Dr. Chris Hendrickson

Biography

Chris Hendrickson is an Emeritus University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the director of the Traffic21 Institute. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and serves as the editor-in-chief of the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering. His research and teaching focus on engineering planning, management, environmental design, system performance, construction project management, and finance with an emphasis on computer applications. Hendrickson has co-authored five influential books, including 'Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services: An Input-Output Approach' and 'Project Management for Construction', and has published numerous articles in professional literature. He has received multiple awards for his contributions to civil engineering, including the ASCE James Laurie Prize and the CUTC-HNTB Lifetime Achievement Award. Hendrickson’s doctoral research pioneered models in traffic equilibrium and time-of-day departure demand models, with significant contributions to the fields of computer-aided engineering and environmental systems. Over the decades, he has emphasized the importance of integrating owner perspectives within project lifecycles and has developed innovative software tools to foster sustainable construction practices.

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