Stephen D. Boyles

Stephen D. Boyles

Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Stephen D. Boyles is an assistant professor in transportation engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, and a recognized expert in transportation network modeling and the application of mathematical optimization techniques to transportation problems. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, their most prestigious award for new faculty. Dr. Boyles earned B.S. degrees in mathematics and civil engineering from the University of Washington in 2004, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006 and 2009, respectively. His research has been recognized by the nationwide Milton Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Masters’ Thesis sponsored by the Council of University Transportation Centers, the international Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award sponsored by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and multiple scholarships and fellowships (including a Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship). As a faculty member, Dr. Boyles has served as a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on projects sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation, Wyoming Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation, and the Mountain-Plains Consortium. These research projects p a broad array of topics, including rural roadway pricing, operational analysis of low-volume rural freeways with high heavy-vehicle proportion, large-scale traffic simulation, real-time information provision, and electric vehicles.