Randy B. Machemehl, Ph.D.
Professor - Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professor in Transportation Engineering

Office: ECJ 6.908
Phone: (512) 471-4541
Fax: (512) 475-8744
Email: rbm@mail.utexas.edu
UT Mail: C1761
My Website: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/machemehl/home.html

Mailing Address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department-TRAN
301 E. Dean Keeton St. Stop C1761
Austin, TX 78712-1172

Area(s) of Expertise:
Transportation Engineering

Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1975
M.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1973
B.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1970

Technical Interests:
Transportation System Operations, Public Transportation Systems Planning and Design, Traffic Data Acquisition, Traffic Simulation, Transportation System Demand Forecasting, Freeway Operations, Freeway Bottleneck Identification and Resolution

Selected Publications:

Lee, Chungwon and Randy B. Machemehl, "Local and Iterative Searches for the Combined Signal Control and Assignment Problem: Implementation and Numerical Examples," Transportation Research Record No. 1683, Transportation Research Board, pp. 102-109, Washington, DC, 1999.

Hunter, Michael and Randy B. Machemehl, "Operational Evaluation of Freeway Ramp Design," Transportation Research Record No. 1751, Transportation Research Board, pp. 90-100, January 2001.

Fan, Wei and R. Machemehl, "Optimal Transit Route Network Design Problem with Variable Transit Demand: A Genetic Algorithm Approach," American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 132, p 40, January 2006.

Lownes, N.E. and R. Machemehl, "Sensitivity of Simulated Capacity to VISSIM Driver Behavior Parameter Modification," Transportation Research Record, No. 1988, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2006, pp.102-110.

Fan, Wei, R. Machemehl and N. Lownes, "Carsharing: A Dynamic Vehicle Allocation Decision Making Problem," Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2063, National Research Council, Washington D.C., January 2008.

Fan, Wei and R. Machemehl, "Do Transit Users Just Wait for Buses or Wait with Strategies?" Transportation Research Record, No. 2111, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2009, pp. 169-176.

Haire, A. and R. Machemehl, "Operational Cost Efficiency of Bus versus Heavy Rail: A Temporal and Regional Analysis," Proceedings of the 50th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Portland, OR, March 2010.

Duthie, J., J. Brady, A. Mills, J. Loskorn, and R. Machemehl, "Effects of Shared Lane Markings on Bicyclist and Motorist Behavior Along Multi-Lane Facilities," Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 2010.