1. A member of The Texas A&M University System

2. Texas A&M University
• 48,000 total students
• Over 10,000 Enrollment in College of Engineering
• 12 Departments
• Top 20 Research University

3. Celebrating 60 Years
of Implementing the
Land Grant Mission
• St t A
State Agency
• M b of The
Member f Th
Texas A&M University
System
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4. Board of Regents
Chancellor
Presidents
id Vice Chancellor
Engineering
Prairie View A&M
– Texas Engineering Experiment
Tarleton State Station
Texas A&M International – Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M – Texas Engineering
TAMU-Central Texas Extension Service
TAMU-Commerce
TAMU C
TAMU-Corpus Christi
Vice Chancellor
TAMU-Kingsville
Agriculture & Life Sciences
TAMU-San Antonio
TAMU-Texarkana – Texas AgriLife Research
Texas A&M Health Science – Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Center – Forest Service
West Texas A&M – Veterinary Medical
Diagnostic Laboratory

5. Statewide Offices
Arlington Dallas
Austin El Paso
Bryan Galveston
College Station Houston
San Antonio
Regional Divisions
Lamar University
Prairie View A&M University
Texas A&M International University
Texas A&M University – Commerce
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
University of Texas – El Paso
Texas A&M University – Galveston
Texas A&M University – Kingsville
Statewide Texas Southern University
West Texas A&M University y
Research
Pecos Center for Research
Network and Testing

6. TTI Contract Research
Expenditures
60
Total Contract Expenditures
50 48
State Appropriations
40
llions
30
$ Mil
20
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'01 '02
02 '03
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06 '07
07 '08
08 '09
09 '10
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(est)

7. Academic Initiatives
Support of Teaching
Mission
Mi i
• Assistance in faculty recruitment
• TTI staff teach in:
– Civil Engineering
– Architecture
– Bush School
– PVAMU
– UTEP
• TTI employs and trains students
from multiple universities
• Joint research projects
• Development of Transportation
Certificate Program

8. Major Source of Educated
Transportation Professionals
T t ti P f i l
Cities in which A&M
graduates and/or former Over 4000 Transportation Professionals Worked for
TTI employees are
practicing transportation TTI and/or Educated at Texas A&M –
professionals
2800 of those in Texas

9. State Legislature
Significant increase in requests for
information
i f ti
– Individual legislators
– Ho se/Senate leadership
House/Senate
offices/committees
– House Research Organization
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– State Auditor’s Office
– Comptroller’s Office
– LBB
– Requested testimony
– Continued interaction with
Governor’s transportation staff

10. State Legislature
g
State Senator John Carona State Representative Lois Kolkhorst
2010 TTransportation S f t
t ti Safety Chair of the House Committee on Public
Conference Health
March 31, 2010 July 27, 2009

11. TxDOT Largest
Sponsor

12. Amadeo Saenz
A d S
Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation

13. Facilities
State Headquarters
Research Building
Gibb Gilchrist
g
Building

14. Environmental and Emissions
Research Facility

15. Hydraulics, Sedimentation, and Erosion
Control Lab
Climate Controlled
Cli t C t ll d
Greenhouses
Variable Slope
Indoor Rainfall Channel Fl
Ch l Flume
Simulator

16. Visibility Research Laboratory

17. Structures and
Materials Labs

18. Commercialization of Research

19. HIGHWAY
PRODUCTS

20. HIGHWAY
PRODUCTS

21. Break-away Signs, Crash Cushions,
Barriers

22. HART
End Treatment

23. Cable Barrier

24. Bridge Pier
g
Testing

25. Computer
Simulation

29. TTI Research = Value
Each $1 million invested in
transportation research results in:
• 5 lives saved
• 460 traffic crashes avoided
• 500,000 person-hours of traffic delay
eliminated
li i t d
• $6 million in reduced operating
expenses to TxDOT
• 5 graduate students trained
• Overall benefit/cost ratio: > 5 to 1
Source: TxDOT and TTI data

30. Implications of Under Funding
Research Significant
• Problems Not Solved
• Talent Not Attracted to Profession

31. Council of University
Transportation
Centers
• TTI a founding member
• First CUTC president
p
• Premier CUTC award in
honor of Charley Wootan
• 3 TTI staff served as
CUTC President

32. A Member of The Texas A&M University System