Matthew Vechione

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Phone: 903.565.5711
Email: mvechione@uttyler.edu
Building: RBS 1011
Department: Civil Engineering

Degrees

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2019
B.S. Civil Engineering (with cum laude honors), The University of Texas at Tyler, 2014

Biography

Certifications:

Engineering in Training – Texas

Teaching Interests:

Dr. Vechione’s teaching interests are primarily in transportation and traffic engineering; however, he has taught classes in numerous areas of civil engineering. Classes include: transportation systems: management and operations, hydrology and hydraulic design, statics, and geomatics.

Research Interests:

Dr. Vechione’s areas of research interest include university parking, applications of artificial intelligence in transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), smart cities, and transportation and infrastructure security. Dr. Vechione also has a strong commitment to teaching and improving engineering education.

Select Journal Publications:

Vechione, M., Balal, E., Cheu, R. L. (2018). “Comparisons of Mandatory and Discretionary Lane Changing Behavior on Freeways,” International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 7(2), pp. 124-136.

Vechione, M., Balal, E., Cheu, R. L. (2018). “Comparisons of Discretionary Lane Changing Behavior: Implications for Autonomous Vehicles,” Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal, 88(6), pp. 37-43

Select Conference Proceedings:

Vechione, M., Cheu, R. L. (2020). “Adaptation of a Freeway Discretionary Lane Changing Model to a Freeway Mandatory Lane Changing Model,” 99^th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D. C.

McGinnis, M., Gangone, M., Snodgrass, A., Busby, C., Nalbone, J. T., Vechione, M.(2019). “Student Participation on Faculty Hiring Committees – A Perspective,” American Society for Engineering Education Gulf Southwest Conference 2019, Tyler, TX.

Vechione, M.,Cheu, R. L. (2019). “Fuzzy Logic-Based Decision Models for Mandatory Lane Changes on Freeways,” 98^th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D. C.

Vechione, M., Marrufo, C., Vargas-Acosta, R. A., Jimenez-Velasco, M. G., Gurbuz, O., Dmitriyeva, A., Cheu, R. L., Villanueva-Rosales, N., Nunez-Mchiri, G. G., and Chow, J. Y. J. (2018). ”Smart Mobility for Seniors: Challenges and Solutions in El Paso, TX, and New York, NY,” 4^th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), Kansas City, MO.

Vechione, M.,Cheu, R. L. (2018). “Comparisons of Mandatory and Discretionary Lane Changing Behavior on Freeways,” 97^th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington D. C.