2009 Executive Board

Michael Knodler, Jr., Ph.D.  -  Faculty Advisor  -  mknodler@ecs.umass.edu

Dr. Michael Knodler is an Assistant Professor in the Transportation Engineering Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  In addition, he is a Principal Investigator with UMassSAFE and Associate Director of the Human Performance Laboratory.  His main areas of research are related to traffic safety, operations, design, and education.  Dr. Knodler is involved with ITE at multiple levels, in addition to being Faculty Advisor for the UMass Chapter he extends his participation to both MAITE and NEITE chapters.  Dr. Knodler enjoys participating in both the social and academic aspects of the ITE student chapter.

Steven Tupper  -  President  -  smtupper@student.umass.edu

Steven is a Masters student in the Transportation Program at UMass. He completed his Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in May 2009. He began work in transportation engineering as an Undergraduate Research Assistant to Dr. Ni in Spring 2007. Since then he has been doing research for the department under Dr. Knodler. He spent the last two summers working as a traffic technician for the Cape Cod Commission Regional Planning Agency. He has been a member of ITE since 2007. He was also the President of the UMass Chapter of the Chi Epsilon Honors Society.  In his spare time he enjoys golfing and cheering for Red Sox.

Samuel Gregorio  -  Vice President  -  sgregori@student.umass.edu

Samuel is a Masters student in the Transportation Engineering program. He completed his Bachelors Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering back in May 2008. Sam is interested in studying traffic operations and traffic safety. Within the department, Sam is the former Recording Secretary of the ASCE Chapter and has worked for both the UMass Transportation Center and UMassSAFE as a student intern. Over the past two summers, he has intern in the Maintenance and Traffic Operations Divsion of MassHighway in both Boston and Northampton. When not thinking about his school work, Sam enjoys baseball, hiking, camping, and more baseball.

Deanna Peabody - Secretary and Treasurer - dpeabody@student.umass.edu

Deanna is a Masters student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Summer 2007 she participated in the College of Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates Program (REU) where she worked in the Transportation Engineering department.  Following this program she continued to work in transportation as a researcher with the UMassSAFE Traffic Safety Research Program and became involved with ITE.  Out side of engineering, Deanna is a member of the UMass Amherst Synchronized Skating Team.

Jeff Young - Undergraduate Liason - jpyou0@student.umass.edu

Jeff is a Jr in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program. He is looking to concentrate in transportation engineering after he graduates in a graduate program or in a future company centralized around transportation. Outside of his academic life, he loves the city of Boston and the Red Sox, as well as skiing, hiking and all other sorts of outdoor activities. He also plays volleyball for
the Umass Amherst Minutemen.

 Alex Lovejoy - Feshman Liason - alovejoy@student.umass.edu

Alex is a Freshman in the Civil Engineering program and Iis also the Freshman Liaison for the ASCE and a member of the AGC. He is looking into the transportation or structural concentrations. I am very interested in the field and Ihe is experienced with AutoCad 2006 through 2010. He enjoys sports, music, and his field/school believe it or not. He hopes to make a good impact on people's lives every opportunity he gets.

 Sam Colarusso - Freshman Outreach - scolarus@student.umass.edu

Sam is a Civil and Environmental Engineering Undergraduate, Class of 2013. She was born in Arlington, MA. This will be her first year joining the ITE UMass Amherst Chapter. When not in class, Sam enjoys camping,skating, spending time with friends and family, and rooting for the Bruins.