Billy M. Williams Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Transportation Systems and Materials Office: 424B Mann Hall Phone: (919) 515-7813 Fax: (919) 515-7908 E-mail: bmwilli2@eos.ncsu.edu

Research Interests

• Decision support and system integration for intelligent transportation systems
• Application of information technologies to transportation engineering
• Real time control system optimization
• Integrated (freeway and surface street) capacity analysis and simulation
• Incorporation of traffic safety objectives into operational decision making
• Commercial vehicle operations and freight transport planning
• GIS-T applications for planning and operation

Education

MCE, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1990

BSCE, Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1984

Representative Publications

Freight Planning Requirements for Interstate Corridors, with Lester A. Hoel, Transportation Quarterly, Spring 1998.

ITS Data Tapping the Resource for System Operationwith Brian Smith. Published in the conference proceedings of the ITS America Annual Meeting, April 19-22, 1999, Washington, DC.

Traffic Forecasting for ITS Operations with Brian Smith. Accepted for presentation at the ITS World Congress, November 8-12, 1999, Toronto, Canada.

Virginias Smart Travel Lab: A Prototype ITS Research and Education Facility with Brian Smith. Accepted for presentation at the ITS World Congress, November 8-12, 1999, Toronto, Canada.

Intermodal Freight Planning at the Multi-state Corridor Level: State of the Practice and Future Directions, with Lester Hoel, Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center Report No. UVA/29242/CE98/101, November 1997.

Professional Memberships

Institute of Transportation Engineers

American Society of Civil Engineers

Society of American Military Engineers

Professional Registrations

Professional Engineer, Virginia

Professional Engineer, California