Dr. Bhat's Former UT Students

Samantha Anderson Samantha Anderson
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2023
Thesis Title: An Investigation of Dissonance in Telework Frequency
Email: samanders@utexas.edu
Current Employer: TBD
Sebastian Astroza Sebastian Astroza
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Spring 2018
Dissertation Title: Flexible Multiple Discrete-Continuous Choice Structures and Mixed Modeling
Email: secuastroza@gmail.com
Current Employer: Assistant Professor, Departamento de Ingenieria Industrial, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile
H.M. Abdul Aziz H.M. Abdul Aziz
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2009
Thesis Title: A Copula Based Joint Multinomial Discrete-Hazard Model of Work Arrangement Choice and Telecommuting Duration
Email: haziz@purdue.edu
Current Employer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Gozen Basar Gozen Basar Hartman
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2002
Thesis Title: A Parameterized Consideration Set Model for Airport Choice: An Application to the San Francisco Bay Area
Email:  
Current Employer: Fairlawn Real Estate, Champaign, IL
   
Carey Blackmar Carey (Blackmar) Barr
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2010
Thesis Title: Comparing Transit Accessibility Measures: A Case Study of Access to Healthcare Facilities
Email: careyblackmar@gmail.com
Current Employer: AECOM, Arlington, VA
   
Chrissy Bernardo Chrissy Bernardo
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2012
Thesis Title: An Empirical Investigation into the Time-Use and Activity Patterns of Dual-Earner Couples With and Without Young Children
Email: chrissybernardo@gmail.com
Current Employer: Boston Consulting Group (BCG), New York, NY
   
Gina Blazanin Gina Blazanin
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2021
Thesis Title: E-Scooter Sharing and Bikesharing Systems: An Individual-level Analysis of Factors Affecting First-use and Use Frequency
Email: ginablazanin@utexas.edu
Current Employer: SRF Consulting, Minneapolis, MN
   
Katie Born Katie Born
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2013
Thesis Title: A Count Data Model with Endogenous Covariates: Formulation and Application to Roadway Crash Frequency at Intersections
Email: born2.utexas.edu
Current Employer: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Phoenix, AZ
   
Jay Carini

Jay Carini

Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 1998
Thesis Title: On Modeling the Generation and Organization of Household Activity Stops
Email:  
Current Employer: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Columbus, OH
   
Lindsey Carroll Lindsey Carroll
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2010
Thesis Title: Assessing the Environmental Justice Impacts of Toll Road Projects
Email: lindsey.e.carroll@gmail.com
Current Employer: Parsons Corporation, Vienna, VA
   
Saul Castelar

Saul Castelar

Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2001
Thesis Title: Analysis of Congestion Pricing in the San Francisco Bay Area
Email: scastelar@hotmail.com
Current Employer: Euroestudios, S.L., El Salvador
   
Marisol Castro Marisol Castro
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Fall 2012
Dissertation Title: On Generalizing the Multiple Discrete-Continuous Extreme Value (MDCEV) Model
Email: mcastro@cistrans.cl
Current Employer: CIS Asociados Consultores en Transporte, Santiago, Chile
   
Ankita Chaudhary Ankita Chaudhary
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2014
Thesis Title: Range Anxiety on Driver Route Choices using a Panel-Integrated Choice Latent Variable Model
Email: cc.ankita@gmail.com
Current Employer: Connetics Transportation Group, Orlando, FL
   
Qinglin Chen

Qinglin Chen

Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2001
Thesis Title: Modeling Commodity-based County Freight Consumptions
Email: qchen@wilbursmith.com
Current Employer: Wilbur Smith Associates, Lisle, IL
Sandeep Conoor

Sandeep Conoor

Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2003
Thesis Title: An Analysis of Weekend Shopping Stop Generation and Organization
Email: sandeep.conoor@gmail.com
Current Employer: In4mation Insights, Boston, MA
   
Rachel Copperman Rachel Copperman
Degrees: M.S., Fall 2005; Summer 2008
Thesis Title: An Analysis of the Determinants of Youth's Weekend Physical Activity Participation
Dissertation Title: A Comprehensive Assessment of Children's Activity-Travel Patterns with Implications for Activity-Based Travel Demand Modeling
Email: rachelcopperman@gmail.com
Current Employer: Cambridge Systematics, Austin, TX
   
