September 9, 2025 Noyce receives Wilbur S. Smith Award Written By: Alex Holloway Departments: Civil & Environmental Engineering Categories: Awards|Faculty The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) has recognized Arthur F. Hawnn Professor of Transportation Engineering David Noyce with the 2025 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award. Noyce, who is also the College of Engineering’s Executive Associate Dean, received the award at ITE’s annual meeting and exhibition in August. The award celebrates educators who have made outstanding contributions to the transportation profession through education, mentoring, research and service. Noyce has more than 40 years of experience in traffic engineering across academia, government and consulting. He is the founding director of the Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory, and has overseen more than 300 research projects that have secured more than $60 million in total research funding. As a scholar, Noyce has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed papers, and his work has influenced traffic engineering across the fields of work zone safety, human factors, connected and automated vehicles, and using simulators to understand driver behavior.