Past Researchers

Postdoctoral Fellows

Xintao Liu, 2014 – 2016, current position: Associate Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PhD Student Fellows

Haggai Davis III, 2024, NYU, Topic: Understanding, Assessing and Improving the Feasibility of Urban Freight Electrification; Current position: Transportation Planner, Arcadis

Bingqing (Chloe) Liu, 2024, NYU, Topic: Modeling multimodal mobility markets from a regulatory perspective; Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, UCLA

Zhexi (Jesse) Fu, 2023, NYU, Topic: Operation design for modular electric microtransit; current position: Revenue Management Operations Research, American Airlines

Gyugeun Yoon, 2022, NYU, Topic: Route design with optimal learning; current position: Assistant Professor, Seoul National University

Qi Liu, 2022, NYU, Topic: Data use and sharing in public transit systems; current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tongji University

Srushti Rath, 2022, NYU, Topic: “ Data-driven decision support tools for large-scale strategic deployment of emerging mobility services “; current position: Research Scientist, Amazon

Jinkai Zhou, 2020, NYU, Topic: “ Autonomous vehicle fleet operations and planning with user activity scheduling constraints

Yueshuai (Brian) He, 2020, NYU, Topic: “ Urban transportation analysis with operator data sharing considerations” ; current position: Assistant Professor, University of Louisville

Theodoros (Ted) Pantelidis, 2020, NYU, Topic: “ Network and mechanism design for collaborative transportation systems “; current position: Research Scientist II, Amazon

Saeid Rasulkhani, 2020, NYU, Topic: “Stable matching evaluation and platform design for MaaS markets“; current position: Senior Data Scientist, Walmart

Susan Jia Xu, 2019, NYU, Topic: “Learning in capacitated multimodal networks over time“; current position: Associate Researcher and Modeler, SANDAG

Shadi Djavadian, 2016, Ryerson, Topic: “Evaluation methods of dynamic flexible transportation systems

Hamid Reza Sayarshad, 2015, Ryerson, Topic: “Smart transit dynamic optimization and informatics”

MS/MASc/MEng Student Researchers

Chaitanya (Chetan) Sharma, 2023, NYU MS Transportation Management, Eisenhower Fellow, Topic: “An empirical review U.S. transit costs and comparative case study of Portland and Manchester light rail systems“; current position: Transportation Engineer, VHB

Hector Landes, 2023, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering; current position: Traffic Engineer, AECOM

Patrick Scalise, 2021, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Topic: “Paratransit operations design with disease contact exposure“; current position: Transportation Planner, MTA

Nicolas Gomez Rojas, 2020, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Topic: “An electric vehicle scheduling problem to plan for electric bus fleet conversion”; current position: Junior Project Manager, GoAscendal

Shams Sahar, 2020, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Fulbright Fellow, Topic: “Behavioral responses to emergency vehicle warning siren”

Mina Lee, 2020, NYU MS Computer Science; current position: Software Engineer II, Microsoft

Mengyun (Mandy) Li, 2020, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Topic: “School bus routing problem with mixed ride, heterogeneous fleet, and mixed load“; current position: Transportation Planner, Stantec

Ziyi Ma, 2020, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Eisenhower Fellow, Topic: “Transit network frequency setting with multi-agent simulation to capture
activity-based mode substitution”; current position: Research Engineer II, BlueHalo

Srushti Rath, 2019, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Topic:”Air taxi skyport location problem for airport access“, completed PhD at NYU (see above)

Nick Caros, 2019, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Topic: “Dynamic operations of a mobility service with en-route transfers“; current position: PhD student, MIT (supervised by Jinhua Zhao)

Heba Omholt, 2018, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Eisenhower Fellow, Topic: “Analysis of evacuation plans: A hurricane and wildfire comparison study to identify steps to improve evacuation strategies and compliance”; current position: Market Insights Analyst, Lyft

Christian Moscardi, 2018, NYU MS in Urban Science and Informatics (CUSP); current position: Data Scientist, U.S. Census Bureau

Assel Dmitriyeva, 2018, NYU M.P.S. Interactive Telecomunications Program (Tisch); current position: Sr Product Manager, Research & Development, Arctic Wolf

Lior Melnick, 2018, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering, Topic: “A dynamic ridesharing routing algorithm with en-route transfers”; current position: Transportation Engineer – Data Lead, VHB

Daniel Fay, 2017, NYU MS in Urban Science and Informatics (CUSP); current position: Senior Cloud Solution Architect, Advanced Analytics and AI, Microsoft

Matthew Urbanek, 2016, NYU MS in Urban Science and Informatics (CUSP); current position: Director of Operations Strategy and Engineering at JetBlue Airways

Manel Rivera Bennàssar, 2016, NYU MS Transportation Management; current position: Bus Manager, International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

Maria Alejandra Pardo Baquero, 2016, NYU MS Transportation Planning & Engineering; current position: Director General, Lince Ingenieria SAS

Ahmed Amer, 2015, Ryerson MASc Civil Engineering, Topic: “A downtown on-street parking model with urban truck delivery effect”; current position: Project Manager, R.V. Anderson Associates

Rishi Lukka, 2014, Ryerson MASc Civil Engineering, Topic: “Development of TransCAD/GISDK algorithm to creating GTFS transit networks to measure regional access”; current position: Department Lead, Transportation Systems and Operations, at HDR

Mohammad Bari, 2014, Ryerson MEng Civil Engineering, Topic: “Creating a calibrated traffic assignment model for freight data”; current position: Associate, BA Consulting

