Adjo Amekudzi is an Associate Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. She earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Stanford University (1994), an M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from Florida International University (1996), an M.S. in Civil Infrastructure Systems (1997), and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1999) from Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Amekudzi joined the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1999.

Professor Amekudzi studies systems problems related to the integrated built and natural environment with the objective of improving investment decision making for built systems. Her research currently focuses on three areas: (I) environmentally-conscious planning, (II) evaluation of infrastructure sustainability, and (III) infrastructure asset management. These areas are important for improving planning and decision-making for infrastructure facilities and systems in order to advance the economic and social development of communities, while preserving environmental conditions to enable such development to continue. Professor Amekudzi has published over 30 papers on these subjects, served on several boards and panels contributing expert knowledge on these subjects, and received notable awards and honors recognizing her contributions in these concentration areas. Professor Amekudzi is actively involved in course development in these areas.

Professor Amekudzi chairs the ASCE Infrastructure Systems Committee and is on the editorial board of the ASCE Infrastructure Systems Journal. She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Transportation Research Board, the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Public Works Association. Professor Amekudzi also serves as the faculty advisor for the Georgia Tech’s chapters of the Engineering Students without Borders (ESWB) and the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS).

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Amekudzi, A. Asset Management.  Book chapter in Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Planning Handbook.  Editor: M. Meyer, 2009.

Ross, Catherine L., Amekudzi, Adjo and Barringer, Jason.  Mobility in the Megaregion.  Book Chapter in Megaregions: Frontiers in Spatial Planning.  Editors: Catherine Ross and Cheryl K. Contant.  2009.

Infrastructure Reporting and Asset Management.  Best Practices and Opportunities.  Adjo Amekudzi and Sue McNeil (Eds.).  American Society of Civil Engineering, 2008. 

ARTICLES

Fischer, Jamie and Adjo Amekudzi.  Quality of Life, Sustainable Infrastructures and Sustainable Development.  ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development.  Under Review, Submitted: May 2009.

Amekudzi, Adjo and Rebecca Shelton.  The Infrastructure Rating Tool: Using Decision Support Tools to Enhance the ASCE Infrastructure Reporting Process.  Under Review.  ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering and Education.  Submitted: February 2009.

Jeon, Christy; Adjo Amekudzi and Randall Guensler.  Sustainability Assessment at the Planning Level: Performance Measures and Indexes.  Transport Policy.  Under Review.  Submitted: January 2009.

Jeon, Christy; Adjo Amekudzi and Randall Guensler.  Evaluating Plan Alternatives for Transportation System Sustainability: Atlanta Metropolitan Region.  International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.  In Press. 

Morallos, Dorothy; Amekudzi, Adjo; Ross, Catherine and Michael Meyer.  Review of Value of Money (VfM Analysis) for Comparing Public Private Partnerships to Traditional Procurements.  Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board.  In Press. 

Amekudzi, Adjo; Li, Lisha and Michael Meyer.  Cultivating Research and Information Skills Civil Engineering Undergraduate Students.  ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Education and Practice, In Press.

Amekudzi, A.; Khisty, C. J. and M. Khayesi. Using the Sustainability Footprint Model to Assess Development Impacts of Transportation Systems. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 43, Issue 3, May 2009, pp. 339-348.

Morallos, Dorothy and Adjo Amekudzi.  The State of the Practice of Value of Money (VfM) Analysis in Comparing Public Private Partnerships to Traditional Procurements.  Public Works Management & Policy.  Vol. 13. No. 2, 2008.

Barrella, E. and Amekudzi, A. (2009). Common Approaches to Sustainable Transportation at State DOTs.  Georgia Planning Association (GPA) Fall Conference, Athens, Georgia, September 30-October 2, 2009.

Barrella, E. and Amekudzi, A. (2009). Sustainable Transportation Best Practices.  Georgia Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Summer Seminar, St. Simon's Island, Georgia, July 19-22, 2009.

Morallos, Dorothy; Amekudzi, Adjo; Ross, Catherine and Michael Meyer (2009).   Review of Value of Money (VfM Analysis) for Comparing Public Private Partnerships to Traditional Procurements.   2009 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D. C., January 2009. (Presentation)

Oliver-Commey, Yolanda and Adjo Amekudzi (2009).  Factors Influencing the Success of Road Pricing Schemes in the Context of Urban Area Sustainability. 2009 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D. C., January 2009. (Poster)

Amekudzi, AA and C.J Khisty.  (2008).  Sustainability Footprints, Calculus and Infrastructure Systems Evaluation.  2008 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board – CDROM, Washington, D. C., January 2008. (Presentation)

Jeon, CM; Amekudzi, AA and R. Guensler. (2008)  Sustainability Assessment at the Transportation Planning Level: Performance Measures and Indexes.  2008 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D. C., January 2008. (Presentation)

Morallos, Dorothy and Adjo Amekudzi. (2008)  Review of Value for Money Analysis for Comparing Public-Private Partnerships with Traditional Procurements.  2008 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D. C., January 2008. (Presentation)

Amekudzi, AA, Education Infrastructure Panel, African Technology Conference, Accra, Ghana, July 17, 2008. (Invited Panel)

Professor Laurie Garrow’s research addresses the development and application of advanced models of travel demand that integrate discrete choice, econometric, and market research methods to enhance understanding of travel behavior. Dr. Garrow earned her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Northwestern University, with an emphasis on travel demand modeling and airline passenger behavior. Her dissertation won first prize in the 2004 Aviation Applications Section of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and honorable mention in the 2004 Eric Pas dissertation competition sponsored by the International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR). She is the 2009 recipient of the Council of University Transportation Centers-American Road & Transportation Builders Association (CUTC-ARTBA) New Faculty Member Award, one of the most prestigious awards given to an untenured faculty member in transportation that recognizes research and teaching contributions. Her teaching contributions have also been recognized via the institute-level award given by the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, namely the CETL-BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. She is also the recipient of a CAREER award that was jointly funded in 2009 by two programs at NSF - the Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program and the Service Enterprise Systems Program.

Dr. Garrow has published articles on airline passengers' behavior, discrete choice methods, and studies that integrate discrete choice methods with urban planning or operations research problems. She is author of a text to be published by Ashgate entitled Discrete Choice Models of Air Travel Demand: Theory and Application. Dr. Garrow serves on the editorial boards of Transportation Research Part B, Transportation, and the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management. Dr. Garrow has five years of industry experience, including four years as an analyst in the Research and Development Revenue Management Group of United Airlines and one year as an analyst in the Customer Science Unit of Mercer Management Consulting.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Garrow, L.A. (2010).  Discrete Choice Modelling and Air Travel Demand: Theory and Applications.  Ashgate Publishing: Aldershot, United Kingdom.

ARTICLES

Graham, R.J., Garrow, L.A. and Leonard, J.D. Business travelers' refund and exchange behavior. Journal of Air Transport Management (First submission in March, 2009).

Mumbower, S. and Garrow,L.A. Using online data to explore competitive airline pricing policies: A case study approach.  Transportation Research Record (First submission in July, 2009; submitted for second round review in August, 2009).

Meterelliyoz, M., Ferguson, M.A., Garrow, L.A. Estimation of choice-based revenue management models for multi-product industries.  Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (submitted September, 2009).

Garrow, L.A., Bodea, T.D. and Lee, M. Generation of synthetic datasets for discrete choice analysis. Transportation (accepted).

Pope, S., Garrow, L., Guin, A., Leonard, J., Bankston, L. and Campbell, P. (accepted).   A conceptual framework for collecting online airline pricing data: Challenges, opportunities, and preliminary results.  Transportation Research Record.

Lee, S., Garrow, L.A., Higbie, J. A., Keskinocak, P., and Koushik, D. (accepted).  Do you really know who your customers are?: A study of U.S. retail hotel demand.  Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management.  DOI: 10.1057/rpm.2009.8.

Bodea, T.D., Garrow, L.A., Meyer, M.D., and Ross, C.L.  (2009). Socio-demographic and built environment influences on the odds of being overweight or obese: The Atlanta experience.  Transportation Research Part A  43: 430-444. DOI:10.1016/j.tra.2008.11.009.

Bodea, T.D., Ferguson, M.A., and Garrow, L.A. (2009).  Choice-based revenue management: Data from a major hotel chain. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 11(2): 356-361.DOI: 10.1287/msom.1080.0231.

Garrow, L.A. (2009).Online travel data: A goldmine of new opportunities. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 8(2/3): 247-254. DOI:10.1057/rpm.2008.55.

Garrow, L.A. and Ferguson, M.E. (2009).  Staying ahead of the curve: Using revenue management to help survive an economic downturn.  Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 8(2/3): 279-286.  DOI:10.1057/rpm.2008.61.

Henclewood, D., Smith, M., Garrow, L., Guin, A., Hunter, M., and Usselman, M. (2009). Building engineering achievement through transportation (BEAT): A traffic engineering program for high school students.  In proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Marietta, GA, pp. 1-10.

Shrago, M., Garrow, L., and Usselman, M. (2009). Civil engineers design high school statistics tasks. In proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Marietta, GA, pp. 1-7.

Bhat, C., Garrow, L. and Mokhtarian, P. (2008).  Frank Koppelman’s contributions and legacy to the travel demand modeling field. Transportation Research Part B 42(3): 185-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2007.09.001.

Bodea, T.D., Garrow, L.A., Meyer, M.D., and Ross, C.L. (2008). Explaining obesity with urban form: A cautionary tale. Transportation 35(2): 179-199.  DOI: 0.1007/s11116-007-9148-2.

Brandstetter, T., Garrow, L.A., Hunter, M.P., and Southworth, F. (2008). Modeling altruistic and aggressive driver behavior in a no-notice evacuation. In proceedings of the 87th meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.,pp. 1-21.

