Faculty and Staff Profiles

STEPHANIE S. IVEY
Professor, Civil Engineering
Email: ssalyers@memphis.edu
Office Location: 104 Engr Science Bldg

Work Experience

  • Associate Dean for Research, Herff College of Engineering - University of Memphis - 2017-Present
  • Professor, Department of Civil Engineering - University of Memphis - 2017-Present
  • Director, Southeast Transportation Workforce Center - University of Memphis - 2014-present
Honors/Awards
  • Women Who Lead in Logistics - Memphis Business Journal - 2023
  • Atkins University Fellowship - University of Memphis - 2022-2025
  • Excellence in Transportation Engineering Education Award - ITE Southern District - 2020
  • Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award - ITE International - 2020
  • Engineering Educator of the Year - West TN Branch American Society of Civil Engineers - 2020
  • US Delegate, APEC Women in Transportation Forum - US Department of Transportation - 2019
  • STEM Advocate of the Year - Tennessee STEM Innovation Network - 2019
  • Edward E Watt Distinguished Service Award - Tennessee Section Institute of Transportation Engineers - 2018
  • Peter G. Hadley Award for Outstanding Engineering Educator - TN Section ASCE - 2015
  • Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2015

Teaching Experience

  • Transformative Technologies in Engineering - University of Memphis
  • Introduction to Transportation Systems Operations and Management - University of Memphis
  • Transportation Systems Engineering, (U) - The University of Memphis
  • Professional Practice - University of Memphis
  • Senior Design (U) - The University of Memphis
  • Approximations and Uncertainty in Engineering (U) - The University of Memphis
  • Traffic Engineering (U/G) - The University of Memphis
  • Engineering Analysis (G) - The University of Memphis
  • Probabilistic Methods in Engineering, (G) - The University of Memphis

Support

  • Gender Equity in the State DOT Workforce - NCHRP/TRB - $50,000 - 2023
  • Women of Rail: The Path to Gender Diversity - Federal Rail Administration - $478,455 - 2022-2025
  • STEM Ambassador Program - Memphis Shelby County Schools - $75,000 - 2023
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems Professional Capacity Building Academic Program - USDOT ITSPCB Joint Program Office/Volpe - $107,249 - 2023-2024
  • Critical Knowledge Gaps, Existing Knowledge Management Practices and Cultural Readiness - TDOT - $201,420 - 2022-2024
  • Fleet Electrification Research - Gannett Fleming - $35,000 - 2022
  • TSMO Workforce Summit - Gannett Fleming (Prime)/National Operations Center of Excellence - $14,324 - 2022
  • ITSPCB Academic Program - USDOT Volpe Center - $114,974 - 2021-2022
  • Promoting Innovations through Training to Improve Traffic Signal Operations in Tennessee - UTK (Prime) / TDOT - $40,000 - 2020-2021
  • Adaptations for Sustainable Policies and Increased Recruitment Excellence in Diversity (Co-PI) - National Science Foundation - $1M - 2020-2023

Outreach

  • West TN STEM Hub - West TN K-12 - 2012-Present - Tennessee Department of Education/Battelle Memorial Institute
  • Girls Experiencing Engineering (GEE) - Instructor - 2004-present - Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis; U of M IFTI
Journal Articles
  • D.J. Russomanno, S. Ivey, J. Campbell, A. Robinson, C. Stewart, K. Alfrey, J. Watt, T. Chase, M. Darbeheshti, M. Cummings and K. Goodman (2023) “Urban STEM Collaboratory After Two Years: A Multi-Institutional Approach to the Success of Financially Disadvantaged Students,” Journal of STEM Education. Vol. 24(2), 49-60.

