Personal Education Professional Registration Areas of Interest Professional Experience Awards

Publications Research  Committee and Conference Activities

Personal

Born 1948
Married, two children and two grandchildren

Flying - Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)
    FAA certified flight instructor, instrument and multi-engine instructor (CFI-IA-ME)
 

Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science, 1978,  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
    Troy, New York
Master of Public Administration, 1975,  Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
Master of Engineering (Civil), 1971, and Bachelor of Civil Engineering, 1971,
    University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Professional Registration
Professional Engineer - States of Kansas, Kentucky, New York, Tennessee, Texas

Areas of Interest
Transportation Engineering, Environmental Analysis, Noise Control

Professional Experience
 University of Louisville
PROFESSOR OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
(DEPARTMENT CHAIR, December, 1984 to June, 1993 and July, 1994 to present)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
December, 1984 to Present

Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in transportation engineering, and conduct research. Emphasis areas in research include highway and aircraft noise, and software development. As department chair, responsible for the administration and development of a department which includes 12 faculty members and 150 undergraduate and graduate students.

Vanderbilt University, Nashville (TN)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF  CIVIL ENGINEERING
December, 1979 to December, 1984

Established program in transportation engineering. Developed and/or taught undergraduate and graduate courses in basic transportation, traffic engineering, mass transit, planning, airport engineering, and system design. Established and directed a four faculty research team in the procurement and performance of contract research exceeding $250,000 annually. Served as Principal Investigator on research with accumulated contract value of nearly $1,000,000. Granted tenure in June, 1981.

New York State Department of Transportation
SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST
January, 1975, to December, 1979

Specialist in environmental impact analysis for transportation projects. Developed and taught in-house training courses on fundamental and advanced highway noise analysis. Trained more than 200 engineers form various Federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as several private firms. Served as in-house consultant on such projects as Concorde SST landing, Westside Highway, Youngman Expressway, and Long Island Expressway.

Kentucky Department of Transportation
CIVIL ENGINEER
September, 1971, to January, 1975

Established department program in environmental impact analysis. Prepared more than fifty highway project studies for proposed improvements in Louisville, Lexington, Western Kentucky, and the Appalachian region.

Awards
Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi honoraries

American Society of Civil Engineers:
    Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award, 1997
    Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, 1985

Award of Achievement in Engineering, Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers, 1988

Outstanding Performance Award for Achievement in Administration, University of Louisville, 1987

Transportation Research Board, Committee A1F04 Award for the Outstanding Paper on Transportation-Related Noise, 1986, 1983

The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Award for Travel to Munich,
FRG, 1985

Vanderbilt University Research Council Grant Awards, 1983, 1981, 1980

U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Institute, Fellowship in
Research and Education, 1976

Kentucky Department of Transportation, Highway Scholarship, 1970, 1969

Publications
Books

Hagerty, D. and L. Cohn, Opportunities in Civil Engineering, Chicago: NTC Publishing  Co., 1997, 143 pp.

Cohn, L. and G. McVoy, Environmental Analysis of Transportation Systems.  New York: Wiley-Interscience Division, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1982, 374 pp.

Book Chapters

Cohn, L., R. Harris, and P. Lederer, "Environmental and Energy Considerations", Transportation Planning Handbook, 2nd Edition, J. Edwards, (ed.), Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1999, pp. 239-288.

Monographs

Cohn, L., R. Harris, and L. Fleming, Guidelines for Evaluating the Performance of Highway Sound Barriers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF), Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), Report 96-04, Product 24, October, 1996, 45 pages.

Cohn, L. (ed.), Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference, Technical Council on Computer Practices, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1993, 1865 pages.

Cohn, L. and R. Harris, "Expert Systems in Transportation", NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 183, National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1992, 52 pages.

Cohn, L. and W. Rasdorf (ed.), Computing in Civil Engineering and Symposium on Data Bases, Proceedings of the Seventh Conference, Technical Council on Computer Practices, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1991, 929 pages.

Kappes, S., S. Kim, P. Tanner, R. Williams, and L. Cohn, "Employing Expert Systems Technologies to Real Property Management Decisionmaking", Knowledge Based Techniques for RPMA Decisions, USACERL Technical Report P-90/14, US Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, 1990, 38 pages.

Cohn, L. (ed.) "A Resource Guide for Transportation Engineering Education," Transportation Research Board Bibliography 61, 1984, 57 pp.

Cohn, L., "Highway Noise Barriers," NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 87, National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 1982.  81 pp.

Cohn, L., Noise Barrier Design Options, prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Environmental Policy, Washington, D.C., 1981, 109 pp.

Refereed Articles

Harris, R. and L. Cohn "Scale Model Adjustments for Special Highway Noise Barrier Treatments",  Journal of Engineering Valuation and Cost Analysis, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York, Vol 2, No. 3, 1999, pp 199-211.

