Dr. Harry Petersen, P.E.
Dr. Harry Petersen teaches the transportation course, as needed, in the Civil Engineering Program. His prior civil engineering experience include teaching at Texas A&M, Engineering Research Associate at Texas Transportation Institute where he performed funded research in transportation, safety, and systems analysis. He was also research assistant, Railroad Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana where he designed and operated laboratory ballast test facility.
Education:
- Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1985. Dissertation: A Systems Evaluation of High Speed Rail for the Texas Triangle (Transportation simulation)
- M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, 1975 (Railroads) Thesis: Lateral Stability of Ballast.
- M.S., Chemistry Education, Bemidji State University, 1973.
- B.A., Physics, minors math and chemistry, Bemidji State University, 1965.
Professional Organizations Experience:
- American Railway Engineering and Maintenance Association: Secretary of Committee 16 (Economics)
- Society of Logistics Engineers
- Transportation Research Board, Senior Member Industrial consultant
- Registered Professional Engineer (Minnesota)
- Former Assistant Division Engineer, Rock Island Railroad, Des Moines, Iowa
- Past (and Founding) Director of the Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution Division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers
- High Speed Rail Association
- American Production and Inventory Control Society
E-mail: harry.petersen@mnsu.edu
Phone: (507) 389-1898
Fax: (507) 389-5002
