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	'''Tapan K. Datta''' is a [[Wayne State University]] [[civil engineering]] professor and researcher who highly specializes in [[transportation engineering]] and safety. After receiving his early schooling, undergraduate degrees, and field experience in [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]], [[India]], he moved to the [[United States]] to complete his master's and doctoral degrees.<ref name="Spotlight">{{cite web\|url=http://engineering.wayne.edu/ic/spotlight-datta.php\|title=International Spotlight: Dr. Tapan Datta\|publisher=Engineering.wayne.edu\|accessdate=2013-12-27\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227133342/http://engineering.wayne.edu/ic/spotlight-datta.php\|archivedate=2013-12-27}}</ref><ref name = "Tapan">{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=519 \|title=Tapan Datta Homepage \|publisher=Eng.wayne.edu \|date=2012-11-20 \|accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> While in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan\|MI]], he worked for and later owned Goodell Grivas, Inc., a [[structural engineering]] [[consulting firm]], and became a full-time faculty member at Wayne State University in 1973. His most notable contributions include work on the roof of [[Cobo Center\|Cobo Hall]], in Detroit, MI, and the steel structural work done on Jacobs Field (now [[Progressive Field]]) in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio\|OH]]. Dr. Datta has also claimed to be the inventor of the double-drive thru at fast food establishments.<ref name = "interview">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?y5lzc1k1t6tu4 \|title=Dr. Datta Interview Audio Files \|publisher=Mediafire.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> Dr. Datta also founded the Transportation Research Group at Wayne State University; this group is composed of undergraduate and graduate students that complete transportation-related research grant projects for the State of Michigan.<ref name = "TRG">{{cite web\|url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=4677 \|title=Wayne State Transportation Research Group \|publisher=Eng.wayne.edu \|date=2013-11-13 \|accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref>		'''Tapan K. Datta''' is a [[Wayne State University]] [[civil engineering]] professor and researcher who highly specializes in [[transportation engineering]] and safety. After receiving his early schooling, undergraduate degrees, and field experience in [[Kolkata\|Calcutta]], [[India]], he moved to the [[United States]] to complete his master's and doctoral degrees.<ref name="Spotlight">{{cite web\|url=http://engineering.wayne.edu/ic/spotlight-datta.php\|title=International Spotlight: Dr. Tapan Datta\|publisher=Engineering.wayne.edu\|accessdate=2013-12-27\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227133342/http://engineering.wayne.edu/ic/spotlight-datta.php\|archivedate=2013-12-27}}</ref><ref name = "Tapan">{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=519 \|title=Tapan Datta Homepage \|publisher=Eng.wayne.edu \|date=2012-11-20 \|accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> While in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan\|MI]], he worked for and later owned Goodell Grivas, Inc., a [[structural engineering]] [[consulting firm]], and became a full-time faculty member at Wayne State University in 1973. His most notable contributions include work on the roof of [[Cobo Center\|Cobo Hall]], in Detroit, MI, and the steel structural work done on Jacobs Field (now [[Progressive Field]]) in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio\|OH]]. Dr. Datta has also claimed to be the inventor of the double-drive thru at fast food establishments.<ref name = "interview">{{cite web\|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?y5lzc1k1t6tu4 \|title=Dr. Datta Interview Audio Files \|publisher=Mediafire.com \|date= \|accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> Dr. Datta also founded the Transportation Research Group at Wayne State University; this group is composed of undergraduate and graduate students that complete transportation-related research grant projects for the State of Michigan.<ref name = "TRG">{{cite web\|url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=4677 \|title=Wayne State Transportation Research Group \|publisher=Eng.wayne.edu \|date=2013-11-13 \|accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref>

