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

  
Interests - Transportation Engineering
- Traffic Engineering
- Traffic Operations
- Human Factors
- Driver and Pedestrian Behavior
- Highway Lighting
- Night Visibility
- Highway Signing and Marking

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

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)

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