Alice Chu Alice Chu
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2015
Thesis Title: A Comprehensive Mixed Logit Analysis of Crash Type Conditional on a Crash Event
Email: aliceachu@gmail.com
Current Employer: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Oakland, CA
   
Qichun Dai Qichun Dai
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2017
Thesis Title: Using Virtual Accessibility and Physical Accessibility as Joint Predictors of Activity-Travel Behavior
Email: qichun.dai@utexas.edu
Current Employer: AECOM, Austin, TX
   
Katherine Dannemiller Katherine Dannemiller
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2021
Thesis Title: Autonomous Vehicle Impacts on Travel-Based Activity and Activity-Based Travel
Email: kadannemiller@utexas.edu
Current Employer: Cambridge Systematics, Austin, TX
   
Amanda Deering Amanda Deering
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2016
Thesis Title: A Framework for Processing Connected Vehicle Data in Transportation Planning Applications
Email: amdeering@utexas.edu
Current Employer: DKS Associates, Portland, OR
   
Jun Deng Jun Deng
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2013
Thesis Title: A Novel Approach to Modeling and Predicting Crash Frequency at Rural Intersections by Crash Type and Injury Severity Level
Email: dengjun@utexas.edu
Current Employer: LSA Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
   
Felipe Ferreira Dias Felipe Ferreira Dias
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Spring 2020
Thesis Title: Traveler Responses to Ride-Hailing and Autonomous Vehicles: Understanding the Forces that Stand to Shape the Future of Transportation
Email: fdias@utexas.edu
Current Employer: Jacobs, Austin, TX
   
Mat Dolata Mat Dolata
Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2005
Thesis Title: A Comprehensive Examination of Factors Influencing Auto Ownership Decisions
Email: dolatamat@yahoo.com
Current Employer: DKS Associates, Portland, OR
   
Naveen Eluru Naveen Eluru
Degrees: M.S., Fall 2005;Ph.D., Fall 2010
Thesis Title: A Joint Econometric Analysis of Seat Belt Use and Crash-Related Injury Severity
Dissertation Title: Developing Advanced Econometric Frameworks for Modeling Multidimensional Choices: An Application to Integrated Land-Use Activity Based Model Framework
Email: Naveen.Eluru@ucf.edu
Current Employer: Associate Professor, Dept of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida
   
Nazneen Ferdous Nazneen Ferdous
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 2011
Dissertation Title: A New Estimation Approach for Modeling Activity-Travel Behavior: Applications of the Composite Marginal Likelihood Approach in Modeling Multidimensional Choices
Email: nazneen.ferdous@gmail.com
Current Employer: Jacobs, Herndon, VA
   
Allison Lockwood Allison (Lockwood) Fluitt
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2003
Thesis Title: A Comprehensive Analysis of Weekend Activity Patterns in the San Francisco Bay Area
Email: Allison.Fluitt@kimley-horn.com
Current Employer: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Raleigh, NC
   
Teresa Gresham

Teresa (Frusti) Gresham

Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2001
Thesis Title: Rhythms in Daily Activity-Travel Behavior: A Multiweek Study
Email: teresa.gresham@kimley-horn.com
Current Employer: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Raleigh, NC
   
Anand Gopal

Anand Gopal

Email: ARGopal@lbl.gov

Ph.D. in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG) at U.C. Berkeley.
Currently a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oakland, CA

Jessica Guo Jessica Guo
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Fall 2004
Dissertation Title: Addressing Spatial Complexities in Residential Location Choice Models
Email: guojy@pbworld.com
Current Employer: Nike, Portland, OR
   
Megan Hoklas Megan Hoklas
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2014
Thesis Title: An Integrated Latent Construct Modeling Framework for Predicting Physical Activity Engagement and Health Outcomes
Email: mhoklas@utexas.edu
Current Employer: HDR, Austin, TX
   
Jennifer Hunter Jennifer (Steed) Hunter
Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2000
Thesis Title: A Continuous-Time Model of Departure Time Choice for Urban Shopping Trips
Email: jennifer.hunter@kimley-horn.com
Current Employer: Kimley-Horn & Associates, Atlanta, GA
   
Joseph Hutchinson Joseph Hutchinson
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2018
Thesis Title: Exploring Patterns of Heterogeneity in Activity–Travel Behaviors of Older People
Email: jhutchinson@utexas.edu
Current Employer: AECOM, Austin, TX
   
