James L. Sullivan, M.S., P.E.
EDUCATION
M.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering (Transportation), University of Vermont, 2009
B.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 1993
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer (New Hampshire)
EXPERIENCE AS RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL
As Senior Research Analyst and Principal Investigator at the UVM Transportation Research
Center (Since 2011)
Research work as Principal Investigator (PI) featured land-use and transportation modeling
projects for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the Vermont Agency of
Transportation (VTrans), the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MinnDOT), and the
AARP which includes:
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Updating the Vermont Travel Model to a 2010 base-year and conducting targeted
applications of the Model to assist local planners for VTrans
Implementing the Annual Vermont Seat-Belt Observation Survey and calculating the rate of
seat-belt use by Vermonters for the Governor’s Highway Safety Program
Developing and applying new system-level measures of performance for roadway snow and
ice control, for short-term feedback and long-term effectiveness assessment for VTrans
Developing and testing a system to identify culvert- and bridge-obstructing debris in
Vermont rivers and streams using a lightweight, easily-deployable unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) to provide a mechanism for identifying bridges and culverts susceptible to blockage
during extreme precipitation or thaw events
Developed an integrated model of daily travel and snow-plow routing that considers network
vulnerability and then applying the model to an assessment of operational burden resulting
from network improvements for the Clear Roads Pooled Fund Program (through MinnDOT)
Developed the first comprehensive model of flood-related risk to critical transportation
infrastructure in Vermont for the USDOT
Analyzed and developed new metrics of transportation-energy use in Vermont in support of
the Vermont Transportation Energy Profile for VTrans
Created new analytical tools for spatial analysis of severe rainfall events in Vermont for
VTrans
Optimized district allocations and truck routes for roadway snow and ice control for VTrans
Measured the criticality of roadways in Vermont to prioritize for strategic (dis)investment for
VTrans
Measured discretionary idling behavior of private motor-vehicle owners in Vermont for
VTrans
Developed a new multi-criteria index to measure community-livability from a spatial
perspective for seniors for the AARP
Managed the data collection and measurement of total bicycle and pedestrian miles of travel
in Chittenden County, Vermont for the USDOT
As a Research Analyst at the UVM Transportation Research Center (2009-2011)
James L. Sullivan, M.S., P.E. (continued)
Research work as a research analyst was focused on the areas of land-use / transportation
modeling and transportation energy / system efficiency projects for the USDOT and VTrans.
As a Research Assistant at the UVM Transportation Research Center (2007-2009)
Research for the thesis portion of my Master of Science degree program was to facilitate the
advancement of the scalability and empirical relevance of the Network Robustness Index (NRI),
an index used to measure the impacts of individual link-failure on overall network performance.
The expansions to the NRI as a result of this research made it a viable measure for use on all
types of transportation networks to evaluate robustness and vulnerability.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Sullivan, J.L., J. Dowds, D.C. Novak, and D.M. Scott, 2015. Strategic Location of Satellite Salt
Facilities for Roadway Snow and Ice Control. To appear in Transportation Research Record,
accepted for publication February 2015.
Novak, D.C. and James L. Sullivan, 2014. A Link-Focused Methodology for Evaluating
Accessibility to Emergency Services. Decision Support Systems, Volume 57 (January 2014):
309-319.
Dowds, Jonathan, James Sullivan, and Lisa Aultman-Hall, 2013. Comparisons of Discretionary
Passenger Vehicle Idling Behavior by Season and Trip Stage with Global Positioning System
and Onboard Diagnostic Devices. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the
Transportation Research Board, Volume 2341 (November 2013): 76-82.
Novak, David C., James L. Sullivan, and Darren M. Scott, 2012. A Network-Based Approach
for Evaluating and Ranking Transportation Roadway Projects. Applied Geography, Volume 34
(May 2012): 498–506.
Sullivan, James L., David C. Novak, Lisa Aultman-Hall and Darren Scott, 2010. Identifying
Critical Road Segments and Measuring System-Wide Robustness in Transportation Networks
with Isolating Links: A Link-Based Capacity-Reduction Approach. Transportation Research Part
A, Volume 44 (2010): 323–336.
