David J. Lovell received his B.A. degree in mathematics from Portland State University in 1990, his M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1993, and his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1997. He has been teaching at the University of Maryland since 1997. His research interests include transportation facility design, vehicle technology, sensors, and air traffic management. He has held a visiting appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the 2006-07 academic year.