Personal Information
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, December 1991; Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Dissertation Title: "Toward a Model of Activity Program Generation".
Master of Science, Transportation Engineering, August 1987; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia; Thesis Title: "A Dynamic Equilibrium-Oriented Approach to Transportation Planning".
Bachelor of Technology, Civil Engineering, June 1985; Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Academic Experience
Honorary Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, July 2016-Present.
Professor (courtesy appointment), Department of Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, September 2013-Present.
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, September 2005-Present.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, September 2001-August 2005.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, September 1997-August 2001.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, September 1993-August 1997.
Assistant Professor (Research) and Lecturer, Transportation Center, Northwestern University, September 1991-August 1993.
Project Manager, Transportation Center, Northwestern University, January 1990-August 1991. Project title: "Market Research Evaluation of Actions to Reduce Suburban Traffic Congestion", sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA).
Graduate Student Researcher, Northwestern University, June 1989-December 1989.
Formulated and developed heuristic integer programming solution for aircraft routing models.Teaching Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, September 1987-June 1988. Graded assignments in transportation-related courses and instructed surveying laboratory.
Research Associate, Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, July 1985-July 1986. Designed raft, caisson, well and pile foundations for ocean structures.
Research Intern, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Summer 1984. Conducted tri-axial stress tests to determine strength of soil for foundation analysis.
Professional Registration
State of Texas, No. 88971
Professional Practice
Consultant, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2013-2015.
Consultant, Parsons Brinckerhoff, 2009-2013.
Consultant, Resource Systems Group, 2008-2009, 2015-2016.
Consultant, Cambridge Systematics, 2007-2012, 2013-2014.
Consultant, NuStats, 2005-2009.
Consultant, Federal Highway Administration (with Cambridge Systematics), 2002-2005.
Consultant, Houston Galveston Area Council (with Parsons Brinckerhoff), 2000-2005.
Consultant, Puget Sound Regional Council (with Cambridge Systematics), 2000-2002.
Consultant, KPMG LLP, December 1997-March 1999, Preparation of a self-instructing manual (with accompanying data) for "Discrete Choice Modeling".
Consultant, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, 1994-1996.
Consultant, Midwest System Sciences, Inc., September 1991-December 1992; Project title "Florida High Speed Rail Market Study", sponsored by the Florida Department of Transportation.
Traffic Engineer, Raymond Keyes Associates, Tarrytown, New York, October 1987-June 1988. Participated in traffic impact studies and traffic signal analysis.
Intern, Fifth Planning District Commission, Roanoke, Virginia, June 1987-September 1987. Estimated demand on Route 460 corridor in Roanoke; designed signal phasing for Route 460.
Honors and Awards: Of Chandra Bhat
2017 Lifetime Achievement in Transportation Research and Education Award (Academic), awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). This award is to "identify individuals who have had a long history of significant and outstanding contribution to university transportation education and research resulting in a lasting contribution to transportation."
2017 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Travel Analysis Methods Section Ryuichi Kitamura Award for the paper entitled "Transportation Planning to Accommodate Needs of Wind Energy Projects" (TRB 17-05309). This award is for the best paper, authored by a student(s)-mentor combination, submitted to the Travel Analysis Methods Section (ADB00) of TRB, which gets over 500 papers each year
2016 Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in recognition of seminal contributions to the field of transportation and urban policy
2015 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award, awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for "his pioneering contributions to transportation systems analysis, his international leadership in bridging the gap between the research and practice of transportation planning, and his dedicated efforts to produce a new generation of high quality transportation professionals."
2015 Hind Rattan Award, awarded by the Government of India in conjunction with a non-profit welfare society for PIOs (People of Indian Origin) residing outside India, for "outstanding services and scholarly achievements in the transportation and econometrics fields."
2013 Professor of Excellence and Longhorn Game Changer in promotional videos featured at UT athletic venues and social media.
2013 TRB Pyke Johnson Award for the paper entitled "Modeling of Household Vehicle Type Choice Accommodating Spatial Dependence Effects" by R. Paleti, C.R. Bhat, R.M. Pendyala, and K.G. Goulias. This award is given annually by the Transportation Research Board for the best paper in the area of planning and environment.
