| Tom Noguchi |
| Don Samdahl |
| Natarajan Janarthanan, "Jana" |
| Gwen Allen |
| Yukari Bettencourt |
| Virginia Brix |
| Katherine Casseday |
| John Davies |
| Brad Dain |
| Dave Enger |
| Mike Ekshtut |
| Janet Hall |
| Mike Lapham |
| Lisa Maitland |
| Jenny Pearson |
| Neha Rathi |
| Ming-Bang Shyu |
| Bob Sicko |
| Howard Wu |
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Donald R Samdahl, PE,
PTP
Principal
Don specializes in transportation engineering and planning, research training and policy planning. During the past five years, he has directed more than 15 multimodal transportation corridor studies, comprehensive local agency transportation plans, and innovative growth management studies. Don recently managed the I-405 Corridor Program, which produced a 30-year vision for this complex transportation corridor. Don is the 2005 recipient of the Outstanding Service Award presented by the Washington section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
Education:
MS, Civil Engineering/ Transportation, Northwestern University
BS, Civil Engineering, Purdue University
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Victor H Bishop, PE
Principal Traffic Engineer
Vic is responsible for leading major traffic engineering projects. He has been the principal-in-charge or project manager on major projects in the areas of traffic impact analysis, circulation planning, parking layout, and traffic control device design. His experience working with both the public and private sectors enables him to apply his special expertise in an effective manner. Vic was the president of TP&E from 1969 until the firm was merged with Mirai Associates in 2005. Vic was the transportation lead for the Talus project located in Issaquah along with several residential developments in Sammamish and Redmond.
Education:
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Washington
BS, Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire
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David H Enger, PE, PTOE
Traffic Design Manager
Dave has been project manager or project engineer for more than 1000 traffic engineering projects during his career. He has been responsible for the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates for traffic signals, traffic signal coordination systems, illumination, channelization, signing and associated roadway improvements on numerous projects in more than 30 jurisdictions in Washington and Alaska. Dave has also managed construction inspection work on projects which the firm has designed. His recent work includes the Snohomish County ITS Plan and the Kelsey Street Intersection Analysis for the City of Monroe.
Education:
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Washington
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Janet Towle Hall, PE
Senior Civil Engineer
Janet specializes in traffic engineering, land surveying, and CADD design. She has designed roadways, intersections and traffic signals for public and private sector clients, routinely including coordination with state requirements. Her most recent projects include the SR 516 roundabout analyses for Maple Valley, and street lighting designs for developer projects in Federal Way, Redmond, Bothell, Renton and Bonney Lake.
Education:
MS, Transportation Engineering, University of Washington
BS, Mathematics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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Mikhail Ekshtut PE
Senior Transportation Engineer
Mike specializes in traffic impact analyses for new developments. He also has experience with channelization plans, illumination and traffic signal design, cost estimating, traffic surveys and counts. He has worked on many public and private developments in King, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, Lewis, and Island Counties. His projects include several major traffic impact analyses, including the 342-Unit Panorama Heights PUD and both North and South Camano Island Elementary Schools. Currently, Mike is serving in the Air Force Reserve as a Chaplain Assistant and recently returned from his second deployment to Iraq and the Middle East.
Education:
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Washington
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Brad Dain
Graphics/CAD Specialist
Brad supports our traffic engineering and design projects providing CAD drawings and maps showing the results of our analyses. He is a Certified AutoCAD Drafter, and is proficient in Adobe Illustrator and ArcGIS 9.0. He recently completed the graphics for the Monroe Transportation Plan Update and WSDOT's Congestion Relief Project (Phase 2).
