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Juan
M. Morales, P.E.
1320
Pavilion Club Way
Reston, VA
20194
Tel: 703.471.7031
Over 28 years of experience in transportation and traffic
engineering, including transportation planning, traffic management, traffic
studies and analyses, software applications, traffic modeling and simulation,
intelligent transportation systems, incident management, traffic safety, human
factors research and technology transfer. Proven capability in project
management, market analysis, technical writings, course development, continuing
education, and technical program development and evaluation. Excellent personal
and communication skills.
EDUCATION
- Masters
of Science, Transportation Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
1980
- Bachelors
of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, 1978
LANGUAGES:
Fully
fluent in English and Spanish. Conversational Portuguese.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
President,
J.M. Morales &
Associates, J.M. Morales & Associates,
1995 - Present
Principal
of a consulting firm specializing in transportation engineering, and planning,
with emphasis in the United States and Latin America. The company specializes in
the areas of traffic engineering, specifically traffic operations, traffic
management, safety, application of advanced technologies, intelligent
transportation systems (ITS), traffic simulation, traffic studies, including
traffic control devices, temporary traffic control in work zones, Maintenance
of Traffic (MOT) design, traffic modeling and research. Type of work includes traffic analyses, traffic
simulation studies, traffic safety improvements, continuing education and
training, and course development, presentation and evaluation. Responsible for
all business and technical decisions within the firm.
Director of Technical Programs, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1990 - 1995
Responsible
for directing the technical and professional programs of the Institute,
including managing several technical projects and coordinating their
development working through volunteer members of the Institute and the ITE
staff. Responsible for providing support to ITE's Technical/Coordinating
Council. Responsible for developing and carrying out professional development
programs, such as developing textbooks, and informational reports, seminars,
and others in the areas of safety, advanced technologies, traffic engineering,
traffic management, and transportation planning. Actively participated in the
development of the Traffic Engineering Handbook, the Transportation
Planning Handbook, the Traffic Safety Toolbox, and the Manual of
Transportation Engineering Studies; Trip Generation.
Developed
several courses in the areas of traffic engineering and safety, including
course curriculum and material development, selection of instructors, and
course evaluation and modification.
Responsible
for the development of the ITE annual meeting technical program. Manager of the
ITE Information Clearinghouse. Served as ITE representative in liaison with
other organizations, such as the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices and the AASHTO Traffic Engineering Subcommittee.
Highway Research Engineer/Project Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 1983 - 1990
Responsible
for the development of traffic and safety implementation packages in the area
of traffic engineering and safety, particularly on traffic modeling and
incident management. Responsible for Technology Transfer (T2)
activities. Managed several projects in the area of project implementation.
Coordinated the development of several courses in the areas of traffic
simulation, signal optimization, and safety. As a guest lecturer, taught
National Highway Institute courses on TRAF-NETSIM, TRANSYT-7F, and the Arterial
Analysis Package (AAP). Coordinated the development of several videotapes and
reports, including the Traffic Detector Handbook, Guidelines on the
Use of Changeable Message Signs, the AAP User Manual, and others. Manager
of the Traffic Software User Group and System Operator of the Technology
Transfer Conference of the FHWA electronic bulletin board system. Served as
technical advisor on the development of traffic models, including NETSIM,
CORFLO, FRESIM, CORSIM and other models within the TRAF family, and was responsible
for coordinating the implementation and distribution of several advanced
technologies projects.
Responsible
for traffic safety research projects including safety design, traffic studies,
microcomputer applications, and traffic simulation and modeling. As Contracting
Officer Technical Representative (COTR), conducted and managed several research
projects, including preparation of statements of work, evaluation and selection
of technical proposals, contract monitoring, report evaluation and review.
Conducted staff research in the areas of sign retroreflectivity, modeling,
quantification of urban freeway delay and others. Conducted a validation study
of the ROADSIM two-lane simulation model. Awarded the FHWA's 1987 Outstanding
Technical Accomplishment Award and ITE's Past President's Award for his work on
sign retroreflectivity.