2013 Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.
Selected to be featured in the PROFILES section of the November - December 2013 issue, No. 289, of TR News, the bimonthly magazine of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
2013 Distinguished Scientist and Visiting Professor as part of the Highly Cited (HiCi) Researcher Program of King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia.
2012-2013 Billy and Claude R. Hocott Distinguished Centennial Engineering Research Award, awarded by the Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin.
2010 Induction into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, UT Austin.
Listing in the Top Ten Cited articles (published in the last five years), Transportation Research-Part B, 2006-2011; Article title: The impact of stop-making and travel time reliability on commute mode choice.
Listing in the Top Ten Cited articles (published in the last five years), Transportation Research-Part B, 2006-2011; Article title: A comprehensive analysis of built environment characteristics on household residential choice and auto ownership levels.
Listing in the Top 25 Hottest Articles, Transportation Research-Part B, Oct 2009 - Sept 2010; Article title: A comprehensive analysis of built environment characteristics on household residential choice and auto ownership levels.
2010 Most Outstanding Faculty Award for Civil Engineering, awarded by the Student Engineering Council, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin.
2010 Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Professorship in Civil Engineering, Spring 2010 semester.
2009 S.S. Steinberg Award, awarded by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
2009 Visiting Professor Fellowship, Department of Land Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Cagliari (UNICA), Italy, June 2009.
2008 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, awarded by the Texas Institute of Transportation Engineers. Recognizes the outstanding faculty advisor of a student chapter of TexITE.
2008 Jefferson Science Fellow Selectee at the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State.
2008 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award, awarded by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
2007 TRB Pyke Johnson Award for the paper entitled "Effect of the Built Environment on Motorized and Non-Motorized Trip Making: Substitutive, Complementary, or Synergistic?" by J.Y. Guo, C.R. Bhat, and R.B. Copperman. This award is given annually by the Transportation Research Board for the best paper in the area of planning and environment.
Certificate of Appreciation, Transportation Research Board, for Outstanding Service as Chair, Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting (2001-2007), and Member, Section on Travel Analysis Methods (2004-2007).
2007 Jury panel member, International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) Eric Pas Prize for the best PhD research in the area of travel behavior during the year 2007.
2007 International Visiting Research Fellowship in the School of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, Australia, May-July 2007.
2006-2007 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, awarded by the Graduate School, The University of Texas at Austin.
2006 Selected to participate in the 2006 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering, Dearborn, MI, September 21-23.
2006 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching, awarded by the College of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin.
2005 Published article in Transportation with the second highest number of downloads at Springer website; TRB Guest Editorial entitled "Modeling intra-household interactions and group decision-making," by C.R. Bhat and R.M. Pendyala.
2005 Recognized by the University of South Florida, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Center for Urban Transportation Research, as the Spring 2005 Distinguished Transportation Seminar Speaker.
2005 James Laurie Prize, awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for "innovative contributions to the analysis and design of transportation systems."
2005 Guest editor of special issue of Transportation, entitled "Modeling Intra-Household Interaction and Group Decision-Making," Vol. 32, No. 5, 2005.
2004 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in recognition of contributions to "innovative methods in transportation systems analysis and modeling."
2003-2004 Listing in the Top Ten Most Downloaded Articles published in Transportation Research, Part B; Article title: An analysis of the impact of information and communication technologies on non-maintenance shopping activities.
2003 Received one of two best paper awards at the Transport Chicago 2003 Conference, held at the University of Illinois at Chicago for the paper entitled "An Analysis of Commuter Bicyclist Route Choice Using a Stated Preference Survey," by Stinson, M.A. and C.R. Bhat, June.
2002-2003 Listing in the Top Ten Most Downloaded Articles published in Transportation Research, Part B; Article title: A unified mixed logit framework for modeling revealed and stated preferences: formulation and application to congestion pricing analysis in the San Francisco Bay area.
