Dr. Melissa Tooley

Dr. Tooley joined the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) in May, 2006 and is the Director of the University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM) at TTI. She is the former Director of the Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Center (MBTC) at the University of Arkansas, and she served as an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas and the University of Florida. She has a decade of civil engineering consulting experience on projects involving roadway design, flood control, construction management, forensic engineering and civil infrastructure improvements.

Dr. Tooley is a past President of the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) and ARTBA’s Research and Education Division, where she currently serves on its Board of Directors. She is a member of the Board of Regents of the Eno Transportation Foundation and is a former Eno Transportation Fellowship Recipient. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, she was selected “Young Engineer of the Year” in 1995 by the Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers (ASPE). She serves on the Transportation Research Board Committee for Education and Training. Dr. Tooley was a Master’s and Ph.D. level recipient of the Eisenhower Fellowship, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration. As a graduate student, she was selected as MBTC’s Student of the Year in 1994.