Randy B. Machemehl
Professor
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professor in Transportation Engineering
Phone: (512) 471-4541
Fax: (512) 475-8744
Email: rbm@mail.utexas.edu
Dr. Machemehl's Web site
Dr. Randy B. Machemehl earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1975. He joined the faculty of the College of Engineering in 1977. Dr. Machemehl directs the Center for Transportation Research.
Machemehl researches transportation system operations. He finds solutions to operational problems with urban freeways, optimizes urban traffic signal systems and makes mass transportation more desirable to the public. Machemehl has studied adaptive traffic signal control and traffic control for complex work zones. He simulates complex transportation systems, and optimizes traffic signal systems and bus transit networks. Machemehl also uses psycho-physical measuring processes to assess driver behavior in response to traffic control systems.
Research Interests:
- Traffic control systems
- Simulation and optimization of transportation systems
- Psycho-physical measuring of driver behavior
- Freeway bottleneck resolution