Srinivas Peeta

Dr. Srinivas Peeta is the Frederick R. Dickerson Chair and Professor in Transportation Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He previously held the Jack and Kay Hockema Professorship at Purdue University, where he served for 24 years. He is also the Associate Director of the USDOT Center for Connected and Automated Transportation.

Education: B. Tech. from IIT Madras, M.S. from Caltech, and Ph.D. from UT Austin, all in Civil Engineering. His research focuses on large-scale transportation systems, infrastructure interdependencies, and connected/automated vehicles. He has authored over 345 publications and secured over $48M in research funding.

Research Interests:

• Dynamic traffic networks and driver behavior modeling
• Information-based navigation in vehicular systems
• Systems perspectives for complex adaptive infrastructure
• Autonomous vehicle integration and human-vehicle interactions

Key Achievements:

• Developed DYNASMART software for traffic operations
• Recipient of NSF CAREER Award (1997) and ASCE Walter Huber Prize (2009)
• Directed NEXTRANS UTC and pioneered USDOT’s real-time route guidance systems

Grants & Outreach:

• Secured funding from USDOT, NSF, FHWA, and international agencies
• Initiated NEXTRANS internship programs and K-12 outreach

Labs/Teams: Active in Georgia Tech’s ACT Lab, focusing on autonomous transportation systems and human-vehicle-environment interactions.