Hualiang (Harry) Teng

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Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, U.S. DOT Railroad University Transportation Center
Expertise: Railroad engineering and management, Intelligent transportation systems, Highway safety, Air quality analysis, Freight transportation, Traffic flow theory

Biography

UNLV College of Engineering professor Harry Teng serves as commissioner of the Nevada High Speed Rail Authority (NVHSRA), a state-level agency tasked with facilitating the construction of a high-speed rail system connecting Southern Nevada to Southern California. Through this position, he has advised the ongoing Brightline West project that will serve the two states.

Teng's research interests include railroad engineering, infrastructure sustainability, intelligent transportation systems, highway safety, and air quality.

He works to partner with professional organizations, community leaders, and public and private agencies to improve transportation systems and create safety solutions. He has helmed more than 40 funded projects that have contributed to federal, state, local, and private organizations.

Teng also serves as director of the U.S. DOT Railroad University Transportation Center, which focuses on improving infrastructure sustainability and durability.

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Purdue University
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, West Virginia University
  • M.S., Transportation Management and Engineering, Northern Jiaotong University
  • B.S., Transportation Management and Engineering, Northern Jiaotong University

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The Cool Down
Yet another high-speed rail line could be headed to California and Nevada, an area that has waited for decades for high-speed rail infrastructure and is now beginning to experience something of a bullet train windfall, KTNV Las Vegas reported.
Yahoo!
Yet another high-speed rail line could be headed to California and Nevada, an area that has waited for decades for high-speed rail infrastructure and is now beginning to experience something of a bullet train windfall, KTNV Las Vegas reported.
Travel Weekly
A 44-hour emergency closure of northbound Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas last month had thousands of motorists fuming, but any improvement to the vital link is still years away. A truck carrying six large lithium batteries in a container that weighed more than 75,000 pounds overturned near Baker, Calif., shortly before 8 a.m. on July 26. A subsequent fire, particularly hazardous because of the chemicals and toxic gases involved, prompted officials to close the northbound lanes as a precaution.
City Cast Las Vegas
It's been more than three months since Brightline West held an official groundbreaking for a 218-mile electric high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Rancho Cucamonga. The April 22 event was ceremonial, but celebratory with appearances by Gov. Joe Lombardo, Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeig. The sentiment of “it’s really happening this time” was shared eagerly by the politicians and business executives in attendance, but questions remain about one of the most ambitious transportation projects in American history.
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