Harris, R., L. Cohn, and S. Knudson "Evaluation of the Federal Administration's Traffic Noise Model", Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York (accepted for publication).

Harris, R. and L. Cohn “Scale Model Adjustments for Special Highway Noise Barrier Treatments”,  Journal of Engineering Valuation and Cost Analysis, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York, (accepted for publication, 1998).

Kim, J-S, L. Cohn, and Kim, K-S, “A Study on the Effects of Absorptive Treatments for Highway Noise Barriers”, Journal of the Korean Society of Noise and Vibration Engineering, Seoul, Vol. 8, No. 1, February, 1998, pp. 146-156.

Cohn, L. and Harris, R. “A HITEC Evaluation of the USG Sight and Sound Screen”, Transportation Research Record 1559, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1996, pp. 29-33.

Cohn, L., R. Harris, S. Moser, and C. Phillips, “Special Noise Barrier Treatments on Actual Highway Projects”, Journal of Engineering Valuation and Cost Analysis, Vol. 1, No.1, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York, 1996 pp. 65-78.

Harris, R., L. Cohn, and C. Grant, "Using the STAMINA 2.0 Computer Program to Calculate Contours of One Hour Average Sound Levels from Highway Traffic Noise",  Noise Control Engineering Journal, Institute of Noise Control Engineering,  Poughkeepsie, NY, Vol. 43, No. 5, September-October, 1995, pp. 173-180.

Harris, R., L. Cohn,  and J. Graham, "A Comprehensive Software Library for Highway Noise Analysis", Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, April, 1995, pp. 101-111.

Cohn, L., R. Rolfer, D. Duncan, R. Woosley, and R. Harris, "Special Noise Barrier Treatments", Transportation Research Record 1416, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC March, 1993, pp. 69-74.

Koushki, P., L. Cohn, A. Felimban, and T. El-Rekhaimi, "Urban Noise Traffic in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Perceptions & Attitudes", Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 119, No. 5, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York , September/October, 1993, pp. 751-763.

Harris, R., and L. Cohn, "Development of a Control Structure for Micro-Based Expert Systems", Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 5, No. 4, October, 1991, pp. 412-427.

Harris, R., and L. Cohn, "Controlling Sewage Treatment Plant Noise", Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 117, No. 5, September/October, 1991, pp. 680-686.

Cohn, L. and P. Koushki, "Social Attitudes and Traffic Noise: A Study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia", Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Association, Louisville, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, pp 233-242.

Cohn, L. and R. Harris, "The Cost of Noise Barrier Construction in the United States", Transportation Research Record 1255, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1990, pp 102-107.

Bowlby, W., R. Harris, and L. Cohn, "Seasonal Measurements of Aircraft Noise in a National Park", Journal of Air and Waste Management, The Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, Vol. 4, No. 1, January, 1990, pp. 68-76.

Ritchie, S., L. Cohn, and R. Harris, "Development of Expert Systems Technology in the California Department of Transportation", Transportation Research Record 1187, National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1989, pp 21-29.

Cohn, L. and R. Harris, "Improving Public Response to Sensitive Transportation Projects", Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 114, No.4, July, 1988, pp. 465-475.

K. Sinha, L. Cohn, C. Hendrickson, and Y. Stephanedes, "Role of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering", Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 114, No. 4, July, 1988, pp. 383-392.

Cohn, L., R. Harris, and W. Bowlby, "Knowledge Acquisition for Domain Experts", Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 2, No. 2, April, 1988, pp. 107-120.

Bowlby, W., L. Cohn, and R. Harris, "Design Method for Parallel Traffic Noise Barriers," Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 113, No. 6, November, 1987, pp. 672-685.

Cohn, L. and R. Harris, "Environmental Planning in Urban Transportation," Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 113, No. 3, May, 1987, pp. 229-247.

Harris, R., Bowlby, W., and L. Cohn, "A Method for Analyzing Construction Haul Noise Impacts," Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 113, No. 1, March, 1987, pp. 6-16.

Bowlby, W., L. Cohn and R. Harris, "A Review of Studies of Insertion Loss Degradation for Parallel Highway Noise Barriers," Journal of Noise Control Engineering, Poughkeepsie, Vol. 28, No. 2, March-April, 1987, pp. 40-53.

Harris, R., L. Cohn, and W. Bowlby, "Designing Noise Barriers Using the Expert System CHINA," Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 113, No. 2, March, 1987, pp. 127-138.

Cohn, L., R. Harris and W. Bowlby, "Using Expert Systems for Transportation Noise Decision Making," Transport Policy and Decision Making, Vol. 3, 1986, Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 313-322.

Bowlby, W. and L. Cohn, "A Model for Insertion Loss Degradation for Parallel Highway Noise Barriers," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, New York, Vol. 80, No. 3, September, 1986, pp. 855-868.

