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kkockelm@mail.utexas.edu
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Office Location: ECJ 6.904

Kara Kockelman

Professor

Dewitt C. Greer Centennial Professorship in Transportation Engineering

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

Additional Appointments
Professor, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin

Technical Interests

  • Integrated models of travel demand, vehicle ownership, land use, crash counts and severities, energy use, emissions and trade
  • Roadway design and pricing
  • Urban systems simulations
  • Energy and air quality
  • Urban planning, regional science and spatial econometrics
  • Survey design, data acquisition and analysis
  • Connection between urban form and travel behaviors
  • Autonomous, electric and shared vehicle operations

Related Websites
Kockelman Online Portfolio
Kockelman College of Liberal Arts Profile

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