Authors research reports and publications to present research results to transportation and academic committees. Serves as an expert to provide consultation to the total transportation community statewide and nationwide. Serves as liaison with research professionals from federal agencies and national professional research organizations and committees. Supervision is typically not a factor. Positions provide project leadership and may supervise technical and research staff.
Research is initiated and conducted independently within Departmental procedures.
Positions in this class develop and conduct the most technically complex research which encompasses multiple technical specialty areas across program lines for multiple agency-wide and national research efforts in transportation engineering, technology and other advanced sciences, and related technical operations. Expertise may be sought throughout the transportation community statewide, nationwide or internationally. Contacts are made to conduct research, provide expert technical advice and consultation in fields of specialized research, to present new and innovative research results, and to resolve problems. Considerable knowledge of transportation research and technology. None identified for this class.