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The Edward L. Ullman Award is offered by the Transportation
Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers
since 1990 for outstanding contributions to the field of transportation
geography. Each year the TGSG board evaluates and votes on the candidacies
submitted to the Chair before the deadline of December 15. A proposal
must include a letter of introduction (preferably by someone familiar
with the work of the candidate) and a complete curriculum vitae. Past
recipients include:
- 2010 - Andrew Goetz. One the world’s preeminent
air transportation geographers and is also one of the disciplines
leading authorities on intermodal transportation. He has published
over 30 refereed articles on air transport, intermodal transportation,
and transport planning. In addition to the refereed articles
he has published two books; Denver International Airport: Lessons
Learned and Airline Deregulation and Laissez-Faire Mythology. The
latter was later translated into Japanese. He has also published
numerous invited chapters in books focusing on a wide range of transport
topics including but not limited to planning, deregulation, and
policy implications.
- 2009 - Harvey Miller. Best known for his seminal text
on transportation GIS, published in 2001 and co-authored with Professor
Shih-lung Shaw. Equally important has been his work in time geography,
time-space geography and the analysis of accessibility in urban
spaces. He has published over 35 peer-reviewed papers in the most
outstanding journals in his field and over 15 book chapters
- 2008 - Shih-Lung Shaw. Considered a leader in the field
of geographic information systems for transportation (GIS-T), Dr.
Shih-Lung Shaw has published dozens of book chapters, conference
proceedings, and journal articles, including in the first issue
of Journal of Transport Geography as well as securing a variety
of research grants. He co-authored a well-received text, Geographic
Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications
(2001). One of Dr. Shaw’s most important and ongoing contributions
to the rapidly growing field of GIS-T has been in the representation
and analysis of temporal patterns. Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw has won numerous
awards for his teaching and has served the transport geography community
in many ways, including as chair of the TGSG.
- 2007 - T. R. Lakshmanan. Established a long record of
success as a private sector consultant on urban and transportation
planning, as a professor of geography, and as one of the first directors
of the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Professor Lakshmanan
has won dozens of grants from agencies including the National Science
Foundation. His research has emphasized the economic and environmental
impacts of transportation systems. Professor Lakshmanan's publications
include many articles, monographs, and books including Structural
Change in Transportation and Communications in the Knowledge Society
(2005) which he co-edited with Kiyoshi Kobayashi and William Anderson.
- 2006 - Barry Wellar. Recognized as a leader in transportation
research for his insights into optimization techniques, interactive
land use-transportation models, applications of GIS in transportation
planning, new approaches in the design and implementation of alternative
transportation strategies, and new thinking about the conceptualization
of the sustainable transportation test. Throughout his career as
professor, public servant and consultant, Dr. Wellar has demonstrated
an exceptional ability to combine theories, methods, and empirical
evidence from a number of disciplines, including geography, economics,
mathematics, operations research, planning, civil engineering, sociology,
political science and computers/communications.
- 2005 - Mei-Po Kwan. Combined the theoretical and empirical
consideration of accessibility with visualization using innovative
GIS tools. She has been influential in developing innovative work
on the relationships between Information & Communication Technology
(ICT) and travel behavior, and modeling of emergency response through
3D network analysis. She thus has contributed to set the agenda
in transportation and communication, spatial representation, and
mobility.
- 2004 - Richard Knowles. Professor of Transport Geography
in the School of Environment and Life Sciences at the University
of Salford, UK and a member of its Research Institute for the Built
and Human Environment. He has been the Editor of the Journal of
Transport Geography (the international quarterly research journal
published by Elsevier) since its establishment in 1993. Dr. Knowles
is co-Editor of Modern Transport Geography (published by Wiley,
2nd Edition 1998) and is also co-Editor of Ashgate Publishing's
Transport and Mobility monograph series. His research has focused
on the effects of transport deregulation, privatization and franchising
and on impacts of new transport infrastructure on transport and
development.
- 2003 - Kingsley E. Haynes. One of the early geographers
to apply large regional transport planning models. Among his most
significant contribution is his research focused on spatial interaction
modeling, which helped establish a solid conceptual and methodological
background about transport systems and the relationship between
transport systems and regional economic change. His work contributed
to policy debate at the regional and national levels.
- 2002 - Brian Slack. Among the early contributors to the
understanding of spatial impact of the transport service industry
and instrumental in establishing connections with other areas such
as urban planning through his work on transport terminals and intermodality.
- 2001 - Thomas Leinbach. Made substantive contributions
to understanding issues of transport delivery and the impacts of
accessibility on rural settlements. He is a master at relating transport
to the broader socio-political and economic context of resettlement
processes, employment behavior, peasant household survival strategies,
human capital formation, and enterprise development.
- 2000 - Donald Janelle.
- 1999 - Bruce Ralston.
- 1998 - Morton O'Kelly.
- 1997 - Susan Hanson.
- 1996 - James Vance.
- 1995 - William R. Black.
- 1994 - William Garrison.
- 1993 - No award given.
- 1992 - Howard Gauthier.
- 1991 - Harold M. Mayer.
- 1990 - Edward J. Taaffe.
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