Academic Resume Venkataraman (Venky) N. Shankar, PhD, PE U.S. Citizen, Married Professional Preparation Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle 1997 M.S.C.E. University of Washington, Seattle 1990 B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 1988 P.E., Civil Engineering (active) State of Washington 1994 Professional History Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2013-present. Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2011-2012. Visiting Research Engineer, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 2013-present. Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2004-2013. Graduate Faculty, Operations Research Program, College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2007-Present. Faculty Affiliate, Protective Technology Center, Pennsylvania State University, 2010-2015. Affiliate Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 2004-2007. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 1999-2004. Affiliate Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, 2002-2004. Safety Program Research Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, 1996-1999. Transportation Engineering Consultant, Division Manager and Principal, Seattle, WA, 1989- 1996. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, 1993-1996, 1988-1989. Refereed Journal Articles (names in bold indicate students and postdocs supervised via thesis work, thesis committee role and research collaborations; top 1% and top 5% cited articles by publication year, noted in brackets) 1. Mannering F., Shankar V., and Bhat C. “Unobserved Heterogeneity and the Statistical Analysis of Highway Accident Data,” Analytic Methods in Accident Research, Volume 11, 1-16, 2016. 2. Venkataraman N., Shankar V., Blum J., Hariharan B., and Hong J. “Transferability Analysis of Heterogeneous Overdispersion Parameter Negative Binomial Safety Performance Functions: A Case Study from California, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, DOI: 10.3141/2583-13, 2016. 3. Hong J., Shankar V., and Venkataraman N. “A Spatially Autoregressive and Heteroskedastic Space-Time Pedestrian Exposure Modeling Framework with Spatial Lags
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Academic Resume
Venkataraman (Venky) N. Shankar, PhD, PE U.S. Citizen, Married
Professional Preparation
Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle 1997
M.S.C.E. University of Washington, Seattle 1990
B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 1988
P.E., Civil Engineering (active) State of Washington 1994
Professional History Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2013-present. Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 2011-2012. Visiting Research Engineer, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 2013-present. Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2004-2013. Graduate Faculty, Operations Research Program, College of Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2007-Present. Faculty Affiliate, Protective Technology Center, Pennsylvania State University, 2010-2015. Affiliate Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 2004-2007. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 1999-2004. Affiliate Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, 2002-2004. Safety Program Research Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, 1996-1999. Transportation Engineering Consultant, Division Manager and Principal, Seattle, WA, 1989-1996. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, 1993-1996, 1988-1989. Refereed Journal Articles (names in bold indicate students and postdocs supervised via thesis
work, thesis committee role and research collaborations; top 1% and top 5% cited articles by
publication year, noted in brackets)
1. Mannering F., Shankar V., and Bhat C. “Unobserved Heterogeneity and the Statistical
Analysis of Highway Accident Data,” Analytic Methods in Accident Research, Volume 11,
1-16, 2016.
2. Venkataraman N., Shankar V., Blum J., Hariharan B., and Hong J. “Transferability
Analysis of Heterogeneous Overdispersion Parameter Negative Binomial Safety Performance
Functions: A Case Study from California, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the
Transportation Research Board, DOI: 10.3141/2583-13, 2016.
3. Hong J., Shankar V., and Venkataraman N. “A Spatially Autoregressive and
Heteroskedastic Space-Time Pedestrian Exposure Modeling Framework with Spatial Lags
22. Sittikariya S. and Shankar V.N. “Activity Duration and Travel Time: Alternative
Formulations,” CD-ROM Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Transportation
Research, 2007.
23. Sittikariya S. and Shankar V.N. “Bayesian Formulations for Heterogeneity in Accident Count
Models,” CD-ROM Proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research,
2007.
24. Kim J.H.T., Ulfarsson G.F., Shankar V.N. and Waddell P. “Employment Location Modeling
as Zero-Inflated Process,” Proceedings of the Association of Collegiate Planners Annual
Conference, 2005.
25. Mathur S. and Shankar V.N. “Factors that influence local governments' decision to use
impact fee: Evidence from King County, Washington,” Proceedings of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, 2004.
26. Juvva N.K., Shankar V.N. and Chayanan S. “Endogeneity and Identification in
Transportation Systems: Econometric Relationships to Partial Observability,” Proceedings of
the 13th Triennial Symposium on System Identification of the International Federation on
Automatic, 2004.
27. Ulfarsson G.F., Shankar V.N. and Vu P. “The Effect of Variable Message Signs on the
Relationship between Mean Speeds and Speed Deviations,” CD-ROM Proceedings of the 81st
Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 2002.
28. Pendyala R.M. and Shankar V.N. Freight Travel Demand Modeling:
Synthesis of Research and Development of Multi-level Conceptual Approaches. Proceedings
of the 9th Meeting of the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research, Gold Coast,
Australia, 2000.