Analissa Icaza Analissa Icaza
Degree: M.S.
Date: Summer 2011
Thesis Title: An Empirical Analysis of Internet Use Among Teenagers and its Impact on their Activity Travel Behavior During Weekdays
Email: icaza18@gmail.com
Current Employer: Universidad Tecnologica de Panama
   
Shuqing Kang Shuqing Kang
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2020
Thesis Title: Pooled Versus Private Ride-Hailing: A Joint Revealed and Stated Preference Analysis Recognizing Psycho-Social Factors
Email: kangshuqing199723@163.com
Current Employer: Baidu, Beijing
   
Aarti Kapur Aarti Kapur
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2006
Thesis Title: On Modeling Adults' Weekend Day Time Use by Activity Purpose and Accompaniment Arrangement
Email:  
Current Employer: Fractal Analytics, Mumbai, India
   
Ryan Kelly

Ryan Kelly

Degree: M.S.
Date: Summer 2000
Thesis Title: Departure Time Choice Models for Air Travel
Email: ryankelly11@yahoo.com
Current Employer: Crain & Associates, Culver City, CA
   
Vivek Kumar Vivek Kumar
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2015
Thesis Title: The Impacts of an Incentive-Based Intervention on Peak Period Traffic: Experience from the Netherlands
Email: vivek03@utexas.edu
Current Employer: The Corradino Group, Fort Lauderdale, FL
   
Jeffrey LaMondia Jeffrey LaMondia
Degrees: M.S., Fall 2006; Ph.D., Summer 2010
Thesis Title: Modeling Side Stop Behavior During Long Distance Travel Using the 1995 American Travel Survey
Dissertation Title: A Behavioral Framework for Tourism Travel Time Use and Activity Patterns
Email: jlamondia@auburn.edu
Current Employer: Associate Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, Auburn University
Patricia Lavieri Patricia Lavieri
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 2018
Dissertation Title: Is the Future of Urban Mobility Shared? Modeling Ride-Hailing Adoption and Preferences for Ownership and Sharing of Autonomous Vehicles
Email: laviepa@gmail.com
Current Employer: Lecturer, Dept of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia
   
Kamryn Long Kamryn Long
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2018
Thesis Title: The Role of Childhood Context and Experience in Shaping Activity-Travel Choices in Adulthood
Email: kamrynlong@utexas.edu
Current Employer: Alliance Transportation Group, Inc., Austin, TX
   
Kerry McConnell

Kerry McConnell

Degree: M.S.
Date: Summer 2000
Thesis Title: Household Level Commute Travel Mode Choice and Allocations of Activity Stops
Email: kerry.mcconnell@portenf.sa.gov.au
Current Employer: City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Port Adelaide, South Australia
   
Rajul Misra

Rajul Misra

Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 1999
Dissertation Title: Toward a Comprehensive Representation and Analysis Framework for Non-Worker Activity-Travel Pattern Modeling
Email: media@aarki.com
Current Employer: Somnoware, San Francisco, CA
   
Aupal Mondal

Aupal Mondal

Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 2023
Dissertation Title: On Flexible and Efficient New Econometric Approaches for Choice Data Analysis
Email: aupal.mondal@utexas.edu
Current Employer: Center for Transportation Research, Austin, TX
   
Gopindra Nair

Gopindra Nair

Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 2020
Dissertation Title: On Preference Modeling Techniques to Analyze Autonomous Vehicle Adoption and Use
Email: gopindra@utexas.edu
Current Employer: North Central Texas Council of Governments, Arlington, TX
   
Harikesh Nair

Harikesh Nair

Degree: M.S.
Date: Summer 2000
Thesis Title: Traffic Models for Mobile Source Emissions Forecasting
Email: harikesh.nair@stanford.edu
Current Employer: Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
   
Sriram Narayanamoorthy Sriram Narayanamoorthy
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2012
Thesis Title: On Accommodating Spatial Dependence in Bicycle and Pedestrian Injury Counts by Severity Level
Email: nsriram13@gmail.com
Current Employer: Bain & Company, Palo Alto, CA
   
Sriharsha Nerella Sriharsha Nerella
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2003
Thesis Title: A Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Random Sampling of Alternatives in Discrete Choice Models
Email: Sriharsha.Nerella@capitalone.com
Current Employer: Capital One Canada, Toronto
   