Fadwa Behnam, 2014, Ryerson MEng Civil Engineering, Topic: “Regression and comparative analysis between the Trucking Commodity Origin and Destination (TCOD) survey and the Commercial Vehicle Survey (CVS)”; current position: Technician, City of Mississauga

Heather Nottbeck, 2013, Ryerson MEng Civil Engineering, Topic: “Spatial analysis of large scale freight commodity survey data for systems planning”; current position: Project Manager, AECOM

Undergraduate Summer Research Program Students

2023 cohort

Ryan Lee, Topic: “Enhancing Urban Mobility: Real-Time High-Capacity Ride-Sharing Algorithm for Efficient and Sustainable Transportation”

2022 cohort

Ngoc Nhu Hoang, Topic: “Equity Analysis with Replica Synthetic Population”

Sean Lin, Topic: “Modeling Framework for Mobility-as-a-Service Platform”

Ethan Wong, Topic: “One-to-Many Simulator Interface with Virtual Test Bed for Equitable Tech”

2021 cohort

Jack David Gazard, Topic: “Routing Optimization for Truck Drivers in NYC”

Junyao Chen, Topic: “Preprocessing Algorithm to Generalize Public Transit Line Agent Simulator to GIS Zones”

Charles Liu, Topic: “Modeling Efficient Electric Vehicle Charging Station Configuration Designs for the New York City School Bus Fleet”

2020 cohort

Divya Bade, Topic: “A bike count forecast model with multimodal network connectivity measures”; current position: Sr Business Analyst, McKinsey & Co.

Harpreet Kaur, Topic: “Modeling city level demand patterns for microtransit operations planning”

Michelle Ren, Topic: “Electric vehicle operation simulation for a mobility-on-demand service”

2019 cohort

Matthew Shen, Topic: “Brooklyn Queens Connector Evaluation Through a Multi-agent Virtual Simulation”; current position: MS student in Information Systems, Cornell Tech

Sara Alanis, Topic: “Two-Sided Market Operational Policy for Real Time Public Transit Route Deviation”; current position: Analyst, AFRY Energy Management Consulting

Alicia Ting Luo, Topic: “Recommender system development and deployment for elderly mobility in NYC”; current position: Software Engineer, Meta

2018 cohort

Ziyi Ma, Topic: “Understanding of Factors Affect Car-sharing Demand in Urban Area: A Case Study of ReachNow Car-sharing Service in Brooklyn, New York”;  completed MS at NYU (see above)

Carol Shlyakhova, Topic: “Large Scale Multiagent Simulation of NYC Mobility”; current position: Structural Engineer, Hardesty & Hanover LLC

Eric Gan, Topic: “Privacy Control for Transportation Data Sharing”; current position: Full Stack Engineer, Whova

2017 cohort

Gisselle Diana Barrera, Topic: “Evaluation of Impacts on Transfers from Integrated Regional Transit Network in New York”; current position: Project Engineer, Monadnock Construction

Bill Xuebo Lai, Topic: “Inference of charging and dwell time activities from autonomous electric vehicle fleet trajectory data”; current position: Backend Software Engineer, Tencent

Elsa Hio Kuan Kong, Topic: “Monitoring Bus Arrival for Headway Control Strategies”; current position: MS student in Civil Engineering, Columbia University

Isaiah Mwamba, Topic: “Quantifying the Effects of Queue Jump Lanes on Bus Service Reliability”; current position: PhD student, Purdue University

2016 cohort

Jakub Gil, Topic: “Systematic Design of Wireless Charging Transportation Network”; current position: Principal Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman

Adam Sanghera, Topic: “A New Model for Collaborative Neural Networks”; current position: Sr Software Engineer, Yogi

Ziyi Ma, Topic: “Spatial welfare effects of shared taxi operating policies for first mile airport access“;  completed MS at NYU (see above)

Lucas Mestres Mendes, Topic: “Simulation experiment to compare light rail streetcar against shared autonomous vehicle fleet for Brooklyn Queens Connector“; current position: Trader, Ibiuna Investimentos

ARISE Students

2023 cohort

Lauren Whang, Topic: “Impact of the Interborough Express on Transit Access Disparities in Flatbush, NYC”

Thahera Rahman, Topic: “Analysis on Taxi Ridepooling and its Impact on GHG Emissions in Manhattan”

2022 cohort

Alexander Sanchez, Topic: “Analysis on NYC Truck CO2 Emissions for More Eco-Friendly Navigation Paths”

Sage Robinson, Topic: “Effect of Car-Free Policies on Economic Recovery”

2021 cohort

Trevor Lane, Topic: “Corridor Validation Location Selection for MATSim”

Jonathon Song, Topic: “Improving Transportation Equity for Disadvantaged Population Groups in NYC”

2020 cohort

Jillian Darcy, Topic: “Electric cargo bike planning”

Naomi Sergew, Topic: “Building an operational model for microtransit systems”

2019 cohort

Abhinav Garg, Topic: “Effect of speed hump addition on speed change and traffic”

Megan Gupta-She, Topic: “Concentration and distribution of government licensed for-hire vehicles under different atmospheric conditions in New York City”

2018 cohort

Annie Eng, Topic: “Taxi Trajectory Data vis QGIS in Wuhan”

Chengyuan Wang, Topic: “Privacy Control for Transportation Data Sharing”

2017 cohort

Harpreet Kaur, Topic: “Citi Bike Valet Program”

Alex Leon, Topic: “Evaluating fare structures of emerging app-based for-hire vehicles”

2016 cohort

Kathy Sze Ting Lau, Topic: “Multi-Route Sharing Between MTA, Citi Bike, and Car2Go”

Malaq Alzoubeir. Topic: “The efficient way to travel in NYC”