Rod Turochy

Civil and Environmental Engineering
James Madison Hunnicutt Professor in Traffic Engineering
202 Ramsay Hall
334.844.6271
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Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Virginia
M.S. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech
B.S. Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech

Research Interests

Traffic engineering
Highway safety
Roadway design
Bicycle and pedestrian facilities
Engineering education

In The News

Auburn hosts 65th annual Alabama Transportation Conference

"Very few states have a transportation conference this comprehensive and impactful. That Auburn University has been able to successfully host this for so long speaks to the leading role we have established in transportation research and outreach." 
Auburn goes virtual with 64th annual Alabama Transportation Conference

Despite its virtual format, organizers say the 64th Alabama Transportation Conference held Feb. 9-11 was as successful as any in recent memory.
Auburn University establishes Transportation Research Institute

As the Southeast’s leader in transportation research and education, Auburn University is taking another step forward with the announcement of the formation of the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute.
Auburn Engineering leads 63rd Annual Alabama Transportation Conference

As an institutional leader of transportation research and workforce development, Auburn University’s Department of Civil Engineering has taken the lead to organize and develop the 63rd Annual Alabama Transportation Conference. The conference, which takes place Feb. 11-12 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel at the Convention Center, will welcome nearly 1,000 federal and state highway personnel, road building contractors, general contractors, heavy construction contractors, utility contractors, county engineers, consulting engineers, construction material vendors, researchers, professional society representatives and university faculty members.
Civil engineering professors awarded grant to study wrong-way driving

Each year, nearly 400 people are killed as a result of wrong-way driving on freeways, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration. That’s why a pair of Auburn University professors in the Department of Civil Engineering have been awarded a grant to study wrong-way driving solutions.