Travis Owens Travis Owens
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2012
Thesis Title: Modeling Rail Cost for Multimodal Corridor Planning
Email: travisowens88@gmail.com
Current Employer: Texas Department of Transportation, Dallas, TX
   
Rajesh Paleti Rajesh Paleti
Degrees: M.S., Fall 2009; Ph.D., Fall 2012
Thesis Title: Examining the Influence of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Driver Injury Severity in Traffic Crashes
Dissertation Title: On Integrating Models of Household Vehicle Ownership, Composition, and Evolution with Activity Based Travel Models
Email: paletiravivr@ornl.govu
Current Employer Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
   
Priyadarshan Patil Priyadarshan Patil
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2016
Thesis Title: Simulation Evaluation of Emerging Estimation Techniques for Multinomial Probit Models
Email: priyadarshan@utexas.edu
Currently pursuing Ph.D. in the Operations Research and Industrial Engineering program (ORIE) at UT Austin.
   
Abdul Pinjari Abdul R. Pinjari
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 2008
Dissertation Title: Modeling Residential Self-Selection in Activity-Travel Behavior Models: Integrated Models of Multidimensional Choice Processes
Email: apinjari@usf.edu
Current Employer: Associate Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
   
Yasasvi Popuri

Yasasvi Popuri

Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2001
Thesis Title: On Modeling the Choice and Frequency of Home-Based Telecommuting by Individuals
Email: yasasvi.popuri@zs.com
Current Employer: ZS Associates, San Mateo, CA
   
Michael Pozsgay

Michael Pozsgay

Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2000
Thesis Title: Modeling Attraction-End Choice for Urban Recreational Trips: Implications for Transportation, Air Quality and Land-Use Planning
Email: pozsgay@gmail.com
Current Employer: Federal Aviation Administration, Washington D.C.
   
Bharath Rajagopalan Bharath Rajagopalan
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2008
Thesis Title: A Comprehensive Analysis of Workers' Non-Work Activity Time-Use and Timing Behavior
Email: bhar0x@gmail.com
Current Employer: Partners Group, New York, NY
   
Jayanthi Rajamani

Jayanthi Rajamani

Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2003
Thesis Title: Assessing the Impact of Urban Form on non-Work Trip Mode Choice
Email: jrajamani@yahoo.com
Current Employer: McKinsey & Company, Boston, MA
   
Gita Ramadurai Gitakrishnan Ramadurai
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2003
Thesis Title: A Comprehensive Analysis of Weekday Maintenance and Non-Maintenance Shopping Activity Behavior
Email: gitakrishnan@iitm.ac.in
Current Employer: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, India
   
Elizabeth Sall Elizabeth Sall
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2004
Thesis Title: An Analysis of Weekend Work Activity Patterns
Email: easall@gmail.com
Current Employer: UrbanLabs LLC, Seattle, WA
   
Rupali Sardesai Rupali Sardesai
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2004
Thesis Title: Non-Motorized Travel in the San Francisco Bay Area: An Exploratory Analysis
Email:  
Current Employer: Gilead Sciences, San Francisco, CA
   
Sudeshna Sen Sudeshna Sen
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 2006
Dissertation Title: A Joint Multiple Discrete Continuous Extreme Value (MDCEV) Model and Multinomial Logit Model (MNL) for Examining Vehicle Type/Vintage, Make/Model and Usage Decisions of the Household
Email: sudeshnasen@gmail.com
Current Employer: Merkle, Chicago, IL
   
Ipek Sener Ipek Sener
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Summer 2010
Dissertation Title: Accommodating Flexible Spatial and Social Dependency Structures in Discrete Choice Models of Activity-Based Travel Demand Modeling
Email: ipekism@gmail.com
Current Employer: Texas Transportation Institute, Austin, TX
   
Saamiya Seraj Saamiya Seraj
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2011
Thesis Title: Parental Attitudes towards Children Walking and Bicycling to School: A Multivariate Ordered Response Analysis
Email: saami.seraj@gmail.com
Current Employer: Sheltech (Pvt) Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
   
Raghu Sidharthan Raghuprasad Sidharthan
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Fall 2012
Dissertation Title: On the Estimation and Application of Flexible Unordered Spatial Discrete Choice Models
Email: srprasad@gmail.com
Current Employer: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Seattle, WA
   
Abhilash Singh Abhilash Singh
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2017
Thesis Title: Quantifying the Relative Contribution of Factors to Household Vehicle Miles of Travel
Email: abhilashcsingh@gmail.com
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at Imperial College London.
   