2001 Jury panel member, International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) Eric Pas Prize for the best PhD research in the area of travel behavior during the year 2001.
2001 Fluor Centennial Teaching Fellowship in Engineering.
2001 Outstanding Research Innovation honor from Texas Department of Transportation for project entitled "Transportation Control Measure Effectiveness in Ozone Nonattainment Areas".
1994 University of Massachusetts Faculty Research Fellowship.
1992 Milton Pikarsky Memorial North American Dissertation Award for best transportation dissertation during the period May 1990-May 1992, awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers.
1991 Northwestern University Dissertation Year Award for outstanding academic performance and research achievements.
1990 Transportation Research Forum (TRF) Graduate Student Paper Award for the paper titled "An Aircraft Routing Model with Departure Time Windows for a Hub and Spoke System".
1990 Chicago Roundtable Council of Logistics Management Award for outstanding contributions in the field of logistics.
1990 Outstanding International Graduate Student Selectee of the National Research Council for International Students in Transportation.
1989 International Air Cargo Forum Scholarship for outstanding academic performance and contributions to the field of airline logistics.
1988 Walter P. Murphy Engineering Fellowship.
Who's Who listings:
Biltmore Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals, 2011 Edition.
Montclair Who's Who in Collegiate Faculty, 2010-2011 Edition; Who's Who in North American Colleges and Universities, 2009-2010 Edition
Presidential Who's Who, 2010 Edition.
Princeton Global Networks Registry, 2009-2010 Edition.
Strathmore's Who's Who, 2009-2010 Edition.
Madison Who's Who of Executives and Professionals, 2008-2009 Edition, 2005-2006 Edition.
Continental Who's Who Registry of National Business Leaders, 2007.
Marquis Who's Who in American Education, 8th Edition, 2007-2008, 7th Edition, 2006-2007; Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 10th Edition, 2008-2009, 9th Edition, 2006-2007, 8th Edition, 2004; Who's Who in America, 61st Edition, 2007, 60th Edition, 2006, 58th Edition, 2003, 57th Edition, 2002; Who's Who in the World, 24th Edition, 2007, 23rd Edition, 2006; Who in Finance and Business, 35th Edition, 2006-2007.
Honors and Awards: Of Chandra Bhat's Students
Ph.D. student, Rajesh Paleti, received the Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award for the best PhD dissertation in the Transportation Science and Technology area, 2013.
M.S. student, Sriram Narayanamoorthy, received the Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award for the best MS thesis in the Transportation Science and Technology area, 2013.
M.S. student, Christina Bernardo, received the Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award for the best MS thesis in the Transportation Policy and Planning area, 2013.
2011 M.S. student, Carey Blackmar, received the Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award for the best MS thesis in the Transportation Policy & Planning area, awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers
2011 Ph.D. student, Rajesh Paleti, received the 2011 SWUTC Dr. Robert Herman Award to the Most Outstanding Student, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2010 Ph.D. student, Naveen Eluru, received an Honorable Mention in the Transportation Science and Logistics (TSL) Dissertation Prize (award presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, November 2010)
2010 Ph.D. student, Ipek Sener, received the 2010 SWUTC Dr. Robert Herman Award to the Most Outstanding Student, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2010 Ph.D. student, Jeffrey LaMondia, received the 2010 SWUTC Dr. William J. Harris Award to the Outstanding Doctoral Student, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2010-2011 Ph.D. student, Nazneen Ferdous, received an Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship, awarded by the National Highway Institute, Federal Highway Administration, 9/1/10-8/31/11, $5,000.
2009 Ph.D. student, Abdul Pinjari, received an Honorable Mention in the international 2008 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize for one of the top two dissertations in the travel behavior field (award presented at the 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Jaipur, India, December 2009).
2009 M.S. student, Bharath Rajagopalan, received the Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award for the best MS thesis in the Transportation Policy & Planning area, awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers.
