Gregory Rowangould
Director, Transportation Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment
Votey Hall, Room 213C
33 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
- Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California - Davis
- M.S., Resource Economics & Policy, University of Maine
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Maine
Gund Institute for Environment
Transportation Research Center
The Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
Sustainable Development Policy, Economics and Governance Ph.D. Program
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Areas of expertise
Vehicle traffic air pollutant emissions and air quality analysis, transportation and land use planning, transportation policy (focus on energy and climate impacts), active travel (bicycling and walking), travel demand forecasting.
BIO
Dr. Gregory Rowangould is the Director of the Transportation Research Center and an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Vermont. He specializes in modeling transportation systems and vehicle air pollutant emissions, transportation policy evaluation and air quality analysis. His research focuses on understanding how the design and operation of transportation systems, development patterns and transportation policy affect the sustainability of communities, public health, and equity. His work in Vermont also focuses on understanding the transportation needs of smaller cities and rural communities where there are unique challenges to sustainability and economic development.
Dr. Rowangould is an Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment and has been a member of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies standing committees on Transportation Energy and Transportation Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of New Mexico and a Transportation and Air Quality Science Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Dr. Rowangould holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis and a MS in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine.
Courses
- CEE 3400 Transportation Systems
- CEE 3415 Transportation, Climate and the Environment
- CEE 4400 Transportation Planning and Demand Modeling
- CEE 5440 Advanced Transportation Planning and Demand Modeling
- CEMS 6010 Research Methods, Ethics and Communication
- CEE 6990 Transportation Economics and Policy
Publications
Bio
Dr. Gregory Rowangould is the Director of the Transportation Research Center and an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Vermont. He specializes in modeling transportation systems and vehicle air pollutant emissions, transportation policy evaluation and air quality analysis. His research focuses on understanding how the design and operation of transportation systems, development patterns and transportation policy affect the sustainability of communities, public health, and equity. His work in Vermont also focuses on understanding the transportation needs of smaller cities and rural communities where there are unique challenges to sustainability and economic development.
Dr. Rowangould is an Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment and has been a member of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies standing committees on Transportation Energy and Transportation Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of New Mexico and a Transportation and Air Quality Science Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Dr. Rowangould holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis and a MS in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine.
Courses
- CEE 3400 Transportation Systems
- CEE 3415 Transportation, Climate and the Environment
- CEE 4400 Transportation Planning and Demand Modeling
- CEE 5440 Advanced Transportation Planning and Demand Modeling
- CEMS 6010 Research Methods, Ethics and Communication
- CEE 6990 Transportation Economics and Policy