Palvinder Singh Palvinder Singh
Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2011
Thesis Title: On Modeling Telecommuting Behavior: Option, Choice and Frequency
Email: palvinder.iitd@gmail.com
Current Employer: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Portland, OR
   
Aruna Sivakumar Aruna Sivakumar
Degrees: M.S., Summer 2001; Ph.D., Fall 2005
Thesis Title: A Fractional Split Distribution Model for Statewide Commodity Flow Analysis
Dissertation Title: Toward a Comprehensive, Unified, Framework for Analyzing Spatial Location Choice
Email: aruna.sivakumar@gmail.com
Current Employer: Imperial College London, UK
   
Aruna Srinivasan

Aruna Srinivasan

Degree: M.S.
Date: Summer 2002
Thesis Title: Modeling Shopping Activities: A Comparison of Two Behavioral Choice Mechanisms
Email: aruna_dce@yahoo.com
Current Employer: Google, San Francisco, CA
   
Siva Srinivasan Siva Srinivasan
Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Fall 2004
Dissertation Title: Modeling Household Interactions in Daily Activity Generation
Email: siva@ce.ufl.edu
Current Employer: Associate Professor, Dept of Civil & Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
   
Monique Urban Monique Stinson
Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2002
Thesis Title: A Discrete Choice Modeling Exploration of the Route Choice Preferences of Commuter Bicyclists
Email: mstinson@anl.gov
Current Employer: Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
   
Prasad Vana Lakshmi Prasad Vana
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2007
Thesis Title: On Modeling the Choices of Work-Hour Arrangement, Location, and Frequency of Telecommuting
Email: v.l.n.prasad@gmail.com
Current Employer: Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
   
Vivek Verma Vivek Verma
Degree: M.S.
Date: Spring 2023
Thesis Title: A Joint Behavioral Choice Model of Carpool Formation and Frequency
Email: vivek.verma@utexas.edu
Current Employer: WSP USA, Austin, TX
   
Pragun Vinayak Pragun Vinayak
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2017
Thesis Title: Accounting for Multi-Dimensional Dependencies Among Decision-makers Within a Generalized Model Framework: An Application to Understanding Shared Mobility Service Usage Levels
Email: pragunvinayak@utexas.edu
Current Employer: Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
   
Gaurav Vyas Gaurav Vyas
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2011
Thesis Title: A Joint Vehicle Holdings (Type and Vintage) and Primary Driver Assignment Model with an Application for California
Email: gavyas@gmail.com
Current Employer: Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, NY
   
Zeina Wafa Zeina Wafa
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2014
Thesis Title: A Latent-Segmentation Based Approach to Investigating the Spatial Transferability of Activity-Travel Models
Email: zazzouna@gmail.com
Current Employer: Cambridge Systematics, Austin TX
   
Tan Wang Tan Wang
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2014
Thesis Title: Solving Dynamic Repositioning Problem for Bicycle Sharing Systems: Model, Heuristics, and Decomposition
Email: hereiswt@gmail.com
Currently pursuing Ph.D. in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management (IROM) at UT Austin.
   
Lisa Weston Lisa Weston
Degree: Ph.D., Community & Regional Planning
Date: Spring 2005
Dissertation Title: What Helps and What Hinders the Travel Behavior of Non-Driving Teens
Email:  Lisa.Weston@unt.edu
Current Employer: Center for Economic Development and Research, Univ of North Texas
   
Michail Xyntarakis Michail Xyntarakis
Degree: M.S.
Date: Summer 2004
Thesis Title: A Twofold Classification of Household Shopping Activities: Theoretical basis and empirical results from an activity-travel behavior perspective
Email: mnxynt@yahoo.gr
Current Employer: Cambridge Systematics, New York, NY
   
Aswani Yeraguntla Aswani Yeraguntla
Degree: M.S.
Date: Fall 2004
Thesis Title: A Classification Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of Work Arrangements
Email: aswani_yak@yahoo.com
Current Employer: Tiger Analytics, Chennai, India
   

Huimin Zhao

Huimin Zhao

Degree: Ph.D.
Date: Fall 2002
Dissertation Title: Toward a Comprehensive Hazard-Based Duration Framework to Accommodate Nonresponse in Panel Surveys
Email: hzhao88@gmail.com
Current Employer: Independent Consultant, Austin, TX