Ty Houck

Director of Greenways, Natural and Historic Resources - Greenville County Recreation District

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• Greenville 

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Work in Progress (Nathan Stolzenfeld)

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• John Collier graduated from Purdue with a bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture

• After graduating, Mr. Collier worked at Purdue for over 30 years as a landscape architect, landscape designer, director of campus master planning, and then finally area coordination for residential life

• Now, he works for the City of Lafayette, Indiana

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While working at Purdue, Mr. Collier along with a handful of others oversaw the remodeling and renovation of Purdue's entire campus to make it more pedestrian and bike friendly. I asked him about how the group was organized, how much pushback they faced while working, how they overcame roadblocks in their project, and what could've been improved. His big thing was that people need to have the facilities to go outside safely and also a reason to go outside; greenspaces are key when designing a new campus. 

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• As of 2018, Ederer was a Ph.D. student from the Georgia Tech Institute of Technology studying transportation systems engineering in Atlanta.

• As of 2018, serving as a research assistant in the Urban Transportation Information Lab led by Dr. Kari Watkins.

• Became interested in cycling infrastructure after working at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and experiencing firsthand how horrifically poor Atlanta's biking infrastructure was.

• Has won a few awards, such as the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

• Has written two research reports, which are linked here:

• https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6526e1.htm 

• Case Study using Probe Vehicle Speeds to Assess Roadway Safety in Georgia - David J. Ederer, Michael O. Rodgers, Michael P. Hunter, Kari E. Watkins, 2020 (sagepub.com) 

• As of 2023, he has a Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Systems Engineering. He then worked as a Public Health Analyst. Currently, he works as the Lieutenant at Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service and an Epidemiologist for the CDC in the Physical Activity and Health Branch.

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• Anna Stewart graduated from Furman University with a Bachelor of Science in Sustainability Science. Currently, she is a Transportation Planner for the County of Greenville. 

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• Asangwua Ikein graduated from Indiana Insitute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He also received his masters in Urban and Regional Planning at Ball State University. Currently, he is a Transportation Planner for the County of Greenville. 

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• Shaun Green graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Currently, he is an engineer at Atlanta Beltline

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