J. Riley Edwards holds a bachelor of engineering degree with a concentration in transportation engineering from Vanderbilt University and a master’s degree from the Railroad Engineering Program at the University of Illinois. After graduating from Illinois, he spent a year as a construction engineer for Hanson Professional Services in Memphis, Tenn., before returning as a member of the faculty in 2008.

 

Edwards co-teaches a railroad capstone design course with Associate Professor Christopher P. L. Barkan, the director of the Railroad Engineering Program.