Rod E. Turochy, Ph.D., P.E.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Turochy, Rod E., Kathy L. Gregory, and Donta Frazier. “Engagement of Traditionally Underserved Communities in Pedestrian Safety Planning.” ITE Journal 93(11), pp. 33-38, November 2022.

Jehn, Nicholas L. and Rod E. Turochy. “Development of Breakdown Probability Models and Heavy Vehicle Passenger Car Equivalents for Rural Freeway Work Zones.” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674 (12), pp. 144-154, 2020.

Jehn, Nicholas L. and Rod E. Turochy. “Calibration of Vissim Models for Rural Freeway Lane Closures: Novel Approach to the Modification of Key Parameters.” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2673 (5), pp. 574-583, 2019.

Johnson, Elizabeth, Rod E. Turochy, and Jeffrey J. LaMondia. “Trip Generation of Student-Oriented Housing Developments" in Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Vol. 143, No. 2, June 2017.

Pour-Rouholamin, Mahdi, Huaguo Zhou, Beijia Zhang, and Rod E. Turochy. “Comprehensive Analysis of Wrong-Way Driving Crashes on Alabama Interstates.” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2601, pp. 50-58, 2016.

Hurwitz, David S., Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Rod E. Turochy, and Rhonda K. Young. “Transportation Engineering Curriculum: An Analytic Review of the Literature.” in Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 142, No. 3, Jul. 2016.

Jalayer, Mohammad, Shunfu Hu, Huaguo Zhou, and Rod E. Turochy. “Evaluation of Geo-Tagged Photo and Video Logging Methods to Collect Geospatial Highway Inventory Data.” in Papers in Applied Geography, 2015.

Hurwitz, David S., Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Rod E. Turochy, and Rhonda K. Young. “Transportation Engineering Instructional Practices: An Analytic Review of the Literature.” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2480, pp. 45-54, 2015.

Hurwitz, David S., Joshua Swake, Shane Brown, Rhonda K. Young, Kevin Heaslip, Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, and Rod E. Turochy. “Influence of Collaborative Curriculum Design on Educational Beliefs, Communities of Practitioners, and Classroom Practice in Transportation Engineering Education” in Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 140, No. 3, July 2014.

Ozelim, Luana, and Rod E. Turochy. “Modeling of Retroreflectivity Performance of Thermoplastic Pavement Markings in Alabama” in Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 140, No. 6, June 2014.

Mai, Derong, Rod E. Turochy, and David H. Timm. “Sensitivity of Flexible Pavement Thickness to Traffic Factors in Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design” in Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 140, No. 2, February 2014.

Mai, Derong, Rod E. Turochy, and David H. Timm. “Correlation-Based Clustering of Traffic Data for the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2339, pp. 104-111, 2013.

Turochy, Rod E., Jon Fricker, Gene Hawkins, David Hurwitz, Stephanie Ivey, Michael Knodler, and Rhonda Young. “Assessment of the Introductory Transportation Engineering Course and the General Transportation Engineering Curriculum” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2328, pp. 9-15, 2013.

Mai, Derong, Rod E. Turochy, David H. Timm. “Quality Control of Weigh-In-Motion Data Incorporating Threshold Values and Rational Procedures” in Transportation Research Part C, Vol. 36, pp. 116-124, Nov. 2013.

Turochy, Rod E. “Structuring the Content of the First Course in Transportation Engineering: Perspectives of Engineers and Educators” in Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 139, No. 3, pp. 206-210, July 2013.

Watts, Mikkel, Wesley C. Zech, Rod E. Turochy, Derek Holman, and Jeffrey J. LaMondia. “Effects of Vehicle Volume and Lane Closure Length on Construction Road User Costs in Rural Areas” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2268, pp. 3-11, 2012.

West, Randy, Jenna Michael, Rod E. Turochy, and Saeed Maghsoodloo. “A Comparison of Virgin and Recycled Asphalt Pavements Using the Long Term Pavement Performance SPS-5 Data” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2208, pp. 82-89, 2011.

McDonald, Mark P., Larry G. Crowley, and Rod E. Turochy. “Determining the Causes of Seasonal Variation in Pavement Friction: an Observational Study Using the Datapave 3.0 Database” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2094, pp. 128-135, 2009.

Turochy, Rod E. and Frazier Parker. “Comparisons of Contractor and State Transportation Agency Quality Assurance Test Results on Mix Properties of Hot-Mix Asphalt Concrete: Findings of a Multi-State Analysis” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2040, pp. 33-40, 2007.

