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L. Ellis King, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus and Retired
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 282 |
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| Interests |
- Transportation Engineering
- Traffic Engineering
- Traffic Operations
- Human Factors
- Driver and Pedestrian Behavior
- Highway Lighting
- Night Visibility
- Highway Signing and Marking
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| Education |
- Doctor of Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley, 1967
- Transportation Engineer, North Carolina State University, 1963
- B.S.C.E., North Carolina State University, 1961
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| Recent Publications |
- "Nighttime Visibility Factors Affecting
Traffic Accidents," Journal of the National Academy of Forensic
Engineers , Vol. XIII, No. 1, June 1996
- "Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity for Older Drivers,
"Transportation Research Record 1529, pp. 65-73 Transportation
Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1996,
(with J. R. Graham and J. K. Harrold)
- "Classifying Unlighted Roadways Based on Night-to-Total Accident
Ratios," Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society, Summer
1997, pp. 49-54, (with J.E. Hummer, J.R. Graham, S.B. Ravoori, and
M.D. Rogers)
- "Highway Sign Minimum Luminance Requirements for Older Drivers,"
Transportation Research Record No. 1573, pp. 91-98, Transportation
Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1997
(with J. R. Graham and A. Fazal)
- "Motorists’ Perceptions of Work Zone Safety," Proceedings 1999
International Conference, Enhancing Transportation Safety in the
21st Century, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Kissimmee,
Florida, March 28-31, 1999 (with Martin Kane and Matthew Carpenter)
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| Awards and Honors |
- American Society of Civil Engineers (Fellow)
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- National Academy of Forensic Engineers
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (Fellow)
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- American Society for Engineering Education
- National Academy of Sciences
- Transportation Research Board
- Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage
- National Association of Professional Accident Reconstructionists
- Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society
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