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Dr. Tapan Datta grew up in India as the youngest child out of four. His father was an [[Electrical Engineering\|electrical]] and [[Mechanical engineering\|mechanical engineer]] in India. He earned his diploma from South Calcutta National School in Calcutta, India, in 1955.<ref name = "Spotlight"/> In 1957, Dr. Datta graduated from [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College]], then under the [[University of Calcutta]], with a general two year math and science degree.<ref name = "Spotlight"/><ref name = "interview"/> He cites his reasoning for pursuing [[civil engineering]], and later transportation engineering instead of mechanical or electrical engineering as, “a want to do something different, so that my father could not oversee me all the time”.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta also obtained an [[Urban Planning]] degree while studying in India, before applying to the [[Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur now named as IIEST, Shibpur]], also in Calcutta, India.		Dr. Tapan Datta grew up in India as the youngest child out of four. His father was an [[Electrical Engineering\|electrical]] and [[Mechanical engineering\|mechanical engineer]] in India. He earned his diploma from South Calcutta National School in Calcutta, India, in 1955.<ref name = "Spotlight"/> In 1957, Dr. Datta graduated from [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College]], then under the [[University of Calcutta]], with a general two year math and science degree.<ref name = "Spotlight"/><ref name = "interview"/> He cites his reasoning for pursuing [[civil engineering]], and later transportation engineering instead of mechanical or electrical engineering as, “a want to do something different, so that my father could not oversee me all the time”.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta also obtained an [[Urban Planning]] degree while studying in India, before applying to the Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur (now named as [[IIEST, Shibpur]]), also in Calcutta, India.
	In order to gain admittance to the IIEST Shibpur, he had to compete with 40,000 applicants, of whom only 400 were admitted.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta was originally disqualified for being, “too lean and thin...and underweight.” For the next four weeks, he did nothing but eat rice and sleep. Right before his next physical, he drank two gallons of water. He made the weight requirement by one pound, and was then admitted to the college to begin his civil engineering studies.<ref name = "interview"/>		In order to gain admittance to the IIEST Shibpur, he had to compete with 40,000 applicants, of whom only 400 were admitted.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta was originally disqualified for being, “too lean and thin...and underweight.” For the next four weeks, he did nothing but eat rice and sleep. Right before his next physical, he drank two gallons of water. He made the weight requirement by one pound, and was then admitted to the college to begin his civil engineering studies.<ref name = "interview"/>

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'''Tapan K. Datta''' is a [[Wayne State University]] [[civil engineering]] professor and researcher who highly specializes in [[transportation engineering]] and safety. After receiving his early schooling, undergraduate degrees, and field experience in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]], he moved to the [[United States]] to complete his master's and doctoral degrees.<ref name="Spotlight">{{cite web|url=http://engineering.wayne.edu/ic/spotlight-datta.php|title=International Spotlight: Dr. Tapan Datta|publisher=Engineering.wayne.edu|accessdate=2013-12-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227133342/http://engineering.wayne.edu/ic/spotlight-datta.php|archivedate=2013-12-27}}</ref><ref name = "Tapan">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=519 |title=Tapan Datta Homepage |publisher=Eng.wayne.edu |date=2012-11-20 |accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> While in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan|MI]], he worked for and later owned Goodell Grivas, Inc., a [[structural engineering]] [[consulting firm]], and became a full-time faculty member at Wayne State University in 1973. His most notable contributions include work on the roof of [[Cobo Center|Cobo Hall]], in Detroit, MI, and the steel structural work done on Jacobs Field (now [[Progressive Field]]) in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio|OH]]. Dr. Datta has also claimed to be the inventor of the double-drive thru at fast food establishments.<ref name = "interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?y5lzc1k1t6tu4 |title=Dr. Datta Interview Audio Files |publisher=Mediafire.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref> Dr. Datta also founded the Transportation Research Group at Wayne State University; this group is composed of undergraduate and graduate students that complete transportation-related research grant projects for the State of Michigan.<ref name = "TRG">{{cite web|url=http://www.eng.wayne.edu/page.php?id=4677 |title=Wayne State Transportation Research Group |publisher=Eng.wayne.edu |date=2013-11-13 |accessdate=2013-12-27}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Dr. Tapan Datta grew up in India as the youngest child out of four. His father was an [[Electrical Engineering|electrical]] and [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] in India. He earned his diploma from South Calcutta National School in Calcutta, India, in 1955.<ref name = "Spotlight"/> In 1957, Dr. Datta graduated from [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College]], then under the [[University of Calcutta]], with a general two year math and science degree.<ref name = "Spotlight"/><ref name = "interview"/> He cites his reasoning for pursuing [[civil engineering]], and later transportation engineering instead of mechanical or electrical engineering as, “a want to do something different, so that my father could not oversee me all the time”.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta also obtained an [[Urban Planning]] degree while studying in India, before applying to the [[Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur now named as IIEST, Shibpur]], also in Calcutta, India.
In order to gain admittance to the IIEST Shibpur, he had to compete with 40,000 applicants, of whom only 400 were admitted.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta was originally disqualified for being, “too lean and thin...and underweight.” For the next four weeks, he did nothing but eat rice and sleep. Right before his next physical, he drank two gallons of water. He made the weight requirement by one pound, and was then admitted to the college to begin his civil engineering studies.<ref name = "interview"/>

By 1965, Dr. Datta had earned his B.E. in Civil Engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Town & Regional Planning from Bengal Engineering College.<ref name = "Spotlight"/><ref name = "Tapan"/> He then moved to Detroit to complete his Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from Wayne State University.<ref name = "Spotlight"/><ref name = "interview"/> He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a focus in Transportation from Michigan State University in 1973.<ref name = "Tapan"/>

