Institute of Transportation Studies




What's New About ITS People Faculty and Academic Staff Staff Graduate Students Research Coordinated Initiatives ATMS Testbed Program CASA: Center for Activity Systems Analysis PATH Center for ATMS Research at UC Irvine University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Center for Urban Infrastructure (CUI) Projects Currently Funded by Research Intelligent Transportation Systems Transportation and Activity Systems Transportation Planning and Modeling Transportation Economics, Pricing and Finance Freight and Logistics Other Publications Library Access Grad Study Programs PhD in Transportation Science PhD in Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems Engineering) MS in Civil Engineering (Transportation Systems Engineering) PhD in Economics (concentration in transportation economics) PhD in Planning, Policy, and Design (focus in transportation planning) Master of Urban and Regional Planning (focus in transportation planning) Concurrent MS in Civil Engineering and MURP in Planning Transportation Course Descriptions and Schedule Financial Assistance for Graduate Students Subsequent Positions of Recent PhD Graduates Alumni Links Institute of Transportation Engineers The California PATH Database ITS Decision Transportation Research Board (TRB) Publications Index TRIS On-Line U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Information Technology Research in Responding to Crises and Unexpected Events (RESCUE) Home UCI Home	Subsequent Positions of Recent Ph Subsequent Positions of Recent Ph.D. Graduates Baher Abdulhai, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1996 Advisor: Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: A Neuro-Genetic-Based Universally Transferable Freeway Incident Detection Framework Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor and Manager, Intelligent Transportation Systems Research, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada Jeffrey Adler, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1993 Advisor: Wilfred W. Recker Dissertation: An Interactive Simulation Approach to Systematically Evaluate the Impacts of Real-Time Traffic Condition Information on Driver Behavioral Choice Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Neslihan Aydogan, Ph.D. Economics, 2000 Advisor: Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: Essays on the Economics of Industry Location, Innovation and Firm Organization Subsequent Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Business Economics & Public Policy, Kelley School of Business; Indiana University, USA Anthony Chen, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1997 Advisor: R. Jayakrishnan Dissertation: Formulation of the Dynamic Traffic Assignment Problem with an Analytically Embedded Traffic Model Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Utah State University, USA Chienho Chen, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1996 Advisor: Wilfred W. Recker Dissertation: An Activity-Based Approach to Accessibility Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Tourism Industry; Ming-Chuan University, Taiwan Hsin-Ping Chen, Ph.D., Economics, 1993 Advisor: Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: Theoretical Derivation and Simulation of a Nonlinear Dynamic Urban Growth Model Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics; National Chengchi University, Taiwan Ruey Long (Kelvin) Cheu, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1994 Advisor: Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: Neural Network Models for Automated Detection of Lane-Blocking Incidents on Freeways Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering; National University of Singapore, Singapore Xuehao Chu, Ph.D., Economics, 1993 Advisors Gordon J. Fielding and Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: Trip Scheduling and Economic Analysis of Transportation Policies Subsequent Position: Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research; University of South Florida, USA Soheila Soltani Crane, Ph.D., Economics, 1996 Advisors: David Brownstone and Linda R. Cohen Dissertation: An Empirical Study of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Choice by Commercial Fleets: Lessons in Transportation Choices, Cost Efficiency and Public Agencies' Organizations Subsequent Position: Regulatory Economist, Southern California Edison Corporation, USA Richard Crepeau, Ph.D., Urban & Regional Planning, 1995 Advisor: Randall Crane Dissertation: Mobility and the Metropolis: Issues of Travel and Land Use in Urban America Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography and Planning; Appalachian State University, USA Michael Greenwald, Ph.D., Urban & Regional Planning, 2001 Advisors: Marlon Boarnet and Michael G. McNally Dissertation: The Road Less Traveled: Land Use and Non-Work Travel Relationships in Portland, Oregon Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA Joshua Hassol, Ph.D., Urban & Regional Planning, 1994 Advisor: Mark Baldassare Dissertation: