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March 9, 2007 Vol. 77, no.
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| PEG SKORPINSKI
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Professor Minute with CEE professor Mark Hansen
CEE professor Mark Hansen received his B.S. in physics and philosophy
from Yale University in 1980 and his M.S. in city planning from UC
Berkeley in 1984. He earned his Ph.D. in transportation engineering
from Berkeley in 1988. He is codirector of the National Center for
Excellence in Aviation Operations Research, and his research interests
include transportation economics, policy and planning, air transportation
and public transportation.
What first inspired you to go into engineering?
Working in Washington, D.C., after college, I thought it was really
stupid that I had to wait in the winter cold for a bus and decided
I would go into transportation engineering to fix that. It worked:
I haven’t gotten cold waiting for a bus in years (mainly because
I moved to a place where it doesn’t get very cold and I don’t
take the bus anymore).
To date, what has been the most memorable moment in your career?
As a Ph.D. student, I was staring at the saber-toothed tiger statue
outside of McLaughlin Hall when I finally figured out what I would
do for my thesis.
If you had a few extra hours, what would you do?
I like to run, go to Cal football games, cook and torment my children.
(Engineering professors want you to think they have no spare time.)
What should engineering students make sure they do at Berkeley before
they graduate?
Hike in the East Bay hills on a warm spring day that has been preceded
by a rainy spell.
What are you currently reading?
[CEE Ph.D. candidate] Barry Liu’s thesis draft.
What is one thing you would like to learn how to do?
Speak and understand Chinese.
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