Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award
Recognizing outstanding scholarship and lasting contributions to the field of transportation research.
About the Award
Overview
The Distinguished Transportation Researcher Award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves as research scholars in transportation. A committee, chaired by the TRF President, will evaluate nominees based on their work.
The award is presented during the TRF's Annual Forum.
Award History
Past Recipients
40+ recipients since 1977
Most recent: 2026 — Joseph P. Schwieterman
2026 🏆
Joseph P. Schwieterman
DePaul University
2025
Jeffrey Cohen
University of Connecticut
2024
James F. Nolan
University of Saskatchewan
2023
Ian Savage
Northwestern University
2022
Aisling Reynolds-Feighan
University College Dublin
2021
Kara Kockelman
University of Texas at Austin
2019
Michael W. Babcock
Kansas State University
2018
Wesley Wilson
University of Oregon
2017
Kenneth D. Boyer
Michigan State University
2016
Robin Lindsey
University of British Columbia
2015
Allen D. Biehler
Carnegie Mellon University
2014
Joseph M. Sussman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013
Wayne K. Talley
Old Dominion University
2012
Genevieve Giuliano
University of Southern California
2011
Martin Wachs
RAND Corporation
2010
Clifford Winston
Brookings Institution
2009
Daniel McFadden
University of California, Berkeley
2008
Steven A. Morrison
Northeastern University
2007
Jos A. Gomez-Ibanez
Harvard University
2006
Tae H. Oum
University of British Columbia
2005
Kenneth Button
George Mason University
2004
Kenneth Small
University of California, Irvine
2000
Michael E. Levine
Harvard University
1998
Edward K. Morlok
1997
Carl D. Martland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996
Benjamin J. Allen
Iowa State University
1995
D. Philip Locklin
1994
Martin T. Farris
1993
C. Phillip Baumel
Iowa State University
1992
Alan A. Altshuler
Harvard University
1990
George W. Wilson, Ph.D.
1989
Sir Alan Arthur Walters, B. Sci., Hon. D. Soc. Sci.
1988
Karl M. Ruppenthal, Ph.D.
1987
William S. Vickrey, Ph.D.
1986
William J. Harris, D. Sci., Hon. D. Eng.
1985
John R. Meyer, Ph.D.
1984
Alfred E. Kahn, Ph.D.
1982
W. Edwards Deming, Ph.D.
1979
James C. Nelson, Ph.D.
1978
James R. Nelson, Ph.D.
1977
Lewis K. Sillcox, D. Sci., D. Eng., LL.D., D.H.L.