• Associate Professor Emeritus, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Rodger J. Koppa

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University - 1979

Research Interests

    • Transportation system human factors
    • The design and evaluation of automotive adaptive devices for disabled drivers

Certifications & Memberships

  • Professional Engineer (PE)

Selected Publications

  • Koppa, R.J. Adaptive Equipment to Enhance Older Driver Performance Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas Transportation Institute Report No. SWUTC/01/167124-1, August 2001
  • Koppa, R.J. "Human Factors" Chapter 3 of: Gartner, N.H., Messer, C.J. and Rathi, A.K. (Eds) Traffic Flow Theory Transportation Research Board Monograph, National Research Council, Washington DC 2000 (on Web; hardcopy publication date, 2003)
  • Fambro, D.B., Koppa, R., Picha, D. and Fitzpatrick, K. "Driver Braking Performance in Stopping Sight Distance Situations" Transportation Research Circular Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC 1997
  • Fambro, D.B., Fitzpatrick, K. and Koppa, R. "A New Stopping Sight Distance Model for Use in Highway Geometric Design" Transportation Research Circular Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC 1997
  • Koppa, R.J., Fambro, D.B. and Zimmer, R.A. "Measuring Driver Performance in Braking Maneuvers" Transportation Research Record , Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington DC, 1996