Graduate Student Best Paper Award
Recognizing outstanding research papers presented by graduate students at the TRF Annual Forum.
Award History
Past Recipients
"A Hybrid Risk-Maturity Model for Sustainable 'Friendshoring' Transitions: Integrating ESG and Logistical Resilience"
Old Dominion University
"A Multi-Method Study of Pedestrian Distraction at Washington, DC's Signalized Crossings"
"The Importance of Transportation Policies in Local Elections"
"The Network Impact of Consolidation of Full-Service Airlines in the 21st Century"
"Inequitable Inefficiency – A Case Study of Rail Transit Fare Policies"
"Can Transportation Network Companies Replace the Bus? An Evaluation of Shared Mobility Operating Costs"
"The Effects of Airline-Airport Business Relationship on Airport Efficiency: A Moral Hazard Problem?"
"Light Rail Transit, Local Labour Market Outcomes and Household Sorting"
"Modeling Airline Competition in Markets with Legacy Regulation: The Case of the Chinese Domestic Markets"
University of British Columbia
"A Hybrid Cluster-Regression Approach to Forecast Ridership at Bikeshare Stations: Case Study of Chicago's Divvy System"
Northwestern University
No award made
"A Spatio-Temporal Based Algorithm for Short-Term Speed Prediction"
University of Tennessee
"Optimal Number and Location of Bluetooth Sensors Considering Stochastic Optimal Time Prediction"
University of Maryland
"Multilevel Assessment of Public Transportation Infrastructure: A Spatial Econometric Computable General Equilibrium Approach"
George Mason University
"Dynamic Travel Mode Searching and Switching Analysis Considering Hidden Modal Preference and Behavioral Decision Process"
University of Maryland
"Network Based Simulation of Air Pollution Emissions Associated with Truck Operations"
University of Southern California
"System-Wide Cost Benefit Analysis of Optimal Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Strategies"
University of Washington
"A New Framework for Maritime Security Inspection under U.S. Security Protocols"
Virginia Polytechnic & State University
"The Effects of Urban Sprawl on Daily-Life: Determining the Best Measures to Address Them"
South Carolina State University
"A Simulation-Based Optimization Framework for Urban Traffic Control"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Analysis of Factors Affecting High Speed Train Ridership in the U.S. – The Acela Express Case Study"
George Mason University
"A Dynamic Congestion Pricing Strategy for High-Occupancy Toll Lanes"
University of California, Berkeley
"Pricing Behaviors in the US Airline Industry"
North Dakota State University
"Multi-Commodity Network Flow Based Approaches for the Railroad Crew Scheduling Problem"
University of Florida