Dr. James J. SchusterProfessor
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Dr. Schuster's area of expertise is in traffic and transportation
engineering, including transportation facilities design, and traffic safety studies. He
has worked as principal investigator and consultant for the U.S. Department of
Transportation, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Northern California Transit
Demonstration Project (BART), the Transportokonomisk Institute (Oslo, Norway), the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, City of Philadelphia, various municipalities and private
industries.
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Ph.D. (Transportation Engineering), Purdue University
M.C.E. (Civil Engineering), Villanova University
B.C.E. (Civil Engineering), Villanova University
National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellowship
Portland Cement Association Fellowship
Ford Foundation Grant
Joint Highway Research Project Sponsorship
Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching
Excellence in Teaching Award, Chi Epsilon, 1994
Professional Engineer - Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
Transportation Research Board
Institute of Transportation Engineers
American Society of Highway Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society for Engineering Education
Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honors Society
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honors Society
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
Project Director - Preliminary Design and Environmental Impact Statement, L.R. 1010,
Ridge Pike to Pennsylvania Turnpike, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation.
Principal Investigator - Traffic Impact and Circulation Studies, various municipalities
and private developers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.
Project Director - Traffic Analysis and Control Plan for the Reconstruction of the
Kernville Bridge, Johnstown, PA, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Project Director - Eastern North Philadelphia Truck Study, Philadelphia City Planning
Commission, Philadelphia, PA.
Project Director - Eastwick Area Comprehensive Transportation Study, City of Philadelphia
and Urban Mass Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Principal Investigator - Statewide Traffic Data Collection, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation.
Project Director - New Idea Design Exercise for the Frankford Elevated, Transportation
Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Principal Investigator - Traffic Safety Assignments: Pennsylvania Offic of Attorney
General, Philadelphia Electric Company, Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Bell Telephone
Company, and City of Philadelphia.
Principal Investigator - Optimization of Citizen Participation in the Transportation
Planning Process, U.S. Department of Transportation, Program of University Research,
Washington, D.C.
Project Director - Intersection and Traffic Signal Systems Designs, various state, city
and township agencies.
Project Director - Engineering Studies for the Reconstruction of the Schuylkill Expressway
(I-76), Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Project Director - Noise Barrier Final Design for Widening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike,
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
Comparative Analysis of Capacity Restraint Traffic Assignments, F.N. Starasinic and
J.J. Schuster, "Traffic Engineering", Vol. 42, No. 6, Institute of Traffic
Engineers, 1972.
Noise Pollution Analysis for Highway Alignment Selection, J.J. Schuster and C.M.
Kelly, Proceedings, National Conference on Noise Control Engineering, October, 1973,
Washington, D.C.
Mobility of Inner City Low Income Areas, J. Collura and J.J. Schuster, Urban
Housing, Proceedings of the International Conference on Urban Housing, Detroit, Michigan,
1973.
Air Pollution Impact of Alternative Highway Alignments, C.M. Kelly and J.J.
Schuster, Proceedings, Fifth Annual Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Instrument
Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, 1974.
Optimization of Citizen Participation in the Transportation Planning Process,
(DOT-TST-76-96), J.J. Schuster, J.N. Balog, and A.F. Dreisbach, Office of University
Research, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., National Technical
Information Service, 1976.
New Idea Design Exercise on the Replacement of the Frankford Elevated Line,
(DOT-TSC-1266), J.J. Schuster, et al, Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Cambridge, Mass., 1977.
Area Wide Impact of Traffic Control Devices, G.M. Ebbecke and J.J. Schuster,
Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research
Record No. 644, 1977.
Transportation Case Studies of Citizen Participation, J.J. Schuster, J.N. Balog and
R.J. Humbert, Office of University Research, U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT/RSPA/DPB-50/78119), Washington, D.C., National Technical Information Service, 1978.
Energy Conservation Through Arterial Improvements, M. Petreanu and J.J. Schuster,
Transportation Engineering Journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers, September,
1979.
Before and After Studies of Roadway Noise Barriers, J.J. Schuster and M.K. Wong,
1988 International Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Avignon, France, 1988.
Traffic Engineering Improvements That Increase Safety, Fifth International ATEC
Conference, Palais Des Congres, Paris, France, 1986.
Unique Design Problems of a Toll Road Connection, American Society of Civil
Engineers Specialty Conference, San Diego, CA, 1985.
Simulation of Unsignalized Intersections Using GPSS, S. Sabanayagam, J.J. Schuster,
S. Konyk, Microcomputers in Transportation, American Society of Civil Engineers,
Proceedings, 1990.
Noise Investigation of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Widening, i.i. Schuster, M.K.
Wong, Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record, 1990.
Traffic Data Collection for Local Transportation Agencies, Implementation Plan,
PA-91-036, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA, 1991.
A Study of Vital Transportation Services to the Elderly and Disabled, M.G.
Hutchinson and i.i. Schuster, Transportation Research Board, Conference on Mobility and
Transport, Lyons, France, 1993.
Transit Access Improvements Resulting from the Americans with Disabilities Act, M.
Hood and J.J. Schuster, Proceeding of the International Conference on Mobility and
Transport, Reading, United Kingdom, 1995.
Tractor-Trailer Reverse Movement Path, P.A. Terry and J.J. Schuster, Institute of
Transportation Engineers, ITE Journal, 1996.
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