Garrow, L.A. and Ferguson, M.E.  (2008). Revenue management and the analytics explosion: Perspectives from industry experts. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 7(2): 219-229. DOI: 10.1057/rpm.2008.3.

Iliescu, D.C., Garrow, L.A., and Parker, R.A. (2008).  A hazard model of U.S. airline passengers’ refund and exchange behavior. Transportation Research Part B 42(3): 229-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2007.10.005.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Garrow, L. (April, 2009).  Overview of U.S. travel demand modeling.  Invited presentation, Cluj-Napoca Technical University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Garrow, L. (March, 2009).  Airline passengers’ online search and purchase behaviors.  Invited presentation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin.

Garrow, L. (January, 2009).  Applications of discrete choice models to the airline itinerary problem.  Guest lecture in IOE591: Airline Operations Research, a graduate course in the Industrial Engineering and Operations Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Garrow, L. (January, 2009).  Aviation application of discrete choice models: Past, present, and future research directions.  Invited presentation sponsored by the Sloan Foundation to the Industrial Engineering and Operations Engineering Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Garrow, L. (June, 2008). Applications of discrete choice models to airline revenue management.  Invited presentation to the Operations Research Group, British Airways, United Kingdom.

Garrow, L. (June, 2008).  Timing is everything: Airline passengers’ cancellation behavior.  Invited presentation at the Air Transport Workshop, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Garrow, L. (June, 2008).  Latest issues in the U.S. aviation industry.  Invited presentation to the Transport Studies Group, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

Garrow, L. (May, 2008).  Current research in air travel behavior.  Invited presentation to the Operations Research Group, American Airlines, Dallas, TX.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Ferguson, M., Garrow, L. and Meterelliyoz, M. (October, 2009). Integrating choice-based models with capacity-based RM routines for a hotel.  Presented at the national meeting of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences, San Diego, California.

Lee. M., Garrow, L., and Post, D.  (October, 2009). Markov-based models of airline customers’ online search and purchase behaviors. Presented at the national meeting of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences, San Diego, California.

Lee, M. and Garrow, L. (September, 2009).  Airline customers’ online search and purchase behavior for discounted fare products.  Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Atlanta, GA.

Ferguson, M., Garrow, L. and Meterelliyoz, M. (September, 2009).  A new methodology for solving the no purchase problem in choice-based revenue management.  Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Atlanta, GA.

Meterelliyoz, M., Ferguson, M. and Garrow, L. (June, 2009). Integrating choice-based models with capacity-based RM routines for a hotel. Presented at the 9th Annual Revenue Management and Pricing Section Conference of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Science, Evanston, IL.

Ferguson, M. and Garrow, L. (May, 2009). Integrating choice-based models with capacity-based RM routines.  Presented at the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies Revenue Management Study Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Garrow, L. and Lee, M. (April, 2009). Airline customers’ online search and purchase behavior for discount fare products.  Presented at the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies Scheduling and Strategic Planning Study Group, Hellenic Aviation Society, Athens, Greece. Winner of “best presentation” award.

Lee, M., Garrow, L. and Post, D. (January, 2009).  Airline customers’ searching and purchasing behavior.  Paper presented at the 88th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.

Castillo, M., Garrow, L. and Lee, M. (October, 2008). Optimal search and purchase behavior of strategic customers under deadlines.  Presented at the national meeting of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Garrow, L. and Pope, S. (October, 2008).  Pricing practices in the US airline industry. Presented at the national meeting of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Lee, M., Garrow, L. and Post, D. (October, 2008).  Airline customers’ searching and purchasing behavior.  Presented at the national meeting of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Lee, M., Castillo, M. and Garrow, L. (June, 2008).  When to buy a ticket.  Presented at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Revenue Management and Pricing Section, Montreal, CA.

Lee, M., Garrow, L. and Post, D. (June, 2008).  Markov-based models of airline passengers’ searching and purchasing behavior.  Presented at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Revenue Management and Pricing Section, Montreal, CA.

Garrow, L. and Pope, S. (May, 2008).  Airline pricing behavior: Analysis of competitive responses in U.S. markets.  Presented at the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies Scheduling and Strategic Planning Study Group, Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX.

Dr. Guensler is the director of Commute Atlanta, a $2.3 million joint value pricing initiative sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and Georgia Department of Transportation. Commute Atlanta includes the collection and analysis of second-by-second vehicle speed, position, and engine operating data from 470 vehicles in representative Atlanta households. The researchers have monitored more than 1.4 million vehicle trips (more than 350,000 vehicle-miles per month). In 2005, the Commute Atlanta households began participating in road pricing experiments (cent/mile pricing, as well as real-time congestion pricing). Dr. Guensler's research team is assessing consumer response to these pricing mechanisms. A secondary focus of the research is the enhancement of monitoring technologies and services to support future transportation planning, safety, and operations policy initiatives. Development of tools for data management, data analysis, and privacy protection became major research activities. Secondary research has also included analysis of speeding, journey to work route choice, trip chaining, activity-based demand, household tripmaking variability, household and vehicle range of travel, long-distance travel, freeway operations, engine load, start and soak distributions, transit bus operations, etc.

Randall Guensler is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. After working for the California Air Resources Board for seven years, and completing his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of California at Davis, Dr. Guensler joined Georgia Tech in 1994. During his years with the State of California, Dr. Guensler worked for four years in Compliance Assistance and for three years in the Executive Office, evaluating the design and implementation of transportation control measures by regional air quality management agencies. Since arriving at Georgia Tech, Dr. Guensler's main research focus has been the development of new monitoring and modeling tools to assess the air quality impacts of transportation policies.

Dr. Guensler was the Chairman of the Transportation Research Board committee on Transportation and Air Quality from 1997 to 2002. From 1995 to 2001, Dr. Guensler served on the Environmental Protection Agency's Mobile Source Technical Advisory Subcommittee. Over the past ten years, he has served on various National Academy of Sciences committees and panels charged with the assessment of vehicle emissions impacts and identification of research needs.

Ko, J., Guensler, R., and Hunter, M. (submitted). “Analysis of Effects of Driver/Vehicle Characteristics on Acceleration Noise Using GPS-Equipped Vehicles.” Transportation Research Part F. October 2008.

Seshasayee, B., M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto, R. Guensler, K. Schwan, H.K. Kim, J. Sirichoke, and W. Suh (submitted). On the Resilience of Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation of Surface Transportation Systems with Unreliable Communications.  Journal of Algorithms and Computation Technology, Special Issue on Dynamic Data-Driven Application Systems.

Jun, J., J. Ogle, and R. Guensler (submitted).  “An Enhanced Method to Compare the Driving Habits of Crash-Involved versus Non-Crash-Involved Older Drivers.” ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering.

Jeon, C.M., A. Amekudzi, R. Guensler (in press, 2009).  “Evaluating Plan Alternatives for Transportation System Sustainability: Atlanta Metropolitan Region.” International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.

Kall, D., R. Guensler, M.O. Rodgers, and V. Pandey (in press, 2009).  “Effect of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes on Mass Vehicle Emissions: An Application to I-85 in Atlanta (09-0491).” Transportation Research Record, National Academy of Sciences; Washington D.C.

Ko, J., R. Guensler, and M. Hunter (2009).  “Exploring the Relationship between Roadway Characteristics and Speed Variation.” Transportation Research Record; No. 2092; pp 1-10; National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC.

Ko, J., M. Hunter and R. Guensler (2008).  “Measuring Control Delay Components Using Second-by-Second GPS Speed Data.”  ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering; Vol. 134, No. 8; pp 338-346; August.

Guin, A., R. Guensler, and M. Hunter (2008).  “Analysis of Reduction in Effective Capacities on High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lanes Related to Traffic Behavior.” Transportation Research Record; No. 2065; pp 47-53; National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC.

Nelson, J.I., R. Guensler, and H. Li (2008).  “A Geographic and Demographic Profile of Morning Rush Hour Commuters in Metropolitan Atlanta.” Transportation Research Record; No. 2067, pp 26-37; National Academy of Sciences; Washington, DC.

Ross, C., J. Barringer, R. Guensler, J.L. Harbour Doyle, L. Zuyeva, E. Barrella (2009).  “Metropolitan Atlanta Congestion Pricing Study (09-3780).” 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2009.

Xu, Y., L. Zuyeva, D. Kall, V. Elango, and R. Guensler (2009).  “Mileage Based Value Pricing:  Phase II Case Study Implications of the Commute Atlanta Project (09-3458).” 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2009.

Barringer, J., C.L. Ross, R. Guensler, J.L. Harbour Doyle, L. Zuyeva, E. Barrella (2008).  “Perceptions of Congestion Pricing in the Metropolitan Atlanta Region.” ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress, Chicago, IL, July 2008.

Jeon, C.M., A. Amekudzi, R. Guensler (2008).  “Sustainability Assessment at the Transportation Planning Level: Performance Measures and Indexes (08-1325).” 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2008.

Rountree, R.C., Miller, J., P. Vu, and R. Guensler (2008).  “Georgia’s Approach to Congestion with the Four T’s: Tolling, Transit, Telework, and Technology (08-3066).” 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2008.

Vu, P., L. Zuyeva, R. Guensler, and J. Miller (2008).  “Enforcement Strategies for High-Occupancy Toll Lanes (08-3025).” 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2008.

Miller, J.M., P. Vu, T. Slack, R. Rountree, and R. Guensler (2008).  “Commuter Credits: Proposed Program to Support Public policy Goals of HOT Lanes (08-2832).” 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2008.

Elango, V., P. Blaiklock, and R. Guensler (2008).  “Visualization of Freight Movement with the GT Freight Data Collector and Real-time Cargo Tracking (08-0628).” 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., January 2008.

Barringer, J., C.L. Ross, R. Guensler, and L. Zuyeva (in press).  “Congestion Pricing and Associated Equity Concerns in the Metropolitan Atlanta Region.” Proceedings of the 50th Annual ACSP Conference, Crystal City, VA, October 2009.

