INFORMS Open Forum

Remembering Hani Mahmassani (1956-2025)

  • 1.  Remembering Hani Mahmassani (1956-2025)

    Posted 07-18-2025 10:53

    INFORMS is saddened to share the passing of a long-time member of the INFORMS community, Hani Mahmassani. Mahmassani was the William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation, director of the Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC), and professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University. Prior to that, he held professorships at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Maryland.  

    Mahmassani will be remembered for his modeling of intelligent transportation networks and interdisciplinary collaboration in transportation engineering. He was an INFORMS Fellow and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He also previously served as the editor-in-chief of the INFORMS journal Transportation Science and was awarded the Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Award by the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Section. 

    Learn more about Hani Mahmassani and his many contributions here. 



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    Scharan Johnson
    Director of Membership and Communities
    INFORMS
    Catonsville MD
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