Bowlby, W., R. Harris and L. Cohn, "Analyzing Construction Noise By A Level/Duration Weighted Population Technique,"  Transportation Research Record 1058, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1986, pp. 23-31.

Harris, R. and L. Cohn, "Use of Vegetation for the Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise," Journal of Planning and Development, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. III, No. 1, November, 1985, pp. 34-47.

Harris, R., L. Cohn, and W. Bowlby, "An Application of Artificial Intelligence in Highway Noise Analysis," Transportation Research Record 1033, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1985, pp. 11-15.

Cohn, L., and S. Gaddipati, "An Interactive Graphics Method for Use in Highway Air Quality Analysis," Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association, Pittsburgh, Vol. 34, No. 11, October, 1984, pp. 1137-1139.

Cohn, L., and W. Bowlby, "Minimizing Highway Noise Barrier Intrusion," Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 110, No. 3, June, 1984, pp. 534-549.

Cohn, L., "Transportation Impacts Upon the Environment in 2003," Transportation Research Record 963, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1984, pp. 29-33.  Also published in Transportation Research News, November-December, 1983.

Bowlby, W., L. Cohn, B. Waller and R. Harris, "Enhancements for Computer Based Environmental Models," Transportation Research Record 963, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1984, pp. 34-41.

Harris, R., L. Cohn, W. Bowlby, A. Tate, and R. Brisson, "Mitigating Construction Impacts on Urban and Rural Highways," Transportation Research 963, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1984, pp. 42-44.

Cohn, L., and W. Bowlby, "A Theoretically-Based Method to Estimate Highway Noise Levels, with Emphasis on Parallel Barrier Insertion Loss Determination," Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 5, No. 1, Tokyo, 1984, pp. 1-13.

Bowlby, W., and L. Cohn, "IMAGE 3 - Computer Aided Design for Parallel Highway Noise Barriers," Transportation Research Record 937, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1984, pp. 52-62.

Cohn, L., W. Bowlby, and L. Casson, "Interactive Graphics Use in Traffic Noise Modelling," Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 109, No. 2, March, 1983, pp. 179-195.

Bowlby, W., and L. Cohn, "Prediction of Highway Construction Noise Levels," Journal of Construction Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, Vol. 109, No. 2, June, 1983, pp. 163-180.

Cohn, L., W. Bowlby, and C. Riddle, "A Statistical Comparison of STAMINA 1.0 and STAMINA 2.0/OPTIMA for a Typical Barrier," Transportation Research Record 937, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1983, pp. 24-29.

Cohn, L., "Environmental Action Planning for Transportation Project Development," Transportation Quarterly, Eno Foundation, Westport, Connecticut, Vol. 36, No. 4, October, 1982, pp. 503-526.

Bowlby, W., and L. Cohn, "Highway Construction Noise Modeling," Transportation Research  Record 865, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1982, pp. 43-49.

Cohn, L., W. Bowlby, and L. Casson, "Enhancement of Highway Noise Modeling Through Computer Graphics," Transportation Research Record 865, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1982, pp. 39-43.

Cohn, L., "The Evolution of Environmental Analysis at the State Transportation Department Level,"  Transportation Research Record 789, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1981, pp. 1-4.

Barrass, A., and L. Cohn, "Noise Abatement and Public Policy Decisions:  Case Study,I-440, Nashville," Transportation Research Record 789, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1981, pp. 40-45.

Cohn, L., L. Casson, and W Bowlby, "STAMINA 1.0 Experiences on the Dulles Access Highway Extension," Transportation Research Record 789, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1981, pp. 29-34.

Cohn, L., "Systematic Method for Prioritizing Barrier Retrofit Projects for Highways," Transportation Research Record 740, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1980, pp. 26-29.

Cohn, L., "Bus Noise Levels in the New York City and Albany Metropolitan Areas," Journal of Noise Control Engineering, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Poughkeepsie, Vol. 14, No. 1, January-February, 1980, pp. 38-42.

Research
Principal Investigator

Arizona Department of Transportation, two contracts, 1998-2000
Topic: Highway Noise
Total Value: $194,000

Colorado Department of Transportation, one contract, 1996-1998
Topic: Highway Noise
Total Value: $56,000

American Society of Civil Engineers, Civil Engineering Research Foundation, Highway Innovative Technology Center, 1996-1998
Topic: Highway Noise
Total Value: $56,000

Washington State Department of Transportation, four contracts, 1991-1995
Topic: Highway Noise
Total Value: $150,000

Ohio Department of Transportation/University of Cincinnati, one contract, 1992-1993
Topic: Expert Systems/Highway Safety
Total Value: $120,000 (UL portion $45,000)

New Jersey Department of Transportation, two contracts, 1988-1992
Topic:  Expert Systems/Highway Noise
Total Value: $155,000

