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”