Kyle Bathgate

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Education and Licensure

Background

I am from Carbondale, a town in southern Illinois. I attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for my undergraduate studies in civil engineering, with a primary focus in transportation and a secondary focus in hydrology. At UIUC, I participated in undergraduate research in the lab of Dr. Jeffery Roesler, where I assisted with concrete pavement testing and analysis. At UIUC, I was also active in student organizations, namely the ASCE and ITE student chapters. I also gained valuable design and construction inspection experience for roadway reconstruction and water, sanitary, and storm sewer projects as an intern for an engineering consultant in Champaign, Illinois. I further gained professional experience as an intern for a pavement management consultant, where I performed pavement inspections.

For my graduate studies, I attended the University of Texas at Austin, working under the supervision of the late Dr. Zhanmin Zhang in the Resilient Infrastructure and Smart Cities (RISC) Lab. During my MSE, I worked as a graduate research assistant (GRA) on a project for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) related to assessing the resilience of the Texas maritime port system. My MS thesis was about conceptual risk assessment methods for multi-modal port systems in Texas. For my Doctorate studies, I currently work with Dr. Stephen Boyles in the Simulation, Parking, Autonomous vehicles, Routing, & Traffic Assignment (SPARTA) lab. As a GRA, I am involved in a TxDOT project that seeks to examine the usage of real-time traffic monitoring devices during hurricane evacuations in Texas. I am also furthering my work with infrastructure management, transportation networks, and intermodal freight resilience.

When I am not working on campus, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I love being outdoors and I enjoy running, biking, swimming, and kayaking in Austin and the nearby Texas Hill Country. I also play guitar, and I am an avid player and listener of classic country and bluegrass music.