The site is managed by Dr. Gene Hawkins, PhD, PE, and Desly Amurao.
Dr. Gene Hawkins, PhD, PE
“One day in the late 1980s, I was rummaging through my parent’s garage and came across a 1948 MUTCD that my father used when he was a student at the Yale Bureau of Highway Traffic in the mid-1950s. While perusing that document, I found that Stop signs were yellow, highway centerlines could be white, and green guide signs did not exist. It was an eye-opening experience that led me to begin collecting old traffic engineering books.”
Gene is a second-generation traffic engineer and is one of the country’s premier experts on the MUTCD. He has a large library of historical MUTCD publications. He is a senior principal engineer at Kittelson LLC and a retired professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. He is a former chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Traffic Control Devices Committee and is the current chair of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Gene may be contacted at ghawkins@kittelson.com.
Desly Amurao
Growing up on a small island with no traffic signals and only two-lane roadways, Desly had no idea she would later pursue transportation engineering. Still early in her career, she stays interested and excited about learning as much as she can about the MUTCD.
Desly enjoys working on a variety of transportation projects, but is most passionate about traffic design.
Desly may be contacted at damurao@kittelson.com.
