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Staff Bio

Dave Ripplinger
Associate Research Fellow
Phone: (701)231-5265
Fax: (701)231-1945
david.ripplinger@ndsu.edu

 

David Ripplinger is an associate research fellow at the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, a program of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, located at North Dakota State University. Mr. Ripplinger has conducted research in the areas of operations research, transportation economics, ITS, coordination, and university community transportation. He is Vice President-Membership of the Transportation Research Forum and chair of the Paratransit Research Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board. Mr. Ripplinger received his master's degree from Iowa State and is currently in the Transportation & Logistics Ph.D. program at North Dakota State University.

Research Interests

• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Operations Research
• Planning & Coordination
• Transportation Economics
• University Community Transportation

Recent Research Activities/Major Programs of Activity

• Rural Transit Regionalization
• Rural Transit Agency Classification
• Rural Transportation Fleet Size and Mix Optimization
• Urban-Rural Classification
• Vehicle Routing

Employment

• 2004-Present, Associate Research Fellow, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, NDSU
• 2001-2004, Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Iowa State University
• 2002, Agricultural Fellow, Senator Charles E. Grassley
• 2000-2001, Research Assistant, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, NDSU
• 2000, Research Assistant, Economic Research Service, USDA

Education

• Ph.D., Transportation & Logistics, North Dakota State University, expected 2009
• M.S., Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University, 2003
• B.S., Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University, 2001

Professional Memberships/Affiliations

• Transportation Research Forum
• Transportation Research Board

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