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Tyler Dick, PhD, P.E.

Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, United States

C. Tyler Dick, Ph.D., P.E. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining UT Austin in August 2022, Dr. Dick spent ten years as Research Associate Professor, Lecturer and Principal Research Engineer with the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Prior to his time at UIUC, Dr. Dick spent 11 years as a railway design engineer with HDR Engineering where he attained the title of Professional Associate in recognition of his expertise in railway yard and terminal design. Dr. Dick holds a B.Sc. (1999) in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and a M.S. (2001) and Ph.D. (2019) in civil engineering from the University of Illinois. Dr. Dick lectures on railway design and operations topics, and supervises a team of graduate students engaged in railway systems research for a range of Class 1 railroad, agency and rail industry supplier sponsors. His current research is focused on railway mainline, yard and terminal capacity, design and interaction; railway network operations and performance resiliency; operations potential of advanced railway traffic control systems with virtual and moving blocks; railway energy efficiency and alternative energy locomotives; technology-assisted train operations and self-propelled autonomous railcars; and predictive analytics for operations and maintenance planning. Dr. Dick is a licensed Professional Engineer and is actively involved in several TRB, ASCE and AREMA committees, and the INFORMS Railway Application Section. He is Chair of the TRB Joint Subcommittee on Railway Capacity and Performance, Chair of AREMA Committee 16 (Economics of Railway Engineering & Operations), and is on the board of the International Association of Railway Operations Research.

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