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Jessup, Eric

 

DSC_1592_v1.JPG Eric L. Jessup
Professor
Department of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems
University of Freiburg
Mailing address: D-79085 Freiburg, Germany
Delivery address: Tennenbacherstr. 4, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany

 

eric.jessup@felis.uni-freiburg.de

 

  

 

Current Position

2010 – Present
Honorary Professor, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg 

 

Professional Experience

2009 – 2012
Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
Co-Director, Freight Policy Transportation Institute, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

 

2002 – 2009 
Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, USA
Co-Director, Freight Policy Transportation Institute

1999 – 2002 
Manager, International Risk Management, American Express, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA

1998 – 1999 
Econometrician, American Express, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA
 
 

Education 

 
1998  Ph.D.  Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
 
1992  M.S.   Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
 
1988  B.S.   Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
 
 

Current Project

INFRES: Innovative and Effective Technology and Logistics for Forest Residual Biomass Supply in the EU  www.infres.eu
 
 

Selected Refereed Journal Article Publications

 
  1. Andreoli, Derik, Anne Goodchild and Eric Jessup.  “Estimating Truck Trips with Product Specific Data: A Disruption Case Study of Washington Potatoes.” Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research.  Volume 4, Issue 3, July 2012.  ISSN: 1942-7867.
  2. Nguyen, Diem, Vicki McCracken, Ken Casavant and Eric Jessup.  “Geographic Location,
    Ownership and Profitability of Washington Log Trucking Companies.”  Regional Science Policy and Practice.  Volume 3, Issue 2, p. 115-125, June 2011.
  3. Casavant, Ken, Eric Jessup, Marvin E. Prater, Bruce Blanton, Pierre Bahizi, Daniel Nibarger,
    Johnny Hill and Isaac Weingram.  “Rail Rate and Revenue Changes Since the Staggers Act.”  Journal of the Transportation Research Forum (JTRF). Vol. 50. No. 1. Spring
    2011, p. 55-78.
  4. Prater, Marvin, Ken Casavant and Eric Jessup.  “Rail Competition Changes Since the Staggers Act.”
    Journal of the Transportation Research Forum (JTRF).  Fall 2010.
  5. Khachatryan, H., Eric Jessup and Ken Casavant. “Derivation of Crop Residue Feedstock Supply
    Curves Using Geographic Information Systems.” Journal of the Transportation Research Forum (JTRF), Vol. 48. No. 1, Spring 2009, p. 5 - 21.
  6. Peterson, Steve and Eric Jessup. “Evaluating the Relationship between Transportation
    Infrastructure and Economic Activity: Evidence from Washington State.”  Journal of the Transportation Research Forum.    Vol. 47, No. 2, Summer 2008, p. 21-39.
  7. Khachatryan, Hayk and Eric Jessup.  “Spatial Investigation of Mineral Transportation
    Characteristics in the State of Washington.” Journal of the Transportation Research Forum.  Vol. 47. No. 1, Spring 2008, p. 43-58.
  8. Painter, K.M., Jessup, E.L., Gossard, M., & Casavant, K. “Demand Forecasting for Rural Transit:
    Models Applied to the State of Washington.” Transportation Research Record. #1997 (2007), 
    35-40.
  9. Jessup, Eric, Jon. Newkirk, Ken Casavant, and Marcia Hill Gossard.  “Qualitative Research for a Quality of Life: Benefits of Rural Airports.” Western Planner 28 (1), 2007.
  10. Farrell, Terence, Ken Casavant and Eric Jessup.  “An Approach to Determining the Market for Academic Positions: Application to the Discipline of Agricultural Economics.”  Journal of College Teaching and Learning, TLC Publication #191, January, 2007.
  11. Jessup, Eric, Ken Casavant and Quinton Pike.  “Transportation Usage and Characteristics of Washington State Warehouse/Distribution Center Businesses: A First Look.”  Journal of Business Case Studies, JBCS# S06-168, Spring, 2007.
  12. Bridges, Deborah, Eric Jessup and Ken Casavant.  “The Influence of Agricultural Background and Geographic Location on Students’ Attitudes about Biotechnology.”  North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, Vol. 50, Number 4, December 2006, pp. 2-6.
  13. Jessup, Eric, Ken Casavant, Catherine Lawson and Alan Kirk.  “Intercept Surveys: Productivity in Collecting Truck Trip Data, A Case Study of Portland, Oregon.”  Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Vol. 45, No. 2, Summer 2006.
  14. Painter, Kate, Eric Jessup and Ken Casavant.  “If you build It, Will they come—and How Many?”  Western Planner, January 2006.
  15. Gossard, Marcia, Eric Jessup and Ken Casavant.  “Anatomy of a Classroom: An Exploratory Analysis of Elements Influencing Academic Performance.”  North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal, Vol. 50, Number 2, June 2006, pp. 36-39.
  16. Jessup, Eric and Ryan Herrington.  “Estimating the Impact of Seasonal Truck Shortages on the Movement of Time-Sensitive, Perishable Products.”  Transportation Research Record #1906,  2005,  pp. 81-88.
  17. Jessup, Eric and Ken Casavant.  “Understanding Grain Movements for Demand Estimation: The Columbia-Snake River System in Washington State.”  Transportation Research Record #1909, 2005, pp. 17-21.
  18. Jessup, Eric, Ken Casavant, Jason Monson, and Ken Duft.  "Business Decisions in a Cooperative Environment." Journal of Business and Economic Research, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 2004.
  19. Monson, Jason, Ken Duft, Ken Casavant and Eric Jessup.  Cooperative Structure, Performance and Economies of Size: A Northwest Perspective.  The Cooperative Accountant, Winter 2003, pp. 13-26.
  20. Jessup, Eric L., Ken L. Casavant and Terence C. Farrell. “Selected Private and Public Grain
    Transportation Impacts from Breaching the Snake River Dams in Eastern Washington.” Journal of the Transportation Research Forum. Volume 40:(109-121), Number 3, Summer 2001.
  21. Jessup, Eric L. “An Economic Analysis of Trucker’s Incentive to Overload as Affected by the Judicial System.” Research in Transportation Economics. Volume 4, 1996.
  22. Casavant, Ken L., Amy Arnis, William R. Gillis, Waynette Nell, and Eric L. Jessup. “Modeling Washington State Truck Freight Flows Using GIS-T: Data Collection and Design.” Transportation Research Record. Number 1497, 1995.
  23. Squires, Glen W., Eric L. Jessup, and Ken L. Casavant. “The Role of Canadian Rail Rate Subsidies in U.S./Canadian Dry Pea and Lentil Export Markets: A Delivered Cost Analysis.” Journal of the Transportation Research Forum. Volume 34, Number 2, 1995.