College of Engineering
Spring 2012 Commencement Speaker
Mr. Terry Ruhl
Terry A. Ruhl currently serves as the senior vice president and director of consulting and international operations for theTransportation Business Group at CH2M HILL, a global infrastructure company with $6.3 billion in revenue and almost 30,000 employees. The firm is an industry-leading transportation consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management firm, as ranked by Engineering News-Record. The Transportation Business Group yielded over $484M in revenues in 2011.
Based at CH2M HILL’s Denver Headquarters, Mr. Ruhl leads the Aviation, Highway and Bridge, Ports and Maritime, and Transit and Rail Market Segments. Mr. Ruhl is responsible for the growth and profitability of these market segments, both domestic and international. He also leads the regional business group managers for North American and International Operations. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Ruhl held the role of Aviation Market Segment director from 2006 to 2009, directing growth and business strategies for the group. He is nationally recognized as an expert in airport planning and design, and also has significant experience in various modes of transportation, including highway, bridge, rail, and pedestrian facilities.
Most recently, Mr. Ruhl has been involved with some of the world's most challenging airport programs, including major programs in Mumbai, India; Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Illinois; Palm Beach, Florida; and Memphis, Tennessee. He has also served as lead/senior transportation planner for various transportation planning and traffic engineering projects, including the development of multimodal transportation plans, corridor studies, and interchange/intersection functional design projects. He currently serves on the CH2M HILL Joint Venture Board responsible for implementing the multi- billion dollar nationwide Amtrak stimulus program.
Mr. Ruhl is active in a number of industry organizations and has chaired multiple committees within these groups. In 2011, he served as the Board of Directors Chair for the Airport Consultants Council. He is also an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE Fellow), the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Transportation Research Board.
He has published numerous articles on airport planning and engineering, as well as overall transportation and business management issues, and has served as a technical panel member of the Innovative Pavement Research Foundation, a group dedicated to identifying new technologies that can improve the cost efficiency and lifespan of pavement infrastructure.
Mr. Ruhl obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University, a master's degree in transportation engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and has taken numerous executive education courses in leadership development, business administration, and finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and the University of Michigan Business School.
Spring 2012 Faculty Speaker
Dr. Thomas Bradley
Thomas H. Bradley is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering at Colorado State University, where he conducts research and teaches a variety of courses in system engineering, dynamics, and electrification of hybrid vehicles. He
currently is the faculty advisor for the DOE/GM sponsored EcoCAR2 project which gives students the opportunity to get hands-on automotive engineering experience through the redesign of the 2013 Chevy Malibu for improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. The project is focused on the professional development of students giving them the hands-on experience that will empower them to be successful engineers after graduation.
Dr. Bradley’s research interests are focused on Automotive and Aerospace System Design, Energy System Management, and Lifecycle Assessment. Dr. Bradley leads a motivated research group with two full-time post-doc fellows and 15 graduate students who are engineering solutions to complex global issues including sustainable transportation system design, biofuels technology development, and improving the efficiency of the electric grid.