Education:
Associate of Applied Science degree,
Engineering Design Technology, Renton Technical College
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Natarajan "Jana" Janarthanan, PhDPrincipal
Jana specializes in traffic engineering, travel demand forecasting, and multi-modal transportation planning. He is skilled at customizing regional transportation models for subareas, traffic analysis and use in growth management issues such as concurrency and level of service. Jana creates travel demand models for short-, mid- and long-range forecasts, as well as real-time traffic simulation models of smaller networks (travel corridors and sub- areas). He is also skilled in traffic impact analysis and designing systems to manage traffic congestion. Jana's recent work includes the Triangle project for WSDOT in Federal Way and modeling for the City of Redmond's Transportation Plan.
Education:
PhD, Civil Engineering/ Transportation, University of Washington
MS, Civil Engineering/ Transportation, University of Calgary, Canada
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Robert Sicko
Senior Modeling Specialist
Bob specializes in travel demand modeling, transit forecasting, transportation planning, demographic analysis and geographic information systems (GIS). He developed the transit and transportation forecasts for Sound Transit's I-90 Center Roadway EIS and WSDOT's I-405 Congestion Relief and Bus Rapid Transit project. For the Puget Sound Regional Council, Bob managed the technical and policy elements of the 2001 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Bob has provided technical and policy support to many regional studies.
Education:
MS, Civil Engineering/ Transportation & Geography, UW
BS, Civil Engineering/ Transportation, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Naveen Juvva
Senior Transportation Engineer
Naveen specializes in travel demand modeling and cost/benefit models as well as traffic management studies. He has technical experience in travel demand modeling using the transportation planning software EMME/2 and is familiar with regional travel demand models. Naveen recently developed EMME/2 macros to identify the extent of congestion in the Vancouver, Puget Sound and Spokane regions of Washington State for WSDOT's Congestion Relief Project.
Education:
MS, Civil Engineering, Transportation, University of Washington
BT, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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Neha Rathi, EIT
Transportation Engineer
Neha specializes in travel demand forecasting, traffic impact analyses, and roundabout design and operations using aaSIDRA. She used the Puget Sound Regional Council's travel demand model for her work on WSDOT's Statewide Tolling Study and the Congestion Relief Analysis project. Most recently, she helped to update Seattle's travel demand model and assisted with Seattle's South Downtown Rail Corridor Transportation Study. She has also completed several traffic impact analyses for private development.
Education:
MS, Transportation Engineering, Rutgers University
BS, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
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Tom Noguchi,
PTP
Principal
Tom is recognized in the region as a leading planner for transit and rail station area planning, multi-agency regional transportation planning studies, and concurrency issues. Tom specializes in working with communities on transportation solutions and integrating transportation plans with urban planning objectives. He recently completed the Northgate CTIP for the City of Seattle and the Rainier Avenue Corridor Study for the City of Renton.
Education:
BS, Civil Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Washington
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John Davies, AICP,
PTP
Senior Project Manager
John specializes in comprehensive planning, subarea and corridor plans, GIS applications, traffic simulations and transit planning. John has managed multiple transportation projects and tasks in situations requiring a high level of public involvement and review. He brings a strong understanding of many different impact mitigation programs as a result of conducting traffic impact analyses for numerous private sector clients, including commercial and residential developers. John is providing the traffic analysis for the Kent Transportation Master Plan and recently completed the Market Street Study for the City of Kirkland.
Education:
MS, Land Use/Transportation Planning , University of Washington
BS, Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning, University of California at Davis
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Michael Lapham
Senior Transportation Planner
Mike specializes in quantitative analyses for transportation planning and traffic engineering studies. His experience includes conducting transportation analyses associated with land use changes, freeway improvement projects, environmental impact statements, and long-range transportation planning studies. He has performed development review functions, including impact analysis, fee calculation, SEPA analysis, identification of mitigation measures, and project negotiations. During the past 2 years he has worked in the I-405 Project Office as a transportation analyst for the I-405 Bellevue Nickel and Renton Nickel Environmental Assessments.