Kall, D., and R. Guensler (2009); Effect of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes on Mass Vehicle Emissions: An Application to I-85 in Atlanta; Presented at Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers (SDITE) 2009 Annual Meeting; Birmingham, Alabama; April.

Vu, Patrick, and R. Guensler (2008).  “Gantry-Controlled Access:  A Combined Tolling and Enforcement System .”  2008 Freeway and Tollway Operations Conference; Fort Lauderdale, FL.  June.

Guensler, R, J. Jun, and J. Ogle (2008).  “GPS Data and Vehicle Insurance: Analytical Efforts Associated with the Commute Atlanta Program.” 2008 Casualty Actuarial Society Ratemaking Seminar; Boston, MA.  March.

Fujimoto, R.M., R. Guensler, M. Hunter, K. Schwan, H.K. Kim, B. Seshasayee, J. Sirichoke, and W. Suh (2007); "Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation of Surface Transportation Systems.” International Conference on Conceptual Structures, 7th International Conference on Computational Science; Beijing, China; Proceedings, Part I, v 4487 LNCS; pp. 1050-1057; May.

Ross, C., R. Guensler, J. Barringer, A. Danner, M. Allen, E. Barrella, J. Doyle, and L. Zuyeva (2008).  “Congestion Pricing Response:  Study for Potential Implementation in the Metropolitan Atlanta Area.”  Prepared for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA.  Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA; October.

Xu, Y., L. Zuyeva, D. Kall, V. Elango, and R. Guensler (2008).  “Commute Atlanta Value Pricing Phase II Case Study Report.” Prepared for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA.  Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA; June.

Guensler, R., V. Pandey, D. Kall, G. Shafi, P. Blaiklock, M.O. Rodgers, and M. Hunter (2008).  “MOBILE-Matrix and CALINE-Grid: Project-Level Conformity Screening and Microscale Air Quality Impact Assessment Tools.” Prepared for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA.  Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA; June.

Zuyeva, L., and R. Guensler (2008).  “Enforcement Options for High-Occupancy Toll Lanes in Atlanta.” Prepared for the Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority, Atlanta, GA.  Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA; June.

Zuyeva, L., and R. Guensler (2008).  “Access and Egress Treatments on HOT Lane Systems: Scoping Report.” Prepared for the Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority, Atlanta, GA.  Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA; June.

Hunter, M., R. M. Fujimoto, C. Alexopoulos, R. Guensler, and F. Southworth (2009); Embedded Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Management; 2009 NSF EFRI Annual Grantees Conference; Arlington, VA; March.

Barringer, J., C. Ross, R. Guensler, and L. Zuyeva (2009).  “Perceptions of Equity Issues with Congestion Pricing in the Metropolitan Atlanta Region.”  88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Session 623, Congestion Pricing Research: Laying the Foundation for the Future; Washington, DC; January.

Kall, D., V. Pandey, J., and R. Guensler (2008).  “MOBILE-Matrix and CALINE-Grid: Project-Level Conformity Screening and Microscale Air Quality Impact Assessment Tools.” 18th Annual On-Road Vehicle Emissions Workshop, San Diego, CA; Coordinating Research Council; Atlanta, GA; March.

Guensler, R., V. Elango, and P. Blaiklock (2008).  “Reducing Emissions through Cargo Insulation: Shifting Refrigerated Freight to Dry Containers.”  Data for Goods Movement Impacts on Air Quality, Irvine, CA; National Academy of Sciences; March.

Guensler, R., Y. Xu, V. Elango, and L. Zuyeva (2008).  “Mileage-Based Pricing Value Pricing: Phase II Overall Trend and Case Study Implications of the Commute Atlanta Project.”  87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Session 251, Advancements in Congestion Pricing; Washington, DC; January.

POSTER SESSIONS

Hunter, M., R. M. Fujimoto, C. Alexopoulos, R. Guensler, and F. Southworth (2009); Embedded Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Management; 2009 NSF EFRI Annual Grantees Conference; Arlington, VA; March.

Barringer, J., C. Ross, R. Guensler, and L. Zuyeva (2009).  “Perceptions of Equity Issues with Congestion Pricing in the Metropolitan Atlanta Region.”  88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Session 623, Congestion Pricing Research: Laying the Foundation for the Future; Washington, DC; January.

Kall, D., V. Pandey, J., and R. Guensler (2008).  “MOBILE-Matrix and CALINE-Grid: Project-Level Conformity Screening and Microscale Air Quality Impact Assessment Tools.” 18th Annual On-Road Vehicle Emissions Workshop, San Diego, CA; Coordinating Research Council; Atlanta, GA; March.

Guensler, R., V. Elango, and P. Blaiklock (2008).  “Reducing Emissions through Cargo Insulation: Shifting Refrigerated Freight to Dry Containers.”  Data for Goods Movement Impacts on Air Quality, Irvine, CA; National Academy of Sciences; March.

Guensler, R., Y. Xu, V. Elango, and L. Zuyeva (2008).  “Mileage-Based Pricing Value Pricing: Phase II Overall Trend and Case Study Implications of the Commute Atlanta Project.”  87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Session 251, Advancements in Congestion Pricing; Washington, DC; January.

Dr. Hunter is an Assistant Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His primary teaching and research interests are in transportation operations and design, specializing in adaptive signal control, traffic simulation, freeway geometric design, and arterial corridor operations. Dr. Hunter obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic University (1992), his M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (1994), and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (2003). After obtaining his M.S. he worked as a transportation engineer for several years at the Sear-Brown Group in Rochester, NY. He has conducted numerous traffic impact studies, signal timing projects, freeway operation evaluations, toll plaza analyzes, etc.

REFERED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Hunter, M., M. Roe, S. Wu.  (submitted, August 2009) Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Evaluation of Adaptive Signal Control.  Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Hunter, M., A. Guin, S. Boonsiripant, M. Rodgers, D. Jared.  (submitted, August 2009) Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Converging Chevron Pavement Markings in Reducing Speed on Freeway Ramps.  Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Boonsiripant, S., M. Hunter, K. Dixon and R. Rodgers.  (submitted, August 2009) Measurement and Comparison of Acceleration and Deceleration Zones at Traffic Control Intersections. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Hunter, M., P. Jenior, J. Bansen, and M. Rodgers. (submitted, May 2009) Mode of Flashing for Malfunctioning Traffic Signals. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering.

Ko, J., R. Guensler, and M. Hunter. (in press, 2009) An Exploration of the Relationship Between Roadway Characteristics and Speed Variation, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Dixon, K., M. Liebler, and M. Hunter.  (in press, 2009) Urban Roadside Safety – Cluster Crash Evaluation, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Hunter, M., R. Fujimoto, J. Sirichoke, M. Palekar, H.K. Kim, and W. Suh. Ad Hoc Distributed Dynamic Data Driven Simulations of Surface Transportation Systems, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Vol. 85, No. 4, April 2009, pp. 243-255.

Wu, H., R. Fujimoto, G. Riley, and M. Hunter. Spatial Propagation of Information in Vehicular Network, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 58, No. 1, January 2009, pp 420-431.

Ko, J., R. Guensler, and M. Hunter, (submitted, Oct 2008). Analysis of Effects of Driver/Vehicle Characteristics on Acceleration Noise Using GPS-Equipped Vehicles. Transportation Research Part F.

Ko, J., M. Hunter, and R. Guensler. Measuring Control Delay Components Using Second-by-Second GPS Speed Data, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 134, No. 8, 2008. pp 338-346.

Oricchio, V., M. Hunter, and D. Jared. Microscopic Simulation Model of Traffic Operations at Intersections in Malfunction Flash Mode, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2080, Traffic Signal Systems, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2008. pp 67-74.

Guin, A., M. Hunter, and R. Guensler. Analysis of Reduction in Effective Capacities on High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lanes Related to Traffic Behaviour, Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2065, Traffic Signal Systems, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2008. pp 47-53.

Seshasayee, B., M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto, R. Guensler, K. Schwan, H. Kim, J. Sirichoke, and W. Suh.  (accepted for publication) On the Resilience of Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation of Surface Transportation Systems with Unreliable Communications, Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology, special issue on Dynamic Data-Driven Application Systems (DDDAS).

REFERED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Palagummi, V., R. Fujimoto, M. Hunter. (accepted) Techniques for Rapid Initialization in In-Vehicle Traffic Simulators. Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, eds. M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls, WSC, Austin, TX, 2009.

H. K. Kim, M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto. (invited) A Simulation-Based Investigation of A Dynamic Advanced Traveler Information System.  Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, eds. M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls, WSC, Austin, TX, 2009.

Baker, B., E. Hagler, T. Harvey, K. Jones,  M. Pieper, B. Stensland,  P. Thiruvengadachari, E. Thompson, J. Watts,  J. Young, R. Guensler, M. Hunter, R. Fujimoto. (invited) Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, eds. M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls, WSC, Austin, TX, 2009.

Li, Y., R. Fujimoto, and M. Hunter. (accepted) Online Travel Time Prediction Based on Boosting. The 12th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems – ITSC 2009, St. Louis, MO, October 2009.

Hunter, M., J. Sirichoke, and R. Fujimoto. Embedded Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Monitoring and Control.  INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, Simulation: At the Interface of Modeling and Analysis. University of Warwick, Coventry UK, June 2009.

Henclewood, D., M. Smith, L. Garrow, A. Guin, M. Hunter, and M. Usselman. Building Engineering Achievement Through Transportation (BEAT): A Traffic Engineering Program for High School Students.  In proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Marietta, GA, pp. 1-10. 2009

Henclewood, D., M. Hunter, and R. Fujimoto. Proposed Methodology For A Data Driven Simulation For Estimating Performance Measures Along Signalized Arterials In Real-Time, Proceeding of the Winter Simulation Conference, WSC, Miami Florida, 2008.

