Waqar Azam is a recent graduate with Masters Degree of Science in Civil Engineering from The City College of New York, City University of New York. He worked as a Research Associate with the Region 2, University Transportation Research Center at The City College of New York. and was awarded ?Outstanding University Student in Transportation Award? by NJDOT for his effort on the ?Identification of Traffic Control Measures for Mobile and Short Duration Work Operations? project. Originally from Pakistan, he did his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering in 2000 from the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila. He was awarded the ?Government Merit Scholarship? for his academic achievement. Before coming to U.S.A, he worked for Highway Engineering Firms and supervised the construction of different highways and working of the Asphalt Plant. He is currently working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation. His project ?Identification of Traffic Control Measures for Mobile and Short Duration Work Operations? was a study of mobile and short duration work zone safety with particular attention to the identification of work zone safety devices, information systems for the reduction of safety and congestion, and implementation of innovative techniques to reduce delays and crashes due to work zones. The study recommended existing and new measures and techniques and devices catching driver?s attention, improving traffic control within work zones, and recommendations to reduce delays and crashes due to work zones.