Dr. C. Michael Walton
A civil engineering professor, Dr. Walton in 2006 became the first member of ARTBA’s Research & Education Division to be elected chairman. He’s the first educator inducted into the Foundation’s Hall of Fame.
Since joining The University of Texas at Austin in 1971, Dr. Walton has been a transformative figure connecting academia with industry, public policy, and government through his consulting relationships with approximately 30 state transportation departments and his volunteer leadership positions in national organizations. He is a past chair of the Transportation Research Board executive committee, and founding member and a chairman of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America.
Dr. Walton has contributed to more than 500 publications in the areas of intelligent transportation systems, freight transport, and transportation engineering, planning, policy and economics. He has helped shape transportation policy at both the federal and state levels. More importantly, he has helped shape the minds of hundreds of his students now making major contributions to transportation research and engineering.