Civil Engineer, Federal Aviation
Administration, 1980 - 1983
Project
manager and field resident engineer for several airport construction projects
around the Southern Region of the United States, including feasibility studies,
project management, cost estimation, design and construction of air traffic
control towers and other airport facilities such as Airport Surveillance Radars
(ASR), localizers, middle and outer markers. Resident engineer for phases of
the construction of the Chattanooga, TN, Ft. Lauderdale, and Nashville, TN,
airport traffic control towers. Responsible for the modernization of several
tower cabs.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
CERTIFICATIONS
- Professional
Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia (1986)
- Professional
Engineer, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (1985)
- National
Highway Institute (NHI)-Certified Instructor
- American
Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)-Certified Instructor
AWARDS
- Special
Service Award, Federal
Highway Administration,
1989.
- Past
Presidents' Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers, given in recognition of technical accomplishments in
transportation engineering, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1987
- Outstanding
Technical Accomplishment Award, Federal
Highway Administration,
1987
- Tau
Beta Pi, Outstanding Project Award (Puerto Rico Alpha Chapter), 1978.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
- “Work Zone Strategies”,
American Traffic Safety Services Association, 2009.
- “Temporary Traffic Control for Utility
Operations”, American Traffic Safety Services Association, 2009.
- “Traffic Impact Analysis for Highway Work
Zones”, American Traffic Safety Services Association, 2009.
- "Emergency
Traffic Control for First Responders", American Traffic Safety
Safety Association, 2005.
- "Portable
Message Sign Handbook", American Traffic Safety Safety Association,
2004.
- "Basic
Traffic Control for Utility Operations", American Traffic
Safety Safety Association, 2003.
- "The
Traffic Research Laboratory", Public Roads, Fall 1999.
- "Evaluation
of Emergency Vehicle Signal Preemption on the Route 7, Virginia
Corridor", with Darcy Bullock and Bobby Sanderson, ITT Systems,
McLean, VA, 1998."
- "Simulation Study of the I-495 - I-66 Interchange,
Fairfax County, Virginia", Virginia Department of Transportation,
Fairfax, VA, 1998.
- "Traffic
Signing Handbook", Training and Continuing Education Chapter,
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington, DC, 1997.
- "ITS
Keeps Traffic, Trade Flowing in Mercosur Region", ITS World,
March/April 1997 Issue, Eugene, OR, 1997.
- "ITS
in Latin America: Privately Speaking", ITS Quarterly, 1996 Summer
Issue, ITS America, Washington, DC, 1996.
- "ITS
America Outreach Mission to the Mercosur Countries of Brazil, Uruguay,
Argentina and Chile", ITS America, Washington, DC, 1996.
- "Traffic
Management and Traveler Information Systems in Finland, Sweden, the
Netherlands and the United Kingdom", International Scanning Report,
prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., 1996.
- "Improving
Traffic Signal Operations, A Primer", Institute of Transportation
Engineers, Washington, DC, 1995.
- "Strategies
to Alleviate Traffic Congestion", ITE Seminar Notebook, San Juan,
Puerto Rico , 1994.
- "Strategies
to Alleviate Traffic Congestion", Seminar Notebook, Institute of
Transportation Engineers ,
Washington, DC, 1993.
- "Transportation
Engineering in Latin America", Pan American Institute of Highways
Annual Meeting, Querétaro, Mexico, 1992.
- "Getting
Started - Selecting and Using Computerized Traffic Models," Public
Roads , June 1989.
- "Retroreflective
Requirements for Traffic Signs," ITE Journal, November 1987 and Public
Roads, December 1987.
- "Analytical
Procedures for Estimating Traffic Congestion," ITE Journal, January
1987.
- "Analysis
of Positive Guidance Improvements," Master Thesis, Georgia Institute
of Technology , 1980.
SELECTED TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
- Numerous presentations of Work
Zone courses through the American Traffic Safety Services Association,
ongoing.
- “Recommended Practices for
Temporary Traffic Control (for Transmilenion Phase 2), Instituto de
Desarrollo Urbano, Bogota, Colombia, 2008.
- “Safe Practices for Installing
Highway lane Closures”, American Traffic Safety Services Association
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2008.
- "Designing
and Operating Intersections for Safety" Seminar, for
Federal Highway Administration, Phoenix, AZ, Baton Rouge, LA, Trenton, NJ,
Jefferson City. MO, San Juan, PR, 2005.