Brandstetter, T., L. Garrow, M. Hunter, and F. Southworth.  Modeling Altruistic and Aggressive Driver Behavior in a No-Notice Evacuation, Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 2008

NON-REFERRED CONFERENCES, PROCEEDINGS AND WHITE PAPERS

Hunter, M., R. Fujimoto, and R. Guensler. White Paper: Embedded Advanced Traveler Information System, submitted to Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A., Mountain View, CA., November 2008.

Hunter, M., and R. Fujimoto.  White Paper: Inform the Five Year Strategic Plan for the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, submitted to Request for Input (RFI), Invitation to Submit White Papers to Inform the Five-Year Strategic Plan for the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research & Development Program, http://www.nitrd.gov/about/documents/NITRDStrategicPlanRFIv13.pdf, August 2008.

Boonsiripant, S., M. Hunter, and K. Dixon.  Acceleration and Deceleration Zones at Traffic Control Intersections based on GPS Data, Georgia Institute of Transportation Engineers Summer Seminar, St. Simons Island, Georgia, 2008. (Best Paper Award)

Hunter, M. (invited) Embedded Ad-Hoc Transportation Simulation for System Monitoring and Control.  ITS Georgia 2009 Annual Meeting, Young Harris, Ga., Oct. 5, 2009.

Hunter, M., M. Roe, S. Wu.  HILS Evaluation of Cobb Parkway ATMS; presented to Cobb County Department of Transportation and the Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, May 29th, 2009.

Hunter, M., R. M. Fujimoto, C. Alexopoulos, R. Guensler, and F. Southworth (2009); Embedded Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Management; 2009 NSF EFRI Annual Grantees Conference; Arlington, VA; March 2009.

Henclewood, D., M. Hunter, A. Guin, and R. Fujimoto, Real-Time Simulation of Arterials With Use of Video Detection and Microscopic Traffic Simulations, SDITE 2009 Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, March 2009.

Hunter, M., R. Guensler, R. Fujimoto, V. Elango, A. Guin, and D. Henclewood. Embedded Advanced Traveler Information System, Initial Findings, Final Presentation. Video presentation from Atlanta Georgia to Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A., Mountain View, CA., Feb 26, 2009.

Hunter, M., R. Guensler, R. Fujimoto, V. Elango, A. Guin, and D. Henclewood. Embedded Advanced Traveler Information System, Initial Findings. Video presentation from Atlanta Georgia to Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A., Mountain View, CA., Feb 11, 2009.

Hunter, M., Transportation Operational Data, Computational Science and Engineering Division Faculty Retreat, Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Ga. 30083, October 2008.

Hunter, M., Malfunctioning Traffic Signals, Analysis and Recommendations, Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, Ga., May 2008.

Dixon, K. and M. Hunter.  Estimating Urban Operating Speed Models Using In-Vehicle Data Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2008.

Dr. Laval is an Assistant Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dr. Laval obtained his B.S. in Civil and Industrial Engineering from Uiversidad Catolica de Chile (1995), his M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (2001), and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (2004).

Prior to joining Georgia Tech doctor Laval held two consecutive Postdoc positions at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley, and at the French National Institute for Safety and Transportation Research (INRETS). After obtaining his B.S. he worked as a transportation engineer for five years at the Chilean Ministry of Public Works, where he conducted numerous traffic and revenue studies for urban and inter-urban road concessions. Dr. Laval serves on the editorial board Transportation Research Part B.

J. A. Laval and L Leclercq. Continuum Approximation for Congestion Dynamics Along Freeway Corridors. Transportation Science (Forthcoming), 2009.

Laval, J. A., Chen, D., Ben Amer, K., Guin, A and Ahn, S. Evolution of Oscillations in Congested Traffic: Improved Estimation Method and Additional Empirical Evidences. Transportation Research Record (Forthcoming), 2009.

J. A. Laval. Effects of Geometric Design on Freeway Capacity: Impacts of Truck Lane Restrictions. Transportation Research Part B (Forthcoming), 2009.

J A Laval. Graphical Solution and Continuum Approximation for the Single Destination Dynamic User Equilibrium Problem. Transportation Research Part B, 43 (1): 108-118, 2009.

J A Laval and L Leclercq. Microscopic modeling of the relaxation phenomenon using a macroscopic lane-changing model. Transportation Research Part B, 42 (6):511-522 , 2008.

Dr. John D. Leonard II is Associate Dean for Finance and Administration for the College of Engineering. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Leonard served as Associate Chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Leonard is a tenured Associate Professor of Civil Engineering specializing in transportation and traffic engineering. From March 2002 to July 2004, Dr. Leonard served in various senior management roles within the State Road and Tollway Authority of Georgia. In February 2003, Dr. Leonard was appointed Executive Director (Interim) by Governor Sonny Perdue. During his tenure at the Tollway Authority, Dr. Leonard oversaw day-to-day operations, human resource management, financial management, process management, information systems, and strategic planning. Through his leadership, SRTA infused continuous quality improvement and business process engineering concepts into ongoing SRTA programs and processes. Dr. Leonard has published over 30 papers, book chapters, and reports and is a nationally recognized expert in the analysis and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and in the analysis and design of coordinated traffic signal systems. Dr. Leonard's research in traffic operations has led to an improved understanding of freeway congestion, and to the deployment of improved strategies for relieving system congestion related to incidents. Dr. Leonard's research in coordinated traffic signal systems has directly resulted in better tools and procedures for reducing surface street congestion. His ideas and tools are used around the country as part of low-cost, immediately applicable techniques for relieving traffic congestion on both freeways and surface streets. Dr. Leonard received his Bachelors of Science, Masters of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Engineering in 1983, 1986, and 1991 respectively from the University of California Irvine.

Pope, S., L. Garrow, A. Guin, J.D. Leonard, L. Bankston, and P. Campbell. (accepted for publication, March 2009). “A conceptual framework for collecting online airline pricing data: challenges and opportunities.” Transportation Research Record.

Graham, R.J, L.A. Garrow, J.D. Leonard (submitted March 2009). Business Travelers Ticketing, Refund, and Exchange Behavior, Journal of Air Transport Management.

Smith, M., and J.D. Leonard (2009) “Customer Satisfaction in Project Prioritization” National Research Council. Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington D.C., Preprint CD ROM.

Dr. Luh is a part time Associate Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he teaches CEE 4600 in the summer and fall and CEE 6604 in the spring. Dr. Luh taught similar courses at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida for 12 years before joining Georgia Tech in 2005.

Dr. Luh is a full time Senior Transportation Engineer of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Traffic Management Program in PBS&J, specializing in ITS design, traffic signal design, highway network evaluation, traffic engineering, and transportation planning. Dr. Luh joined the PBS&J Orlando, Florida Office in 1995 and moved to the Atlanta, Georgia Office in 2005.

Dr. Luh received his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Florida in 1989, his M.S. in Transportation Engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1979, and his B.S. in Mathematical Sciences from the National Chengchi University in 1975.

Dr. Luh is a licensed Professional Engineer in three states. He holds certifications for a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE), American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and Associate Value Specialist (AVS).

Dr. Michael D. Meyer is Director of the Georgia Transportation Institute, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and former Chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1983 to 1988, Dr. Meyer was Director of Transportation Planning and Development for Massachusetts where he was responsible for statewide planning, project development and engineering, traffic engineering, and transportation research. Prior to this, he was a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at M.I.T.

Dr. Meyer has written over 180 technical articles and has authored or co-authored numerous texts on transportation planning and policy, including a college textbook for McGraw Hill entitled Urban Transportation Planning: A Decision Oriented Approach. He was the author of Transportation Congestion and Mobility: A Toolbox for Transportation Officials, a book sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Federal Highway Administration that focuses on transportation actions that can be implemented to enhance mobility. His publications have examined many issues in transportation ranging from land use/transportation interactions to freight and logistics planning to climate change. He was co-principal investigator on projects for NCHRP on incorporating environmental considerations into transportation planning, and the author of a research paper on climate adaptation.

Dr. Meyer is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2009 Transportation Research Board’s W.N. Carey, Jr.’s Award for Distinguished Service; the 2006 Wilbur Smith Distinguished Educator award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers; the 2000 Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of transportation engineering; the 1995 Pyke Johnson Award of the Transportation Research Board for best paper in planning and administration delivered at the TRB Annual Meeting; and the 1988 Harland Bartholomew Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers for contribution to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in urban planning and development. He was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board in 2006.

Dr. Meyer has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Georgia.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Meyer, M.D. “Public Transportation and the Environment,” Chapter in Kutz, M. (ed.), Environmentally Conscious Transportation, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons, 2008.

Meyer, M.D., “The Nation’s Transportation System as a Security Challenge,” Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security, 2009.

Meyer, M.D., “Land Use and Transportation” and “Transportation Planning,” in Meyer (ed.), Transportation Planning Handbook, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., 2009.

Meyer, M.D., editor, Transportation Planning Handbook, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., 2009.

Ankner, W. and M. Meyer, “Investing in Megaregion Transportation Systems: Institutional Challenges and Opportunities, in C. Ross, Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness, Island Press, 2009.

Meyer, M.D., “Environmental issues in marine transportation," McGraw-Hill 2010 Yearbook of Science and Technology, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

ARTICLES

Gaines, D.L. and M. Meyer, “Safety Conscious Planning in Mid-sized Metropolitan Areas: Technical and Institutional Challenges,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2078, Washington D.C: National Academy Press, 2008.

Hsing-Chung Chu and M. Meyer, “A Screening Process for Identifying Potential Truck-only Toll Lanes in a Metropolitan Area: The Atlanta Case,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2066, Washington D.C: National Academy Press, 2008.

Garrow, L., M. Meyer, C. Ross, and T. Bodea, “Obesity with Urban Form: A Cautionary Tale,” Transportation, Vol. 34, No. 2, March 2008.

Meyer, M.D., “Future Modeling Needs,” “Key Observations and Suggested Areas of Research,” Freight Demand Modeling, Tools for Public-Sector Decision Making, Summary of Conference, TRB Conference Proceedings #40, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2008.

Schmidt, N. and M. Meyer, “Incorporating Climate Change in Transportation Planning,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board, accepted for publication, Washington D.C: National Academy Press, 2009.

Chu, Hsing-Chung and M. D. Meyer, “Methodology for Assessing Emission Reduction of Truck-only Toll Lanes,” Energy Policy, 37, 2009, pp. 3287–3294.

Weisbrod, G., T. Lynch, and M. Meyer, “Extending Monetary Values to Broader Performance and Impact Measures: Applications for Transportation and Lessons from Other Fields,” Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009.

Morallos, D., A. Amekudzi, C. Ross and M. Meyer, “Value for Money Analysis in the U.S. Transportation Public Private Partnerships, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C: National Academy Press, 2009.

“Toward a Sustainable Transport Research Agenda,” Indian National Science Congress, Vizac, India, Jan. 2008.

“Managing the Transportation System More Effectively in a Changing World,” Keynote Speaker, Oregon Statewide Transportation Conference, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR, Feb. 2008.

“Trends Affecting the Future of Transportation: Are Transportation Agencies Ready?,” Bombardier Lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, May 2008.

“Transportation Funding Strategies for the Future…and Perhaps for Today,” Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Boston, MA, Feb. 27,2008.

“Future Trends and Challenges: Response to the Coalition’s Strategic Plan,” I-95 Corridor Coalition Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 13-14, 2008.

“Megaregions and the Future,” Response to Remarks by Emil Frankel, Megaregions Symposium, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, June 2008.

“Climate Change and Transportation Agencies,” Oregon DOT and Portland State University Symposium on Climate Change Implications, Portland, OR, June 2008.

“Experience To Date With Climate Change and Transportation Planning,” AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, June 2008.

“Policy, Planning, Financing and Revenue,” National Science Foundation, International Workshop on Performance-based Infrastructure Asset Management, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2008.

“Evolution of Transportation Planning and the Future: Can We Afford to Continue the Past?”  Conference on “Meeting of the Minds,” Portland, OR, July, 2008.

“Future Directions in Freight Data Research: Comment and Discussion,” Freight Data Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., Jan. 11-15, 2009.

“Designing Flexibility into the U.S. Transportation System: Adaptation to the Challenges of Climate Change,” Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., Jan. 11-15, 2009.

“Incorporating Climate Change Considerations Into the Transportation Planning Process,” with Nicholas Schmidt, Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., Jan. 11-15, 2009.

“Climate Change and Transportation: Cause and Effects,” Invited speaker, Seminar Speaker, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Jan. 16, 2009.

“Sustainable Mobility,” The Art Center Summit, Pasadena, CA, Feb. 18-19, 2009.

“Lessons from 50 Years of Road Network Development in the United States,” Invited seminar, Technical University of Cluj, Cluj, Romania, April 13, 2009.

“Climate Change and Transportation System Adaptation,” FHWA webinar on asset management and climate change, April 23, 2009.

“Results of a Breakout Group on Integrating Safety and Transportation Plans,” TRB Conference on Safety Planning, Chicago, IL, April, 2009.

“Climate Change and Transportation System Adaptation,” Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Spring Conference, Boston, MA, May 14, 2009.

“Implications of the Economic Downturn on Freight Flows,” Freight Advisory Committee, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado, CO, May 2009.

“Conclusions and Observations of Conference,” National Conference on Megaregions, Atlanta, GA, March 23, 2009.

“Climate Change, Transportation and Public Health,” Three conferences sponsored by the Florida DOT, Florida Department of Health and the 1000 Friends of Florida, Tallahassee, Ft. Lauderdale, and Orlando, May 28, June 16, June17, 2009.

“Observations from the Freight Demand Modeling Conference,” National Freight Data and Decision making Conference, Irvine, CA, June 2-4, 2009.

Dr. Rodgers has more than thirty years experience in the analysis of modeling of emissions data and in the development and application of advanced instrumentation for atmospheric measurements. During the 1980’s, Dr. Rodgers was a pioneer in the development of multi-photon laser induced fluorescence detection systems that remain the standard for ultra-sensitive detection of numerous trace gases. Since 1988, when he founded the Air Quality Laboratory at Georgia Tech, Dr. Rodgers’ research emphasis has shifted toward measurements and modeling related to transportation, energy and the environment. During his career, Dr. Rodgers has served as principal investigator/project director on more than one hundred research programs including service as project director for the development of the Mobile Emissions Assessment System for Urban and Regional Evaluations (MEASURE) for U.S. EPA and the Federal Highway Administration, a predecessor to EPA’s new MOVES emissions model. Dr. Rodgers also served as mission scientist for the Pacific Exploratory Mission- Tropics (PEM-Tropics) for NASA; chief scientist for both the Southeastern Regional Oxidant Network (SERON) and Southern Oxidant Research Program (SORP) for U.S. EPA, and currently serves as project director the long-running (since 1993) Continuous Atlanta Fleet Evaluation (CAFÉ) vehicle remote sensing program for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. At Georgia Tech, Dr. Rodgers is jointly appointed between the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering where is an Adjunct Professor/Director of the Air Quality Laboratory and the Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) laboratory of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) where he serves as Chief Engineer and Principal Research Scientist. Dr. Rodgers also has an appointment in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy. Dr. Rodgers is one of three academic members of the Mobile Source Technical Advisory Subcommittee (MSTRS) for U.S. EPA, the principal federal advisory committee (FACA) for mobile source emissions and policy, and serves on ASTM committee D-22 (Analysis of Atmospheres) and as a U.S. technical advisor to the International Standards Organization.

Hunter, M., A. Guin, S. Boonsiripant, M. Rodgers, D. Jared.  (submitted, August 2009) Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Converging Chevron Pavement Markings in Reducing Speed on Freeway Ramps.  Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Boonsiripant, S., M. Hunter, K. Dixon and M. Rodgers.  (submitted, August 2009) Measurement and Comparison of Acceleration and Deceleration Zones at Traffic Control Intersections. Transportation Research Board: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.

Hunter, M., P. Jenior, J. Bansen, and M. Rodgers. (submitted, May 2009) Mode of Flashing for Malfunctioning Traffic Signals. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering.

Kall, D., R. Guensler, M.O. Rodgers, and V. Pandey (in press, 2009).  “Effect of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes on Mass Vehicle Emissions: An Application to I-85 in Atlanta (09-0491).” Transportation Research Record, National Academy of Sciences; Washington D.C.

Kemenova, O. G,  A. Samoylov, M, Fogelson and M.O. Rodgers, “Evaluation of the Atlanta Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program: Results from the Continuous Atlanta Fleet Evaluation for Measurement Years 2005 and 2006.,  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Biennial Report for the State of Georgia, (2008).

Boonsiripant, S., M. Hunter, R. Guensler, M. Rodgers, and S. Wu.  Speed Characteristics and Safety on Low Speed Urban Midblock Sections Based on GPS-Equipped Vehicle Data, 14th International Conference on Road Safety on Four Continents,  Bangkok, Thailand, November 2007.

Guensler, R., V. Pandey, D. Kall, G. Shafi, P. Blaiklock, M.O. Rodgers, and M. Hunter (2008).  “MOBILE-Matrix and CALINE-Grid: Project-Level Conformity Screening and Microscale Air Quality Impact Assessment Tools.” Prepared for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA.  Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA; June.

Dr. Southworth is a Senior Research and Development Staff member at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he has worked for the past 23 years. In August 2006 he took up a joint appointment as a Principal Research Scientist in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining ORNL and Georgia Tech, Dr Southworth was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Illinois, and a research officer in the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds in England.

Since joining ORNL Dr Southworth has been a principal investigator on more than 50 R&D projects dealing with a wide range of transportation planning issues. Dr. Southworth has received a number of awards for his research from government agencies and academic associations, and has published over 150 peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and technical reports. He has been involved in the development of 24 different software systems to date. Many of these software systems employ geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Most of this work has been with federal agencies, including various branches of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, and Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Agency for International Development. Dr Southworth has also completed R&D projects for the New York and Tennessee Departments of Transportation, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the National Science Foundation and the Pew Center for Global Climate Change. Over the past two decades Dr. Southworth has served on a number of regional, national and international peer review panels and study groups dealing principally with data collection issues and the application of statistical methods and mathematical models in transportation planning. He also serves on a number of Transportation Research Board Committees dealing with freight planning issues.

F. Southworth (2009) Freight Flow Models. Chapter 5. Intermodal Transportation: Moving Freight in a Global Economy. ENO Foundation, Washington, D.C. Forthcoming.

M.A. Brown, F. Southworth and A. Sarzynski (2009) Transitioning to a low-carbon climate-smart metropolitan America. Forthcoming in Energy Security: Economics, Politics, Strategies, and Implications, C.Pascual and J. Elkind (Eds.).

TRB (2009) Driving and the Built Environment: The Effects of Compact Development on Motorized

Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions. Transportation Research Board Special Report 298,Washington D.C. (Committee co-author).

F. Southworth, T. Reuscher and P. S. Hu (2009) Estimation and Short Range Forecasting of County Level Vehicle Miles of Travel and Motor Fuel Use for the United States (through 2015). Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.

F. Southworth (2009) Potential improvements to the FAF3 methodology: flow disaggregation methods. Freight Analysis Framework 3. Technical Memorandum No.3. Report prepared for the Office of Freight Management and Operations, Federal Highway Administration, Washington D.C. (In review).

F. Southworth, H-L. Hwang and S-M. Chin (2009) An Assessment of the Impacts of Data Source Changes on FAF3 Development Freight Analysis Framework. Technical Memorandum No. 2. Report prepared for the Office of Freight Management and Operations, Federal Highway Administration, Washington D.C. (In review).

