Patricia Lyon Mokhtarian is an American civil engineer and transport economist, the Clifford and William Greene, Jr. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech,[1] and professor emerita of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Davis.[2] Her research focuses on travel behavior, and the effects of land use and telecommuting on personal travel choices.[1]

Education and career

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Mokhtarian completed a Ph.D. in 1981 at Northwestern University. Her dissertation, Time-Dependent Structural Equations Modeling of the Relationship between Attitudes and Discrete Choice Behavior of Transportation Consumers, was supervised by Frank Koppelman.[3]

She was a regional planner and consultant in Southern California before taking a faculty position at the University of California, Davis in 1990. In 2013 she retired as professor emerita, and moved to Georgia Tech.[4] She was the Susan G. and Christopher D. Pappas Professor at Georgia Tech for five years, beginning in 2016,[5] before being named as the Clifford and William Greene, Jr. Professor in 2021.[4]

Recognition

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In 2021, the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research gave Mokhtarian their Lifetime Achievement Award.[4] Mokhtarian was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024, "for improved transportation systems planning and practice through quantifying human behavior".[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Patricia L. Mokhtarian", Directory, Georgia Tech College of Engineering, retrieved 2024-02-17
  2. ^ "Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Ph.D.", People, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, retrieved 2024-02-17
  3. ^ Frank Koppelman CV (PDF), Northwestern University, October 2007, retrieved 2024-02-17
  4. ^ a b c "Mokhtarian Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award", College of Engineering News, Georgia Tech College of Engineering, June 8, 2021, retrieved 2024-02-17
  5. ^ "Mokhtarian appointed to new Pappas Professorship", College of Engineering News, Georgia Tech College of Engineering, September 8, 2016, retrieved 2024-02-17
  6. ^ National Academy of Engineering Elects 114 Members and 21 International Members, National Academy of Engineering Elects 114 Members and 21 International MembersNational Academy of Engineering, retrieved 2024-02-17
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