About Road Scholar Solutions

Road Scholar Solutions, LLC, was formed in 2019 to offer engineering services including consulting on vehicle dynamics and reliability, road surface measurement and modeling, and producing mobile road mapping systems.  The managing member is Dr. John B. Ferris.  Over the past 30 years, Dr. Ferris has established a global reputation for his work on mobile road mapping systems, vehicle dynamics, customer usage and virtual proving ground development, and chassis design for reliability.  He earned his B.S. from Carnegie Mellon and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.  He has published over 70 peer reviewed papers since he began this work in 1990, initially for Chrysler, then DaimlerChrysler and ZF Lemförder.  In 2005 he joined the Virginia Tech faculty as an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering where he has participated in dozens of sponsored research projects totaling over $11 million; his contributions as founder and director of the Vehicle Terrain Performance Laboratory are detailed on the lab website.  Road Scholar Solutions offers engineering services to the vehicle and pavement community, drawing from Dr. Ferris's store of knowledge and experience.  You can reach us at info@RoadScholar.Solutions