Automobile Use, Public Policy and Municipal Government: Factors Influencing the Implementation of Alternative Transportation Policies Subsequent Position: Associate, Cambridge Systematics; Cambridge, Mass, USA Mohamed Kaseko, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1992 Advisor: Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: A Neural Network-Based Methodology for Automated Distress Classification of Highway Pavement Images Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering; University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Camilla Kazimi, Ph.D., Economics, 1995 Advisor: David Brownstone Dissertation: A Microsimulation Model for Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics; San Diego State University, USA Sarosh Khan, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1995 Advisor: Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: Modular Neural Network Architecture for Detection of Operational Problems on Urban Arterials Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering; University of Colorado, Denver, USA Mandar Khanal, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1994 Advisor: Wilfred W. Recker Dissertation: Dynamic Discrete Demand Modeling of Commuter Behavior Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering; Boise State University, USA Seyoung Kim, Ph.D., Economics, 1993 Advisor: David Brownstone Dissertation: Commuting Behavior of Two-Worker Households in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area Subsequent Position: Senior Economist, Office of the International Chief Council, Internal Revenue Service; Dept. of the Treasury, USA Pia Koskenoja, Ph.D., Economics, 1996 Advisor: Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: The Effect of Unreliable Commuting Time on Commuter Preferences Subsequent Position: Research Economist, Government Institute for Economic Research; Helsinki, Finland Terence Lam, Ph.D., Economics, 2000 Advisor: Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: The Effect of Variability of Travel Time on Route and Time-of-Day Choice Subsequent Position: Post Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Transportation Studies; University of California, Davis, USA Ming-Sheng Lee, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2001 Advisors: Michael G. McNally and Wilfred W. Recker Dissertation: Experiments with a Computerized Self-Administrative Activity Survey Subsequent Position: Associate, TJKM Transportation Consultants; Santa Rosa, California, USA John Leonard, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1991 Advisor: Wilfred W. Recker Dissertation: Analysis of Large Truck Crashes on Freeway-to-Freeway Connectors Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Filippo Logi, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1999 Advisor: Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: CARTESIUS: A Cooperative Approach to Real-Time Decision Support for Multi-Jurisdictional Traffic Congestion Management Subsequent Position: Research Associate, Institute of Traffic Technology and Planning; Technical University of Munich, Germany Stephen Mattingly, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2000 Advisors: R. Jayakrishnan and Michael G. McNally Dissertation: Decision Theory for Performance Evaluation of New Technologies Incorporating Institutional Issues: Application to Traffic Control Implementation Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering; University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA Adrian T. Moore, Ph.D., Economics, 2000 Advisor: Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: The Law and Economics of Privatization: Rent-Seeking and Discovery in Privatization Decisions and Processes Subsequent Position: Executive Director, Reason Public Policy Institute; Reason Foundation, USA James Nolan, Ph.D., Economics, 1996 Advisors: Gordon J. Fielding and David Brownstone Dissertation: Efficiency in the Bus Industry: Measurement and Identification of Performance Determinants Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor and Transportation Chair, Dept. of Agricultural Economics; University of Saskatchewan, Canada Jun-Seok Oh, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2001 Advisor: R. Jayakrishnan Dissertation: Dynamic Route Guidance and Network Traffic Management: Theoretical Evaluation and Practical Application Issues Subsequent Position: Postgraduate Researcher, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine USA Emily Parkany, Ph.D., Transportation Science, 1999 Advisor: Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: Traveler Responses to New Choices: Toll versus Free Alternatives in a Congested Corridor Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA Binyam (Ben) Reja, Ph.D., Economics, 1999 Advisor: Linda R. Cohen Dissertation: Essays in the Political Economy of Contracting: An Institutional Analysis of Private Sector Participation in Urban Public Transport Subsequent Position: Transport Economist, Infrastructure & Energy Operations Evaluation Department; The