| Michael H. Schrader, P.E., BIOGRAPHY Michael H. Schrader, P.E., has been a practicing Civil Engineer for more than two decades. Schrader obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1987, and a Master's Degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1990. During his professional career, Schrader has had the unique opportunity to work in many different facets of Civil Engineering. Schrader has worked as a private engineering consultant, has worked both directly and indirectly for state, county, local, and regional governments, and has worked as a signing and striping contractor. In addition, Schrader has worked in all facets of the project delivery process, from surveying to planning to design to construction inspection to the completion of "as-built" documents. Schrader started his career as a structural engineer, studied traffic and transportation engineering for his Master's Degree, worked almost exclusively as a dam safety and drainage engineer as a private consultant, and later expanded into planning, databases and data management, and engineering law. During his career, Schrader has been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the Transportation Research Board, and the Association of State Dam Safety Officials. Schrader has given numerous presentations to his peers, and has had some of his work published in an international publication. Schrader is currently a registered Professional Engineer in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. In addition to his training as an engineer, Michael Schrader has also taken coursework in non-engineering subjects such as History and Law. He has 18 graduate-level credit-hours in History, which has enabled him to obtained a better understanding of why things are the way they are. This knowledge is important in making decisions, as it helps eliminate "re-inventing the wheel." Michael has completed a year of law school at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas, successfully completing coursework in Torts, Contracts, Property, Legal Analysis, Criminal Law, and Civil Procedure. Publications and Presentations "The Effect of Turn Signal Usage on Delay at Three-Legged Intersections", Thesis, 1990; Transportation Research Board Annual meeting, 1998. "South Central Corridor Study", City of Springfield, Illinois, 1991. "Applications of Microcomputer Modeling", Presentation at Illinois APA meeting, 1992. Hosted "Southeast Missouri Signs and Striping Seminar", Farmington, Missouri, 1993-1994. "A Methodology for Evaluating Congestion", Metroplan, 1996. "Kanis Road Corridor Study", Metroplan, 1997. "Regional Arterial Network Selection and Implementation Guidelines", Metroplan, 1997. "Regional Arterial Access Management Guidelines", Metroplan, 1997. "Safety and the Need for Effective Inventories", Presentation at Arkansas APWA meeting, 1998. "The Effectiveness of Selected School Zone Traffic Control Devices", Transportation Research Record #1692, 1999. "Dallas County Major Capital Improvement Program Evaluation Methodology", Dallas County, 2000. "Model Stormwater Ordinance", 2000. "A Methodology for Evaluating Highway-Railway Grade Separations", Transportation Research Record #1754, 2001. "A Holistic Approach to Evaluating Capital Improvement Projects", Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, 2002. Registrations and Organizations Member, Committee on Transportation Law, Transportation Research Board Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers Member, Oklahoma Traffic Engineers Association Friend, Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers, Tulsa Branch Registered Professional Engineer in: ARKANSAS, Engineer # 8730 (1995) ILLINOIS, Professional Engineer #062-048163 (1993) MISSOURI, Engineer #26115 (1993) OKLAHOMA, Engineer #20975 (2003) TEXAS, Engineer # 86810 (2000) |
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