Page 4 - Planning and Design of Airports

About the Authors
Robert Horonjeff (deceased) was an internationally
known consultant on airport design and professor of
transportation engineering at the University of
California, Berkeley.
Francis X. McKelvey (deceased) was a professor of
civil engineering at Michigan State University. He
served as a consultant on transportation and airport
planning to federal, state, and local agencies, as well as
to private firms in the United States and abroad.

William J. Sproule is a professor of civil and environ-
mental engineering at Michigan Technological University.
He has many years of experience in government service,
consulting, and university teaching and research in
transportation planning, traffic engineering, airport
planning and design, and automated people movers in
Canada and the United States. He is active in several
professional societies and is the 2008 recipient of the
ASCE Robert Horonjeff Award for his work in airport
engineering.

Seth B. Young is an associate professor in the Depart-
ment of Aviation at The Ohio State University and
president of the International Aviation Management
Group, Inc. He serves as a consultant and instructor to
airports around the world on issues of airport
management, planning, and design. Dr. Young is the
chair of the National Academies Transportation Research
Board Committee on Aviation System Planning. He is a
certified member of the American Association of Airport
Executives, a licensed airplane and seaplane commercial
pilot, and a certified flight instructor.