Turochy, Rod E. and Frazier Parker. “Comparisons of Contractor and State Transportation Agency Quality Assurance Test Results on Mat Density of Hot-Mix Asphalt Concrete: Findings of a Multi-State Analysis” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2040, pp. 41-47, 2007.

Stroup-Gardiner, Mary, Rod E. Turochy, and Alan Carter. “Influence of Various Material and Traffic Inputs on Flexible Pavement Design Methods for Alabama Roadways,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 8, pp. 455-461, August 2007.

Timm, David H., Julia M. Bower, and Rod E. Turochy. “Effect of Load Spectra on Mechanistic-Empirical Flexible Pavement Design,” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1947, pp. 146-154, 2006.

Turochy, Rod E., J. Richard Willis, and Frazier Parker. “Comparison of Contractor Quality Control and Georgia Department of Transportation Data for Quality Assurance of Hot-Mix Asphalt,” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1946, pp. 47-54, 2006.

Turochy, Rod E. “Determining the Content of the First Course in Transportation Engineering," Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 132, No. 3, pp. 200-203, July 2006.

Turochy, Rod E. “Enhancing Short-Term Traffic Forecasting with Traffic Condition Information,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 6, pp. 469-474, June 2006.

Turochy, Rod E., S. Michelle Baker, and David H. Timm. “Spatial and Temporal Variations in Axle Load Spectra and Impacts on Pavement Design,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 10, pp. 802-808, October 2005.

Timm, David H., S. Michelle Tisdale, and Rod E. Turochy. “Axle Load Spectra Characterization by Mixed Distribution Modeling,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 131, No. 2, pp. 83-88, February 2005.

Turochy, Rod E. and Brian L. Smith. “Measuring Variability In Traffic Conditions Using Archived Traffic Data,” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1804, pp. 168-172, 2002.

Turochy, Rod E. “Prioritizing Proposed Transportation Improvements: Methods, Evaluation, and Research Needs,” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1777, pp. 123-128, 2001.

Turochy, Rod E. and Brian L. Smith. “A New Procedure for Detector Data Screening in Traffic Management Systems,” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1727, pp. 127-131, 2000.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Zhang, Beijia, Han Luo, Rod E. Turochy, Huaguo H. Zhou. “Development and Evaluation of Calibration Factors of Safety Performance Functions for Unsignalized Intersections on Rural Multilane Divided Highways in Alabama.” Presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2022.

Zhang, Beijia, Md Atiquzzaman, Hugo Zhou, and Rod E. Turochy. “Safety Impact of Two Types of Median Opening Access Control Treatments at Unsignalized Intersections on Multilane Divided Highways.” Presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2020.

Sanford Bernhardt, Kristen, Rod E. Turochy, Rhonda K. Young, and David S. Hurwitz. “Building an Effective Community of Practice for Transportation Engineering Education.” Presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2019.

Jehn, Nicholas, Md Atiquzzaman, Jeffrey J. LaMondia, and Rod E. Turochy. “A GIS Performance Measure-Based Methodology for Prioritizing Bike Share System Expansion.” Presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2018.

Turochy, Rod E., Nicholas L. Jehn, Wesley C. Zech, and Jeffrey J. LaMondia. “Analysis of Work Zone Crash Reports to Determine Factors Associated with Crash Severity.” Presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2018.

Gordon, Mikhail and Rod E. Turochy. “Evaluation of the Effects of Driver Assistive Truck Platooning on Freeway Traffic Flow.” Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2016.

Pour-Rouholamin, Mahdi, Huaguo Zhou, Beijia Zhang, and Rod E. Turochy. “Comprehensive Analysis of Wrong-Way Driving Crashes on Alabama Interstates.” Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2016.

Ozelim, Luana and Rod E. Turochy. “Safety Effectiveness of Paved Shoulders, Shoulder Rumble Strips, and Shoulder Rumble Stripes on Rural Highways.” Presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2016.

Gordon, Mikhail and Rod E. Turochy. “Evaluation of Driver Assistive Truck Platooning on Traffic Flow.” Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2015.

Hurwitz, David S., Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Rod E. Turochy, and Rhonda K. Young. “Transportation Engineering Instructional Practices: An Analytic Review of the Literature.” Presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2015.

Mai, Derong, Rod E. Turochy, and David H. Timm. “Development of Traffic Factors for Rigid Pavement Design in the MEPDG and Comparison to Factors Developed for Flexible Pavement Design,” presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2014.

