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Qiang Bai
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, Purdue University (In Progress)
Academic Interests: Transportation asset management
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Yu-Ting Hsu
Education:
Ph.D. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Purdue University (In Progress)
M.S. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, National Taiwan University (2004)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (2002)
Academic Interests: Evacuation operation, spatial analysis, traveler behavior
Professional Experience: Account Manager, Shin Satellite Public Ltd. (2006-2007)
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Aditya Joshi
Education:
M.S. - Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University (2010)
Academic Interests: Aircraft systems, system-of-systems research in aerospace
Professional Experience: Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India (2010-Present)
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Yong Hoon Kim
Education:
Ph.D. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Purdue University (In Progress)
M.S. - Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of Seoul
B.S. - Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of Seoul
Academic Interests: Vehicle-to-vehicle communication, travel time prediction, traveler behavior
Professional Experience: Researcher, Seoul Development Institute, Seoul, Korea (2006-2008)
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Amit Kumar
Education:
Ph.D. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Purdue University (In Progress)
M.S. - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (2006)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, MIT Muzaffarpur, India (2004)
Academic Interests: Traffic assignment techniques, intelligent transportation systems, Urban transportation system planning, economic and financial evaluation of transportation projects, disaster management, econometric modeling, sustainability and transportation
Professional Experience: Assistant Manager (Transportation Engineering), NMSEZ Development Co. Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai (2006-2007); Delhi Metro Rail Construction, New Delhi, India (2003)
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Chaitanya Paleti Siva Sai KrishnaKumar
Education:
M.S. - Transportation Engineering, Purdue University (In Progress)
M.S.C.E. - Construction Materials, Purdue University (2011)
B.Tech. - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2008)
Academic Interests: Congestion management, econometric and statistical modeling, intelligent transportation systems, sustainability, network modeling and simulation
Professional Experience: Research Assistant, Purdue University (2008-2011); Teaching Assistant, Purdue University (2009-2011); QC Intern, Wirtgen India Pvt Ltd (May 2007-July 2007)
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Jeffrey Peters
Education:
Ph.D. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Purdue University (In Progress)
B.S.E. - Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan (2008)
Academic Interests: Public policy, infrastructure policy, infrastructure resiliency, sustainability, energy security, national security, system-of-systems
Professional Experience: Aerospace Engineer, Northrop Grumman (2008-2010);
Systems Engineering Intern, Ball Aerospace (2007)
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Dong Yoon Song
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, Purdue University (In Progress)
M.S. - Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (2006)
B.S. - Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (2004)
Academic Interests: Real-time travel information, human behavior, psychological features of benefits
Professional Experience: Assistant Research Fellow, Transportation Research Division, Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), Anyang, South Korea (2006-2008); Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (2004-2006); Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (2004-2005); Intern Researcher, Department of Railway Research, The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), Goyang, South Korea (2003)
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Matthew Volovski
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, Purdue University (In Progress)
M.S. - Civil Engineering, Purdue University (2011)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, Northeastern University (2009)
Academic Interests: Cost analysis of public-private partnerships, interstate passenger car equivalency values, pavement cost allocation for truck permitting, interactions of trip choice and green transportation
Professional Experience: Research Assistant, Purdue University (2009-Present); Engineering Scientist, Geo-Design, Middlebury, Connecticut (2008-2009); Assistant to the Clerk of the Works, Northeastern University, Boston (2005)
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Sofie Leon
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (In Progress)
M.S. - Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2008)
Academic Interests: Adaptive dynamic fracture simulation, nonlinear solution schemes for finite element application, modeling of low temperature cracking in asphalt pavements
Professional Experience: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2010-Present); Graduate Research Assistant (2008-2010)
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Juan C. Medina
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Transportation Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
M.S. - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Transportation Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia (2001)
Academic Interests: Intelligent transportation systems, traffic control systems, artificial intelligence and agent-based systems, transportation safety
Professional Experience: Graduate Research Assistant, (2004-Present); Civil Engineer, National Learning Service (SENA), Bogota, Colombia (2001-2003)
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Hasan Ozer
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
M.S. - Civil Engineering, Northwestern University (2005)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (1999)
Academic Interests: Computational mechanics, pavements and soil analysis, instrumentation, fracture
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Hani Ramezani
Education:
Ph.D. - Transportation Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (In Progress)
M.S. - Transportation Engineering and Urban Planning, Sharif University of Technology (2007)
B.S. - Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2005)
Academic Interests: Traffic flow theory, safety, operation, network optimization, application of artificial intelligence
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Cheng Chen
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University (In Progress)
Academic Interests: Application of AVL technology, infrastructure management
Professional Experience: Graduate Research Assistant (Present)
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Xudong Hu
Education:
M.S. - Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University (In Progress)
B.S. - Beijing Jiaotong University (2009)
Academic Interests: Public transit
Professional Experience: Graduate Research Assistant (Present)
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Seoungbum Kim
Education:
Ph.D. - The Ohio State University (In Progress)
M.S. - The Ohio State University (2008)
B.S. - Hanyang University (2004)
Academic Interests: ITS, traffic flow theory
Professional Experience: Research Assistant, The Ohio State University (2004-Present)
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Andrew Landgraf
Education:
Ph.D. - Statistics, The Ohio State University (In Progress)
M.S. - Statistics, The Ohio State University (2011)
B.S. - Actuarial Science, The Ohio State University (2004)
Academic Interests: Statistical learning, data mining
Professional Experience: Statistician Internship, Nationwide Insurance (Summer 2010); Statistician, Accent Energy (2006-2009)
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Ho Lee
Education:
Ph.D. - The Ohio State University (In Progress)
M.S. - The Ohio State University (2007)
M.S. - Hanyang University, South Korea (2002)
B.S. - Hanyang University, South Korea (2000)
Academic Interests: Traffic surveillance systems, traffic flow theory, traffic engineering
Professional Experience: Research Associate, Korean Railroad Research Institute (2002-2003)
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Jinjian Liang
Education:
M.S. - Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University (2009)
M.C.R.P - City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University (2009)
Professional Experience: Assistant Engineer, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) (2009-Present)
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Ted Reinhold
Education:
M.S. - Transportation Engineering and City & Regional Planning, The Ohio State University (In Progress)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2010)
Academic Interests: Transportation planning, public transit origin-destination flows, highway engineering
Professional Experience: Bridge Inspector, Tuhin Basu & Associates, Baltimore, MD (2010)
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Brandon Strohl
Education:
M.S. - Civil Engineering (Transportation), The Ohio State University (2010)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, Ohio Northern University (2007)
Academic Interests: Bus transit operations and system planning
Professional Experience: Federal Highway Administration-Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, Sterling, VA (2011-Present); EMH&T Inc., Columbus, Ohio (2007-2010)
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Yufang Zhang
Education:
M.S. - The Ohio State University (August 2010)
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Indrajit Ghosh
Education:
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Wayne State University, Detroit, (December 2010)
M.S. - Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Wayne State University, Detroit (May 2008)
M.E. - Civil Engineering (Highway and Traffic Engineering), Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, India (July 2005)
B.S. - Civil Engineering, Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, Howrah, India (May 2003)
Academic Interests: Highway safety, traffic operations, and pavement management
Professional Experience: Senior Project Officer, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (February 2011-Present); Supervising Engineer, India (Aug. 2005-July 2006)
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Teja Karra
Education:
Ph.D. - Portland State University (In Progress)
M.S. - Wayne State University, Detroit (May 2010)
B.Tech - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India (May 2007)
Academic Interests: Traffic operations, traffic safety, travel behavior modeling
Professional Experience: Transport modeler, Capita Symonds