F. Southworth, M. D. Meyer and B. A. Weigel (2009) Summary of Climate Change Implications

from Transportation and Transit’s Role. Prepared for the Office of Technology, Federal Transit  Administration, Washington D.C.

F. Southworth and A. Sonnenberg (2009)  A Set of Comparable Carbon Footprints for Highway Travel in Metropolitan America. Invited submission to the ASCE Transportation Engineering Journal (in review).

B. A. Weigel, F. Southworth and M. D. Meyer (2009) Calculators for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Public Transit Agency Vehicle Fleet Operations. Transportation Research Board(in review).

F. Southworth (2009) Recruit Sustainment Program Center Site Selection Model. Report prepared for the U.S. Army National Guard, Bureau Strength Management Division (Draft, May, 2009).

F. E. Gbologah and F. Southworth  (2009) Estimation of University Campus Transit Cost and Benefits – A case study of Georgia Tech’s Campus Transit System. Transportation Research Board (In review)

F. Southworth and Z. Patterson (2008) Emerging methodologies in freight demand modeling. Chapter 5 in Innovations in Freight Transportation Modeling TRB Transportation Research E-Circular (Forthcoming).

M.A. Brown, F. Southworth and A. Sarzynski (2008) The geography of metropolitan carbon footprints Policy and Society 23: 1-20.

F. Southworth (2008) Multi-Criteria sensor placement for emergency response. Applied Spatial Analysis  and Policy 1.1 : 37-58.

M.A. Brown and F. Southworth (2008) Mitigating climate change through green buildings and smart growth. Environment and Planning A 40: 653-675.

F. Southworth and M.R. Wigan (2008) Movement of goods, services and people: entanglements with sustainability implications. Chapter 9 in Building Blocks for Sustainable Transport: Obstacles, Trends, Solutions. A. Perrels, V. Himanen and M. Lee-Gosselin (Eds.). 

F. Southworth, M.D. Meyer and M. Bronzini (2008) Defining future needs. In Freight Demand Modeling. Tools for Public-Sector Decision Making. Conference Proceedings 40. Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.: 41-46.

M.A. Brown, F. Southworth and A. Sarzynski (2008) Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America. The Brooking Institution, Washington, D.C.

F. Southworth, A. Sonnenberg, and M.A. Brown (2008) The Transportation Energy and Carbon Footprints of the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Prepared for the Metropolitan Program, Brooking Institution, Washington, D.C. (Also available as WP37. School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA).

F. Southworth and A. Sonnenberg (2008) Estimation of the Energy and Carbon Footprints for Public Transit Systems in the Nation’s 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Report prepared for the Metropolitan Program, Brooking Institution, Washington, D.C. 

F. Southworth. (2009) “Realizing Low Carbon Cities: Challenges and Opportunities”. International Workshop Towards Low Carbon Cities: Understanding and Analyzing Urban Energy and Carbon.  Nagoya University /Global Carbon Project/ National Institute for Environmental Studies/ Ministry of Environment, Japan.  Nagoya, Japan, February 16, 2009.

M.A. Brown and F. Southworth (2008) “Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan America.” Imperial College, London, June, 2008.

Dr. Richard Fujimoto is a Regents' Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1980 and 1983 (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) and B.S. degrees from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1977 and 1978 (Computer Science and Computer Engineering). Dr. Fujimoto has been working in the area of parallel and distributed simulation systems since 1985. In this regard, he was the principal architect of the Georgia Tech Time Warp (GTW) parallel/distributed simulation executive that has been used to model telecommunication networks, aviation, and military systems. He chaired the working group responsible for defining the time management services for the U.S. Department of Defense High Level Architecture (HLA) effort that has been designated as the standard reference architecture for modeling and simulation in the DoD, and has since been standardized by IEEE.  He lead the development of the federated simulations development kit (FDK) that includes high performance distributed simulation software to support interoperability and reuse of simulations, as well as high performance on parallel and distributed computing platforms.  He has authored a textbook on parallel and distributed simulation systems and co-authored a book on parallel computers.  Dr. Fujimoto became the first chair of a new division in Computational Science and Engineering within the College of Computing at Georgia Tech in 2005.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Y. Gu and R. M. Fujimoto, “Performance of the ROSENET Network Emulation System,” Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation Intl., to appear.

Y. Gu and R. M. Fujimoto, “Remote Network Emulation for Defense Applications,” Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, to appear.

A. Park and R. M. Fujimoto, “Parallel Discrete Event Simulation on Desktop Grid Computing Infrastructures,” International journal of Simulation and Process Modeling,” to appear.

B. Seshasayee, M. Hunter, R. M. Fujimoto, R. Guensler, K. Schwan, H.-K. Kim, J. Sirichoke, W. Suh, “On the Resilience of Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation of Surface Transportation Systems with Unreliable Communications,” Journal of Algorithms and Computational Technology, to appear.

H. Wu, R. M. Fujimoto, G. F. Riley, M. Hunter, “Spatial Propagation of Information in Vehicular Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 420-431, January 2009.

M. Hunter, H.-K. Kim, W. Suh, R. M. Fujimoto, J. Sirichoke, and M. Palekar, “Ad Hoc Distributed Dynamic Data-Driven Simulations of Surface Transportation Systems,” Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation Intl., Vol. 85, No. 4, pp. 243-255, April 2009.

A. Santoro and R. M. Fujimoto, “Off-Loading Data Distribution Management to Network Processors in HLA-Based Distributed Simulations,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 289-298, March 2008.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

V. Palagummi, R. M. Fujimoto, M. Hunter, “Techniques for Rapid Initialization in In-Vehicle Traffic Simulators,” Winter Simulation Conference, December 2009.

H.-Y. Kim, M. Hunter, R. M. Fujimoto, “A Simulation Based Investigation of a Dynamic Advanced Traveller Information System,” Winter Simulation Conference, December 2009 (invited paper).

B. Baker, E. Hagler, T. Harvey, K. Jones, M. Pieper, B. Stensland, P. Thiruvengadachari, E. Thompson, J. Watts, J. Young, R. Guensler, M. Hunter, R. M. Fujimoto, “An Online Transportation System Simulation Testbed,” Winter Simulation Conference, December 2009 (invited paper).

Y. Li, M. Hunter, R. M. Fujimoto, “Online Travel Predication Based on Boosting,” IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, October 2009.

A. Malik, A. Park, R. M. Fujimoto, “Optimistic Synchronization of Parallel Simulations in Cloud Computing Environments,” IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing, September 2009.

M. Hunter, J. Sirichoke, Y-L. Huang, R. M. Fujimoto, “Embedded Ad Hoc Distributed Simulation for Transportation System Monitoring and Control,” INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, June 2009.

A. Park R. M. Fujimoto, “Efficient Master/Worker Parallel Discrete Event Simulation,” Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulations, June 2009.

D. Henclewood, M. Hunter, R. M. Fujimoto, “Proposed Methodology for a Data Driven Simulation for Estimating Performance Measures along Signalized Arterials in Real-Time,” Winter Simulation Conference, December 2008.

S. Strassburger, T. Schulze, R. M. Fujimoto, “Future Trends in Distributed Simulation and Distributed Virtual Environments – Results of a Peer Study,” Winter Simulation Conference, December 2008.

A. Park and R. M. Fujimoto, “Optimistic Parallel Simulation over Public Resource-Computing Infrastructures and Desktop Grids,” Workshop on Distributed Simulations and Real-Time Applications, October 2008.

Y. Gu, R. M. Fujimoto, “Adaptive Model Update Algorithms for Remote Network Emulation,” Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulations, June 2008.

M. Jeschke, R. Ewald, A. Park, R. Fujimoto, A. Uhrmacher, “Parallel and Distributed Spatial Simulation of Chemical Reactions,” Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulations, June 2008.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

“Ad Hoc Distributed Simulations,” First Annual SimTools Conference, Marseille, France, March 2008.

“Optimistic Parallel Simulation at Twenty-Five”, Korea Institute for the Advancement of Science (KIAS), Seuol, Korea, July 2008.

 “Ad Hoc Distributed Simulations and Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech,” Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, July 2008.

 “Optimistic Parallel Simulation at Twenty-Five”, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Ca, May 2008.

Gordon Kingsley is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech where his teaching and research focus upon science and technology policy and public management. Dr. Kingsley's research examines the development and implementation of effective partnerships across the public, private and non-profit sectors. Current research projects explore the impacts of partnerships on the development and allocation of scientific and technical human capital. This work is being conducted in three policy domains examining the following: 1) the impact of educational partnerships between universities and K-12 schools on the development of math and science instructors and instruction; 2) strategies used by state transportation agencies for effectively managing large numbers of engineering consultants and contractors; and 3) the development of hybrid organizations and network organizations designed to stimulate technology-led economic development.

His research appears in journals such as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Policy Studies Journal, Public Performance and Management Review, Research Policy, Research Evaluation, Journal of Technology Transfer, Small Business Economics, and Evaluation and Program Planning. He has served as a consultant or researcher for the National Science Foundation, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Office of Technology Policy in the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy, a Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USNet (a consortium of 15 state economic development agencies promoting manufacturing networks), the Ohio Department of Development, the Georgia Department of Transportation, Cosmos Corporation, and the Economic Development Institute at Georgia Tech.

The focus of his work is examining how the interactions of government agencies and the private sector firms shape two types of policy goals: the transfer and diffusion of technology and compliance with environmental regulations. This work has received sponsorship from the National Institute for Standards and Technology, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Environmental Policy Institute, and the New York State Research & Development Authority. His work has been accepted for publication in Research Policy, Evaluation and Program Planning, Policy Studies Journal and Public Productivity and Management Review.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Lee, S. and Kingsley, G.  2009. “The Impact of Relational Factors on Contracting Management in Public Organizations.” Review of Public Personnel Administration, 29: 270-292.