2009 Ph.D. student, Naveen Eluru, was selected as a finalist for the 2009 North American Regional Science Council (NARSC) Graduate Student Paper Award for the paper entitled "A Joint Flexible Econometric Model System of Household Residential Location and Vehicle Fleet Composition/Usage Choices" by N. Eluru, C.R. Bhat, R.M. Pendyala, and K.C. Konduri.
2009-2010 Ph.D. student, Nazneen Ferdous, received a David Bruton, Jr. Graduate School Fellowship for the 2009-2010 academic year, awarded by the Graduate School, UT Austin.
2009 Ph.D. student, Jeffrey LaMondia, selected as an Eno Fellow to participate in the annual Leadership Development Conference, sponsored by ENO Transportation Foundation
2009 Ph.D. student, Naveen Eluru, selected to participate in the 2009 International Road Federation (IRF) Executive Leadership Program.
2009 Ph.D. student, Ipek Sener, received the 2009 Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, awarded by the Heart of Texas Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS).
2008 Ph.D. student, Abdul Pinjari, received the Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award for the best dissertation in the Transportation Policy & Planning area, awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers.
2008 Ph.D. student, Naveen Eluru, received the 2008 SWUTC Dr. Robert Herman Award to the Most Outstanding Student, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2008 Ph.D. student, Rachel Copperman, received the 2008 SWUTC Dr. William J. Harris Award to the Outstanding Doctoral Student, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2008-2009 Ph.D. student, Jeffrey LaMondia, received an Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship, awarded by the National Highway Institute, Federal Highway Administration, 9/1/08-8/31/09, $1,500.
2008 Ph.D. student, Ipek Sener, selected to participate in the 2008 International Road Federation (IRF) Executive Leadership Program.
2007-2008 Ph.D. student, Jeffrey LaMondia, received an Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship, awarded by the National Highway Institute, Federal Highway Administration, 9/1/07-8/31/08, $1,500.
2007-2008 Ph.D. student, Rachel Copperman, received an Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship, awarded by the National Highway Institute, Federal Highway Administration, 9/1/07-8/31/08, $6,500.
2007-2008 Ph.D. student, Rachel Copperman, received a University Continuing Fellowship for the 2007-2008 academic year, awarded by the Graduate School, UT Austin.
2007 Ph.D. student, Abdul Pinjari, selected to participate in the 2007 International Road Federation (IRF) Executive Leadership Program.
2007 Ph.D. student, Rachel Copperman, received the 2007 Outstanding Student Award, awarded by the Texas Institute of Transportation Engineers to recognize the outstanding student member in each of the TexITE Student Chapters.
2006 M.S. student, Rachel Copperman, received the 2006 SWUTC Outstanding Masters Student Award and selected as the SWUTC 2006 Outstanding Student of the Year, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2006 M.S. student, Jeffrey LaMondia, received the 2006 Outstanding Student Award, awarded by the Texas Institute of Transportation Engineers to recognize the outstanding student member in each of the TexITE Student Chapters.
2005 Ph.D. student, Aruna Sivakumar, received the 2005 SWUTC Dr. Robert Herman Award to the Most Outstanding Student, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2005 M.S. student, Rachel Copperman, selected as an Eno Fellow to participate in the annual Leadership Development Conference, sponsored by ENO Transportation Foundation.
2005-2007 M.S. student, Rachel Copperman, received an Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship, awarded by the National Highway Institute, Federal Highway Administration, 9/1/05-8/31/07, $60,668.
2004-2005 Ph.D. student, Aruna Sivakumar, received a University Continuing Fellowship for the 2004-2005 academic year, awarded by the Graduate School, UT Austin.
2004 Ph.D. student, Jessica Guo, received the C.V. Wootan Memorial Award for the best North American dissertation in the Transportation Planning and Policy area, awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers.
2004 Ph.D. student, Jessica Guo, received the 2004 Wanda J. Schafer Graduate Scholarship, awarded by the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS).
2003-2004 Ph.D. student, Siva Srinivasan, received a University Continuing Fellowship for the 2003-2004 academic year, awarded by the Graduate School, UT Austin.
