Alumni

CHAIRED DOCTORAL DEGREES

At University of Washington

Wan Li

  • Dissertation Title: Traffic Signal Timing Optimization with Connected Vehicles
  • Completed (Year): Spring, 2019
  • Current Employer: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Qiangqiang Guo

  • Dissertation Title: Multiscale Signal-Vehicle Coupled Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
  • Completed (Year): Summer, 2022
  • Current Employer: Google

Jingxing Wang

  • Dissertation Title: Quasi Sparsity Based Origin-Destination Demand Estimation
  • Completed (Year): Summer, 2023
  • Current Employer: JP Morgan

Dan McCabe

  • Dissertation Title: Computational Tools for Battery-Electric Bus Systems: From Infrastructure Planning to Daily Operations
  • Completed (Year): Summer, 2024
  • Current Employer:

Nazib Siddique

  • Dissertation Title: Adaptive Sampling Methods for Vehicle Trajectory Data
  • Completed (Year): Fall, 2019
  • Current Employer: Argonne National Laboratory

Rong Fan

  • Dissertation Title: Commuting Service Platform: Concept, Method, and Analysis
  • Completed (Year): Fall, 2022
  • Current Employer: Uber

Feilong Wang

  • Dissertation Title: Data Poisoning Attacks in Transportation and Infrastructure-Enabled Defense Methods
  • Completed (Year): Winter, 2023
  • Current Employer: Southwest Jiaotong University

At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Sarah (Xia) Yang

  • Dissertation Title: Modeling Multimodal Transportation Network Emergency Evacuation Considering Evacuees’ Cooperative Behavior
  • Completed (Year): Fall, 2016
  • Current Employer: SUNY Polytechnic

Rui Ma

  • Dissertation Title: Modeling and Solving Continuous-Time Dynamic User Equilibria
  • Completed (Year): Fall, 2013
  • Current Employer: University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)

Wilfredo Yushimito

  • Dissertation Title: Mitigating Peak Congestion with Staggered Work Hours: Effects, Models, and Implications
  • Completed (Year): Fall, 2011
  • Current Employer: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

Zhanbo Sun

  • Dissertation Title: Transportation Modeling and Privacy Protection Using Mobile Sensors
  • Completed (Year): Fall, 2014
  • Current Employer: Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Peng Hao

  • Dissertation Title: Urban Arterial Real-Time Performance Measurement Using Privacy Preserving Mobile Sensors
  • Completed (Year): Spring, 2013
  • Current Employer: University of California, Riverside

SUPERVISED MS STUDENTS

Student NameLevel of SupervisionThesis/Paper TitleCompletedCurrent Employer
At University of Washington
Iman HajiProjectImpact of Subsidized Youth Transit Passes on Youth Bus Ridership in King CountySpring, 2022Amazon
Ce WangProjectScenario Modeling for Post-COVID Return to Work and Transit UsageWinter, 2022Hong Kong University, Ph.D. program
Yanyan ChenProjectAnalyzing the associations between COVID-19 cases and mobilityWinter 2022Shunfeng Express Delivery
Thomas ValdrizProjectPredicting bicycle ridership using Strava crowdsourced mobile dataAutumn, 2021Fehr & Peers
Ebuka UmeibeProject Impact of Covid-19 on transit usage and return to work patterns in the Seattle RegionAutumn, 2021Lease Crutcher Lewis
Daniel McCabeThesisSelecting Layover Charging Locations for Electric Buses: Mixed-Integer Linear Programming ModelsSpring, 2021Graduate school, UW
Zhijun LiuProjectDynamic signal control with Connected and Autonomous VehiclesSpring, 2021Nordstrom (data scientist)
Michael BerlingerProjectMobility changes in Seattle, Washington due to CovidSpring, 2021Amazon
Sai Sarath PavuluriProjectImpact of SR 99 tunnel tolling on transportation equity and accessibility in SeattleSpring, 2021
Ohay AngahProjectDevelopment of a vehicle-in-the-loop simulation platformWinter, 2021Graduate school, UW
Audrey ThaiProjectAnalyzing the effects of flashing yellow arrows on safety in the City of BellevueSpring, 2020City of Bellevue
Xiang ZhangProjectA GIS-based map matching approach for mobile deviceFall, 2019Graduate school, Northeastern University
He ZhuProjectNeighborhood level impacts in Travel patterns from the closure of Alaska Way ViaductFall, 2019Graduate school, Northeastern University
Bihong XuProjectMachine-learning based trajectory prediction for connected vehicle platoonSummer, 2019Apple Inc.
Hao ZengProjectAssociation between walking purpose and physical activity measured accelerometer and travel diarySpring, 2019N/A
Patrick LeeProjectOn the road to predictive responsive parking pricing in SeattleFall, 2018Concord Engineering
Yiran ZhangProjectMicroscopic simulation of travel demand management: Performance of peak hour spreading strategy in downtown area by VISSIMSummer, 2018Ph.D. program, UW
Wenjin GuProjectExploring the Influential Factors on Ridesourcing Demand and Trip Generation Based on Didi dataSpring, 2018China Architecture Design Group
Liming JinProjectA dynamic signal control algorithm based on left-turn bay spilloverSpring, 2018Graduate school, Duke Univ.
Tianyi HuProjectDevelopment of a MATSim simulation model for downtown SeattleSpring, 2018Far East Mobility, China
Jessica KimProjectWorkFlex: a study of workplace schedule flexibility practices in the Puget Sound, WashingtonSummer, 2017WSDOT
Jeffrey PowersProjectSafety of Cascade Bicycle Club Free Group Rides programSpring, 2017Cascade Bicycle Club
At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Eric RichardsonThesisDefining and Evaluating Freight Performance Metrics Using GPS DataFall, 2013AgileAssets Inc.
Michael KowalczykThesisExperimental Validation of Mobile Sensors as Traffic Probes on Arterial Streets with Traffic Simulation of the Existing NetworkFall, 2010FHWA-USDOT
Coral TorresThesisAssessment of Tradeoffs Among Multiple Vehicle Classes for Urban DeliveriesFall, 2009FHWA-USDOT
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