Alumni in Academia

Vojin Tošić

Emeritus Professor
University of Belgrade
Alumni

PhD University of California Berkeley

MS University of California Berkeley

University of Belgrade - Present

Professor Emeritus, Transport and Traffic Engineering

Professor Vojin Tošić, retired as from 1st October, 2011; he is involved with APATC on a part time basis) is former Head of the APATC at UB-FTTE. Educated at the University of Belgrade (Dipl. ing.) and University of California at Berkeley (MSc and PhD on runway...

Kenneth Train

Adjunct Professor
Alumni
Berkeley Economics
University of California, Berkeley

Dissertation: Auto Ownership and Mode Choice within Households

PhD Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1977

MA Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1975

AB Economics, Harvard University, 1974

University of California, Berkeley - Present

Adjunct Professor

Kenneth Train joined the Berkeley faculty in 1979. He received his BA from Harvard in 1973 and PhD from Berkeley in 1977. He is currently an Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Economics...

Christoffel Venter

Professor
Alumni
Civil Engineering
University of Praetoria

Dissertation: The Timing of Activity and Travel Planning Decisions

Advisor: Mark Hansen

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1998

MEng Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1993

BEng Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1992

University of Praetoria - Present

Professor

Christo Venter is a civil engineer with more than 25 years’ experience in transportation...

Akshay Vij

Senior Research Fellow
Alumni
Institute for Choice
University of South Australia

Dissertation: Incorporating the Influence of Latent Modal Preferences in Travel Demand Models

Advisor: Joan Walker

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2013

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2010

BTech Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2008

University of South Australia - Present

Associate Professor

Dr. Akshay Vij is an...

Eugene Vinitsky

Assistant Professor
Alumni
New York University

MS Physics, University of California Sanat Barbara, 2016

BS Physics, Caltech, 2014

NYU - Present

Assitant Professor

My research goal is to see complex, human-like behavior emerge from unsupervised interaction between groups of learning agents with an applications focus on enabling autonomous vehicles to operate in rich scenarios. Concretely this leads to a lot of questions:

How can we use RL to design models of human agents? How can we ensure that RL-designed agents are human-compatible? How can we...

Vukan Vuchic

Professor Emeritus
Alumni
Transportation Systems Engineering
City and Regional Planning
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Dissertation: Interstation Spacings for Line-Hual Passenger Transportation

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1966

MEng Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1965

Dipl Ing Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Belgrade, 1960

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Present

Emer. UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation Systems, School of Engineering Professor, City...

Stephen Wheeler

Professor
Alumni
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design
University of California, Davis

Dissertation: Designing the Liveable Metropolis: Metropolitan Institutions and the Evolutions of Urban Form

Advisor: Elizabeth Deakin

PhD City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 2000

MCP City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 1995

BA Psychology, Dartmouth University, 1979

University of California, Davis - Present

Professor Emeritus

Stephen M. Wheeler (Steve) is a Professor in the Landscape...

Jan Whittington

Associate Professor
Alumni
Urban Design and Planning
University of Washington

Dissertation: The Transaction Cost Economics of Highway Project Delivery: Design-Build Contracting in Three States

Advisor: David Dowell

PhD City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 2008

MCRP City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, 1990

BA Biology, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987

University of Washington - Present

Associate Professor

Dr. Jan...

João Alaxandre Widmer

Professor Emeritus
Alumni
Transportation Engineering
University of São Paulo

Dissertation: Effect of Alternative Operation Policies on Check-In counter design

PhD Transportation Engineering, University of São Paulo (Brazil), 1984

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1977

BS Aeronautical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronática (Brazil), 1972

University of São Paulo - Present

Professor

Senior consultant in road transport technology, Professor of Transport Engineering...

S. Chan Wirasinghe

Professor
Alumni
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary

Dissertation: A Model of Coordinated Rail and Bus Transit Systems

Advisor: Gordon Newell

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1976

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1973

BS Civil Engineering, University of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 1968

The University of Calgary - Present

Professor, Civil Engineering Founding Dean (Emeritus), Schulich...