Sanford Bernhardt, Kristen, David S. Hurwitz, Rhonda K. Young, Rod E. Turochy, Shane Brown, Joshua Swake, Andrea Bill, Kevin Heaslip, and Michael Kyte. “A Model for Collaborative Curriculum Design in Transportation Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 120th Annual Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, June 23-26, 2013.

Mai, Derong, Rod E. Turochy, and David H. Timm. “Quality Control of Weigh-In-Motion Data Incorporating Threshold Values and Rational Procedures," presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2013.

Mai, Derong, Rod E. Turochy, and David H. Timm. “Quality Control of Alabama Weigh-In-Motion Data from Data User Perspective and Development of MEPDG Traffic Inputs," Proceedings of the International Conference on Weigh-in-Motion, Dallas, Texas, June 4-7, 2012.

Sanford Bernhardt, Kristen, Steven Beyerlein, Andrea Bill, Shashi Nambisan, Ida van Schalkwyk, Rod E. Turochy, and Rhonda Young. "Development of Core Concepts and Learning Outcomes for the Introductory Transportation Course," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, June 2010.

Turochy, Rod E. "Outreach Program in Civil Engineering and Traffic Safety for Fourth and Fifth Grade Students," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Section of the American Society for Engineering Education, Blacksburg, VA, April 18-20, 2010.

Beyerlein, Steven, Andrea Bill, Ida van Schalkwyk, Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Rhonda K. Young, Shashi Nambisan, and Rod E. Turochy. "Formulating Learning Outcomes Based on Core Concepts for the Introductory Transportation Engineering Course," presented at the 89th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2010.

Turochy, Rod E. "Civil Engineering Outreach with Middle School Age Students," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Section of the American Society for Engineering Education, Marietta, GA, April 5-7, 2009.

Heath, Andrew J. and Rod E. Turochy. "Development Of A Range-Based Method To Estimate Mobility Benefits Of Freeway Service Patrols And Its Application In Alabama," presented at the 88th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2009.

Ayala, Renee D. and Rod E. Turochy. "A Preliminary Economic Analysis of Paved Shoulder Installation on High Priority Segments of Two-Lane Rural Highways in Alabama," presented at the 88th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2009.

Zech, Wesley C., David M. Walker, Rod E. Turochy, Alex Shoemaker, and Jim Hool. "Effectiveness of Speed Tables as a Traffic Calming Measure on a College Campus Street," presented at the 88th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2009.

Waid, Johnnie C., Rod E. Turochy, and Virginia P. Sisiopiku. "Innovative Financing Sources for State Highways: Alabama Revenue from a Vehicle Mileage Road User Fee," presented at the 88th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2009.

Timm, David H., Kendra D. Peters, and Rod E. Turochy. "Highway Pavement Damage and Cost Due to Routine Permitted Axles," presented at ASCE's 2008 Airfield & Highway Pavements Conference, Bellevue, Washington, October 2008.

Timm, David H., Kendra D. Peters, and Rod E. Turochy. "Effects of Axle Load Spectra Shifts on Highway Infrastructure Damage and Cost," presented at the International Conference on Heavy Vehicles, Paris, France, May 2008.

Turochy, Rod E. and J. Richard Willis. “Procedures For Prioritizing Proposed Transportation Improvements At The Metropolitan Level,” presented at the 85th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2006.

Stroup-Gardiner, Mary, Rod E. Turochy, and Alan Carter. "Use of Readily Available Traffic Data for Adjusting the 2002 Pavement Design Guide Inputs: An Alabama Case Study," presented at the 84th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2005.

Turochy, Rod E., and Benjamin D. Pierce. "Relating Short-Term Traffic Forecasting to Current System State Using Nonparametric Regression," Proceedings of the 7th Annual IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 239-244, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Washington, D.C., October 2004.

Turochy, Rod E. "Shoulder Rumble Strips: Evolution, Current Practice, and Research Needs," presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2004.

Turochy, Rod E., John S. Miller, and James H. Lambert. "A Template for Selecting Transportation Improvement Projects," presented at the 81st Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 2002.

Turochy, Rod E. and Brian L. Smith. "Mining of Archived ITS Data Using Advanced Statistical Quality Control Techniques," Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Washington, D.C., June 2001.

Turochy, Rod E. and Brian L. Smith. "Applying Quality Control to Traffic Condition Monitoring," Proceedings of the 3rd Annual IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 15-20, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Dearborn, Mich., October 2000.

Turochy, Rod E. and Brian L. Smith. "Some of the Many Uses of Information Generated from Archived Traffic Data," Proceedings of the 10th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Washington, D.C., May 2000.