== Employment ==
In 1962, after getting his bachelor's degree in math and science from Vivekananda College, Dr. Datta was employed by Kuljin, an American civil engineering company in India.<ref name = "interview"/> While working for this company, he was faced with a very competitive work environment which fostered in him the feeling that he could do something though his experiences there.<ref name = "interview"/> Working for Kuljin was also very important in his academic pursuits; in order to be accepted to the prestigious Bengal University's College of Engineering, experience in the field was required among many other rigorous tests.<ref name = "interview"/> After a few years of working for Kuljin, Dr. Datta applied to Bengal University and was accepted.<ref name = "interview"/>
After acquiring his degree in Civil Engineering at the Bengal Engineering College of the University of Calcutta, he traveled to Detroit, Michigan, in 1967.<ref name = "interview"/> While studying for his master's degree at Wayne State University, he worked in the Wayne State mailing room to support himself.<ref name = "interview"/> He was eventually hired as a part-time [[professor]] at Wayne State.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta was hired as a full-time faculty member in 1973 by Wayne State.<ref name = "interview"/>

While at Wayne State, Dr. Datta has worked on many [[research]] projects for [[Michigan Department of Transportation|MDOT]], in addition to being a professor of Transportation Engineering.<ref name = "interview"/> After his first year of employment, he received a [[Grant (money)|grant]] to run safety training programs throughout the state.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta then created the Transportation Research Group (TRG) at Wayne State and has led numerous grant projects through this group. Some projects the TRG completed in recent years include “2005 and 2007 Child Restraint Device Use and Misuse Survey,” the “Susan Harwood Training Grant – OSHA Training Material Development for [[Highway]] Construction Work Zones and Traffic Control Hazards,” and a study on the “Identification of Targeted Enforcement Locations for the Reduction of Speed-Related [[Traffic Collision|Crashes]]”.<ref name = "TRG"/>

Around the same time he was hired as a full-time faculty member at Wayne State, Dr. Datta also began working for Goodell Grivas Inc., a structural engineering consulting firm in [[Southfield, Michigan]].<ref name = "interview"/> This company was responsible for engineering the structural steel of Jacobs Field (now [[Progressive Field]]) as it was being constructed in Cleveland, OH, as well as the roof on [[Cobo Center|Cobo Hall]] in Detroit, Michigan.<ref name = "interview"/> In 1981, Dr. Datta became the sole owner of Goodell Grivas Inc after one of the existing owners died.<ref name = "interview"/> Dr. Datta walked away from the company in the early 1990s to fully dedicate his time to research and teaching at Wayne State.<ref name = "interview"/>

== Achievements ==
In graduate school, Dr. Datta was a member of both [[Chi Epsilon]], the National Civil Engineering Honor Society, and [[Tau Beta Pi]], the National Engineering Honor Society.<ref name = "Tapan"/> He earned the 1992 [[Michigan State University|Michigan State]] Safety Commission Award for long-term contribution in [[Traffic engineering (transportation)|Traffic Engineering]] and Safety.<ref name = "Tapan"/> He received the 2000 “Arthur Carr” Professorship Award from Wayne State University,<ref name = "Tapan"/> the Wayne State University Safety Award for Service on the ‘Drive Safety to Wayne State’ Campaign from WSU's Loss Prevention Committee for 2005,<ref name = "Tapan"/> and the Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award for 2006 from The Wayne State University College of Engineering.<ref name = "Tapan"/>
Dr. Datta has earned numerous professional awards such as the Outstanding Individual Engineering Excellence Award in Engineering Education from the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers in 2007,<ref name = "Tapan"/> and the Outstanding Contribution to Traffic Safety Award from the Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Commission in 2007 for the ‘Drive Safely to Wayne State’ Campaign.<ref name = "Tapan"/> In 2009, at the annual Traffic Management and Work Zone Safety Conference in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]], he was awarded the National Work Zone Safety Awareness Award for the [[Federal Highway Administration|FHWA]]-sponsored project “Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Guideline Development and Training".<ref name = "Tapan"/> That same year, he also received the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award,<ref name = "Tapan"/> as well as Membership into the Hall of Fame at Wayne State University, College of Engineering.<ref name = "Tapan"/> In March 2009, Governor [[Jennifer Granholm|Granholm]] and the State of Michigan appointed him to the “Construction Safety Standards Commission”.<ref name = "Tapan"/>

As of 2019, Dr. Datta has retired from his teaching position at Wayne State University as well as his role in leading the Transportation Research Group.

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