Education

Education

Ph.D (Aug 2011), Civil Engineering with a minor in Applied Mathematics, University of California at Davis
M.S. of Statistics (Dec 2012), Stanford University
M.S. of Civil Engineering, July 2006. Tsinghua University, China.
B.S. of Civil Engineering, July 2004. Tsinghua University, China. summa cum laude

Honors and awards

Apr 2021: Best Paper for ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A, 2020
Jan 2020: 2019 Professor of the Year, ASCE Pittsburgh Section
Jan 2019 - present: Henry Posner, Anne Molloy, and Robert and Christine Pietrandrea Career Development Chair
Nov 2018-Oct 2019: Global Future Council Fellowship, World Economic Forum
Mar 2018: NSF CAREER award
Jan 2018: 2017 Greenshields Prize
Dec 2015: Review Excellence of Transportation Research Part C
Dec 2013: IBM faculty award
Nov 2013: Berkman Faculty Development Grant, Carnegie Mellon University
Dec 2008-Apr 2010: Sustainable Transportation Center Dissertation Fellowship (Department of Transportation)
July 2006: M.S. Graduate of Year 2006 Tsinghua University; Best M.S. Thesis of the Year 2006 Tsinghua University
July 2004: Bachalor Graduate of Year 2004 Tsinghua University
Jan 2004: Asian Inter-university Structure Design Invitation Contest, Third Prize
Nov 2003: Beijing City Inter-university Structure Design Contest, Second Prize
Oct 2003: Tsinghua University’s Excellence Schoolarship (Wang Wang Scholarship)
Oct 2002: Tsinghua University’s Excellence Schoolarship (SK Scholarship)
Oct 2001: Tsinghua University’s Excellence Schoolarship (Wei Lun Scholarship)
1989: Champion of Piano contest in Zhejiang Province (Children Group)