Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Urban Studies & Planning

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1999
M.S., Civil Engineering, San Jose State University, 1991
B.S., Civil Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, 1988

With more than 20 years of experience in the transportation field, Robert L. Bertini's career has included planning, design, and construction of highway, rail and airport facilities. At Portland State, Bertini has developed a research program, laboratory, and graduate curriculum in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), attracting more than $8.2 million in external funding (www.its.pdx.edu). Bertini is the recipient of the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, which is supporting the development of PORTAL, an online transportation data archive (portal.its.pdx.edu). As director of the $16 million statewide Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC, see www.otrec.us), his research focuses on the integration of new technologies and is benefiting from collaborations with other disciplines such as urban planning and electrical engineering/computer science. Bertini works in partnership with local, regional, state, federal, and international transportation organizations on research that integrates new technologies toward making our transportation system more efficient, effective, and equitable. Bertini's research interests include: new data sources, sensor technology, data analysis, data fusion; traffic flow theory and macroscopic modeling; performance measures and evaluation of transportation systems, programs and policies; safety data analysis and improvements for pedestrians and bicyclists; multimodal traveler information, routing and control; and sustainability through new mobility services and alternative fuels. Prior to entering academia, Bertini worked as a transportation engineer and served as a City Planning Commissioner.

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