Overview
Personal Profile
Venu Garikapati joined NLR in 2017 and today leads the Transportation Modeling and Metrics team. An expert in the development of new analytical and computational modeling systems for forecasting travel demand under a wide variety of technological, multimodal, and policy scenarios, his research focuses on understanding the impacts of disruptive technologies on travel behavior and the role that big data analytics can play in enhancing the performance of transportation systems. Additionally, he played an instrumental role in developing the Mobility Energy Productivity Metric, the Freight Mobility Energy Productivity Metric, and a toolkit for modeling and simulating automated mobility districts.
Research Interests
Activity-based travel behavior and time use analysis
Multimodal transportation planning and policy analysis
Travel demand modeling and forecasting
Econometric and statistical methods for transportation data analysis
Mobility and energy impacts of disruptive transportation technologies
Sustainable transportation and urban development
Professional Experience
Project Leader, Transportation Data Analytics, NLR (2017–Present)
Assistant Research Professor, Arizona State University (2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology (2015–2016)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Civil Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University
PhD, Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University
Master, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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A Hierarchical Optimization Method for Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Network Design
He, M., Sun, B., Garikapati, V., Liu, Z., Wang, Q., Hoshiko, J., Lyu, M. & Ge, Y., 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 27, 2, p. 2321-2330 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cross-Sectoral Synergies for Household Energy Savings: The Role of Electric Vehicles, Solar Photovoltaics, and Remote Work
Sharda, S., Viz, N., Garikapati, V., Goulias, K. & Stenger, K., 2026, In: Transportation Letters. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Consumer-Centric Approach to Quantify Efficiency of Receiving Goods Purchased via Online: Article No. 101465
Wang, Y., Jeong, K. & Garikapati, V., 2025, In: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 32, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A User-Facing Metric to Quantify the Quality of Mobility: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-20-17094
Garikapati, V. & Hoehne, C., 2025, 9 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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BEAM CORE Core Tools
Spurlock, A., Gonder, J., Needell, Z., Mills, M., Garikapati, V., Jin, L., Xu, X., Jeong, K., Poliziani, C. & Fish, J., 2025, 23 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
Activities
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Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society (External organization)
Tinnesand, H. (Member), Panossian, N. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Garikapati, V. (Member), Griffin, K. (Member) & Poudyal, A. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices (External organization)
Garikapati, V. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Statewide/National Transportation Data and Information Systems (External organization)
Garikapati, V. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Awards and Honors
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American Society of Civil Engineers’ International Conference on Transportation and Development Best Poster Award
Garikapati, V. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award
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U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office, Team Award for the Development of the Mobility Energy Productivity Metric
Garikapati, V. (Recipient) & Young, S. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award