Sullivan, James L., David C. Novak, Lisa Aultman-Hall and Darren Scott, 2009. A review of
current practice in network disruption analysis and an assessment of the ability to account for
isolating links in transportation networks. Transportation Letters: The International Journal of
Transportation Research, Volume 1 (2009): 271-280.
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2014 Conference
on Business Analytics & Operations Research
 Presenter on Vehicle Routing for Roadway Snow and Ice Control
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2014 Conference
on Business Analytics & Operations Research
 Presenter on Vehicle Routing for Roadway Snow and Ice Control
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ 2013 and 2014 Annual GIS
for Transportation Symposia
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James L. Sullivan, M.S., P.E. (continued)
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Presenter in the 2014 Routing Session on Establishing Roadway Priority in Statewide
Roadway Snow and Ice Control Operations
Presenter in the 2013 Linear Referencing System and Local Roadway Mapping Session on
Evaluating the Representation of Roadway Networks in GIS
Transportation Research Board’s Using National Household Travel Survey Data for
Transportation Decision Making: A Workshop, Washington, DC:
 Presenter in the Modeling Applications Session on Research Applications of the 2009 NHTS
in Vermont
Transportation Research Board’s 94th, 91st, 90th, 89th, and 88th Annual Meetings in Washington,
DC:
 Corresponding Author on Paper No. 15-1182, Strategic Location of Satellite Salt Facilities
for Roadway Snow and Ice Control
o Presenter at Session 815, Advances in Technology, Facilities, and Operations for
Winter Maintenance
 Contributing Author on Paper 13-1557, Transportation Network Resolution: Exploring How
Much of the Road Network is Needed for Analysis
 Contributing Author on Paper No. 12-2561, Impact of Ambient Built-Environment Attributes
on Sustainable Travel Modes: A Spatial Analysis in Chittenden County, Vermont
 Contributing Author on Paper No. 12-1207, Applying a Vehicle-Miles of Travel Calculation
Methodology to a County-Wide Calculation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Miles of Travel
 Corresponding Author of Paper No. 11-1981, Spatial Evaluation of a Statewide Rural Transit
Network Spanning Multiple Service Areas
o Presenter at Session 721, Advances in Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation
o Presenter at Session 558, Issues in Transportation Economics
 Contributing Author of Paper No. 10-0593, Critical links supporting Vermont's bulk milk
transportation: a novel application of the Network Robustness Index
 Corresponding Author of Paper No. 09-2644, Investigation of Link Capacity Disruption in
Calculation of Transportation Network Robustness Index
o Presenter at Session 544, Current Research in Transportation Security and Critical
Transportation Infrastructure Protection
Transportation Research Board’s Transportation Systems for Livable Communities Spotlight
Conference
PEER REVIEW FOR RESEARCH JOURNALS
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
International Journal of Geographical Information Science
Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
EXPERIENCE AS AN ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL
With CH2M HILL, Inc. of Herndon, Virginia (2001-2006)
Acted as project manager for all environmental regulatory compliance activities at the Naval
Surface Warfare Center in Carderock, Maryland and the National Naval Medical Center in
Bethesda, Maryland. Specific duties performed included:
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Meeting with project stakeholders, including Navy officers, EPA regulators, Maryland
regulators, and community representatives to discuss the status of the facility's projects and
to resolve questions regarding the path forward
Authoring technical reports to comply with regulatory requirements
Managing environmental monitoring programs
As an Independent Consultant (1997-2001)
Provided design and engineering services for two municipal clients. Specific duties performed
included:
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Preparing design drawings and specifications
Providing construction quality assurance services
Providing engineering services to execute an environmental monitoring program
With CH2M HILL, Inc. of Reston, Virginia (1994-1997)
Provided engineering, design, and construction services for a variety of federal, state, and
municipal clients. Specific duties performed included:
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Preparing feasibility studies and other regulatory process reports
Preparing design drawings and specifications
Providing field engineering services for municipal clients
With Laidlaw Environmental Services (FS), Inc. of Burlington, North Carolina (1993-1994)
Provided project engineering and construction quality control services.
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