Every year, CTR students receive prestigious recognition for ground-breaking contributions in their respective fields. We take great pride in the quality, integrity, and ambition of our students, and we continue to push our students to follow their peers on a path of leadership in transportation.
National/International Awards
Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC)
Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award
For the best dissertation/thesis in the area of transportation science and technology
Best Ph.D. Dissertation
- 2013 – Rajesh Paleti
- 2007 – Xiaokun Wang
- 2003 – Michael Hunter
- 1996 – Jose Holguin-Veras
Best M.S. Thesis
- 2013 – Sriram Narayanamoorthy
- 2012 – Tarun Rambha
- 2006 – Stephen Boyles
- 2005 – Pradeep Gulipalli
- 2001 – Aruna Sivakumar
- 2000 – Harikesh Nair
Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award
For the best dissertation/thesis in the area of transportation planning and policy.
Best Ph.D. Dissertation
- 2008 – Abdul Pinjari
- 2004 – Jessica Guo
- 2002 – Chiung-Yu Chiu
- 1997 – Elise Miller Hooks
Best M.S. Thesis
- 2013 – Christina Bernardo
- 2011 – Carey Blackmar
- 2010 – Sashank Musti
- 2009 – Bharath Rajagopalan
ENO Leadership Development Conference
Fellows
- 2014 – Sergio Martinez
- 2013 – Meredith Cebelak
- 2012 – Dan Fagnant
- 2010 – Katherine Kortum
- 2009 – Jeff LaMondia
- 2008 – Alison Conway
- 2007 – Jen Duthie
- 2006 – Nick Lownes
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
TSL Dissertation Prize
- 2010 Honorable Mention – Naveen Eluru
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award
- 2013 – Chris Melson
- 2007 – Stephen Boyles
Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America)
Student Essay Competition
- 2013 First Place – Dan Fagnant
International Road Federation (IRF)
Executive Leadership Program Fellows
- 2014 – Pravat Karki
- 2013 – Zelalem Arega, Mubassira Khan, Juan Porras Alvarado
- 2012 – Arash Motamed
- 2011 – Lu Gao
- 2010 – Jose Aguiar
- 2009 – Naveen Eluru
- 2008 – Lucas Lahitou, Ipek Sener
- 2007 – Abdul Pinjari, Rong Luo
- 2006 – Xiaokun Wang
North American Regional Science Council of the Regional Science Association
Graduate Student Paper Competition Finalist
- 2010 – Yiyi Wang
- 2006 – Brenda Zhou
Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
AAPT Scholarship
- 2011 – Arash Motamed
Transportation Research Board
Fred Burggraf Award
- 2009 – Jen Duthie, along with co-author Dr. S. Travis Waller
For their paper entitled “Incorporating Environmental Justice Measures into Equilibrium-Based Network Design”
Transportation Research Board
Pyke Johnson Award
- 2013 – Rajesh Paleti, along with co-authors Dr. Chandra Bhat, Ram Pendyala and Kostas Goulias (faculty colleagues at ASU and UC Santa Barbara) For their paper entitled “Modeling of Household Vehicle Type Choice Accommodating Spatial Dependence Effects”
- 2007 – Rachel Copperman, along with co-authors Dr. Chandra Bhat, and Dr. Jessica Guo (a former UT Austin Ph.D. student) For their paper entitled “Effect of the Built Environment on Motorized and Non-Motorized Trip Making: Substitutive, Complementary, or Synergistic?”
Universities and Grants Program, National Highway Institute, Federal Highway
Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowships
- 2013 – Dan Fagnant, Brice Nichols, Sergio Martinez
- 2012 – Chrissy Bernardo, Meredith Cebelak, Donna Chen, Chris Melson, and Diniece Peters
- 2011 – Dan Fagnant, Katie Larsen, Chris Melson
- 2010 – Nazneen Ferdous, Roshan Kumar
- 2009 – Migdalia Carrion Alers, Lauren Gardner, Nezamuddin, Beatriz Rutzen
- 2008 – Stephen Boyles, Lauren Gardner, Jeff LaMondia, Jason Lemp
- 2007 – Stephen Boyles, Alison Conway, Rachel Copperman, Jen Duthie, Lauren Gardner, Jeff LaMondia, Jason Lemp, Brenda Zhou
- 2006 – Stephen Boyles, Alison Conway, Jen Duthie, Feng Hong
Regional Awards
Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC)
SWUTC Outstanding Student of the Year
- 2009 – Jason Lemp
- 2006 – Rachel Copperman
Robert Herman Outstanding Student Award
- 2011 – Rajesh Paleti
- 2010 – Ipek Sener
- 2008 – Naveen Eluru
Naomi Ledé Outstanding Master Student Award
- 2013 – Christina Bernardo
- 2006 – Rachel Copperman
William J. Harris Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
- 2012 – Dan Fagnant
- 2010 – Jeff LaMondia
- 2009 – Jason Lemp
- 2008 – Rachel Copperman
- 2007 – Nick Lownes
- 2006 – Jen Duthie
ITS Texas, the Texas chapter of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America)
ITS Texas Scholarships
- 2013 – Mubassira Khan
- 2012 – Mason Gemar
- 2011 – Donna Chen, Chris Melson
- 2010 – Dan Fagnant, Nezamuddin
- 2009 – Katherine Kortum, Lily Aung
- 2008 – Beth Porterfield
- 2007 – Ricardo Aitken, Stephen Boyles
- 2006 – Jason West
Texas Institute of Transportation Engineers (TexITE)
Outstanding Student Award
- 2013 – Meredith Cebelak
- 2012 – Mason Gemar
- 2011 – Dan Fagnant
- 2009 – Eleni Pappas
- 2008 – Tara Snell
- 2007 – Rachel Copperman
- 2006 – Jeff LaMondia
Outstanding Student Chapter
- 2009 – UT Austin
- 2007 – UT Austin
Outstanding Student Paper
- 2013 – Chris Melson
- 2007 – Stephen Boyles
Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS)
Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship, Heart of Texas Chapter
- 2013 – Donna Chen
- 2012 – Yiyi Wang
- 2011 – Katie Larsen
- 2010 – Lauren Gardner
- 2009 – Ipek Sener
- 2008 – Brenda Zhou
- 2007 – Rong Luo
- 2006 – Xiaokun Wang
President’s Legacy Scholarship, Heart of Texas Chapter:
- 2013 – Marisol Castro
- 2012 – Katherine Kortum
- 2010 – Katherine Kortum
- 2007 – Jen Duthie