Ms. Anne Strauss-Wieder

The way that we think about and use transportation as it exists today has been shaped by innovative women leaders throughout history. They have contributed greatly to the safety of all modes of travel, efficiency of our transportation systems, and the development of new technology that drives transportation into the future.

As the Region 2 USDOT University Transportation Center, Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) tackles some of the country’s most pressing infrastructure challenges, especially those that are endemic in high-volume multimodal corridors such as the Northeast. Many of these transportation challenges and initiatives, from evolving freight planning to meet modern needs to better incorporating diversity in organizations and building more resilient infrastructure, are led by women researchers.

On International Women’s Day, CAIT is taking the time to recognize some of these women leaders in transportation research, and their recent work. In this complimentary seminar, you will hear from:

Ms. Anne Strauss-Wieder, Director, Freight Planning, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA):

• With supply chains constantly in the news (and Internet memes), this presentation summarizes how freight movement has evolved to manage shifting demands and the approaches that can be used to address current challenges and future opportunities.

Dr. Melissa Tooley

Dr. Melissa Tooley, Director of External Initiatives, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

• Dr. Tooley was the founding Chair of the Women Leaders Council for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. She will present the Council’s planning, implementation, and programs and how it has impacted ARTBA and the broader transportation profession.

Dr. Maria Garlock, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Co-Director of the Program in Architecture and Engineering, Princeton University:

• The slender plates in the webs of deep steel bridge girders must be designed to resist shear buckling. To achieve this goal, vertical transverse stiffeners are typically welded to the web plate at appropriate distances.  An alternative design strategy known as low-frequency sinusoids (LFS) is proposed as a practical, economic, and efficient alternative to enhance slender plate shear buckling strength without welded transverse stiffeners or cross frames.  This presentation compares the shear performance of LFS plates to traditional flat plates through both experimental and numerical studies.

Agenda:

Dr. Maria Garlock

Introduction:

• Ryan Stiesi, Public Relations Assistant, Rutgers CAIT
• 11:30 am – 11:40 am

• Evolving with Rapidly Shifting Supply Chains and Freight Systems: Moving Forward
• Ms. Anne Strauss-Wieder, Director, Freight Planning, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA).
• 11:40 am – 12 pm

• ARTBA’s Women Leaders Council: a 10 Year Perspective
• Dr. Melissa Tooley, Director of External Initiatives, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• 12 pm – 12:20 pm

• Enhancing the Shear Strength of Deep Steel Bridge Girders with LFS Webs
• Dr. Maria Garlock, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Co-Director of the Program in Architecture and Engineering, Princeton University
• 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm

• 12:40 pm – 1:00 pm