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Dr. Mark A. Turnquist (Late)

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Dr. Turnquist has been a Cornell faculty member since 1979, specializing in transportation systems. From 1984 to 1986 he served as associate dean for computing in the College of Engineering, and during the 1986-87 academic year he was a visiting professor at General Motors Research Laboratories. Since 1988, he has headed the Master of Engineering program in engineering management.

Turnquist is a past chairman of the Transportation Science Section of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, and is a member of the Transportation Research Board and the Production and Operations Management Society.

He serves as a consultant to companies in the transportation and manufacturing industries on logistics issues and the application of large-scale network optimization methods.

Education
  • BS (Systems Analysis), Michigan State University, 1971
  • MS (Civil Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972
  • Ph D (Civil Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
Projects
Title Sponsor(s)
Computerized Route Verification Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Dedicated Commercial Transportation Corridor Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)
Estimating Multi-class Truck Origin-Destination Flows Through Data Fusion from Multiple Sources Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Goods Movement: Regional Analysis and Database Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Improved Customer Service in Load Permits Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Logistics for Hazardous Materials Transportation: Scheduling, Routing, and Siting Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ)


Publications
Title Publication Type
Analysis of a Dedicated Commercial Transportation Corridor in the New York Metropolitan Area Final Report
Estimating Multi-class Truck Origin-Destination Flows Through Data Fusion from Multiple Sources Final Report
UTRC Research Initiative
Year Title
2012 Estimating Multi-class Truck Origin-Destination Flows Through Data Fusion from Multiple Sources

Personal Information

Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering
Mark A.
Turnquist
Cornell University
mat14@cornell.edu
(607) 255-4796

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