Director
Dr. Suren Chen, P.E. F. ASCE
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Suren Chen is a professor and the coordinator of the Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics program and Transportation System Engineering program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). He is the director of the Center for Sustainable and Intelligent Transportation Systems and the program director of USDOT Region 8 University Transportation Center - the Mountain Plains Consortium at CSU. His research has been primarily focused on transportation infrastructure safety, sustainability, resilience, highway traffic safety risk prediction and mitigation, transportation network planning, optimization and response. Dr. Chen has published more than 150 technical papers and given about 30 keynote and invited talks. Dr. Chen is an ASCE fellow and the recipient of ASCE Collingwood Prize. Dr. Chen has been serving as an associate editor and editorial board members of several journals, including ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering. Dr. Chen remains active in several technical committees of ASCE, including serving as the vice-chair, chair and past chair of the Experimental Analysis and Instrumentation Committee of ASCE between 2013-2017. Dr. Chen is the university representative of Transportation Research Board (TRB) for CSU and has been a licensed professional civil engineer since 2004.
Co-Director
Dr. Thomas Bradley
Department Head, and Woodward Professor of System Engineering
Department Head, and Woodward Professor of System Engineering
Dr. Thomas H. Bradley is Professor of Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the Colorado State University. He earned BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California – Davis, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an emphasis in systems engineering and decision support. Primary research interests include the design of automotive, aerospace and energy systems; integrated controls and design optimization; and the validation of engineering design methods. Prior to his academic career, Bradley was sole proprietor of an independent consulting company, performing hybrid electric vehicle design and control modeling for the Electric Power Research Institute in support of vehicle development programs at Ford, Daimler Chrysler and BAE Systems. Dr. Bradley’s research is focused on using advanced system design tools with experimental validation to advance the state of the art in high impact applications. In teaching, I seek to motivate my students to be confident, imaginative engineers by providing a forum for interactive, engaged learning and intellectual growth.