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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:
- 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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