CURRICULUM VITAE KARA MARIA KOCKELMAN Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Texas at Austin EDUCATION
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CURRICULUM VITAE KARA MARIA KOCKELMAN Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Texas at Austin EDUCATION University of California at Berkeley Civil Engineering PhD Summer 1998 University of California at Berkeley Civil Engineering MS Spring 1996 University of California at Berkeley City & Regional Planning MCP Spring 1996 University of California at Berkeley Civil Engineering BS Spring 1991 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – Academic University of Texas at Austin Dewitt C. Greer Centennial Fall 2017 – Present Professorship in Engineering University of Queensland Honorary Professor Spring 2018 University of Texas at Austin E.P. Schoch Professorship in Fall 2013 – Fall 2017 Engineering Stanford University Visiting Professor Fall 2013 University of Texas at Austin Professor Fall 2009 – Summer 2013 & William J. Murray Jr. Fellow University of Texas at Austin Associate Professor Fall 2005 – Summer 2009 & William J. Murray Jr. Fellow University of California at Berkeley Sabbatical Spring 2006 University of Texas at Austin Clare Boothe Luce Associate Fall 2004 – Summer 2005 Professor of Civil Engineering University of Texas at Austin Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Fall 1998 – Summer 2004 Professor of Civil Engineering University of California at Berkeley Teaching Assistant June 1997 – December 1997 University of California at Berkeley Research Assistant Fall 1993, Summer 1994, & May 1995 – May 1996 HONORS AND AWARDS Fellows Award, by the Regional Science Association International, June 2021. Delivered lecture titled “Large-Scale Shared Autonomous Vehicle Simulations with Geofences, Stop Aggregation, and Parking Restrictions” at Johns Hopkins University for the Richard J. Carroll Memorial Lectureship in Civil Engineering, March 10, 2021 Transportation Research Forum’s 2021 Distinguished Researcher Award North American Regional Science Council President, 2020 Ranked 32 out of 21,274 authors among the Top 2% in the Logistics and Transportation field, Mendeley Data, December 2020 Recipient of the Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement by the North American Regional Science Council, November 2020 One of the Top 20 of 2020 Influential Women in Mobility, by Vulog, July 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers Energy Division’s Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Energy Award, January 2020 One of the Top 10 Better Government proposals at Boston’s Pioneer Institute, for “Credit-Based Congestion Pricing Policy”, September 2019 Nanyang Technical University’s 2019 Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellowship in Engineering, Singapore Two papers among the Top 5 Most Cited Papers of 2019 in Transportation Research Record’s long series: “Shifts in Long- Distance Travel Modes Due to Automated Vehicles Statewide Mode-Shift Simulation 1 Experiment and Travel Survey Analysis” (with J. LaMondia et al., 2016) & “Management of a Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicle Fleet Implications of Pricing Schemes” (with D. Chen, 2016) One paper among TRB’s Top 10 Most Cited Paper of 2018 in Transportation Research Record’s 2015 extensive (>1000 publications) series: Fagnant, Kockelman & Bansal’s 2015 paper titled “Operations of a Shared Autonomous Vehicle Fleet for the Austin Market” Robert Petty Guest Lecturer Award, at University of Queensland, Australia, 2018 Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Department of Civil Engineering, 2018-2021 Australia’s Endeavour Executive Fellowship award, hosted by University of Queensland, 2018 Voted ‘Best of 2017’ speaker in Samsung’s Silicon Valley Speaker Series, for presentation titled “Anticipating a World of Shared Autonomous Vehicles: Cost, Energy, and Urban System Implications,” San Jose, California, July 10, 2017 Beijing Overseas Talent Pool Award, Beijing University of Technology, July 2015 Google Research Award; $70,000 gift to pursue research on topic of “Anticipating & Mitigating the Latent Demand Effects of Self-Driving Vehicles: A Role for Data-Driven Modeling & Credit-Based Congestion Pricing”, August 2014 ASCE’s James Laurie Prize in Transportation Engineering, February 2014 TRB Technical Activities Council’s Blue-Ribbon Committee Award, for Travel Survey Manual wiki-site created during 3-year tenure as ABJ40 (Travel Survey Methods) Committee Chair, November 2013 Women’s Transportation Seminar International and Heart of Texas Chapter, Honorary Member Award, 2012 ASCE’s Walter L. Huber Research Prize in Transportation Engineering, for contributions in data acquisition and analysis to facilitate transport planning and policy-making, September 2010 Young Researcher Award from the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Statistical Methods (ABJ80) for paper (with co-author Xiaokun Wang) titled “Application of the Dynamic Spatial Ordered Probit Model: Patterns of Ozone Concentration in Austin, Texas,” January 2010 Plan II Honors Program stipend for support of undergraduate Matthew Bomberg, The University of Texas, May 2008 Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) 2007 Heart of Texas Chapter Woman of the Year Award, January 2008 ASCE’s Harland Bartholomew Award, in recognition of contributions to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in urban planning and development, November 2007 Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Award, presented by the Regional Science Association International, for innovative research contributions, November 2006 Featured in High Tech Austin, The Ultimate Who’s Who of the Austin High-Tech Community, 5th edition, 2003 Inaugural recipient of the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Annual New Faculty Award, recognizing “outstanding teaching and research contributions to the transportation field.” December 2002 Named to the National Academy of Engineering’s Gallery of Women in Engineering, August 2002 Voted one the world’s Top 100 Young Innovators for MIT’s Technology Review, May 2002 Ford CAREER Award, given by Ford Motor Company’s Ford Fund, 2002 TRB Committee on Pedestrians Award for Outstanding Paper, January 2002 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2000-2004 Clare Boothe Luce Professor of Civil Engineering, 1999-2004 Western Regional Science Association's Tiebout Prize for Best Student Paper, 1999 Outstanding Student of the Year, University of California Transportation Center, 1997 Institute of Transportation Engineers “Best Student Paper” Prize, Northern California Section, 1995 National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1993-1998 University of California at Berkeley Fellowship, 1993-1998 ASCE's “Promise and Accomplishment in Transportation Engineering” Award, 1991 Kennedy Interdisciplinary Studies Award in Economics, 1991 Civil Engineering Departmental Citation - Highest G.P.A. of Graduates, 1991 University Medal – “Most Distinguished Graduate” of U.C. Berkeley's 5,300 Graduating Class, 1991 2 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS & LICENSURE Inaugural Board Member, World Society for Transport and Land Use Research, September 2011-Present Licensed City Planner, AICP 2008, and Member, American Planning Assoc. National and Texas Chapters, 2008 - 2009 Licensed Professional Engineer, States of California (Certification #C057380, from 1997-2010) and Texas (Certification #93443, since 14 May 2004) World Conference on Transportation Research Society, 2007-2009 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2003-2004, and 2011 American Association of Geographers, 2002-2004 Regional Science Association International, 2002-Present American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000-2003, 2005-2007, 2009-2010, 2012-2014, 2017-Present Society of Women Engineers, 2000-2004 International Association of Travel Behavior Research, 1998-2009, 2012 - 2017 American Society for Engineering Education, 1999-2006 Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter - Humanities Honor Society Tau Beta Pi & Phi Beta Kappa - Engineering Honor Society REFEREED, ARCHIVAL PUBLICATIONS Note: Underline indicates student advisee to Dr. Kockelman at the time of the work, & asterisk (*) indicates corresponding author. 1. Quarles, Neil, Kockelman, Kara*, and Lee, Jooyong. "America’s Fleet Evolution in an Automated Future", Forthcoming in Research in Transportation Economics. 2. Li, Weijia and Kockelman, Kara*, "How Does Machine Learning Compare to Conventional Econometrics for Transport Data Sets? A Test of ML vs MLE." Forthcoming in Growth and Change. 3. Gurumurthy, Krishna Murthy, Auld, Joshua, and Kockelman, Kara*. “A System of Shared Autonomous Vehicles for Chicago: Understanding the Effect of Geofencing the Service.” Forthcoming in Journal of Transport and Land Use. 4. Rahman, Mashrur, Gurumurthy, Krishna Murthy, and Kockelman, Kara*. “Impact of Flextime on Departure Time Choice for Home-Based Commuting Trips in Austin, Texas.” Transportation Research Record DOI: 10.1177/03611981211035757. 5. Li, Ruohan, Kockelman, Kara*, and Lee, Jooyong. "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Long- Distance Travel Business: How Far Can We Go?" Transportation Research Record DOI: 10.1177/03611981211036682. 6. Bernhardt, Max and Kockelman, Kara*. “An Analysis of Pedestrian Crash Trends and Contributing Factors in Texas.” Journal of Transport and Health 22: 101090, September 2021. 7. Huang, Yantao and Kockelman, Kara*. “SAV Operations on A Bus Line Corridor: Travel Demand, Service Frequency and Vehicle Size.” Journal of Advanced Transportation 2021: 5577500, July 2021. 8. Lee, Jooyong and Kockelman, Kara*, “Strategic Evacuation for Regional Events: With and Without Autonomous Vehicles.” Transportation Research Record, April 2021.