2003 M.S. student, Allison Lockwood, received the 2003 SWUTC Outstanding Masters Student Award, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2003 M.S. student, Allison Lockwood, selected as an Eno Fellow to participate in the annual Leadership Development Conference, sponsored by ENO Transportation Foundation.
2003 M.S. student, Allison Lockwood, received the 2003 Outstanding Student Award, awarded by the Texas Institute of Transportation Engineers to recognize the outstanding student member in each of the TexITE Student Chapters.
2002 M.S. student, Gozen Basar, received the 2002 SWUTC Outstanding Masters Student Award, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2002 M.S. student, Gozen Basar, selected as an Eno Fellow to participate in the annual Leadership Development Conference, sponsored by ENO Transportation Foundation.
2001 M.S. student, Teresa Frusti, received the 2001 SWUTC Outstanding Masters Student Award, awarded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center.
2001 M.S. student, Aruna Sivakumar, received Milton Pikarsky North American Memorial Award for best transportation M.S. thesis, awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers; Thesis Title "A Fractional Split Distribution Model for Statewide Commodity Flow Analysis".
2000 M.S. student, Harikesh Nair, received Milton Pikarsky North American Memorial Award for best transportation M.S. thesis, awarded by the Council of University Transportation Centers; Thesis Title "Econometric Methods for Improved Mobile Source Emissions Modeling".
Selected Professional Activities
Journal Editorial Boards
Associate Editor, Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 2013-Present.
Associate Editor, Transportation Research - Part B, January 2004-Present.
Consulting Editor, Travel Behaviour and Society, 2013-Present.
Member, Editorial Board of Transportation in Developing Economies, A Journal of the Transportation Research Group of India (TRG), 2014-Present.
Member, Editorial Board of EURO Journal on Transport and Logistics, 2011-Present.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Choice Modelling, 2008-Present.
Member, Editorial Board of Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research, 2007-Present.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Transportation, 1998-Present.
Member, Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, 1995-2010.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Transportation Research - Part B, 1993-2003.
Transportation Research Board Committees
Chair, Travel Analysis Methods Section (ADB00), 2015-Present
Co-Chair, TRB Committee on Transportation Education and Training (ABG20), 2007-2014.
Co-Chair, TRB Committee on Innovations in Travel Demand Modeling: A Conference (ADB99A), 2005-2006.
Member, Special Committee for Travel Forecasting Resources (ADB45), 2010-Present.
Member, TRB Committee on The Role of Automated and Connected Vehicles: The 9th University Transportation Center Spotlight Conference (AHB99A), 2015-2016
Member, TRB Task Force on Mastering the Management of Transportation Research and Training Program (Ahead-of-the-Curve) (ABG05T), 2013-2016.
Member, TRB Task Force on Innovations in Freight Transportation Modeling (AT016T), 2003-2007.
Member, TRB Task Force on Moving Activity-Based Approaches to Practice (ADB60T), 2003-2008.
Member, TRB Committee for a Review of Travel Demand Modeling by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, 2003-2004.
Chairman, TRB Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting (ADB40), 2001-2007.
Chairman, TRB Sub-Committee on Emerging Methodological Developments in Urban Activity and Travel Analysis (ADB40-1), 1998-2001.
Member, TRB Committee on Telecommunications and Travel Behavior (ADB20), 1995-2009.
Member, TRB Committee on Transportation Demand Forecasting (ADB40), 1994-2001 and 2007-2015.
Member, TRB Committee on Traveler Behavior and Values (ADB10), 1992-2008.
Professional Societies and Associations
Member, Planning Committee, Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) National Transportation Workforce Summit, to be held April 24-26, 2012, Denver.
Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers 2011 Burton W. Marsh Graduate Fellowship Selection Committee, 2011.
Member, International Steering Committee for the First International Symposium on Advances in Transport Sustainability (ISATS2010), to be held November 17-19, 2010 at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2010-Present.
Member, Research and Education Division Board of Directors, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), 2010-Present.
Member, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), 2010-Present.
Member, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project Panel SP20-86, 2009-Present.
Member, Eisenhower National Doctoral Review Panel, Universities & Grants Programs, Federal Highway Administration, 2009.
