Bio_Dominique_Pittenger

About

For more than twenty years, Dominique has held a range of industry and academic roles in transportation engineering, consulting, research, and education. She teaches in the OU Engineering Pathways program as well as the OU School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science. She encourages K12 student participation in STEM and strengthens the OU Engineering student community, engagement, preparation, and retention through programs and opportunities. Outside the classroom, she serves as an OU Faculty Fellow, leads the OU Engineering Living Learning Community, and advises the OU student chapters of the Society of Women Engineers and Girls Who Code.

Courses Taugh

ENGR 1413 - Engineering Thinking

ENGR 2002 – Professional Skills and Responsibilities for Engineers and Scientists

CEES 5523 – Transportation Asset Management, Planning, and Finance.

CEES 5533 – Multimodal Transportation

Publications/academic works/Research Interests:

*student authored

• *Joyce, K., *E. Locklear, and D.M. Pittenger, 2025. “Placemaking and Engineering Student Retention” 2025 ASEE Midwest Section Conference for Engineering Resilience: Building Skills for a Dynamic World, Sept. 14-16, 2025, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
• Denton, M., & Pittenger, D.M. (2025, June), How Civil Engineering Undergraduate Students Navigate the Search for Full-Time Employment Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 10.18260/1-2—56699
• *Khan, M., *HM I. Kays, D. M. Pittenger, G. A. Miller, A. M. Sadri (2025). “Identifying traffic control mechanism to improve the level of service and resilience in road networks based on topological credentials”, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Volume 34, 2025, 101729, ISSN 2590-1982, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101729. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198225004087)
• Gransberg, D.D., D.M. Pittenger, N.J. Gransberg, 2023. “Progressive Design-Build in Highway Project Delivery: Promises and Pitfalls,” Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academies, Washington, D.C. https://trid.trb.org/View/2117729.
• *Zhan, Y., Q. Li, D.M. Pittenger, K. Wang, G. Yang, 2021. “Effect of Aggregate Properties on Asphalt Pavement Friction Based on Random Forest Analysis,” (accepted) Journal of Construction and Building Materials.
• Pittenger, D.M., and Gransberg, D.D., 2020. “Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Portland Cement Slurry Seal and Microsurfacing to Correct Rutting,” Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance Vol. 5 (1) pp.1-7