Per Erik Garder, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor Emeritus
Email: Garder@Maine.edu

Ph.D. -1982
Civil Engineering/University of Lund, Sweden

Teaching Interest:

Transportation Engineering, Urban Transportation Planning, Transportation Safety, Advanced Roadway Design

Research Interest:

Professor Gårder’s research interest is focused on forecasting, designing and evaluating facilities with emphasis on traffic safety and environmental aspects. He has been conducting research on the effect of continuous shoulder rumble strips along highways; safety of pedestrians and bicyclists; the effect of different intersection lay-outs and controls, such as signalized intersections and roundabouts; driver stress evaluation in intelligent vehicle highway systems; conflict studies; and studies on the value of time.  The results of his research can be found in publications.  For more information about Professor Gårder’s research, click here.

Refereed Chapters of Books:

-Per Gårder, (2018), Providing for Pedestrians, in Dominique Lord, Simon Washington (ed.) Safe Mobility: Challenges, Methodology and Solutions (Transport and Sustainability, Volume 11) Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.207 – 228

For more information including publications, please reference his google scholar