hour checks)

Prospective Student Advisor for Undergraduate and Graduate Students (discuss degree options

and transfer courses for 50-60 students per year)

Graduate Admissions Committee(review all graduate application files to the MSCE, MEng, and

PhD programs for students having a transportation emphasis)

Annual Fund coordinator for children’s school, 2008-2009

Important Publications and Presentations

• Hillman T., Janson B. & Ramaswami A. (2011). Spatial Allocation of Transportation

Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the City-Scale. Accepted for publication in the ASCE Journal

of Transportation Engineering (forthcoming).

• Nordback K. & Janson B.N. (2010). Automated Bicycle Counts: Lessons from Boulder.

Transportation Research Record2190, pp. 11-18.

• Janson B.N., Marlina S., Sarchet R. & Retting R.A. (2010). Evaluation of Advanced Vehicle

Detection to Reduce Sudden Braking at High-Speed Intersections. In Proceedings of the

2010 Annual TRB Meeting. Washington, D.C.

• McHale D. & Janson B.N. (2010). Performance of Timing Plan Selection by Traffic

Responsive Control. In Compendium of Papers of the 2010 Western States Annual Meeting

of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, San Francisco, CA.

• Alyami R. & Janson B.N. (2010). Effects of Trucks on Start-Up Lost Time at Signalized

Intersections. In Proceedings of the 2010 Annual TRB Meeting. Washington, D.C.

• Ramaswami A., Hillman T., Janson B., Reiner M. & Thomas G. (2008). A Demand-

Centered, Hybrid Life Cycle Methodology for City-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

Environmental Science and Technology42(17), pp 6455–6461.

• Grechka, S. & Janson B. (2006) Stop Bar Violations at LRT At-Grade Crossings.

Proceedings of the APTA Rail Conference, American Public Transportation Association,

New York.

Professional Development Activities

• Attended/co-authored papers for the Annual Meetings of the Transportation Research Board

and the Institute of Transportation Engineers

• Reviewed 8-10 papers per year for 4 different transportation journals

• Member of Editorial Advisory Board for Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems