USDOT Region V Regional University Transportation Center

Graduate Students

Purdue University

     Stephanie Everett

• 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)

• Mohammad Miralinaghi

  Education:
  Ph.D. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Purdue University (In Progress)

  M.Sc. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, The University of Alabama (2012) 
  M.Sc. - Transportation Engineering and Urban Planning, Sharif University of Technology (2010) 

  B.Sc. -  Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (2008) 
  Academic Interests: Transportation Network Modeling, Congestion Pricing, Intelligent Transportation Systems Technologies, Network Optimization

• 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)

• 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)

• Chaitanya Paleti Siva Sai Krishna Kumar

  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)

• Jeffrey C. Peters

  Education:
  PhD - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Purdue University (In Progress)
  MS - Economics, Purdue University (2013)
  MSE - Civil Engineering, Purdue University (2011)
  BSE - Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan (2008)
  Academic Interests: Public policy, infrastructure policy, infrastructure economics, general equilibrium modeling, network modeling, energy security, equity, sustainability
  Professional Experience: Research Associate in Transportation Policy, Congressional Research Service (2012), Aerospace Engineer, Northrop Grumman (2008-2010); Systems Engineering Intern, Ball Aerospace (2007)
  
  

• 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)

• 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)

• Yuntao "Ross" Guo

  Education:
  Ph.D. - Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Purdue University (In Progress)
  M.S. - Transportation Engineering, University of Southern California (2010)
  B.S. - Civil and structural Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2009)
  Academic Interests: Multimodal freight logistics, rail-truck collaboration, infrastructure economics, public policy, energy security, public transit
  Professional Experience: Research Staff Associate, UC Riverside (2010-2011); Junior Construction Consultant, TWO Group Guangzhou (2009-2010)

  
  

  
  

      Yuntao "Ross" Guo

      Choungryeol Lee

      Ali Mostafavi Darani

      Shubham Agrawal

The Ohio State University

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Yufang Zhang

  Education:
  M.S. - The Ohio State University (August 2010)

Wayne State University

• 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)

• 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