Contact CTR
Center for Transportation Research
3208 Red River
Austin, Texas 78705
CTR directions, maps, and parking
Campus mail code: C1800
E-mail general comments or inquiries
Phone: 512.232.3100
Fax on 1st floor: 512.232.3151
Fax on 2nd floor: 512.232.3153
Fax on 3rd floor: 512.232.3070
UT's Cockrell School of Engineering
Public Relations Inquiries
For all press and public relations questions, please contact Mark Milam: 512.232.3113.
To report broken links and other web site difficulties, please contact the web master.
CTR Administration
Director: Randy B. Machemehl 512.232.3100 (at CTR); 512.471.4379 (at ECJ)
Deputy Director: Robert Harrison 512.232.3113
Executive Assistant: Diane Higginbotham 512.232.3125
Administrative Services Officer: John Ermis 512.232.3112
Administrative Services
The Information Desk area handles general reception and inquiries, student worker scheduling, support for the CTR director, courier assignments, and conference room reservations. The courier mobile phone number is 512.560.5420. CTR Intranet: Get more detail about the CTR courier service and look into conference room reservations.
Amy De La Rosa: 512.232.3100
The Purchasing area serves CTR Principle Investigators and their research personnel by ensuring timely and accurate purchases of items needed to complete their project objectives. CTR Intranet: Access required forms, procedures, and the online office supply catalog.
Shannon Palmquist 512.232.3118
The Personnel area is responsible for processing all CTR payroll, scholarship payments, tuition and fees, and payments to independent contractors, as well as travel expense reimbursement. CTR Intranet: Learn more about student and employee benefits and access required forms.
Team Leader: Lydia Griffith 512.232.3111
Contracts
CTR's Contracts Office serves as the liaison between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the university researchers, faculty, staff, and students. The Contracts office is responsible for submitting all TxDOT research proposals, modifications, and semiannual reports, and for obtaining approval for out-of-state travel and equipment purchases. CTR Intranet: Get in-depth information about the contracts process and requirements.
Team Leader: Lisa Cramer 512.232.3120
John Brigance 512.232.3123
Library
The CTR library contains nearly 30,000 volumes of transportation materials, including copies of CTR reports. We also have reports from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M, the Southwest Region University Transportation Center, the University of Houston, Texas Tech University, and the University of Texas at El Paso. The library boasts a complete set of materials from the Transportation Research Board, a government documents section, and international materials. In addition, our collection includes materials from the TxDOT library. To discover additional materials provided by the CTR library, visit the library site.
The CTR library provides a variety of reference services, including literature searches of transportation-related material, Inter-Library Services, and special purchases for our collection. Reference questions and material requests can be e-mailed to the library. Our catalog is available online.
The library is open from 8:00-12:00 and 1:00-5:00, Monday through Friday.
Team Leader: Louise Rosenzweig 512.232.3138
Communications and Production
CTR's Production Department handles the publishing process for research reports and products as well as general communication materials. This department will assist with report graphics and graphic design. Services include figure preparation, helpful tips, and guidance on the requirements for figure legibility. In addition to report graphics, our department can provide assistance with Web site production, PowerPoint presentations, slide duplication, transparencies, and presentation boards and posters. CTR Intranet: Download the guidelines for graphics, reports, products, and PSRs. You may also call our office with deliverable-related questions.
Team Leader: Clair LaVaye 512.232.3122
Maureen Kelly 512.232.3128
Sarah Lind 512.232.3129
Ashley Savage Williams 512.232.3085
IT Services
CTR, in conjunction with UT's Cockrell School of Engineering, offers computer assistance to faculty, staff, and graduate students who are conducting research for the Center. Areas such as hardware software problems and general computer questions are covered.
CTR IT services: John Brigance 512.232.3123
Cockrell School of Engineering IT services: ECJ 2.506; 512.232.2486
Campus CompUTer Store: 210 E. 21st Street, 512.475.6550: reduced prices on computer-related purchases for UT faculty, staff, and students