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Carolina Baumanis, M.S.C.E.

Research Engineering/Scientist Associate & Ph.D. Candidate
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States

Carolina Baumanis joined the University of Texas at Austin Center for Transportation Research (CTR) as a Research Engineering/Scientist Associate in August 2015. She completed her B.S. in Geophysics from UT Austin in May 2015 and completed her M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from UT Austin in December 2018. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate working on active transportation issues with a focus on improving safety and efficiency. Her recent work includes quantifying the effect of pedestrian control devices on pedestrian safety, conducting before/after experimentation of bicycle signals, and building predictive models for cyclist facility demand through the use of machine learning methods. Her varied experience in creating field experiments, analyzing data through the use of statistical tools, designing surveys, analyzing traffic operations, and conducting geospatial analysis have given her a well-rounded perspective for tackling transportation problems with a data-driven approach.

Since joining the transportation discipline, Mrs. Baumanis has worked on a very wide variety of projects with multiple sponsors, including various TxDOT districts, Texas Dept. of Public Safety, the City of Austin, USDOT, and the State of Tamaulipas in Mexico on a wide range of studies. She has worked on evaluating the potential effectiveness of placing No Trucks Left Lane signage on US 183, US 290, and Mopac for the Austin District of TxDOT. For the City of Austin, she is analyzing the effect on cyclist safety through the use of bicycle signals by correlating factors like volumes of cyclists and motor vehicles to different types of measures of cyclist safety. Mrs. Baumanis has also designed experiments to evaluate the impact of various pedestrian crossing treatments on pedestrian safety in Austin in terms of driver yielding propensity. She has also worked on characterizing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and public transportation ridership and bicycle demand.

Throughout her academic and professional career, Mrs. Baumanis has received over eight honors and awards, including the 2018 Outstanding Student of the Year Award from the U.S. Department of Transportation and a Multi-Year Fellowship from the Cockrell School of Engineering. She has also served on the City of Austin’s Pedestrian Advisory Council, which advises the City on planning, operations, and maintenance of pedestrian facilities. Currently, she is working on her Ph.D. as a fellowship recipient as well as working as a Research Engineering/Scientist Associate II for the Center for Transportation Research.

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