Ponomariov, B. and Kingsley, G.  2008.  “Applicability of the Transaction Cost Normative Model of Strategic Outsourcing in the Public Sector: The Case of a State Transportation Agency.” Public Organization Review, 8, 3, 253-272.

COMMENTARY

Feeney, M.K. and Kingsley, G. 2008. “The Rebirth of Patronage: Have We Come Full Circle?” Public Integrity, 10, 2:165-176.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Chinowsky, P.S. and Kingsley, G. An Analysis of Issues Pertaining to Qualifications-Base Selection. A national study developed at the request of the American Public Works Association (APWA) and the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).

Chirico, J., Dickson, A., Kingsley, G. and Weible, C.  2008. “How do Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Measure Up in Government Contracting?”  Presented at the Association of Public Policy and Management meeting in Los Angeles, CA, November 7, 2008.

Lee, S. and Kingsley, G. 2008. “Optimizing Contracting-out for Technical Services in Government: An Economy of Scope Strategy.” Presented at the American Society of Public Administration meeting Dallas, TX March, 2008

Dr. McCarthy comes to the School of Economics from Purdue University, where he was professor of Economics and Civil Engineering. His general areas of research include applied econometrics, transportation economics, and government regulation with specific interests in transportation safety, discrete choice econometrics, public transit, and civil infrastructure. Professor McCarthy is widely published in economics and transportation journals.

Dr. McCarthy has held a number of academic appointments, including visiting professor at the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration in Greece, visiting senior teaching fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and visiting associate professor economics at the University of Southern California.

He has published numerous articles in a variety of academic journals, including Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Transport Reviews, Transportation Research, and Environment and Planning.

Lisa Rosenstein is the Communications Specialist for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She received her B.A. in English from Connecticut College (1982) and both her M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1989) in English from Emory University. Dr. Rosenstein directs the Engineering Communications Program for the School, teaching written, visual, and oral communication to both undergraduate and graduate students. Under the direction of Dr. Rosenstein, the CEE/MSE communications program implements a new model of engineering education, one that directly links communication skills with course content. It does so by meaningfully integrating instruction on written, visual and oral communication into the engineering curriculum. At the undergraduate level, Dr. Rosenstein co-teaches or periodically lectures in existing engineering courses and provides teaching materials for her colleagues. At the graduate level she teaches her own specialized courses in engineering communication. Additionally, Dr. Rosenstein guides undergraduate students and student teams through written reports and oral presentations, helps graduate students prepare theses, dissertations and defenses, and assists faculty with academic publications. She periodically offers writing and presentation workshops to both students and faculty.

Dr. Catherine L. Ross, nationally recognized transportation expert, is the Director of Georgia Tech's Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD). Ross is also the college's first endowed faculty member – the Harry West Chair for Quality Growth and Regional Development. Ross is no stranger to Georgia Tech, where she first in 1976 was an assistant professor in the Graduate City Planning Program, associate professor in 1984, then a full professor in 1990. She has held a variety of important leadership positions at Georgia Tech, including vice provost for academic affairs, associate vice president for academic affairs, co-director of the Transportation Research and Education Center, and director of the College of Architecture 's Ph.D. program.

Previously, Ross was the first executive director of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA). This innovative regional state agency was created by the Georgia Legislature in 1999. GRTA was created to help 13 counties out-of-compliance with clean air standards develop new transportation plans and initiatives to help them meet or exceed federal requirements. GRTA encompasses a new paradigm representing a more comprehensive approach to regional planning

In addition to teaching at Georgia Tech and her leadership of GRTA, Ross founded a consulting company that has conducted research for numerous government transportation agencies. She has published extensively in the fields of urban planning, transportation planning, and public participation.

At the national level, Ross previously served on the Executive Committee as a senior policy adviser to the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board. She also is past president of the National Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and served on the Board of Directors for the ENO Transportation Foundation. Locally Ross serves on several boards/committees including the ULI – District Council Steering Committee, Metro Atlanta Quality Growth Task Force, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ferst Center Advisory Board, High Museum of Art (Education Department Board Committee), and Westminster Strategic Plan Committee. She is a past board member of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA).

Ross earned a bachelor's degree from Kent State University in 1971, followed by a master's degree in regional planning from Cornell University in 1973. She earned her doctorate in city and regional planning from Cornell in 1979 and did post-doctorate work at the University of California, Berkeley.

Ross lives in northwest Atlanta with her husband. Their son and daughter are away at college.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Ross, Catherine L., “Megaregions: Planning for Global Competitiveness” Washington DC: Island Press, 2009 (Funded by the Ford Foundation)

Ross, Catherine L. “Regional Transportation and Development in Atlanta.” In Hack, Gary, Eugénie Birch, Paul Sedway, and Mitchell Silver (eds.) Local Planning : Contemporary Principles and Practice, (Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association) 2009.

Ross, Catherine L.and Nancy Green Leigh. “Planning, Urban Revitalization and the Inner City: An Exploration of Structural Racism.” In Birch, Eugénie (ed.), The Urban and Regional Planning Reader”, (London: Routledge Urban Series) 2009.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Morallos, Dorothy; Amekudzi, Adjo; Ross, Catherine and Michael Meyer.  Review of Value of Money (VfM Analysis) for Comparing Public Private Partnerships to Traditional Procurements.  Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board.  In Press. 

Bodea, Tudor D., Laurie Garrow, Michael D. Meyer, and Catherine L.Ross, “Socio-demographic and built environment influences on the odds of being overweight or obese: The Atlanta experience” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice,Volume 43, Issue 4, May 2009, Pages 430-444

Bodea, Tudor D., Laurie Garrow, Michael D. Meyer, and Catherine L. Ross, “Explaining Obesity With Urban Form: A Cautionary Tale.” Transportation, Volume 35, Issue 2 , March 2008, Pages 179-199

Presenter: “The Health Impact Assessment of the Atlanta Beltline”,Hands-On Atlanta, Martin Luther King birthday, Atlanta, GA, (January 15, 2008)

Presenter: Birmingham Planning Department Annual Meeting, Planning in the Southeast,, Alabama, (January 30, 2008)

Interviewee: “MegaRegions”, Georgia Weekly, GPB Television, Atlanta, GA, (February 10, 2008)

Host: International Exchange & Cooperation event with Shenyang Jianzhu University, China (February 12, 2008)

Presenter: “Emerging Megaregions: Investigating the Character of Social Equity”, Regional Equity: The Third National Summit on Equity, Diversity and Social Justice, Policy Link, New Orleans, Louisiana, (March 5, 2008)

Presenter: “Planning for the Future: The Future of Planning”, Sister Cities Forum  —  Public Transit and Green Space Policies, Atlanta, GA (March 12, 2008)

Panelist: “A Healthy Perspective on Transportation: new tools and new partners for better transportation planning”, American Planning Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV (April 28, 2008)

Presenter: “Megaregions”, WTS Annual Conference (May 14, 2008)

Presenter: “Megaregions”, Joint Meeting of AASHTO SCOP-SCOFA, Santa Fe, NM (June 9, 2008)

Co-Presenter: “Identifying Megaregions in the US: Implications for Infrastructure Investment” and “Placing the Megaregion in a Global Context,” 2008 Joint Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)-Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Conference. Chicago, Illinois. (July 2008)

Interviewee: “Q&A with Dr. Catherine L. Ross: Shrinking Footprint of American Home Offers Greater Potential for Multifamily Developers”, Multi-Housing News (July 24, 2008)

Interviewee: “Planning Without Borders”, Georgia Trend Magazine (August 2008)

Presenter: “Achieving Excellence Through Innovation”, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 2008 Supervision and Regulation Staff Conference, Atlanta, GA (October 2008)

Co-Presenter: “Megaregion Mobility and Accessibility: A Comparative perspective,” Symposium on Megaregions  and Spatial Planning: An International Perspective, Beijing, China (October 2008)

Presenter: “Roadways and Health”, Transportation 101, Washington, DC (November 12-14, 2008)

Interviewee, “Global Implications of our Growing Megaregion”, Atlanta Business Chronicle, (November 21-27, 2008)

Presenter: “Infrastructure and Sustainability: Competing in the Global Economy”, 2009 UCEA Workforce Development Forum (January 9, 2009)

Presenter: “Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion”, Megaregions Luncheon, Atlanta Regional Commission (January 26, 2009)

Panelist: “In the Trenches: Lessons from the Experts”, Changing Landscapes: Building the Good Growth State? Institute for Emerging Issues, North Carolina State University (February 9-10, 2009)

Presenter: “Movement and Access”, De Lange Conference VII – Transforming the Metropolis : Creating Sustainable and Humane Cities, Rice University. (March 2-4, 2009)

Facilitator/Organizer: Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion University Consortium, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (March 23, 2009)

Speaker/Organizer: The Case for a National Infrastructure Policy: The Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion in the Global Economy. Georgia Institute of Technology (March 23, 2009)

Presenter: “The Megaregion Challenge”, 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Transportation Programs at Texas Southern University (April 7, 2009)

Presenter: “Emerging Megaregions: Implications for Future Developments”, 2009 ULI Spring Council Forum: The Road Ahead (April 22-24, 2009)

Presenter: “Urban/Rural Collaborations – Building Successful Workforce and Economic Development Partnerships Based on Strengths and Mutual Interests”, Southeast Workforce and Economic Development Conference (May 3, 2009)

Panelist: Sustainability and Historic Preservation Thought Leader Discussion Series, Trust for Architectural Easements and Island Press (May 18, 2009)

Presenter: Megaregion Planning Conference. Dallas, TX (June 5-7, 2009)

Participant: White House Office of Urban Affairs and the Domestic Policy Council urban policy roundtable. Washington DC (July 13, 2009)

