CEE Faculty Profile

Frank Southworth

Principal Research Scientist

Affinity Group: Transportation Systems Engineering
Office: SEB 324
Phone: 404/894-0171
Email: frank.southworth@ce.gatech.edu

Biography

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 [Read More]

Research Interests

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

Education

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