Sudhir Palle has been a professional engineer at the Kentucky Transportation Center since 1997. He studies a wide variety of transportation research topics, including coatings development and testing, corrosion analysis and prevention, environmental issues, facilities management, nondestructive testing,maintenance practices, and project development as part of the Bridge Preservation group. Mr. Palle helped facilitate meetings of the Midwest Bridge Working group, which assists state highway agencies and other stakeholders with improving bridge maintenance and inspection. He holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA, both from University of Kentucky.