Background
Richards, Stephen Harold was born on July 19, 1952 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Harold Richards Junior and Janice Valerie (Mahone) Jackson.
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Stephen Harold Richards
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Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Texas, 1976; Master of Civil Engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1977; PhDCE, U. Tennessee, 1989.
Career
Research assistant, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1976-1977;
engineering research associate, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1977-1981;
assistant research engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1982-1984;
assistant director transportation center, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1984-1987;
acting director transportation center, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1987-1989;
director transportation, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1989;
associate professor сivil engineering, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1989;
traffic engineering consultant, since 1976. Engineer, manager Walton & Associations/Cons. Engineers, Inc., Houston, 1981-1982.
Lecturer in civl engineering U. Houston, 1982, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1978-1981, 83-84. Instructor Texas Engineering Extension Svc., Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1978-1984. Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Review Committee, Tennessee State University, 1993, North Carolina A&T University, 1992.
Bicentennial planning Committee U. Tennessee, 1993, director program for minority student recruitment into transportation careers, since 1992, college engineering awards committee, since 1991, chairman special events traffic planning committee, since 1985.
Achievements
Membership
Member Cumberland Gateway Committee, since 1993. Education committee Southeastern Transportation Center, since 1992. Executive director Southeastern Consortium of U. Transportation Centers, since 1992.
Chairman Knoxville Transportation Authority, 1992-1994, vice-chairman, 1990-1992, commissioner, 1989-1993. Representative Council of University Transportation Centers U. Tennessee, since 1987, board directors since 1992, secretary, 1994-1995, vice president, 1995-1996, president, since 1996. Advising committee Georgia State University Transportation Center, since 1989.
Traffic control device subcommittee Transportation Research Board, 1989-1991, traffic control devices, since 1991, many othercoms. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Transportation Engineers (chairman technical committee Tennessee section since 1988, area coordinator Texas section 1982-1984, guidelines for driveway design andlocation), Transportation Research Board, Society Professional Engineers, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (education committee since 1988), Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon.
Connections
Married Mary Kathryn King Coleman, August 15, 1974 (divorced July 1981). 1 child, Adam King.
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American