Mikhail Chester, Ph.D.
August 2008 to present
Post Doctoral Researcher
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
August 2004 to August 2008
PhD - Civil & Environmental Engineering (August 2008)
MS - Civil & Environmental Engineering (May 2005)
Systems Engineering Program
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
August 2002 to May 2003
MS - Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil Infrastructure Systems Program
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
August 1998 to May 2002
BS - Civil & Environmental Engineering, Engineering & Public Policy
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Agent for the National Academy of Science's National Research Council project "Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption."
Expert Panel Participant on the UCLA Sustainable Communities Workshop for the California Energy Commission (Los Angeles, California)
Participated on the UCLA Institute of the Environment's Sustainable Communities workshop to create a research agenda for the California Energy Commission's PIER research arm.
Chester, Mikhail; Horvath, Arpad (Under Review)
Environmental Payback and Tradeoffs in California High Speed Rail Life-cycle Assessment
Chester, Mikhail; Horvath, Arpad (Under Review)
Parking Externalities: Energy, Emissions, and Automobile Life-cycle Environmental Accounting
Chester, Mikhail; Horvath, Arpad; Madanat, Samer (Under Review)
Comparison of Life-cycle Energy and Emissions Footprints of Passenger Transportation in Metropolitan Regions
Chester, Mikhail; Horvath, Arpad
Environmental Assessment of Passenger Transportation Should Include Infrastructure and Supply Chains
Environmental Research Letters, 4, 1-8, Institute of Physics (June 8, 2009). 
Chester, Mikhail; Martin, Elliot
Cellulosic Ethanol from Municipal Solid Waste: A Case Study of the Economic, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas Impacts in California
Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (14), 5183-5189, American Chemical Society (June 17, 2009).
Chester, Mikhail (Completed under the advising of Arpad Horvath)
Life-cycle Environmental Inventory of Passenger Transportation Modes in the United States
Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. University of California, Berkeley (August 2008).
Chester, Mikhail; Martin, Elliot; Sathaye, Nakul
Energy, Greenhouse Gas, and Cost Reductions for Municipal Recycling Systems
Environmental Science & Technology, 42 (6), 2142–2149, American Chemical Society (February 8, 2008).
Chester, Mikhail; Hendrickson, Chris
Cost Impacts, Scheduling Impacts, and the Construction Claims Process
Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, ASCE, Volume 131, Issue 1, pages 102-107 (January 2005).
Akinci, Burcu; Chester, Mikhail; Hendrickson, Chris; Matthews, Scott; McCloskey, Kevin
Automated Photologging and Retrieval for a Digital Photograph Library
Procedures of the Transportation Research Board 83rd Annual Meeting 2004
Manuscript reviewer for Environmental Science & Technology
A publication of the American Chemical Society
Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Industrial Ecology
Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Infrastructure Systems
A publication of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Management
Manuscript reviewer for Environmental Research
Energy and Society (University of California, Berkeley ER100)
Transportation Economics (University of California, Berkeley CE254)
Transportation Energy (University of California, Berkeley ER291)
Control and Optimization of Distributed Systems and Partial Differential Equations (University of California, Berkeley CE291F)
Air Quality Engineering (University of California, Berkeley CE218A)
Environmental Engineering (University of California, Berkeley CE111)
Logistics (University of California, Berkeley CE258)
Human and Organization Factors: Risk Assessment & Mgmt of Engineered Systems (University of California, Berkeley CE290A)
Civil Systems & the Environment (University of California, Berkeley CE268E)
Modeling Energy, Environmental & Resource Systems (University of California, Berkeley ER220)
Civil Systems: Control & Information Management (University of California, Berkeley CE290I)
Improving Performance in Engineering & Construction (University of California, Berkeley CE290M)
Civil & Environmental Engineering Systems Analysis (University of California, Berkeley CE152)
Systems Analysis in Transportation (University of California, Berkeley CE252A)
Technologies for Sustainable Societies (University of California, Berkeley CE292A)
Infrastructure Management (Carnegie Mellon University 12-750)
Climate Change, Energy Policy, & Environmental Protection (Carnegie Mellon University 88-765)
Civil Systems: Investment, Planning, & Pricing (Carnegie Mellon University 12-706)
Project Management for Construction (Carnegie Mellon University 12-611)
Advanced Techniques in Project Management (Carnegie Mellon University 12-705)
Fall 2009
University of California, Berkeley, Extension
Energy Use and Climate Change
Summer/Fall 2009
University of California, Berkeley, Extension
Transportation Sustainability and Life-cycle Assessment
Fall 2007 and Fall 2006
Graduate Student Instructor for Course CE166: Construction Engineering
Fall 2007 and Fall 2006
Graduate Student Instructor for Course CE166: Construction Engineering
Spring 2006
Graduate Student Instructor for Course CE268E: Civil Systems and the Environment
Spring 2005
Graduate Student Instructor for Course E77: Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers
Presentation on 10/20/2009
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil Systems & the Environment Course
Presentation on 4/27/2009
University of California, Berkeley, Phi Beta Lambda Honor Society
Presentation on 4/8/2009
Stanford University, Department of Management Science and Engineering
Transportation Systems and Urban Development Course MS&E296
Presentation on 4/6/2009
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science
Introduction to Environmental Sciences
Presentation on 3/18/2009
University of California, Berkeley, City & Regional Planning Program
Cities, Transportation, & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Course
Presentation on 3/17/2009
Engineering and Project Management Journal Club
Presentation on 10/31/2008
American Public Transportation Association
Climate Change Working Group
Presentation on 10/15/2008
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil Systems and the Environment Course
Poster on 10/2/2008
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies
Volvo Center of Excellence Workshop
Presentation on 8/29/2008
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies
Friday Seminar Series
Presentation on 4/7/2008
University of California, Berkeley, City & Regional Planning Program
Cities, Transportation, & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Course
Presentation on 4/3/2008
University of California, Berkeley, Energy and Resources Group
Biofuels Interest Group
Presentation on 3/6/2008
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil Systems and the Environment Course
Presentation on 10/24/2007
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering
New Product Development: Design Theory and Methods Course
Presentation on 6/28/2007
11th World Conference on Transport Research 2007
Presentation on 2/16/2007
University of California Transportation Research Conference 2007
Presentation on 9/25/2006
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies
Volvo Center of Excellence Seminar Series
Presentation on 7/24/2006
University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies
Volvo Center of Excellence Workshop
Presentation on 4/11/2006
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil Systems and the Environment Course
Poster on 2/10/2006
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California Transportation Center Student Conference
Presentation on 11/10/2005
University of California, Berkeley
Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
Presentation on 10/21/2005
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Systems Program Seminar
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Fall 2006 to Summer 2007
University of California Transportation Center Research Grant, Fall 2005 to Summer 2006
Awarded through Professor Arpad Horvath
Civil Engineering Scholarship, University of California Berkeley, Fall 2004 to Spring 2005
Civil Engineering Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University, Fall 2002 to Spring 2003
Engineering Honors Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University, Spring 2001 to Spring 2002
Participant in the Carnegie Mellon University's Engineering and Public Policy Course Project "Voting System Transitions: What are the Options for Pennsylvania?" which received the Stephen Omer Lee Award as the outstanding project course in 2001.
Participant in the Carnegie Mellon University's Engineering and Public Policy Course Project "Environmental Impacts of E-commerce - A Case Study of Book Purchasing" which received the Stephen Omer Lee Award as the outstanding project course in 2000.