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Curriculum Vitae

Frank Southworth

Adjunct Principal Research Scientist

Transportation Systems Engineering

404/275-1630

frank.southworth@ce.gatech.edu

BIOGRAPHY

B.A. (Honors), Leeds University, School of Geography, England 1972
Ph.D., Leeds University, School of Geography, England 1977

Dr. Southworth joined the Georgia Tech faculty in February 2012. Prior to joining Tech, Dr. Southworth spent 28 years as an employee of the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory located in East Tennessee, leaving ORNL as a Distinguished R&D Staff member in December of 2011. Prior to joining ORNL in 1984 he was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and before that he was a research officer in the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds in England.

Dr Southworth has published extensively on transportation planning topics, and been involved in the management of a number of large transportation data and modeling projects that have produced widely used datasets and software tools. While at ORNL he received a number of awards for his research contributions. Most of this research has been for federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Agency for International Development, and various branches of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security and Transportation. He has also carried out research for, among others, the National Science Foundation, the Transportation Research Board, the Brookings Institution, the Pew Center for Global Climate Change, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Georgia, New York, and Tennessee State Departments of Transportation. He regularly serves on regional and national review panels dealing with data, statistical and mathematical modeling issues in both freight and passenger transportation.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Freight and passenger demand and supply modeling
Sustainable transportation systems and their supply chains
Transportation planning methods
Electric vehicle markets and policies
Public transit system planning and cost-benefit analysis
Land-use transportation interaction
Energy efficient urban form

HONORS & AWARDS

RECENT PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

ARTICLES

Z. Chen, H. Du, F. Southworth and S. Ma (2019) Achieving low-carbon urban passenger transport in China: insights from a heterogeneous rebound effect. Energy Economics 81: 1029-1041.
H. Du, Z. Chen, Z. Zhang and F. Southworth (2020) The rebound effect on energy efficiency improvements in China’s transportation sector: A CGE analysis. Journal of Management Science and Engineering (in Press).
H. Du, Z. Chen, Z Zhang and F. Southworth (2020 The rebound effect on energy efficiency improvements in China’s transportation sector: A CGE analysis. Journal of Management Science and Engineering (in Press).
H. Du, Z. Chen, Z., B. Peng, F. Southworth, S. Ma and Y. Wang (2019) What drives CO2 emissions from the transport sector? A linkage analysis. Energy, 175: 195-204.
F. Southworth (2018) Freight Flow Modeling in the United States. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 11(4): 669-691.

PROCEEDINGS

S. McLeod, F. Southworth, A. Strauss-Weider and J. Hayes (2015) Enhancing U.S. Port Resiliency. ASCE Ports’16 Conference Paper. June 12-16, New Orleans, LA.
F. Southworth (2011) Analysis Of Automobile Travel Demand Elasticities With Respect To Travel Costs: A Review Of The Evidence (Draft) . Prepared for the Office of Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration.
F. Southworth (2011) Development of A Modal Decision Modeling Framework for Long Distance Passenger Travel: A Technical Note on Data and Modeling Options Prepared for the Office of Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration.
F. Southworth and B.A. Weigel (2009) An Example Carbon Footprint: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (CY 2008). Paper prepared for the Federal Transit Administration U.S. Department of Transportation Washington D.C.
F. Southworth, T. Reuscher and P. S. Hu (2009) Estimation and Short Range Forecasting of County Level Vehicle Miles of Travel and Motor Fuel Use for the United States (through 2015). Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.

REPORTS

WSP USA, Inc., Cambridge Systematics, Inc. and F. Southworth (2019) Guidance for Stakeholders to Mitigate and Adapt to Disruptions on Supply Chains. NCFRP Project 50. Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
P. Romero-Lankao, et al (2019) Urban Electrification: A Knowledge Pathway Toward an Integrated R&D Agenda. White Paper. National Renewable Energy Laboratory and The University of Chicago Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation. SSRN Report.
WSP USA, Inc., Cambridge Systematics, Inc. and F. Southworth (2019) Improving Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain Disruptions. NCFRP Report 39. Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
WSP Inc., Cambridge Systematics and F. Southworth (2017) Improving Freight Transportation Resilience in Response to Supply Chain Disruptions. NCFRP 50 – Phase 1 Interim Report and Phase 2 Work Plan. December, 2017.
F. Southworth and D.A. Smith (2016) Estimating the Monetary Benefits of Reducing Delays on a Heavily Trafficked Truck Freight Corridor. National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332.

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