International Association for Travel Behaviour Research

(IATBR)

 

ERIC PAS DISSERTATION PRIZE

 

AWARD RECIPIENTS

 

2008 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize

(to be presented at IATBR 2009, Jaipur, India)

First Place and/or Honorable Mentions to be announced...

 

 

2007 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize

(presented at TRB 2009, Washington, D.C.)

First Place:
Caspar Chorus, "Traveler Response to Information," Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, advisor Prof. Bert van Wee.

Honorable mentions:
Charisma Choudhury, "Modeling Driving Decisions with Latent Plans," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, advisor Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.

Khandker M. Nurul Habib, "Modelling Activity Generation Processes," University of Toronto, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric J. Miller.

 

2006 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize

(presented at TRB 2008, Washington, D.C.)

First Place:
Sean Puckett, "Economic Behaviour of Interdependent Road Freight Stakeholders Under Variable Road User Charges: Advanced Stated Choice Analysis," University of Sydney, Australia, advisor Prof. David Hensher.

Honorable mentions:
Juan Carrasco, "Social Activity-Travel Behaviour: A Personal Networks Approach," University of Toronto, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric J. Miller.

Lei Zhang, "Search, Information, Learning, and Knowledge in Travel Decision-Making: A Positive Approach for Travel Behavior and Demand Analysis," University of Minnesota, USA, advisor Prof. David M. Levinson.

 

 

2005 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize

(presented at 2006 IATBR Conference, Kyoto, Japan)

First Place:
Stephane Hess, "Advanced Discrete Choice Models with Applications to Transport Demand," Imperial College, Center for Transport Studies, London, The United Kingdom, advisor Prof. John Polak.

Honorable mentions:
Antonini Gianluca, "A Discrete Choice Modeling Framework for Pedestrian Walking Behavior with Application to Human Tracking in Video Sequences," EcolePolytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, advisors Prof. J-P. Thiran and Prof. Michele Bierlaire.

Matthew Roorda, "Activity-Based Modeling of Household Travel," University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering, Toronto, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric J. Miller.

 

 

2004 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2006, Washington D.C.)

First Place:
Chang-Hyeon Joh, "Measuring and Predicting Adaptation in Multidimensional Activity-Travel Patterns," Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Architecture, Building and Planning, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, advisor Prof. Harry J.P. Timmermans.

Honorable mention:
Laurie Garrow, "Comparison of Choice Models Representing Correlation and Random Taste Variation: An Application to Airline Passengers' Rescheduling Behavior," Northwestern University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Evanston, IL, USA, advisor Prof. Frank Koppelman.

 

 

2003 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2005, Washington D.C.)

First Place:
None.

Honorable mentions:
Sarah Bush, "Forecasting 65+ Travel: An Integration of Cohort Analysis and Travel Demand Modeling," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, USA, advisor Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.

Mei-Lan Jiang, "Analyzing Variation of Value of Travel Time Savings," Nagoya University, Department of Civil Engineering, Nagoya, Japan, advisor Prof. Takayuki Morikawa

 

 

2002 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at 2003 IATBR Conference, Lucerne, Switzerland)

First Place:
Jeong Whon Yu, "Deployable Hybrid Probabilistic-Possibilistic Driver Route Choice Models for Real-Time Network Control," Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, USA, advisor Prof. Srinivas Peeta.

Honorable mention:
Tomer Toledo, "Integrated Driving Behavior Modelling," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, USA, advisor Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.

 

 

2001 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2003, Washington D.C.)

First Place:
Joan L. Walker, "Extended Discrete Choice Models: Integrated Framework, Flexible Error Structures, and Latent Variables," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, USA, advisor Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.

Honorable mentions:
Michiel Bliemer, "Analytical Dynamic Traffic Assignment with Interacting User-Classes," Delft University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering Section, Delft, The Netherlands, advisor Prof. Piet Bovy.

Luis Rizzi, "The Economics of Fatal Accidents: An Application to the Case of Interurban Road Safety," Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Department of Transportation Engineering, Santiago, Chile, advisor Prof. Juan de Dios Ortuzar.

 

 

2000 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2002, Washington D.C.)

First Place:
Karthik K. Srinivasan, "Dynamic Decision and Adjustment Processes in Commuter Behavior Under Real-time Information," The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering, Austin, TX, USA, advisor Prof. Hani S. Mahmassani.

Honorable mention:
Jonas Eliasson, "Transport and Location Analysis," Kungl Tekniska Högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology), Department of Infrastructure and Planning, Stockholm, Sweden, advisor Prof. Lars-Göran Mattson.

 

 

1999 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at 2000 IATBR Conference, Goldcoast, Australia)

First Place:
Shlomo Bekhor, "Integration of Behavioral Transportation Planning Models with the Traffic Assignment Problem," The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, advisor Prof. Joseph N. Prashker.

Honorable mention:
Michael N. Bagley, "Incorporating Residential Choice into Travel Behavior - Land Use Interaction Research:  A Conceptual Model with Methodologies for Investigating Causal Relationships," University of California, Davis, CA, USA, advisor Prof. Patricia L. Mokhtarian.

 

 

1998 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize
(presented at TRB 2000, Washington D.C.)

First Place:
None

Honorable mentions:
Sean Doherty, "The Household Activity-Travel Scheduling Process: Computerized Survey Data Collection and the Development of a Unified Modelling Framework," University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, advisor Prof. Eric Miller.

Kara Kockelman, "A Utility-Theory-Consistent System-of-Demand-Equations Approach to Household Travel Choice," University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, advisor Prof. Mark Hansen.