Dr. Chandra R. Bhat is the Joe J. King Endowed Chair Professor in Engineering at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin, where he teaches courses in transportation systems analysis and transportation planning. He has been a pioneer in the formulation and use of statistical and econometric methods to analyze human choice behavior for transportation and urban policy design. His current research includes the social and environmental aspects of transportation, planning implications of connected and automated smart transportation systems (CASTS), e-commerce and information and communication technology (ICT) impacts on the activity and mobility behaviors of consumers and upstream supply chain providers, and data science and predictive analytics. He is a recipient of many awards, including, most recently, the 2024 W.N. Carey, Jr. Distinguished Service Award from the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the 2024 Joe King Professional Service Award from the University of Texas’s Cockrell Engineering School. He was listed in 2017 as one of the top ten transportation thought leaders in academia by the Eno Foundation. Dr. Bhat currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research – Part B, as well also as the Director of the USDOT-funded National Center for Understanding Future Travel Behavior and Demand.
