Ram Pendyala
School Director and Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Pendyala's research expertise ranges from travel demand modeling and forecasting and activity-travel behavior analysis to multimodal transportation planning and policy analysis.
Recent stories
June 26, 2025
The American Society of Civil Engineers is honoring Ram Pendyala, Enrique Vivoni and Claudia Zapata for their contributions to the field of civil engineering.
December 5, 2024
As Mary Jo Helmick cut the ribbon to celebrate the newly renamed Paul C. Helmick Center at ASU, a crowd of over 100 attendees erupted in cheers.
July 29, 2024
As federal funding for the TOMNET University Transportation Center ends, the team brings advanced data dashboards and policy insights to benefit the sector.
July 5, 2024
Teachers and students credit the features of the College Avenue Commons building for enhancing their communal engineering education experiences.
Additional stories
Engineering an identity
April 18, 2024
The College Avenue Commons has become ASU’s central location for construction engineering.
ASU’s engineering power couple
November 9, 2023
Transportation and traffic engineering duo earn awards and credit the ASU community for their success.
In memoriam: ASU alum George “Jim” Geiser
August 30, 2023
Jim Geiser, a SSEBE distinguished alum and outspoken advocate for engineering students and local veterans, passed away after a lifetime of service to the community.
Terracon Foundation scholarships empower future engineers
August 25, 2023
Three civil engineering students with exceptional academic potential received a scholarship from the employee-owned consulting firm Terracon.
ASU water visualization tool recognized for sustainable impact
August 2, 2023
An ASU team won Arizona Forward’s Governor’s Award for Arizona’s Future for developing an online tool to simulate Colorado River Basin climate change scenarios.
ASU professor inducted into European Academy of Sciences and Arts
July 25, 2023
Samuel Ariaratnam’s groundbreaking work in technical and environmental engineering earned him a spot among leading scientists, artists and professionals.
Molding the future of mobility
July 19, 2023
Progress in transportation today requires much more than overcoming technological and logistical hurdles.
Shining spotlight on leaders, creators, innovators
May 4, 2023
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment honors contributions to education, research, industry and community by faculty and alumni
Eminent Scholar brings students real-world view of construction industry
March 28, 2023
Eminent Scholar Tim Becker is preparing Fulton Schools students for construction careers by teaching what he has learned in nearly 30 years in the industry
Designing next-generation transportation systems
March 17, 2023
Fulton Schools faculty members Ram Pendyala and Claudia Zapata will help to lead new national research centers in creating innovative and more sustainable transportation systems.
The transportation equation
July 28, 2022
ASU researcher Xuesong (Simon) Zhou creates an open-source mapping system to streamline transportation modeling research and allowing for increased collaboration on projects around the world
Constructing a legacy
July 11, 2022
Collaboration, partnership and entrepreneurship continue to serve as core values for the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University; contributing to the success of their alumni.
Building stronger, cost-efficient roads
June 8, 2022
Hasan Ozer leads the Southwest Pavement Technology Initiative, connecting industry and agency partners with researchers to build roadways of the future.
What will it take for people to choose sustainable modes of transportation?
May 31, 2022
ASU Professor Ram Pendyala teams up with researchers at the University of Texas at Austin to find out why it is so hard to get people to use mass transit options.
Loss of a legend
February 9, 2022
Academic peers and professional colleagues offer tribute to the late Arizona State University civil engineering professor Matt Witczak.
In memory of Géza Kmetty
January 14, 2022
Over Géza Kmetty’s 50-plus years as a multitalented, innovative, enterprising engineer, ASU students benefitted from his knowledge, experience and philanthropy
Designed to deal with disruption
November 1, 2021
ASU engineering research supports new national effort to make urban systems more adaptable and resilient.
ASU transportation study supports expanded autonomous vehicle use
August 23, 2021
Fulton Schools engineering researchers collaborated with Valley Metro and Waymo in a unique mobility-on-demand, public transit experiment.
Rising in stature
May 18, 2021
New honor bestowed by American Society of Civil Engineers validates impacts of Fulton Schools professor’s contributions to construction engineering
Fixing fragile foundations
April 28, 2021
ASU engineering experts offer perspective on the Biden administration’s $2 trillion plan to improve American infrastructure.
Paul Westerhoff receives 2021 Jankowski Legacy Award
March 24, 2021
Paul Westerhoff is being recognized with the 2021 Daniel Jankowski Legacy Award for his decades of work at ASU as an administrator, researcher and professor.
Samuel Ariaratnam named Beavers-Ames Chair in Heavy Construction
March 11, 2021
As the newly-appointed Beavers-Ames Chair in Heavy Construction, Samuel Ariaratnam looks forward to empowering students to pursue careers in heavy construction.
Forecasting the future of mobility
June 9, 2020
Fulton Schools researchers aim to pave way for use of new transportation technologies amid conflicting public attitudes — especially about driverless vehicles
Helping the world build sustainable environments
March 27, 2020
Professor Ram Pendyala wants to see the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment fulfill its potential to help build more sustainable societies around the world.
COVID-19 may alter the future of how we navigate work and leisure
March 24, 2020
Social distancing to combat the novel coronavirus may transform our expectations about commuting to work, recreational travel and even package delivery.