  • Stewart, C. O., Campbell, J. T., Chase, T., Darbeheshti, M., Goodman, K., Hashemikamangar, S., Howland Cummings, M., Ivey, S. S., Russomanno, & Simon, G. E. (2023). Communicating identity in the Urban STEM Collaboratory: Toward a communication theory of STEM identities. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 13:4, 345-361, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2023.2179380

  • Sarram, G. and Ivey, S.  (2022).  Evaluating the Potential of Online Review Data for Augmenting Traditional Transportation Planning Performance Management.  Journal of Urban Management. ? DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2022.01.001

  • Jordan, S., Ivey, S., Levy, M., Lipinski, M., Palazolo, P., and Waldron, B.  (2022).  Complete Streets: A New Capability Maturity Model.  ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development.  148 (1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000812

  • Jordan, S. and Ivey, S. (2021). Complete Streets:  Promises and Proof.  ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 147(2).  https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000684

  • Yu, H., Zhou, Y., Ivey, S., and Lang, Y.  (2019) Large-Scale Multibaseline Phase Unwrapping: Interferogram Segmentation based on Multibaseline Envelope-Sparsity Theorem.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(11), pp. 9308-9322.  10.1109/TGRS.2019.2926096

  • Ivey, S., Powers, M., and Clark, A.  (2019) Building a Business Case for Increasing Diversity in the Transportation Workforce.  TRR News, September-October 2019, pp. 22-27. 

  • Szymkowski, T. and Ivey, S.  (2019) Job Openings for TSMO – Delivering Transportation System Management and Operations Services.  TRR News, September-October 2019, pp. 32-36. 

  • Sarram, G., Ivey, S. (2018), Investigating Customer Satisfaction Patterns in a Community Livability Context: An Efficiency-Oriented Decision-Making Approach, Proceedings of the ASCE International conference on Transportation & Development, Pittsburg, 2018.
  • Sarram, G., and Ivey, S. (2017) “Evaluating a Survey of Public Livability Perceptions and Quality-of-Life Indicators: Considering Freight-Traffic Impact.” Proceedings of the 2017 ASCE International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure, New York, New York, October 26-28.
Presentations
  • Ivey, S. (2024).  Advancing Gender Equity in the DOT Workforce: NCHRP Synthesis 618.  AME20 Committee Meeting, Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 8, 2024, Washington, DC.
  • Ivey, S. (2024).  Growing Future Talent.  TRB Executive Committee Policy Session.  Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 10, 2024, Washington, DC.
  • Ivey, S., Flatt, L, Gibson, B., McMillan, H.  (2023).  Mobilizing our Mobility Workforce.  Tennessee Smart Mobility Expo.  December 6, 2023, Nashville, TN.
  • Ivey, S.(2023).  Developing Talent: New Strategies for a New Workforce.  Blue Sky Maritime Coalition, September 20, 2023, virtual.
  • Ivey, S. McFadden, K., Michelucci, C., Vidales, K., and Wilson, B. (2023).  Building the Future Intermodal Workforce. Intermodal Association of North America Annual Expo. September 10, 2023, Long Beach, CA.
  • Ivey, S. (2023).  Partnership with Schools to Attract Talent to the Infrastructure Maintenance Industry.  Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance Symposium, August 16, 2023, Richmond, VA.
  • Ivey, S. (2023).  Engineering Apprenticeship Program: Preparing ITS Professionals of the Future.  2023 ITS TN Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN April 21, 2023.
  • Ivey, S. (2023).  Diversity in STEM: What, Why, and How.  Joint meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers – West TN Branch and American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers – West TN.  Memphis, TN, January 17, 2023.
  • Ivey, S., Robinson, A., and Bowman, K.  (2023). An Apprenticeship Model for Preparing Students for Future Transportation Careers: Greater Memphis Apprenticeship Pathway.  TRB AJE15 – Standing Committee on Workforce Development and Organizational Excellence,  Washington, D.C., January 9, 2023.
  • Noyes, P., Ivey, S., and Szymkowski, T.  (2022).  Workforce: Strentgthening Pipielines for Rcruitment and Hiring.  National Operations Center of Excellence Transportation Systems Management and Operations Workforce Development Webinar, December 15, 2022.

Appendix A - Teaching Experience

  • CIVL 3161 - Transportation Systems Engineering
  • CIVL 4011/6011 - Transformative Technologies in Engineering
  • CIVL 4195/CIVL 4199 - Professional Practice/Senior Design
  • CIVL 3103 - Probabilistic Methods in Engineering