Member, International Scientific Committee for Time Use Observatory Workshop (TUO), Santiago, Chile, Jan 2009; Second Time Use Observatory Workshop (TUO 2), San Felipe, Chile, March 2010; and Third Time Use Observatory Workshop (TUO 3), Santiago, Chile, March 2012, 2008-Present.
Member, International Steering Committee for Travel Survey Conferences (ISCTSC), 2008-Present.
Conference Co-Organizer, 2009 International Association for Travel Behavior Research Meeting, held in Jaipur, India, 2007-Present.
Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2007-Present.
Member, Calgary Regional Travel Model (RTM) Peer Review Panel, 2006-2007.
Member, Travel Model Improvement Program national peer review panel for St. Louis, 2006-2007.
Vice President, Association of Transportation Professionals of Indian Origin (ATPIO), 2006-2007.
Chair, International Association for Travel Behavior Research, 2006-2007.
Member, International Steering Committee for the 2006 International Association for Travel Behavior Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, 2005-2006.
Member, Travel Model Improvement Program national peer review panel to discuss the North Jersey Regional Transportation Model Enhancement Project (NJRTME), 2005-2006.
Member, Board of Advice, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), The University of Sydney, 2005-Present.
Member, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) National Model Peer Review Panel, 2005-2006.
Member, TMIP Web Working Group (TWWG) for the Travel Model Improvement Program Clearinghouse, 2004-Present.
Member, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Travel Model National Peer Review Panel, 2004-2006.
Member, Planning Committee for the 2004 National Household Travel Survey Conference, sponsored by Transportation Research Board and Bureau of Transportation Statistics, held in Washington D.C., 2004.
Vice-Chair, International Association for Travel Behavior Research, 2004-2005.
Member, National Research Council's Committee on Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Laboratory Animals, 2004-2006.
Member, International Scientific Steering Committee for the 2004 Transport Science and Technology Congress held in Athens, Greece, 2003-2004.
Member, International Organizing Committee for the 2004 Conference on Progress in Activity-Based Analysis, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2003-2004.
Member, Peer Review Panel for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), 2003-2007.
Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2003-Present.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001-Present.
International Steering Committee member for the 2003 International Association for Travel Behavior Meeting, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, 2001-2003.
Secretary and Treasurer, International Association for Travel Behavior Research, January 2000-2004.
Member, Transportation Policy Analysis and Systems Monitoring Team of the FHWA Research and Technology Forum, 2000-2003.
Member, Sustainable Transportation Analysis and Research (STAR) Network, 2000-Present.
International Steering Committee member for the 2000 International Association for Travel Behavior Meeting, The Gold Coast, Australia, 1997-2000.
Scientific Committee member, Eighth International Association for Travel Behavior Research, Austin, Texas, 1995-1997.
Board Member, International Association for Travel Behavior Research, 1995-Present.
Editor, Newsletter of the International Association for Travel Behavior, 1994-1999.
Other Scholarly Activities
Plenary Workshop Session Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling (ITM2010), held in May 2010 in Tempe, Arizona.
Keynote Speaker, 3rd Transport Science and Technology Congress (TRANSTEC 2010), held in April 2010 in New Delhi, India.
Keynote Speaker, Second Time Use Observatory Workshop (TUO2), held in March 2010 in San Felipe, Chile.
Session Track Organizer, Track D1: Travel Demand Modeling, 12th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), Lisbon, Portugal, 2009-2010.
Co-Organizer, 12th International Association of Travel Behavior Research (IATBR) Conference, held in Jaipur, India, December 13-18, 2009.
Invited speaker at the October 2009 NSF-funded conference on "Next Generation Data Mining Summit: Dealing with the Energy Crisis, Greenhouse Emissions, and Transportation Challenges," Columbia, Maryland.
Keynote Speaker, Time Use Observatory Workshop (TUO), held in January 2009 in Santiago, Chile.
Keynote Speaker, the inaugural International Choice Conference held in March 2009 in Harrogate, England.
