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Kara Kockelman is a registered professional engineer and a professor in transportation engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where she has been a faculty member for 26 years. She holds a PhD in civil engineering, as well as master's and bachelor's degrees in civil engineering and a master's degree in city planning with a minor in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. Over her career, she has authored 230 publications, including journal articles and books. Her primary research interests focus on planning shared autonomous vehicle systems, statistical modeling of urban systems, energy and climate issues, economic impacts of transportation policy, and the consequences of crash occurrences. Additionally, she serves as the Associate Site Director for the NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center on Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems, emphasizing her commitment to advancing engineering education and sustainable transportation practices.
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