Kara M. Kockelman, Ph.D.
Professor - William J. Murray, Jr. Fellowship in Engineering
Office: ECJ 6.904
Phone: (512) 471-0210
Fax: (512) 475-8744
Email: kkockelm@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1761
My Website: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/kockelman/
Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-TRAN
301 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C1786
Austin, TX 78712-1172
Area(s) of Expertise:
Transportation Engineering
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Civil Engineering, 1998
M.S., University of California, Berkeley, Civil Engineering, 1996
M.C.P., University of California, Berkeley, City and Regional Planning, 1996
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, Civil Engineering, 1991
Technical Interests:
Travel behavior modeling, transport data analysis, intra-urban transport policy, roadway safety, and the connection between urban form and transportation
Selected Publications:
Wang, Xiaokun and Kara Kockelman. "Bayesian Inference for Ordered Response Data with a
Dynamic Spatial-Ordered Probit Model." Journal of Regional Science, 49 (5), pp. 877-913, 2009.
Zhou, Brenda and Kara Kockelman. "Microsimulation of Residential Land Development and
Household Location Choices: Bidding for Land in Austin, Texas." Presented at The 11th World
Conference on Transport Research, Berkeley, CA, June 2007.
Lemp, Jason and Kara Kockelman. "The Continuous Cross-Nested Logit Model: Formulation and
Application for Departure Time Choice." Compendium of the Transportation Research Board’s 89th
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2010.
Lemp, Jason and Kara Kockelman. "Quantifying the External Costs of Vehicle Use: Evidence from
America’s Top Selling Light-Duty Models." Transportation Research 13D (8), pp. 491-504, 2008.
Shively, Thomas, Kara Kockelman and Paul Damien. "A Bayesian Semi-parametric Model to
Estimate Relationships Between Crash Counts and Roadway Characteristics." Transportation
Research Part B 44 (5), pp. 699-715, 2010.