World Bank, USA Weiping Ren, Ph.D., Economics, 1995 Advisor: David Brownstone Dissertation: A Vehicle Choice Model for Use in Forecasting Demand for Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Subsequent Position: Vice-President, Risk Management; Bank of America, San Francisco, USA Sherry Ryan, Ph.D., Transportation Science, 1997 Advisor: Joseph F. Di Mento Dissertation: The Value of Access to Highways and Light Rail Transit: Evidence for Industrial and Office Firms Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning; University of Iowa, USA Beverly Sandeen, Ph.D., Social Ecology, 1997 Advisor: Karen S. Rook Dissertation: Transportation Experiences of Older Suburban Adults: Implications of the Loss of the Driver's License for Psychological Well-Being, Health and Mobility Subsequent Position: Executive Director, UCI Alumni Association; University of California, Irvine, USA Sharon Sarmiento, Ph.D., Economics, 1995 Advisor: David Brownstone Dissertation: Studies in Transportation and Residential Mobility Subsequent Position: Vice-President, Unisom Corporation (urban economics and aviation consultants), USA Hongyan Sheng, Ph.D., Economics, 1999 Advisor: David Brownstone Dissertation: A Dynamic Household Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Demand Model Using Stated and Revealed Transaction Information Subsequent Position: Research Economist, Southern California Edison Corporation, USA Jiuh-Biing Sheu, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1997 Advisor: Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: Stochastic Estimation of Lane-Changing Probabilities and its Application to Incident Detection Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Transportation, Warehousing & Logistics; National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Shunfeng Song, Ph.D., Economics, 1992 Advisor: Kenneth A. Small Dissertation: Spatial Structure and Urban Commuting Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor; Dept. of Economics; University of Nevada, Reno, USA Chittur Subbaraman, Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1997 Advisor: Kwang H. (Kane) Kim Dissertation: Network Surveillance Supported Object-Based and Task-Based Time-Bounded Fault Tolerance Schemes and their Incorporation into a Timeliness-Guaranteed Kernel Subsequent Position: Software Design Engineer, Windows Enterprise Server Project; Microsoft Corp., USA Carlos Sun, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1998 Advisors: R. Jayakrishnan and Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: Use of Vehicle Signature Analysis and Lexicographic Optimization for Vehicle Re-identification on Freeways Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering; University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Drusilla van Hengel, Ph.D., Urban & Regional Planning, 1996 Advisors: Joseph F. Di Mento and Wilfred W. Recker Dissertation: Citizens Near the Path of Least Resistance: Travel Behavior of Century Freeway Corridor Residents Subsequent Position: Mobility Coordinator, Public Works Department; City of Santa Barbara, California, USA W. David Walls, Ph.D., Economics, 1992 Advisor: Arthur S. De Vany Dissertation: Open Access Transportation, Network Competition and Market Integration in the Natural Gas Pipeline Industry Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Finance; The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Ruey-Min Wang, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1997 Advisor: Michael G. McNally Dissertation: An Activity-Based Trip Generation Model Subsequent Position: Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Transportation Management and director, University Research & Development Office; Toko University, Pozo City, Chiayi, Taiwan Xiubin Wang, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2000 Advisor: Amelia C. Regan Dissertation: Algorithms and Strategies for Local Truckload Vehicle Assignment with an Application to Intermodal Freight Operations Subsequent Position: Researcher, Operational Research and Decision Support; American Airlines, USA Wann-Ming Wey, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1997 Advisor: R. Jayakrishnan Dissertation: A Network Traffic Control Algorithm with Analytically Embedded Traffic Flow Models Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design; Chao-Yang University of Technology, Taiwan Xiao-Hua (Helen) Yu, Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1998 Advisor: Allen R. Stuberrud Dissertation: Markovian Decision Control for Traffic Signal Systems Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Dept.; California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, USA H. Michael Zhang, Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1995 Advisor: Stephen G. Ritchie Dissertation: A New Framework for Optimal Freeway Ramp Control Subsequent Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering; University of California, Davis, USA

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Subsequent Positions of Recent Ph.D. Graduates