Michael Hunter

Professor Michael Hunter is a Professor and Group Coordinator in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering within the Engineering faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1992, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. After completing his master's degree, he worked as a transportation engineer for several years at the Sear-Brown Group in Rochester, New York. Since joining Georgia Tech, Dr. Hunter has been highly active in research, teaching, and service. He has served as principal investigator on sponsored research projects funded by local, state, federal agencies, and industry. Notably, he has led the Georgia Transportation Institute as Director since 2012 and the National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management from 2012 to 2017.

Dr. Hunter's primary teaching and research interests are in transportation operations and design, specializing in adaptive signal control, traffic simulation, arterial corridor operations, simulation, digital twins, connected and autonomous vehicles, signal control optimization with AI and reinforcement learning, smart cities, connected infrastructure, and emerging technologies in transportation systems. His research includes real-time corridor digital twin models in Atlanta and Chattanooga, emergency vehicle preemption, transit priority, traffic flow simulations for human-autonomous vehicle interactions, and safety treatments such as intersection flashing modes and innovative signage. Key publications include "MDDV: a mobility-centric data dissemination algorithm for vehicular networks" (2004), "Operating Performance of Diverging Diamond Interchanges" (2019, recipient of the Transportation Research Board D. Grant Mickle Award and Best Paper Award from the Operational Effects of Geometrics Committee), "Development of a Connected Corridor Real-Time Data-Driven Traffic Digital Twin Simulation Model" (2021), and "Impact of Connected Corridor Volume Data Imputations on Digital Twin Performance Measures" (2023). Dr. Hunter has received awards such as the Mobility Award for the City of Atlanta’s North Avenue Smart Corridor Project (2018), Best Abstract Award at PTV America’s User Group Meeting (2011), and Best Paper Award at the Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation Conference (2010). His scholarship has garnered over 3,445 citations, influencing advancements in transportation engineering.

Professional Email: michael.hunter@ce.gatech.edu