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Thomas Ferrara, CP2 Center Director
 
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
Department:Civil Engineering
Office:Langdon 203A
Campus Zip: 95929-0930
Phone: (530) 898-5329
Fax:(530) 898-4576
E-mail: TFerrara@csuchico.edu

Experience
  • Spring 1981 - Research Associate, Pavement Design, Texas Transportation Institute
Education
  • University of California, Davis, B.S., Civil Engineering, 1969
  • University of California, Davis, M.S., Civil Engineering, 1970
  • University of California, Davis, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1975
  • Licensed Professional Engineer, Civil and Traffic Engineering, California
Scientific and Professional Societies
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers
Honors and Awards
  • Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society
Teaching Areas
  • Contracts and Technical Report Writing
  • Lifelong Development for Engineers
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering
Recent Publications and Professional Activities
  • Ferrara, Thomas C., J. P. Mahoney and J. A. Epps, "Skid Resistance of Different Gravel Surfaces in District 25", Report Number 214-24, Texas Transportation Institute, 1982.
  • Gelonek, William, Kenneth Henkel, Thomas C. Ferrara and Louis J. Mihalyi, "Design, Construction and Maintenance of Small Private Forest Roads", California Department of Forestry, 1984
  • “Site Traffic Impact Analysis Aiden Park Subdivision,” Cottonwood, California, September 2005.
  • “Site Traffic Impact Analysis Seal Court Development,” Cottonwood, California, March 2005.
  • “Site Traffic Impact Analysis McKinney Ranch Development,” Chico, California, November 2004.
  • “Traffic Impact Analysis for the Proposed Mariposa Vista Development,” Chico, California, May 2003.
  • “Site Impact Traffic Analysis, Skywest Research Park,” Chico, California, July 2001.
  • “Skyway Plaza Circulation Review,” Paradise, California, March 2001.
  • “Butte College Speed Zone Study,” Butte County, California, May 2000.
  • “Final Report Inventory of Attenuators, Crash Cushions and Bridge Rail end Treatments on California State Highways,” with Mende and Donoghue, December 31, 2004.
  • “Evaluation of Pedestrian Safety Policies and Practices on California State Highways,” with Blue and Gibby, Final Report to California Department of Transportation, September 2001.
  • “A Study of Bicycles and Pedestrians on Freeways, Expressways, Toll Bridges, and Tunnels,” with Solorio, Friebel, Gibby, and Yarbrough, for the Norman Y Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies, May 2001.
  • “Collision Experience with Speed Limit Changes on Selected California Highways,” with Haselton and Gibby, Final Report to California Department of Transportation, April 2001.
  • “Analysis of Accident Reduction Factors on California State Highways,” with Hanley and Gibby, Transportation Research Record 1717, Transportation Research Board, 2000.

 
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