About the ATR Institute
| ATRI Team
The ATR Institute team
consists of a variety of researchers,
educators, directors, students, project assistants, and
associates. Each person is an integral part of the success and
accomplishments of the ATR Institute. |
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Administration and Researchers
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School of Engineering/Department of Civil Engineering The ATR Institute (ATRI) staff provides support to UNM's Department of Civil Engineering academic mission. The Institute's engineering professionals serve as lecturers in the Department of Civil Engineering, teaching classes and laboratories in Civil Engineering Materials and Mechanics of Materials. ATRI technical staff continue to assist in undergraduate teaching laboratories such as Construction Materials, Soil Mechanics, and Mechanics of Materials. |
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ATRI Associates
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| Geri
Knoebel, Senior Program Manager, has been with the ATR
Institute at the University of New Mexico for 15 years. Ms.
Knoebel is a senior researcher and the primary person responsible to
the Director for research operational planning and program
development. Ms. Knoebel's projects have included public policy
research in the areas of context sensitive design, community road
improvement projects, environmental assessment review, technical
assistance to community advisory groups and the development of rural
commuter choice programs for New Mexico. She headed up the first
context sensitive design project in New Mexico (Isleta Boulevard/Camino
Real Redevelopment Project) as a technical advisor from ATRI and member
of the Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) to the Bernalillo County Public
Works Department. Ms. Knoebel remains on the CAC and continues to
advise on phase two of the Isleta Boulevard Project, environmental
assessments and other transportation community redevelopment
issues.
Ms. Knoebel is responsible for the administration of all contracts and grants for the ATR Institute as well as the personnel, financial, and office operations of the ATR Institute. Ms. Knoebel is a former administrator, manager, and budget analyst in both that private and non-for-profit sectors. She is a member of the American Society of Public Administrators, the American Planning Association, and the National Council of University Research Administrators. Ms. Knoebel has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Studies with a concentration in Economics from Frostburg State College in Maryland. She has a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of New Mexico. |
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Nancy Bennett, Program Manager, has extensive experience in managing programs relating to web-based virtual libraries and web design including the US Department of Energy’s Transportation Resource Exchange Center (www.trex-center.org/). Ms. Bennett received her Bachelors of Fine Arts with a double-major in life drawing and art history from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She went on to attend graduate school in Washington, D.C., studying library science. While a graduate student, Nancy obtained an internship with the U. S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and soon after was promoted to librarian. Ms. Bennett moved to Albuquerque and was hired as the manager of the US Department of Energy’s Public Reading Room. She joined the staff of the ATR Institute as an information specialist in 1998 where she has worked as the project leader in the development of theT-REX. |
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Freddie de la Cruz, Systems/Analyst II, recently joined ATR Institute. His current projects include the CRRAFT, the "Louisiana CRRAFT," and the Border Enforcement project. |
| Giovanni
Migliaccio, Assistant Professor, joined the faculty at the
University of New Mexico in Fall 2007. He teaches courses in the UNM
Construction Engineering and Management program. He is a licensed
Professional
Engineer in Italy since 2000. Dr. Migliaccio received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a recipient of the Richard and Shirley Tucker Endowed Scholarship at the University of Texas for achievements in Construction Engineering and Project Management. Dr. Migliaccio also holds a master-level degree in Architectural Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari in Italy and has previous experience as a consulting engineer on telecommunication projects with Nokia Networks, Nortel Networks and IPSE 2000. Dr. Migliaccio's specific areas of interest include (1) the relationship between management of infrastructure projects and their organizational, environmental and social context, and (2) innovative procurement, delivery and financing practices for infrastructure projects. Additional areas of interest include: sustainable decision making in engineering and construction; constructability; life-cycle cost analysis; building energy consumption analysis; facility operations and management; organizational change; organizational learning and knowledge management; and benchmarking of construction projects. |
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Ken Martinez is the Laboratory Supervisor for the Materials Research Center at the ATR Institute. He has been working for the University of New Mexico for over 18 years in the construction materials field. He has worked on a wide range of projects some of which are Alkali-Silica Reactivity in Concrete, evaluations of Cold In-situ Recycling, Geotechnical studies of soils and evaluations of non-nuclear methods for compaction control of highway subgrade materials, and data acquisition of field instrumentation for explosive testing. |
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Gordon McKeen directs the Materials Research Center at the ATR Institute. He has directed construction materials, geotechnical and pavement engineering research projects over the last 25 years. He currently serves on committees of the Transportation Research Board (chairman, A2L06), the American Society for Testing and Materials (Committee E17), and the Post-Tensioning Institute (Slab-on-Ground Design Committee). He has served on the Planning Committee for the University of New Mexico Paving and Transportation Conference for over 20 years. Major projects recently completed include evaluations of Cold In-situ Recycling and Mitigation of Alkali-Silica Reactivity in Concrete. Current contracts represent a wide variety of clients including state agencies, national laboratories, and private companies |
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Isaura Andaluz is president of InterWorld Associates which provides valuable consulting services to non-profit, micro-enterprises, and business. They use a comprehensive, results-oriented approach to problem solving and project development. InterWorld Associates brings to each project a personalized approach, attentiveness to job specifications, and an emphasis on delivering a professional quality product. Its team of professionals uphold and exemplify the company philosophy of excellence. InterWorld Associates (IWA) prides itself in having highly experiences personnel with impressive credentials. The staff provides a variety of professional and technical service with bilingual and bicultural capabilities. |
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Nancy Folsom of Pixel Dust Industries has been developing xBASE business information application for both private and government customers since 1989. She is also an author, having written for Visual Studio Magazine, CoDe Magazine (EPS Publishing) NS virtual Fox User Group Newsletter. She wrote Debugging Visual FoxPro Applications. Her experience includes the domains of accounting, cost estimating, facilities management, point-of-sale, time and billing, GIS interfaces, and search and rescue among others, for both private and public sector customers including the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, NEC, and the Alliance for Transportation Research Institute. Nancy has been a FoxPro Microsoft Most Valuable Professional since 1998. |