EUGENE
R. RUSSELL SR.
Professor emeritus of civil engineering
The
aftermath of an automobile and train collision can leave behind
a trail of wreckage, injuries and often, fatalities. Eugene R.
Russell Sr., professor of civil engineering at Kansas State University,
has spent more than 40 years researching safety issues for all
aspects of transportation. His research has included analyzing
rail-highway grade crossing warning systems, hazardous materials
transportation, highway illumination and auto headlights, traffic
signs and roundabout design and operation, and the impact of railroad
abandonment on rural communities.
Russell received his bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri at Rolla, his master's degree from Iowa State University, and his doctorate in urban transportation planning from Purdue University. He has been at K-State since 1974. Although retired from teaching, he continues to conduct transportation research through K-State and is active on several national committees.
He is a Fellow and life member of both the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Transportation Engineers. He is chair of the Transportation Research Board Roundabouts Task Force and a Transportation Research Board Emeritus Committee Member of the Highway-Railway Grade Crossing Committee, an emeritus and life member of the American Railway and Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association Education Committee, an honorary member of the Kansas County Highway Association and a life member of the National Association of County Engineers. In addition, Russell is a member of the National Association of County Engineers delegation to the National Committee for Uniform Traffic Control. He held the Mark H. and Margaret H. Hulings Chair in Engineering from 1997 to 2001 and is a past director of the K-State Center for Transportation Research and Training.
Russell is also a member of Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Transportation Research Forum, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, and Transportation Association of Canada.
Russell can be reached at 785-532-1588, 785-539-9422 or by e-mail at geno@k-state.edu.