Background
Cantilli, Edmund Joseph was born on February 12, 1927 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Ettore and Maria (deRubeis) Cantilli.
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Cantilli, Edmund Joseph was born on February 12, 1927 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Ettore and Maria (deRubeis) Cantilli.
AB, Columbia University, 1954. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1955. Certified, Yale Bureau Highway Traffic, 1957.
Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Planning and Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1972. Postgraduate in urban planning public safety, New York University, 1971.
Supervising engineer safety research and studies Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, 1955-1969. Professor transportation and safety engineering Polytechnic University, New York City, 1969-1990, professor emeritus, since 1990. President Urbitran Associates, 1973-1981.
Executive director, chairman board International Institute for Safety transactions, Inc., since 1977. President EJC Safety Associates, Inc., 1989—1995. Teacher Italian, algebra, traffic engineering, urban planning, transportation planning, urban and transportation geography, land use planning, aesthetics, environment, industrial, traffic and transportation safety engineering, human factors engineering, ethics for engineers.
Consultant transportation and traffic safety engineering, community planning, traffic engineering, transportation planning, accident reconstruction, environmental impacts, since 1969. Visiting professor transportation safety engineering Institute Superior Técnico, Lisbon, 1987-1997. Advisor to doctorate students Polytechnic University, City University of New York, 1969-1994, Politecnico di Milano, University Trieste, Italy, 1980-1998.
Consulting forensic engineer, accident reconstructionist, expert witness transportation accident litigation including highway traffic, railroad, rail rapid transit, pedestrian accidents, since 1969.
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With United States Army, 1945-1949, 50-51. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute Transportation Engineers, National Academy Forensic Engineers. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Planning Association (charter), American Institute Certified Planners (certified), American Society Safety Engineers, New York Academy of Sciences, National Association Professional Accident Reconstrn.
Specialists, International Association for Accidents and Traffic Medicine, Human Factors Society, New York Academy of Sciences, System Safety Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Nella Franco, May 15, 1948. Children: Robert, John, Teresa.