Dr. Srinivas Peeta is the Frederick R. Dickerson Chair and Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also Principal Research Faculty at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. Dr. Peeta is a Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) and an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Fellow. He received his B.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), Caltech, and The University of Texas at Austin, respectively. Prior to Georgia Tech, Dr. Peeta was the Jack and Kay Hockema Professor in Civil Engineering at Purdue University up to 2018. From 2006 to 2018, he served as the founding Director of the NEXTRANS Center, formerly the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Federal Region 5 University Transportation Center (UTC). He was also the founding Associate Director of USDOT’s Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), the Region 5 UTC, from 2016 to 2018. Dr. Peeta was a past Chair (2007-2013) of the Transportation Network Modeling Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies.
Dr. Peeta has authored over 515 technical publications, including over 450 in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has over 600 talks/lectures in several countries, including 165 invited talks. He has received over $56 million in research funding. Dr. Peeta is on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, Journal of Blockchain and Intelligent Computing, Frontiers in Built Environments, and Transportation in Developing Economies. He is an Advisory Board member of Korean Society of Civil Engineering’s Journal of Civil Engineering. Some of his recognitions include the INFORMS Transportation Science Best Dissertation Award (1994), U.S. NSF CAREER Award (1997), ASCE Walter Huber Research Prize (2009), TRB Blue Ribbon Committee Award (2013), and several paper awards from conferences (ASCE, IEEE, TRB, ACM) and journals. Several of his students have received best dissertation/thesis awards from professional organizations such as CUTC, IATBR and COTA. His research interests broadly span transportation and infrastructure systems, and multiple methodological areas. His work in the area of dynamic traffic assignment represents a standard for research reference, and has guided the U.S. Department of Transportation’s development of a deployable architecture for real-time route guidance in large-scale transportation systems equipped with advanced information dissemination technologies.
Professor Peeta’s research interests are multidisciplinary and span several methodological domains related to transportation and infrastructure systems, and the role of emerging technologies. His research focuses on the development of advanced optimization and control methods, AI/ML techniques, econometric and behavioral approaches, driving simulator-based environments, and system-of-systems paradigms for complex transportation systems. His research also explores the roles of autonomy, automation, connectivity, electrification, shared mobility, and information and communication systems for the movement of people and freight. His work includes modeling, analysis, and management of traffic and transportation networks, with an emphasis on dynamic traffic assignment, real-time traffic control, human-machine interactions, mixed-traffic environments, vehicle-human-infrastructure interactions, and intelligent transportation systems. The research integrates concepts from operations research, systems engineering, behavior and psychological theories, and transportation analytics to improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of transportation infrastructure.
| Ph.D. in Civil Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin | 1994 |
| M.S. in Civil Engineering | California Institute of Technology | 1989 |
| B.Tech. in Civil Engineering | Indian Institute of Technology – Madras | 1988 |
Professor Peeta’s teaching is centered on transportation systems engineering and operations research topics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His instruction encompasses transportation systems analysis, traffic flow theory, transportation network modeling, transportation demand modeling, optimization techniques, and intelligent transportation systems. Professor Peeta emphasizes a rigorous quantitative approach and practical problem-solving skills in his courses, aiming to prepare students for analytical and decision-making challenges in transportation engineering. In recent years, his courses have had an additional focus on the roles of emerging transformative technologies and emerging AI/ML methods in transportation systems.
How we get around is changing as new options like autonomous vehicles arrive in earnest. Srinivas Peeta works to unravel what that means for our communities and how we plan for a more connected future.
In the latest episode of Generating Buzz, Frederick R. Dickerson Chair and Professor Srinivas Peeta shares his expertise on how the robotaxis operated by Waymo differ from other vehicle manufacturers, how social media influences adoption of the new technology, and what comes next.
