Background
Hoel, Lester A. was born on February 26, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Johannes and Julia (Michelsen) Hoel.
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The new edition of Garber and Hoel's best-selling text focuses on giving students insight into all facets of traffic and highway engineering. Students generally come to this course with little knowledge or understanding of the importance of transportation, much less of the extensive career opportunities within the field. Transportation is an extremely broad field, and courses must either cover all transportation modes or focus on specifics. While many topics can be covered with a survey approach, this often lacks sufficient depth and students leave the course without a full understanding of any of the fields. This text focuses exclusively on traffic and highway engineering beginning with a discussion of the pivotal role transportation plays in our society, including employment opportunities, historical impact, and the impact of transportation on our daily lives. This approach gives students a sense of what the field is about as well as an opportunity to consider some of its challenges. Later chapters focus on specific issues facing transportation engineers. The text uses pedagogical tools such as worked problems, diagrams and tables, reference material, and realistic examples to demonstrate how the material is applied.
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department chairman Civil engineering educator
Hoel, Lester A. was born on February 26, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Johannes and Julia (Michelsen) Hoel.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, City College, New York, 1957; Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1960; Doctor of Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1963.
Assistant professor engineering San Diego State College, 1962-1964. Fulbright research scholar Institute Transport Economy, Oslo, 1964-1965. Principal engineer Wilbur Smith & Associate, San Francisco, 1965-1966.
Faculty Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1966-1974, professor civil engineering, 1970-1974. Associate director Transportation Research Institute, 1966-1974. Hamilton professor department civil engineering University Virginia, 1974-1999, chairman department, 1974-1989, Los Angeles Lacy Distinguished professor, 1999—2009.
Director Center Transportation Stud., 2002—2009. Professor emeritus, since 2009.
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Fellow: Institute Transp Engrs (Wilbur S Smith Distinguished Educator Award 2001), National Academy Eng. Member: American Society of Civil Engineers (distinguished member, Huber Research Prize 1976, Frank Masters Award 1990, James Laurie Prize 1999, Harland Bartholomew award 2009), Am Society Eng Education, Transp Research Bd (Chairman exec comt 1986, Chairman comt tranps profl needs, truck weight study, Pyke Johnson Award 1977, chairman committee National Research Council oversight 1995—2004), Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi.
Married Unni Sonja Blegen, January 24, 1959. Children: Julie Britt Bryan, Sonja Hoel Perkins, Lisa Hoel Rafael.