- "Effective
Use of Law Enforcement Officers in Work Zones", for Federal Highway
Administration, Nashville, TN, February, 2005.
- "Urban
Work Zone Traffic Control", Traffic Safety Conference, Lithicum, MD,
February 2005.
- "ADVANCED
Work Zone Traffic Control", for Florida Department of Transportation,
presented in several Florida cities, 2000-present.
- "Best
Safety Practices in US Work Zones", Roadway Safety Management
Conference, University of Delaware, Dover, DE, 2004.
- "Introduction
to Access Management", INTERTRAFFIC Latin America, Mexico City, 2003.
- "Overview
of Work Zone Standards Latin America", INTERTRAFFIC Latin
America, Mexico City, 2003.
- "Introduction
to Traffic Simulation and the CORSIM Model", National Institute of
Highways Course, presented in Atlanta, GA (2), Charlottesville, VA,
and Richmond, VA (2003-2004)
- Strategies
to Improve Highway Safety", Technical seminar presented in Bogotá,
Barranquilla, Medellín, and Cali, Colombia, 2000.
- Work
Zone Traffic Control for Technicians, Supervisors & Flaggers,
presented for the American Traffic Safety Services Association, in
several cities throughout the US. 1998 to present.
- "Introduction to Traffic Simulation and the CORSIM
Model", presented in Tallahassee, FL, Phoenix, AZ, Fargo, MN, Topeka,
KS, Madison, WI, Concord, NH, Lawrence, KS, Baltimore, MD, San Luis
Obispo, CA, McLean, VA, Richmond, VA, for the Federal Highway
Administration, 1999-2001
- "Introduction to Traffic Simulation and the CORSIM
model" short course presented
at ITS Virginia annual meeting. Roanoke, VA 1999
- "Introduction
to Intelligent Transportation Systems", Seminar Developer and
Instructor, presented at the Colombia Engineering School, Bogotá,
Colombia, 1998.
- "Intelligent
Transportation Systems and the Environment", University of Belgrano,
Buenos Aires, Argentina , 1998.
- "Intelligent
Transportation Systems", Urban Transportation Intensive Course IV:
the technological revolution towards the 21st Century, Metropolitan
University, Caracas, Venezuela, 1998.
- "Introduction
to Intelligent Transportation Systems", Seminar Developer and
Instructor, Panamerican Institute of Highways, presented in Spanish in 1)
Querétaro, Mexico, 2) Quito, Ecuador, 3) Asunción, Paraguay, 4) Sao Paulo,
Brazil, 5) Rosario and Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1997.
- "Introduction
to the 1994 Highway Capacity Manual", Seminar Instructor, San Juan,
PR, and St. Croix, VI, 1997.
- "Autopistas
Del Sol Data Collection Program: Design and Implementation",
presented (in Spanish), Autopistas del Sol, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1996.
- "Strategies
to Improve Safety and Reduce Congestion", presented (in Spanish) at
the 1st Provial Conference, Valencia, Venezuela, 1996.
- "Strategies
to Alleviate Traffic Congestion", presented (in Spanish) at 1996
International Transportation Engineering Symposium, Mexico City, Mexico,
1996.
- "Intelligent
Transportation Systems and the Latin American Perspective," ITS
America Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, 1996.
- "The
Role of the Transportation Engineer in the Future," American
Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, LA, 1992.
- "Estimating
Freeway Traffic Congestion" Conference on Traffic Management and
Planning for Freeway Emergencies and Special Events, Washington, D.C.,
1989.
- "Analytical
Procedures for Estimating Traffic Congestion," Traffic Management
Conference, NYS Association of Transportation Engineers, NYC, 1987.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
·
Teaching
Experience: In addition to presenting several courses in traffic engineering
and safety, served as part time Instructor for "Spreadsheet Software,
Lotus 1-2-3," and "Introduction to Microcomputers," Northern
Virginia Community College, Annandale Campus, VA, 1988 - 1990. Former
Toastmasters member.
·
Language
Skills: Fully bilingual (English/Spanish). Speaks Portuguese at intermediate
level. Informal Spanish-English and English-Spanish translator/reviewer for
various Federal Highway Administration and ITE technical publications, 1983 -
1995.
CITIZENSHIP
U.S.A. (Puerto Rico)