Discussant: “Maximizing Opportunity in the Marketplace For Freight: Strengthening Economic Competitiveness Through Regional Partnerships and Cooperation”. Transportation Research Board 2009 Joint Summer Meeting. Seattle, WA. (July 19-22, 2009)

Speaker/Organizer: Mayors’ Megaregion Meeting. Charlotte, NC. (August, 2009)

Panelist: “The new Federal paradigm - Linking transportation, land use and housing”. Atlanta Regional Housing Forum Q3 Meeting. Atlanta, GA. (September 2, 2009)

Dr. James Tsai is a faculty member at the GT Savannah campus.  All students who work with Dr. Tsai are admitted to the GT-Savannah campus.  Before joining the faculty at Georgia Tech, Dr. Tsai worked as a senior research scientist in the GIS center at Georgia Tech. Since 1997, he has led a research team and worked with GDOT pavement engineers, successfully implementing a large-scale Oracle GIS-based pavement preservation and management system for GDOT to effectively preserve and manage its 18,000-centerline miles of highway. The research includes pavement condition assessment, pavement rehabilitation technology, deterioration/forecasting models, long-term system performance simulation, and resource optimization/management. He also developed and successfully implemented an IT-based asset management system using GPS/GIS technology for local transportation agencies, including Fulton County’s (Atlanta, Georgia). He is extending his research results to manage other assets, including, traffic signs, bridges, and railroads. He is also a PI for a project sponsored by the State Road and Tollway Authority (STRA) for License Plate Recognition and a research project sponsored by the National Academy of Science (NAS) NCHRP IDEA program that is developing video image recognition algorithms to enhance roadway infrastructure data collection. He also worked with United Parcel Service (UPS) to evaluate its performance on logistics routing and scheduling. Recently, he has been developing advanced sensor technologies, and video image recognition algorithms, and GPS/GIS technologies for accelerated pavement testing, roadway data collection, roadway safety assessment, and maritime security and asset utilization. He is also developing innovative license plate recognition technologies and vehicle motion detection technologies for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and real-time traffic flow monitoring to improve road safety and mobility.

Yang, C., Tsai, Y., Wang Z. (2009) “Algorithm for Spatial Clustering of Pavement Segments”, Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 24 (2), pp. 93-108.

Tsai, Y., Kim, P.,Wang Z. (2009) “A Generalized Image Detection Model for Developing a Sign Inventory”, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 266 – 276.

Hu, Z., Tsai, Y. (2009) “A Vision-Based Homography Algorithm for Traffic Sign Attribute Computation”, Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 24 (6), pp. 385–400.

Wang, Z., Tsai, Y., Pitts, E. (2009) “Impact of Escalating Construction Cost on Long-term Pavement Performance Loss”, Journal of The Transportation Research Record, in press.

Tsai, Y., Chung, Y., Shen, C., Cressman, N (2009) “A Poisson-Based Wavelet Shrinkage Site Selection (WASSS) Method”, Journal of The Transportation Research Record, in press.

Tsai, Y., Kaul, V., Mersereau, R. M. (2009) “A critical assessment of pavement distress segmentation methods Performance Evaluation of Pavement Distress Segmentation Methods” ASCE J of Transportation Engineering, in press.

Tsai, Y., Hu, Z., Alberti, C. (2009) “Roadway Sign Change Detection Algorithm Using Multi-Scale Sign Image Matching (M-SIM) and Statistical Color Model (SCM)”, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) Journal, in press.

Hu, Z., Tsai, Y. (2009) “Vision-based Roadway Geometry Computation” ASCE J of Transportation Engineering, in press.

Tsai, Y., Wu, J., Wang, Z., Hu, Z. (2009) “Horizontal Roadway Curvature Computation Algorithm Using Vision Technology”, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, in press.

Tsai, Y., Huang, Y. (2009) “Automatic Detection of Deficient Video Log Images Using a Histogram Equity Index and an Adaptive GMM” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, (accepted).

Chelsea C. White received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (UM) in 1974 in Computer, Information, and Control Engineering. He has served on the faculties of the University of Virginia (1976- 1990) and UM (1990-2001). He currently is the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering and holds the Schneider National Chair of Transportation and Logistics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is the Director of the Trucking Industry Program (TIP) and the former Executive Director of The Logistics Institute. He has previously served as department chair of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia, department chair of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the UM, and Senior Associate Dean at the UM.

He serves on the boards of directors for Con-way, Inc. (a Fortune 500 company, traded on the NYSE), the ITS World Congress, TLI-Asia Pacific, and the Bobby Dodd Institute. He is a former past President and member of the ITS Michigan Board of Directors, a former member of the board of ITS America, and has served as a member of the advisory boards of Kinetic Computer Corporation, Billerica, MA, and of CenterComm Corporation, San Diego, CA. He is a member of the International Academic Advisory Committee of the Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

His involvement with the IEEE includes serving as President of the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society from 1992 through 1993. He received the Norbert Wiener Award in 1999 and the Joseph G.Wohl Outstanding Career Award in 2005, both from the IEEE SMC Society, and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. The Norbert Wiener Award is the SMC’s highest award recognizing lifetime contributions in research. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of INFORMS, a former member of the Executive Board of CIEADH (Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads), and the founding chair of the IEEE TAB Committee on ITS (now an IEEE Society).

Professor White is the former Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Parts A and C, and was the founding Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). He has served as the ITS Series book editor for Artech House Publishing Company.

He is co-author (with A.P. Sage) of the second edition of Optimum Systems Control (Prentice-Hall, 1977), co-editor (with D.E. Brown) of Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence: Integration of Problem Solving Strategies (Kluwer, 1990), and co-editor (with D.L. Belman) of Trucking in the Information Age (Ashgate, 2005). He has published primarily in the areas of the control of finite stochastic systems and knowledge-based decision support systems. His most recent research interests include analyzing the role of real-time information and enabling information technology for improved logistics and, more generally, supply chain productivity and risk mitigation, with special focus on the U.S. trucking industry.

He has been a plenary or keynote speaker at a variety of international conferences and gatherings, including the IEEE ITS Conference (Shanghai, 2003), the U.S.-China Modern Logistics Conference (Beijing, 2004), Logistics 20/20 (Singapore, 2004), T-Log 2005: First International Conference on Transportation Logistics (Singapore, 2005), ITS05 – 8th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Vienna, 2005), and the Sino-U.S. Logistics Forum (Shanghai, 2005).

His recent activities include presentations at the Council on Competitiveness and the Brookings Institution, both of which were concerned with the impact of information technology on international freight distribution, security, and productivity. He has represented ITS America by providing testimony during a roundtable discussion entitled "Reauthorization of the Federal Surface Transportation Research Program", held by the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and he has testified before the California Senate Committee on Transportation & Housing Public Hearing on ITS.

Lee, C.-G., Epelman, M., White, C. C., and Bozer, Y., “A Shortest Path Approach to the Multi-Vehicle Routing Problem with Split Pick-Ups.” Transportation Research, Part B, to be published.

Thomas, B. W., and White, C. C., “The Dynamic Shortest Path Problem with Anticipation,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 176, Number 2, January 2007, pp. 836-854.

Holloway, H, and White, C. C., “Question Selection and Resolvability for Imprecise Multi-Attribute Alternative Selection,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, Vol. 38, No. 1, January 2008, pp. 162-169.

Nowak, M, Ergun, O., and White, C. C. “Pickup and Delivery with Split Loads”, Transportation Science, Vol. 42, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 32-43.

Hipel, K. W., Jamshidi, M. M., Tien, J. M., White III, C. C., “The Future of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Application Domains and Research Methods”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 726-743, 2007.

Nowak, M., Ergun, O., and White, C. C., “An Empirical Study on the Benefit of Split Loads with the Pickup and Delivery Problem”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 198, pp. 734-740, 2009.

White, C. C. “Trends and Research Directions in Supply Chain and Logistics Engineering”, Journal of China Business and Markets, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp. 4-7 (in Chinese), 2009.

Lewis, B. M., Erera, A. L., White, C. C., “Managing Inventory in Global Supply Chains Facing Port-of-Entry Disruption Risks.” Under review.

Ortiz, O. L., Erera, A. L., White, C. C., “Value of Demand Observability for Inventory Control with Markovian Demand and Lost Sales.” Under review.

Ortiz, O. L., Erera, A. L., White, C. C., “State Observation Accuracy and Finite-Memory Policy Performance for Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes.” Under review.

Ortiz, O. L., Erera, A. L., White, C. C., “An Infinite Horizon, Two Item Inventory Problem with Substitutability.” Under review.

White, C. C., and Cheong, T.-S., “Perishable Product Transportation with Costly Observation.” Under review.

Pryor, K., Kapuscinski, R., and White, C.C., "Multi-Item Inventory Policies with Capacitated Delivery Vehicles and Deterministic Demand" Under review.

Plenary presentation. Supply Chain & Freight Transportation Trends. SMC3 53rd Annual Winter Conference. Atlanta, 22 January 2008.

Keynote presentation. Trends & Research Directions in Supply Chain & Logistics Engineering. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics. Beijing, 13 October 2008.

Testimony. Joint Georgia State Senate/House Future of Manufacturing Study Committee. Presentation title: Trends & Challenges in Supply Chain & Logistics Engineering. Atlanta, 12 November 2008.

Invited Seminar. Managing Inventory in Global Supply Chains Facing Port-of-Entry Disruption Risks. DIMACS/DyDAn/LPS Workshop. Rutgers, 17 November 2008.

Invited Seminar. Trends & Research Directions in Supply Chain & Logistics Engineering. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing, 13 October 2008.

Invited Seminar. Transportation Industry Update. Schneider Logistics Carrier Recognition Event. Green Bay, Wisc, 18 September 2008.

Invited Seminar. Trends in U.S. Supply Chain Design. Conference on Climate Change & the Future of Transport, Alpbach Technology Forum 2008. Innsbruck, Austria, 22 August 2008.