Appointed as a Visiting Professor, and received a prestigious Visiting Professor Fellowship in, the Department of Land Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Cagliari (UNICA), Italy, June 2009. The purpose of the visit was to contribute to teaching/training activities related to discrete choice and activity-based travel modeling, and to undertake collaborative research activities with Prof. Italo Meloni and Elisabetta Cherchi on activity time-use and copula methods.
Appointed as a Visiting Professor of, and received a prestigious International Visiting Research Fellowship in, the School of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, May-July 2007. The purpose of the visit was to contribute to teaching/training activities related to discrete choice and discrete-continuous modeling, and undertake collaborative research activities with Prof. David Hensher at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies on freight/logistics policy-related research and modeling.
UT Representative to the Southwest University Transportation Center Selection Committee for Best Student, 1998-2001, 2002-Present.
Member, TxDOT RMC 2 Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), 1999-Present.
Co-guest Editor (with Ryuichi Kitamura) for a special issue of Transportation on Time Use Analysis, Vol. 26, May 1999.
Bhat, C.R. and T.K. Lawton, Passenger Travel Demand Forecasting in the New Millennium, "Millennium" paper prepared for the Transportation Research Board, July 1999.
Contributor to the organization of sessions sponsored by the Transportation Demand Forecasting (ADB40) and Traveler Behavior and Values (ADB10) committees at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meetings at Washington,D.C.
Organizer of sessions at International Conferences such as the World Conference on Transport Research and the International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management.
Assisting the North Central Texas Council of Governments (the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Planning Organization) in their travel demand upgrade improvement program.
Reviewer for transportation-related books submitted for publication consideration to publishers.
Reviewer of proposals submitted for funding consideration to the University of California Transportation Center.
Managing review of selected papers submitted for consideration for publication in Transportation Research Record, Transportation, and International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management.
Reviewer for selected papers submitted for consideration for publication in Transportation Research, Transportation, Transportation Research Record, and the International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management.
Advising, counseling and other administrative activities
Chair, CAEE Awards Committee, 2010-Present.
Member, Parking and Traffic Appeals Panel, 2009-Present.
Member, CAEE Awards Committee, 2009-2010.
Chair, CAEE ABET PO Subcommittee for Program Outcome #1, 2009-2010.
Member, Selection Committee for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, 2009
Member, Selection Committee for the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Award for Excellence in Engineering Teaching, 2007, 2008.
Member, CAEE Faculty Evaluation Committee, 2007-2009.
Member, CAEE Faculty Search Committee, 2007-2008.
Chairman, CAEE Long Range Planning Committee, 2006-2007.
Member, UT Search Committee for Senior Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, 2005.
Coordinator, Undergraduate Summer Internship in Transportation, 2003-Present.
Coordinator, Transportation graduate program, September 2002-Present.
Member, CAEE Graduate Fellowships, Financial Aid and Recruiting Committee, 2002-Present.
Associate Chairman for Planning and Administration, September 2001-2007.
Chairman, ABET Steering Committee, 2001-2007.
Member, College of Engineering Accreditation and Assessment Committee, 2001-2007.
Member, CE Advisory Committee, 2001-2007.
Chairman, Building and Safety Subcommittee, 2001-2004.
Chair, Parking and Traffic Policies Committee, 2001-2002.
Member, Parking and Traffic Policies Committee, 2000-2002.
Member, CE Graduate Fellowships, Financial Aid and Recruiting Committee, 1999-2001.
Transportation graduate program coordinator, September 1999-August 2001.
ITE faculty advisor, 1998-Present.
Member, Equal Opportunity in Engineering College Committee, 1998-2001.
Member, CE Web Page Development Committee, 1998-1999.
Member, Ad hoc Sub-committee to evaluate science/math electives, 1998-1999.
Member, Advisory Committee for Urban Studies Degree Program within the Urban Issues Program, 1997-Present.
Member, CE Curriculum Committee, 1997-2001.
Member, CE Computer Use and Policies Committee, 1997-1998.
Member, CE Building and Safety Committee, 1997-1998.