Source: Brian Coon, 785-532-1573, bcoon@k-state.edu
Prepared by: Mary Rankin, 785-532-6715, mrankin@k-state.edu
Monday, August 6, 2007
K-STATE PROFESSOR TO SERVE ON NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH COMMITTEE
MANHATTAN -- Brian A. Coon, associate professor of civil engineering at Kansas State University, has been appointed to the Committee on Emerging Technology Law by the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee.
The Transportation Research Board is a division of the National Research Council, a private, nonprofit institution that provides expertise in science and technology to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The National Research Council is jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine.
Coon is director of the University Transportation Center, which coordinates interdisciplinary transportation research, training and outreach efforts at K-State. Focusing on the sustainability and safety of rural transportation systems and infrastructure, the center emphasizes the unique needs of rural transportation systems.
More information on the University Transportation Center is available at http://transport.ksu.edu
Coon earned a doctorate in engineering and a law degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A Kansas attorney, he joined the College of Engineering faculty at K-State in December 2006.