Tara Ramani , Ph.D., PE

TTI Associate Research Engineer

Education

• Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning, Texas A&M University, 2017
• M.S., Transportation (Civil Engineering), Texas A & M University, 2008
• B.E., Civil Engineering, Anna University, 2005

Short Biography

Tara Ramani, PhD, is an associate research engineer at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), and serves as assistant director for research at the Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH). She has played a major role in several of TTI’s air quality- and sustainability-related studies over the last 15 years. Her work includes projects related to sustainable transportation, transportation air quality, health and transportation, emissions modeling, in-use emissions testing, performance measurement, and decision-making. Dr. Ramani is also a licensed professional engineer (PE) in Texas. Active in the transportation research community, she has authored several journal papers, technical reports, and book chapters; and she has presented her work at numerous technical conferences around the world. She has previously served as vice-chair of Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) Standing Committee on Sustainable Transportation and as a member of the Committee on Performance Measurement.