Former Ph.D. Students

Yong-Jin Kim
Country: Korea
Dissertation Title: Hybrid Approaches to solving Dynamic Fleet Management Problems
Graduation Date: Summer 2003
Current Employment: Research Associate, Korea Transportation Institute Center for Logistics, Transportation Economics & Northeast Asian Transport Studies

 

Yi-Chang Chiu
Country: Taiwan
Dissertation Title: Generalized Real-Time Route Guidance Strategies in Urban Network

Graduation Date: Summer, 2001

Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso

Akmal Abdelfatah
Country: Egypt
Dissertation Title: Time-Dependent Signal Control and System Optimal Traffic Assignment in Congested Vehicular Traffic Networks
Graduation Date: Summer, 1999
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Abdelghany

Country: Egypt

Dissertation Title: Management of Congested Traffic Networks by Providing Real-Time Travel Information to Influence Commuters' Decisions over Space and Time

Graduation Date: Summer, 2001
Current Employment: Transportation Planner, United Airlines, Elk Grove, Illinois

Khaled Abdelghany

Country: Egypt

Dissertation Title: Dynamic Traffic Assignment for Intermodal Transportation Networks with Real-Time Consistent Information Supply Strategies

Graduation Date: Summer, 2001
Current Employment: Transportation Planner, United Airlines, Elk Grove, Illinois

Didier Valdes
Country: Columbia
Dissertation Title: Integrated Information and Traffic Control Strategies using ITS on Congested Urban Transportation Networks
Graduation Date: Fall 1999
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Ying Kang
Country: China (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: Estimation and Prediction of Dynamic Origin-Destination Flows and System Consistency Control for Real Time Dynamic Traffic Assignment Operation in Congested Vehicular Networks
Graduation Date: Spring 1999
Current Employment: Consultant, PROS Consulting, Houston, Texas

Jorge Acha-Daza
Country: Mexico
Dissertation Title: The User's Response to Pricing in a Traffic Network
Graduation Date: Fall 1998
Current Employment: Senior Researcher, Instituto Mexicano del Transporte, Querˇtaro, Mexico

Peter Chen
Country: Taiwan (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: Dynamics of Urban Commuter Behavior under Real-Time Traffic Information
Graduation Date: Fall 1998
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Dean Taylor
Country: USA
Dissertation Title: Contributions to Bicycle-Automobile Mixed-Traffic Science: Behavioural Models and Engineering Applications
Graduation Date: Spring 1998
Current Employment: Private Consultant, Transportation and the environment, and bicycle transportation issues, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Rodrigo Garrido-Hidalgo
Country: Chile
Dissertation Title: Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Freight Demand
Graduation Date: Summer 1997
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Transportation, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Elise Miller-Hooks
Country: USA
Dissertation Title: Optimal Routing in Time-Varying, Stochastic Networks: Algorithms and Implementation
Graduation Date: Summer 1997
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Yu-Hsin Liu
Country: Taiwan
Dissertation Title: Dynamics of Commuter Behaviour under Real-Time Traffic Information
Graduation Date: Spring 1997
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

Amelia Regan
Country: USA
Dissertation Title: Real-Time Information for Improved Efficiency of Commercial Vehicle Operations
Graduation Date: Spring 1997
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California

Thomas Joseph
Country: India (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: Freeway Corridor Control in a Day-to-Day Dynamic Framework
Graduation Date: Summer 1996
Current Employment: Consultant, i2 Technologies, Irving, Texas

Yaser Hawas
Country: Egypt
Dissertation Title: A Decentralized Architecture and Local Search Procedures for Real-Time Route Guidance in Congested Vehicular Traffic Network
Graduation Date: Spring 1996
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Ta-Yin Hu
Country: Taiwan
Dissertation Title: Dynamic Analysis of Network Flows under Advanced Information and Control Systems
Graduation Date: Spring 1995
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Feng-Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

 

Athanasios Ziliaskopoulos
Country: Greece (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: Optimum Path Algorithms on Multi-Dimensional Networks: Analysis, Design, Implementation and Computational Experience
Graduation Date: Summer 1994
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Rong-Chang Jou
Country: Taiwan
Dissertation Title: A Model of Dynamic Commuter Behavior Incorporating Trip-Chaining
Graduation Date: Spring 1994
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Srinivas Peeta
Country: India (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: System Optimal Dynamic Traffic Assignment in Congested Networks with Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS)
Graduation Date: Spring 1994
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
 

Karthik Srinivasan

Country: India

Dissertation Title: Dynamic Decision and Adjustment Processes in Commuter Behavior under Real-Time Traffic Information

Graduation Date: Summer, 2000
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee


Mao Chang Shih
Country: Taiwan
Dissertation Title: A Design Methodology for Bus Transit Route Networks with Coordinated Operations

Graduation Date: Spring 1994
Current Employment: Adjunct Professor, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
 

Hossein Tavana

Country: Iran

Dissertation Title: Callibration and Consistency Checking of Dynamic Traffic Assignment Simulation Programs

Graduation Date: Fall 2001
Current Employment: Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas

Jin-Ru Yen
Country: Taiwan
Dissertation Title: The Telecommuting Adoption Process: Conceptual Framework and Model Development
Graduation Date: Spring 1994
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Shipping and Transportation Management, The National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan

R. Jayakrishnan
Country: India (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: In-Vehicle Information Systems for Network Traffic Control: A Simulation Framework to Study Alternative Guidance Strategies
Graduation Date: Spring 1992
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California

Kyriacos Mouskos
Country: Cyprus (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: A Tabu-Based Heuristic Search Strategy to Solve a Discrete Transportation Equilibrium Network Design Problem
Graduation Date: Fall 1991
Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Soi-Hoi Lam
Country: Macau
Dissertation Title: Multinomial Probit Model Estimation: Computational Procedures and Applications
Graduation Date: Fall 1991
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Division of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Chee-Chung Tong
Country: Taiwan
Dissertation Title: A Study of Dynamic Departure Time and Route Choice Behavior of Urban Commuters
Graduation Date: Spring 1990
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan

Saad AlGadhi
Country: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dissertation Title: Characterization of Crowd Behavior and Movement
Graduation Date: Summer 1990
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Hadi Baaj
Country: Lebanon
Dissertation Title: The Transit Network Design Problem: An AI-Based Solution Approach
Graduation Date: Summer 1990
Current Employment: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

James Williams
Country: USA
Dissertation Title: Urban Traffic Network Performance: Flow Theory and Simulation Experiments
Graduation Date: Fall 1986
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas

 Gang-Len Chang
Country: Taiwan (US Permanent Resident)
Dissertation Title: Departure Time Decision Dynamics in the Urban Transportation Network
Graduation Date: Summer 1985
Current Employment: Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland