MTI Campus Directors

Each MTI participating university has a person to represent their university in MTI. The directors assist the Executive Director in creating MTI and its processes, as well as helping MTI respond and/or develop research/planning/policy opportunities for and through MTI. The directors also: champion their faculty for team selection, are the go to person on their campuses, lead their universities involvement, champion MTI on their campuses, and ensure accountability for their faculty.

Lincoln University

Sherrie Koechling
Assistant Professor
Accounting
Lincoln University
STH 115
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (573) 681-6083
Email: Koechlings@lincolnu.edu

Missouri State University

Steve McCrary
Associate Professor of Industrial Management
Glass Hall 208
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897
Phone: (417) 836-5443
Email: SMcCrary@MissouriState.edu

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Ray Mundy
Director
Center for Transportation Studies
University of Missouri-St. Louis
154 University Center
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone: (314) 516-7213
Fax: (314) 516-7272
Email: MundyR@msx.umsl.edu

University of Missouri-Columbia

Charles Nemmers
Program Director
Transportation Infrastructure
University of Missouri-Columbia
2509 Lafferre Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-0071
Fax: (573) 882-4784
Email: nemmersc@missouri.edu

Mr. Charles J. Nemmers, P.E. is the Director of the Transportation
Infrastructure Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia, a position he has held since early 1999. In this position he brings a transportation focus to the university, helping to build an interdisciplinary program with research, education and special study components. A registered professional engineer and an engineering graduate of Marquette University with a Masters in Public Administration from Ohio State University he brings an innovative perspective to organizational and technical issues in the transportation arena.

St. Louis University

Beshara Sholy
Associate Professor & Chairman
Engineering Technology
St. Louis University
1017 McDonnell Douglas Hall
3450 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: 314-977-8297
Fax: 314-977-8403
Email: sholybi@slu.edu

University of Central Missouri

Victoria Steel
Interim Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
WDE 1800
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Phone: 660-543-8562
Fax: 660-543-4778
Email: Steel@csmu.edu

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Ganesh Thiagarajan, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
School of Computing and Engineering
University of Missouri-Kansas City
350J Robert H. Flarsheim Hall
5110 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Phone: (816) 235-1288
Fax: (816)235-1260
Email: ganesht@umkc.edu

Washington University - St. Louis

Gudmundur F. Ulfarsson, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Campus Box 1130
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Phone: (314) 935-9354
Email: gfu@wustl.edu

Prof. Gudmundur F. Ulfarsson, Ph.D., directs the transportation systems engineering program in the Department of Civil Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis . He teaches and conducts research in transportation engineering, emphasizing statistical analysis, transportation safety, intelligent transportation systems, computer simulation, and mathematical modeling. His research interests focus on applications of quantitative methods to answer public policy questions and on the development of decision support systems.