Education:
MS, Urban and Regional Science, Portland State University
BS, Urban Geography, University of Washington
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Virginia Brix
Senior Transportation Planner
Virginia specializes in creating links from the technical analysis to the public, the electeds and the community. Her skills include technical report writing, community outreach and public policy gained through her work with both the private and public sectors at the local, regional and state levels. She has been responsible for the design and management of all elements of public involvement programs for complex and controversial transportation plans. Virginia specializes as an editor for EIS reports, and has authored a number of existing condition reports, transportation discipline reports, and EIS chapters. She wrote the Transportation Element Reports for the cities of Bothell, Auburn, and Monroe and is working on a draft for Kent's Transportation Master Plan.
Education:
BS, Finance, Montana State University
MBA, Administrative Organization, University of Washington
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Howard Wu, AICP
Senior Transportation Planner
Howard connects transportation and urban design issues in projects ranging from an individual development to a regional transportation network. A trained architect with graduate degrees in civil engineering and urban planning, he specializes in designing pedestrian and bicycle systems that build a sense of community. Howard has joined the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board. He recently assisted in the development of travel demand models for I-405 and the City of Redmond and for Sound Transit, he is assessing the travel times for various alignments in the proposed Central Link Light Rail extension to the Eastside communities of Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond.
Education:
Master of Urban Planning, University of Washington
MS, Civil Engineering/Transportation, University of Washington
BA, Architecture, Washington University, St Louis Missouri
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Jennifer Pearson, EIT
Transportation Engineer
Jenny recently joined us from the University of Washington. She has provided intersection analyses and traffic simulations for several recent projects including Snohomish County 4th Avenue West, Kitsap Transit SR 305, North Bend Park and Ride and the Market Street Access Study for City of Kirkland. She has used GIS for analyses for UW Tacoma, Snohomish County ITS, and the City of Kent Transportation Master Plan.
Education:
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Washington
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Yukari Bettencourt
Office Manager
For the past five years, Yukari has managed our office, including contract administration and accounting services. Being proficient in Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign CS2, and Illustrator, she often works with our planners and engineers to prepare graphics for projects and proposals. Her enthusiasm, sense of humor and energy keeps the office running well.
Education:
BS, English Linquistics & Literature, Waseda University, Tokyo Japan
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Gwen Allen
Office Assistant
Gwen is the friendly voice who answers our phone. In addition, she supports projects with billing support, report production, and customer relations. Her years of experience with Mirai and other A&E firms provide her with the skills needed to process billings quickly and proficiently.
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Katherine Casseday, PE, PTOE
Senior Project Manager
Katherine is a traffic engineer and project manager with 28 years of engineering and planning experience that encompasses short-term and long-range transportation planning projects ranging from neighborhood traffic control to major arterial analysis studies. Her specific area of expertise is traffic engineering and corridor planning with a focus on arterial systems and integration with regional corridors.
Katherine is an effective project manager, capable of directing technical analysis as well as community outreach and education. Katherine's skills in traffic operations complement her abilities to present complex information in ways to facilitate decision making. Katherine is a problem-solver, an engineer who finds creative ways to answer community traffic issues.
Education:
Graduate Studies in Transportation Engineering, University of Washington
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Washington
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Lisa Maitland
Marketing Coordinator
Lisa joined us in November as our marketing coordinator. She joins us from the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida where she was the technical editor for the publication of the Journal of Public Transportation.
She is leading our marketing efforts, supporting our website, and maintaining a strong professional presence for our firm.
Education:
AA Outdoor Recreation Management, Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.
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Ming-Bang Shyu, PhD
Transportation Engineer
Having interned at Mirai in 2004, Ming-Bang Shyu re-joined Mirai in October, after completing his doctorate at Penn State in 2006. Ming specializes in traffic engineering, travel demand forecasting, safety analyses, and multi-modal transportation planning.
He is skilled at customizing regional transportation models for sub area traffic analyses and use in growth management issues such as concurrency and level of service. He also creates real-time traffic simulation models of smaller networks, travel corridors and sub areas. He will support our travel demand modeling group.
Education:
PhD, Transportation Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
MSc, Transport Engineering and Planning, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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