Thomas Chase

Intelligent Transportation Systems, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Multimodal Operations, Reliability and Performance Measurement

Thomas Chase is a Research Scholar with the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina. He specializes in freeway operations, pedestrian behavior and simulation, big data and visualization, advanced signal control, travel time reliability, and network modeling and monitoring.

Thomas leads ITRE's ITS and CAV Research Areas which focus on deployment evaluation, benefit cost analysis, simulation and human factors.

Education

University of Florida

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Aug. 2012 – Present

North Carolina State University

  • M.S. Civil Engineering, Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2012
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, Aug. 2006 – May 2010, Cum Laude

Experience

Institute for Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University

  • Research Scholar, November 2018 – Present
  • Research Associate, September 2015 – October 2018
  • Graduate Research Assistant, August 2010 – August 2012

University of Florida

  • Presidential Fellow, Research Assistant, August 2012 – August 2015