SPIA | Hall

Ralph Hall

Ralph Hall

Assistant Professor
Urban Affairs and Planning

Office: 207 Architecture Annex, Blacksburg
Phone: (540) 231-7332
Email: rphall at vt.edu

MEng., Civil Engineering, University of Southampton 1999
M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
M.S., Technology & Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002
Ph.D., Technology, Management & Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006

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Previous positions:
2006 - 2008	Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
2000 - 2006	Masters/Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summer 2002	Curriculum Development Advisor, University of Cambridge
Summer 2001 and 2003	Policy Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
1999 - 2000	Engineer, Halcrow Group

Books

Ashford, N.A, and Hall, R.P. (forthcoming) Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development, The MIT Press, Cambridge.

Articles

Hall, R.P. (2003) "Energy Futures, Questions and Answers". OpenDOOR, web-only magazine published by the MIT Alumni Association. http://alumweb.mit.edu/opendoor/200301/hall.shtml

Burton, M.A. and Hall, R.P. (1999) "Asset Management for Irrigation Systems: Addressing the Issue of Serviceability". Irrigation and Drainage Systems Journal, Volume 13, No. 2, 1999.

Chapters

Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J., Field, F., Hall, R.P., Kirchain, R., Marks, D.H., Oye, K., and Sussman, J.M. (2004) "Sustainability as an Organizing Design Principle for Large-Scale Engineering Systems". Chapter 8 of the MIT Engineering Systems Division’s (ESD’s) Engineering Systems Monograph. http://esd.mit.edu/symposium/pdfs/monograph/sustainability.pdf

Grants

Project Title: Assessing the Link between the Productive Use of Domestic Water, Poverty Reduction, and Sustainability
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), World Bank

Project Title: Sustainability Performance Measures for State Departments of Transportation and Other Transportation Agencies
Role: Advisor
Funding Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)