John Hildreth is the Kimmel Distinguished Professor of Construction Management and the Associate Dean for Research at Western Carolina University. He has completed multiple research projects related to the effective and efficient management of mobile equipment and the capital-intensive assets of transportation systems. He is the educational advisor to the Association of Construction Equipment Managers and former chair of the Maintenance Fleet and Equipment committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). He holds civil engineering degrees (BS and MS) from West Virginia University and a PhD from Virginia Tech.