Ford Motor Company, one contract, 1990-1991
Topic: Environmental Planning Grant
Total Value: $55,000

California Department of Transportation, two contracts, 1987-1991
Topics:  Expert Systems/Strategy Development and Highway Noise
Total value:  $96,000

US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, two contracts, 1987-1990
Topic:  Expert Systems/Facilities Engineering
Total value:  $49,000

Tennessee Department of Transportation, four contracts, 1980-1986, 1988-1989
Topics:  Highway Noise & Construction Noise
Total value: $580,000

Kentucky Department of Finance and Administration, one contract, 1986-1987
  Topic:  Capital Construction Management
Total value:  $86,000

Metropolitan Sewer District (Louisville/Jefferson County), one contract, 1986-1987 Topic:  Pump Station Noise
Total value: $20,000

Mississippi State Highway Department, three contracts, 1980-1983, 1987
Topic:  Highway Noise
Total value:  $83,000

National Park Service, U.S. DOI, one contract, 1985-1986
Topic:  Aviation Noise
Total value: $11,000

Federal Highway Administration, four contracts, 1982-1984
Topic:  Highway Noise
Total value:  $89,000

Palm Beach County, Florida, one contract, 1983-1984
Topic:  Aviation Noise
Total value:  $109,000

Transportation Research Board, one contract, 1980-1981
Topic:  Highway Noise
Total value:  $13,000

Committee and Conference Activities
American Society of Civil Engineers

Technical Council on Computer & Informaton Technology (TCCIT)
    Executive Committee (Chairman, 1998-99)
    Committee on Expert Systems (Chairman, 1984-1988)
    Committee on Coordination Outside ASCE (Control Group Member)
    General Chairman, First Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering,
        Washington, DC, June 20-22, 1994
    Advisory Committee, Fifth International Conference on Computing in Civil
        Engineering, Los Angeles, July, 1993 (Agenda Chairman)
    Steering Committee,  Eighth Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering,
        Dallas, June 10-12, 1992 (Agenda Advisor)
    Advisory Committee, Fourth International Conference on Computing in Civil
        and Building Engineering, Tokyo, July, 1991
    Steering Committee,  Seventh Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering,
        Washington, DC, May 6-8, 1991 (Agenda Chairman)
    Agenda Committee, TCCP Sixth Conference on Computing in Civil
        Engineering, Atlanta, September, 1989

Urban Transportation Division (UTD)
    Executive Committee (Chairman, 1993-1994)
    Committee on Advanced Technology Applications (Chairman, 1986-1990)
    Committee on Education (Chairman, 1984-1987)
    Committee on Planning (Control Group Member, 1983-1984)
    Steering Committee, Second International Conference on Advanced Technology in
    Transportation Engineering, Minneapolis, August, 1991
    Steering Committee, First International Conference on Advanced Technology
        in Transportation Engineering, San Diego, February, 1989

Urban Planning and Development Division (UPDD)
    Committees on Public Works and Publications

Environmental Engineering Division (EED)
    Committee on Noise Pollution Control (Control Group Member) (1980-1988)

Scholarship Committee, Kentucky Section (1987-1989)

Board of Directors, Nashville Section of ASCE; President (1984-1985),

District 9 Council (1982-1985)

Transportation Research Board

Advisory Panel, TCRP Project C-3, “Rail Noise Mitigation”

Committee on Environmental Analysis in Transportation, A1F02  (Chairman, 1983-1989)

Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration, A1F04 (Chairman, 1978-1983)

Committee on Expert Systems, A5T54

NCHRP Project 3-38(1) Panel, "Assessment of Alternative Technologies for Relieving Urban Congestion"

Committee on Education and Training, A5004

NCHRP Project 25-2 Panel, "Using STAMINA 2.0 to Predict Stop and Go Levels" (1985-1989)

TRB/Federal Highway Administration Federally Coordinated Project 3B, Environmental Management (1987-89)

Chairman, Steering Committee for the 1978 and 1981 TRB/FHWA National Conferences on Highway Noise, Los Angeles and Minneapolis

Engineering Foundation

Chairman, Engineering Foundation Conference, "Using Knowledge Based Expert Systems in the Engineered and Constructed Environments," February 8-12, 1988, Santa Barbara, CA

Continuing Education Activities
Short Courses Developed and Presented -
    Highway Noise Analysis:
        Washington State Department of Transportation, 1993, 1991
        Colorado Department of Transportation, 1992
        University of Louisville, 1986-present
        Federal Highway Administration, 1985
        Georgia Tech, 1984
        Vanderbilt University, 1982-1985
        New York State Department of Transportation, 1975-1980
    Airport Noise Modeling:
        Georgia Tech, 1985-1988, 1993
        Dowling College, 1994
        Port of Seattle, 1985