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Lab Director
Associate Professor
Director of Smart Transportation Lab
Licensed P.E. in Arizona and Missouri
Ph.D. Graduate
Graduate Research Assistant
(Fall 2016~ Present)
Lab Manager
(Spring 2017 ~ Spring 2020)
Traffic Safety
Traffic Operation
Big Data
Ph.D. Student
(Fall 2018 ~ Present)
Traffic Data Analytics
Freeway Operations
M.E. Student
(Fall 2019 ~ Present)
Data-Driven Analytics
Undergraduate Student
Undergrad. Research Assistant
(Fall 2020 ~ Present)
Lab Trainee
(Spring 2020 - Summer 2020)​
(Summer 2020 ~ Present)
(Fall 2017 ~ Present)
Traffic Signal Systems
Transportation Data Analytics
Traffic Control and Estimation
(Spring 2019 ~ Present)
M.E. Research Assistant
(Fall 2018)
(Spring 2017 ~ Summer 2018)
Web Application Development
Machine Learning
(Spring 2020 ~ Present)
(Fall 2019)
Transportation Data Visualization
Visiting Scholar
Research Specialist
CE 363 Teacher's Assistant
(Fall 2018~ Spring 2020)
(Winter 2020 ~ Present)
Data Collection
Lab Affiliate
Travel Behavior
Traffic Prediction
Music Education Undergrad
Literature Review Support
Traffic Simulation
Proactive Traffic Demand Management
Postdoctoral Researcher
(Fall 2019~Fall 2020)
Data Analysis
Traffic Operations
Hybrid-Data Approach for Estimating Trip Purposes
Ramp Queue Length Estimation
(Summer 2019 ~ Spring 2020)
Advanced Traffic Management Systems Evaluation
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Visiting Masters Student
(Summer 2018 ~ Summer 2019)
Pedestrian Delay Study
(Fall 2017 ~ Spring 2018)
Traffic Data Collection Logistics
Traffic Data Processing
Working at Kimley Horn as of 2018
(Spring 2018)
Working for Parsons as of 2018
(Spring 2017 ~ Fall 2017)
Working for WSP as of 2018
Visiting Ph.D. Student
(Fall 2016 ~ Fall 2017)
Home University: Southeast University, China
(Spring 2017 ~ Summer 2017)
Home school: Basis High School
(Fall 2015 ~ Summer 2017)
Probe Vehicle GPS Data Driven Research
Working at Google as of 2019
(Fall 2014 ~ Spring 2017)
ITS and Traffic Signal Research
(Summer 2015 ~ Fall 2016)
Safety Analysis and Modelling
Performance Measurement
Working as an Assistant Transportation Engineer for WSP as of 2018
(Spring 2016 ~ Fall 2016)
New Traffic Data Collection Methods
Visiting Student
(Summer 2015)
Home University: Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Undergraduate
(Fall 2014 ~ Fall 2015)
CE 460/560 Teacher's Assistant
(Spring 2014)
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Working as a Business Development Engineer for Khatib & Alami as of 2018
(Summer 2014 ~ Fall 2014)
(Fall 2014)
Traffic Safety & Analysis Research
Working for Kittelson & Associates, Inc as of 2018
(Fall 2013 ~ Fall 2014)
(Fall 2013)
Website administration
Lab Design and Construction
Bluetooth traffic detection project research
Working for Burgess & Niple as of 2018
(Fall 2019~ Fall 2020)
Public Transit Planning
(Fall 2019~ Spring 2020)
(Fall 2014 ~ Fall 2019)
Dissertation: Data-Driven Safety Approaches for Transportation Operations and Planning
Working as a Data Scientist for Ford Motor Company as of 2019
(Fall 2016 ~ Summer 2018)
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Working as an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville as of 2018
Video Sensor Data Analysis
Data Collection Coordination
Working for ADOT as a Transportation Engineering Specialist as of 2018
Home University:Southeast University, China
Assistant Professor at Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China as of 2018
Visiting M.S. Student
(Summer 2017 ~ Fall 2017)
Home University: Wuhan Institute of Technology, China
Working as a Ph. D. Candidate at Southeast University, China as of 2018
Graduate Research Assistant (ECE Major)
(Fall 2015 ~ Spring 2017)
Bluetooth travel time software development
Working for Prismo Systems as of 2018
Ph.D. Student / Postdoctoral Researcher
(Spring 2012 ~ Summer 2017)
Dissertation: Estimating Freeway Travel Time Reliability for Traffic Operations and Planning
Working as a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of South Florida as of 2018
(Spring 2016 ~ Spring 2017)
Bluetooth Project
(Fall 2014 ~ Fall 2016)
Working as a Traffic Analyst for Kimley-Horn as of 2018
(Fall 2016)
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Visiting Undergraduate Student
(Spring 2016)
(Fall 2014 ~ Spring 2016*)
Bluetooth Research
*Discontinued Spring 2016
Working for Google as of 2018
Transportation web system development research
Working as a Software Engineer for IBM as of 2018
Home university: Iran University of Science and Technology
Working as an Assistant Professor for Imam Khomeini International University as of 2018