29. Price-Spratlen L., Shankar V.N. and Scott G. “Academic ombudsmen and client definitions
and comparison of perceived workplace mistreatment.” Proceedings of the First North
American Conference of Ombudsmen, St. Louis, 1996.
Abstract Refereed Proceedings
1. Shankar V.N. Planning for Safe, Divided Highways: Some Insights, Proceedings of the Kobe
University-University of Washington International Symposium on Design Strategy towards
Safety & Symbiosis of Urban Space, 2004.
2. Shankar V.N. “Preparing for the 21st century: An integrated approach.” Proceedings of the
Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, 1991.
3. Shankar V.N. “Transportation 2000: A curriculum concept.” Proceedings of the ASCE
National Forum on Education and Curriculum Development, 1990.
Awards and Recognitions Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Outstanding Advising Award, College of Engineering,
2013
Department of Civil Engineering Sesquicentennial Lecture, Washington University, St. Louis
Sesquicentennial Celebrations, 2004
Nagoya and Kobe Universities, Faculty Fellow Lectures, Japan Foundation for Science, 2004
National Science Foundation New Century Scholar, 2000
Washington State DOT Research Award, 1998
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Best graduate student research paper prize, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington,
1994
Runner-up, Daniel Mead ethics in civil engineering paper prize, American Society of Civil
Engineers, Washington, 1992
Editorial Board Memberships Review Editor, Frontiers in Transportation and Transit Systems, since 2015 Founding Associate Editor, Analytical Methods in Accident Research, Elsevier Science, since 2013 Associate Editor, International Journal of Microsimulation (since 2009) Editorial Board, Transportation Research – Methodological, Part B (since 2011) Editorial Advisory Board, Accident Analysis and Prevention (beginning 2014) Editorial Board, ISRN Biomathematics (since 2011) Editorial Advisory Board, IGI-Global Book Series on Smart Manufacturing Innovation and Transformation: Interconnection and Intelligence, 2012-2014 Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Applied Logistics (since 2009) Invited Associate Editor, Special Issue on Transportation Econometrics, International Journal of Applied Logistics (since 2010) Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research Part A (Policy and Practice), Elsevier Science, 2002-2008 Ad-Hoc Open Access Journals Editorial Board, Urban Studies Research (article editor-in-charge role since 2013) IST Transactions on Applied Mathematics – Modeling and Simulation (since 2009) IST Transactions of Systems, Cybernetics – Theory and Applications (since 2009) IST Transactions of Transportation Systems – Theory and Applications (since 2009)
Membership on National Committees Transportation Research Board Committee ANB25, Committee on Highway Safety Performance, US National Research Council, 2011 to present, paper awards subcommittee (member). Transportation Research Board Committee ANB20, Committee on Safety Data Analysis and Evaluation, US National Research Council, 2011 to present. Paper Awards Subcommittee, ANB20, Committee on Safety Data Analysis and Evaluation, US National Research Council, 2013, 2014, 2015 (chair). Transportation Research Board Committee ADB40, Committee on Passenger Demand Forecasting, US National Research Council, two terms, 2004 to 2012. Member, Strategic Planning Subcommittee, 2009 to present; Member, Research Agenda Subcommittee, Committee on Passenger Demand Forecasting, US National Research Council, 2004 to 2006 Transportation Research Board Committee ANF30, Committee on Motorcycles and Mopeds, US National Research Council, 2008-2012.
Conference, Session and Workshop Organization Program Committee, Sixth International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise
Systems, Portugal, 2017.
International Organizing Committee, Conference on Agent Based Applications in Transportation,
Blacksburg, VA, 2013.
Associate Editor (Paper Review), and International Technical Program Committee, IEEE ITSC,
Alaska, 2012.
Presiding Officer, Destination Choice Modeling, the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A., 2012.
International Advisory Committee, 100th Anniversary Celebrations International Conference on
Highway Engineering, Thailand Department of Highways, Government of Thailand, Bangkok,
2012.
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Technical Committee Member, 14th International IEEE Conference on ITS, Washington D.C.,
2011.
Presiding Officer, Modeling Effects of Climate Change and Things That Affect Climate Change,
the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council,
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A., 2009.
Session Chair, New Methods in Safety Research, Penn State Annual Traffic Engineering and
Safety Conference, 2008.
Session Chair, 10th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation, 2008.
Steering Committee Member, 10th International Conference on Applications of Advanced
Technologies in Transportation, 2008.
Session Planning Group Member, Annual Penn State Conference on Safety and Transportation
Engineering, 2007.
Discussant, panel surveys on travel demand, TRB committee on survey methods A1D10, 81st
Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2002.
Session chair. Modeling implications of travel time measurement. National Transportation
Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 2000.
Session chair. Activity analysis and travel patterns. National Transportation Research Board
Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 1999.
Session discussant. Models of activity participation and planning. Transportation Research Board
Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 1999.
Session chair. Methodologies in traffic safety and infrastructure modeling. Institute for
Operations Research and Management Sciences Annual Conference, Seattle, 1998.
Chair, Urban Planning and Transportation Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers,
application to traffic operations and safety.” Seminar on Doctoral Research in Transportation
Modeling at the 77th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. 1998.
56. Shankar V.N. and Mannering, F.L. “Modeling the endogeneity of lane-mean-speeds and lane-
speed deviations: A structural equations approach.” Presented by V.N. Shankar, 77th TRB
Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1998.
57. Shankar V.N., Milton J.C. and Mannering F.L. “Modeling accident frequencies as zero-
altered probability processes: An empirical inquiry.” Presented by V.N. Shankar, 7th
International Conference on Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Lisbon, Portugal, September
1997; the 77th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. 1998.
58. Shankar V.N., Albin R.B., Milton J.C. and Mannering F.L. “Evaluating median cross-over
likelihoods using clustered accident counts: An empirical inquiry using the random effects
negative binomial distribution.” Presented by V.N. Shankar at The International Conference
on Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1997. And at the 77th
TRB Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. 1998.
59. Shankar V.N. “Econometric methodologies to evaluate the impact of intelligent
transportation systems on rural freeway corridor safety,” 18th Annual Meeting of the Institute
of Transportation Engineers, Washington State Section 1996.
60. Shankar V.N., Mannering F.L., and Barfield W. “Statistical analysis of rural freeway accident
severity.” Presented by V.N. Shankar at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board 1996.
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61. Price Spratlen L., Shankar V.N. and Scott G. “Academic ombudsmen and client definitions
and comparison of perceived workplace mistreatment.” Presented by L.P. Spratlen at the First
North American Conference of Ombudsmen, St. Louis, 1996.
62. Shankar V.N., Mannering F.L., and Barfield W. “Effect of roadway geometrics and
environmental conditions on rural accident frequencies.” Presented by F.L. Mannering at the
74th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board 1995.
63. Shankar V.N. “An accident prediction model for Snoqualmie pass.” 16th Annual Meeting of
the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington State Section 1994.
64. Shankar V.N. “Preparing for the 21st century: An integrated approach.” Plenary presentation,
16th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers 1991.
65. Shankar V.N. “Transportation 2000: A curriculum concept.” ASCE National Forum on
Education and Curriculum Development 1990. Invited Talks and Seminars (60+) Universities: UC Berkeley, Purdue, Buffalo, Illinois, U-Washington, Penn State, Washington
University, UC-Davis, Virginia Tech, Arizona State, Temple, Illinois Institute of Technology, Iowa
State, Nebraska, Alaska-Fairbanks, Vermont, Minnesota, Kansas, Georgia Tech, South Florida,
Nagoya, Kobe, University of Iceland; Government Panels: Washington State DOT, Caltrans,
National Research Council, DC
Continuing Education and Professional Practice Workshops
Benefit-cost analysis and decision-making in transportation, WSDOT Design Academy
Statistical techniques in traffic engineering and accident analysis, WSDOT Design Academy
University of Washington civil PE refresher course instructor 2001-2004, instructor.
Government Service
WSDOT Biennium Research Proposal Statements
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project Panels and Proposal Statements
External Review Member, Highway Safety Manual Task Force on Chapter Development,
Transportation Research Board
Senior Technical Advisor, SHRP Project on Roadway Lighting, National Academy of Sciences
Ad Hoc Member, Highway Safety Issues Group, WSDOT
WSDOT roadside design policy panel on guidelines for design clear zone in urban environments
WSDOT Steering Committee on economic initiatives and partnership development
WSDOT Steering Committee on roadside safety management
WSDOT Steering Committee on statewide safety project programming
WSDOT Steering Committee on modern roundabouts
WSDOT Steering Committee on pedestrian safety
Consulting
Expert Witness, Townsend versus Shoreline, King County, Washington
Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University
Invited in April 2001, to serve as expert witness, Montreal, Canada, on parliament bill 129 “on
commercial advertising prohibitions on certain thoroughfares” in Canada. Declined. Service to student organizations
University undergraduate research competition judge, Penn State
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Faculty co-advisor, ASCE, Penn State University
Faculty advisor, ITE, University of Washington
Faculty advisor, ASCE, University of Washington
Postdoctoral Scholars (Visitors and Advisees) Barad Hariharan, Penn State
Jungyeol Hong, Penn State
Minho Park, Penn State
Ida van Schalkwyk, Visiting Scholar, WSDOT Traffic Operations
Songrit Chayanan, Director of Traffic Safety Research, Thailand Department of Highways
Graduate and Undergraduate Honors Advisees (graduation year in parentheses) PhD: Seraneeprakarn (current), Huang (current), Hariharan (2015), Hong (2015), ElBanhawy (PhD
student, 2014, Northumbria), Kwon (2013), Chen (2013, until proposal defense), Park (2013), Oh