Smith, Brian L. and Rod E. Turochy. "Trends in Traffic Management Staffing Levels," Proceedings of the 9th Annual Meeting (CD-ROM), Intelligent Transportation Society of America, Washington, D.C., April 1999.

Turochy, Rod E., and R. Sivanandan. "Effectiveness of Unmanned Radar as a Speed Control Technique in Freeway Work Zones," presented at the 77th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 1998.

Technical Reports

Zhou, Hugo H., Dan Xu, Rod E. Turochy. “Evaluation of Work Zone Mobility by Utilizing Naturalistic Driving Study Data.” Report No. Project I, STRIDE Center, Gainesville, Fla., March 2020.

Laval, Jorge, Nagui Rouphail, Rod E. Turochy, Yafeng Yin. “Freeway Management for Optimal Reliability.” Report No. Project B2, STRIDE Center, Gainesville, Fla., August 2019.

Turochy, Rod E. “Alabama DOT Road Safety Workforce Development: The Key to Success.” Report No. SP906-BELT, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., March 2018.

Zhou, Hugo H., Mahdi Pour-Rouholamin, Beijia Zhang, Jin Wang and Rod E. Turochy. “A Study of Wrong-Way Driving Crashes in Alabama; Volume 1: Freeways.” Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., March 2018.

Zhou, Hugo H., Mahdi Pour-Rouholamin, Beijia Zhang, Jin Wang and Rod E. Turochy. “A Study of Wrong-Way Driving Crashes in Alabama; Volume 2: Divided Highways.” Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., March 2018.

Turochy, Rod E., Wesley C. Zech, Mikkel Y. Watts, and Derek B. Holman. Analysis of Traffic Impacts for Rapid Bridge Deck Replacement Projects, Report No. 930-749, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., May 2017.

Turochy, Rod E., and Luana Ozelim. A Study of the Effects of Pavement Widening, Rumble Strips, and Rumble Stripes on Rural Highways in Alabama, Report No. 930-827, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., December 2015.

Turochy, Rod E., David H. Timm, and Derong Mai. Development of Alabama Traffic Factors for Use in Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design, Report No. 930-793, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., February 2015.

Rodriguez, Daniel A., Rod E. Turochy, Carl Sundstrom, and Laura Sandt. “Development of Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Course Modules.” Report No. 2012-028, Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education Center, Gainesville, Fla., May 2014.

Timm, David H. and Rod E. Turochy. Pavement Condition Model Based on Automated Pavement Distress Surveys, Report No. 930-758, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., May 2014.

Timm, David H., Rod E. Turochy, and Kendra P. Davis. Guidance for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Implementation. Report No. 930-685, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., January 2010.

Turochy, Rod E., and Steven L. Jones. An Evaluation of the Benefits of the Alabama Service and Assistance Patrol. Report No. 930-635, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., December 2009.

Turochy, Rod E., S. Michelle Tisdale, and David H. Timm. Truck Equivalency Factors, Load Spectra Modeling, and Effects on Pavement Design, Report No. 930-564, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., October 2005.

Turochy, Rod E. A Synthesis of Current Practices and Policies for Shoulder Rumble Strips, Report No. IR-03-02, Auburn University Highway Research Center, Auburn, Ala., July 2003.

Turochy, Rod E. A Survey of State Highway Needs Assessment Practices, Technical Assistance Report, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Va., May 2002.

Miller, John S., Rod E. Turochy, and James H. Lambert. Considerations in the Development of Procedures for Prioritizing Transportation Improvement Projects in Virginia, Report No. VTRC 02-R6, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Va., March 2002.

Turochy, Rod E. and Brian L. Smith. Alternative Approaches to Condition Monitoring in Freeway Management Systems, Report No. VTRC 02-R8, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Va., January 2002.

Turochy, Rod E., Lester A. Hoel, and Robert S. Doty. Highway Project Cost Estimating Methods Used in the Planning Stage of Project Development, Technical Assistance Report, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Va., October 2001.

O'Leary, Amy A., Rod E. Turochy, and Michael A. Perfater. An Assessment of Motorists' Perceptions of Food Logo Signs, Technical Assistance Report, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Va., March 1999.

Smith, Brian L., Priya K. Durvasula, Rod E. Turochy, Stephen C. Brich, and Michael J. Demetsky. Peninsula Transportation District Commission Route Deviation Feasibility Study, Report No. VTRC 99-R11, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Va., November 1998.

Turochy, Rod E., and R. Sivanandan. A Study of the Effectiveness of Unmanned Radar as a Speed Control Technique in Freeway Work Zones, Final Report, Center for Transportation Research, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., May 1997.

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