Daniel J. Findley, PhD, PE

Associate Director | NC State University - Institute for Transportation Research and Education

Dr. Daniel Findley, P.E., is an Associate Director with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He specializes in economic impact analysis, multi-modal transportation, human behavior research, transportation engineering studies, and asset management and inventory. He served as Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on over 100 funded projects with a total budget amount of over $20 million and has conducted research for sponsors including NCDOT, FHWA, ACRP, FAA, NHI, ITE, and others. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in North Carolina. He also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at NC State University.  Dr. Findley has studied many of the modes of travel including aviation, bicycle, ferry, highway, pedestrian, port, and railroad.

Dr. Findley was an author for Highway Engineering - Planning, Design, and Operations, the 2nd edition of the ITE Manual of Transportation Studies, and Chapter 4 of the 7th edition of the ITE Traffic Engineering Handbook. Dr. Findley has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and has given numerous presentations at local, state, national, and international audiences. Dr. Findley manages three education programs, including a Professional Engineering (PE) exam review course, a Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam review course, and the Highway Engineering Concepts (HEC) course. 

The following list contains selected relevant publications from Dr. Findley’s research focus areas:

Economic Assessment of Transportation Assets 

Logistics and Economic Development 

Horizontal Curves 

Asset Management and Inventory