Lisa Aultman-Hall

Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall is the Professor and Chair of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. After graduating in 1996 with a Ph.D. from McMaster University, she served as a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Universities of Kentucky, Connecticut and Vermont. Dr. Aultman-Hall focuses on transportation systems, especially methods to collect unique databases for modeling and analysis of long-distance intercity travel, transportation sector emissions, network resiliency, streetscape design, and non-motorized transportation. Dr. Aultman-Hall was the founding Director of the interdisciplinary Vermont Transportation Research Center (TRC) whose focus included land use and transportation models. During these years, Aultman-Hall was a member of the leadership team for the National Center for Sustainable Transportation led by UC Davis. Her current professional service includes serving on travel behavior committees of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the executive board of the Council of Engineering Systems Universities (CESUN) and the board of directors of the Schlegel-University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging.