I very much enjoy working with students in various forms: RA, theses, directed studies, term projects, co-authoring papers, conference presentations, etc. Here is a list of those who I've had the pleasure to work with.
On-going
- Zhan Zhao, Doctoral Student, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Advisor
- Jeff Rosenblum, Doctoral Student, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Advisor
- Shenhao Wang, Doctoral Student, Master of City Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Advisor
- Hongmou Zhang, Doctoral Student, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Advisor
- Alyona Michel, Doctoral Student, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Advisor
- Menghan Li, Master of City Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Advisor
- Margo Dawes, Master of City Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Advisor
- Corinna Li, Master of City Planning and Master of Science in Transportation, MIT, Advisor
- Phillip Kreycik, Master of City Planning and Master of Science in Transportation, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Co-Advisor
- Zelin Li, Master of City Planning and Master of Science in Transportation, MIT, Advisor
- Yan Leng, Master of Science in Transportation, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Advisor
- Jake Gao, Master of Science in Transportation, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Advisor
- Tim Scully, Master of Science in Transportation, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Advisor
Graduated
- Zhan Zhao, PhD, Uncovering Individual Mobility Patterns from Transit Smart Card Data: Trip Prediction, Activity Inference, and Change Detection, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Co-supervised with Prof. Haris N. Koutsopoulos, 2018
- Menghan Li, Joint Master of City Planning/Master of Science in Transportation, Measuring Travel Equity and Representativeness: Opportunities and Challenges of Using Smartphone- based Travel Survey in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning & Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Supervised by P. Christopher Zegras, Reader: Jinhua Zhao, 2017.
- Han Qiu, Master of Science in Transportation, Dynamic Pricing in Shared Mobility on Demand Service and its Social Impacts Master of Science in Transportation, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Thesis Advisor, 2017
- Anson Stewart, PhD, Advancing Accessibility: Public Transport and Urban Space, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Co-supervised with Prof. P. Christopher Zegras, 2017
- Shenhao Wang, Joint Master of City Planning/Master of Science in Transportation, Automobile Regulations in China Examined from a Behavioral Perspective, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning & Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Thesis Advisor, 2017
- Margo Dawes, Master of City Planning, Perspectives on the Ridesourcing Revolution : surveying individual attitudes toward Uber and Lyft to inform urban transportation policymaking, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Thesis Advisor, 2016
- Jingkang Gao, Master of Science in Transportation, Why the Chinese obey the law : case studies from transportation, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Thesis Advisor, 2016
- Philip Kreycik, Master of City Planning, Factors affecting the gas price elasticity of travel demand: implications for transportation emissions policy, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Co-supervised with Prof. John B. Heywood, 2016
- Zelin Li, Joint Master of City Planning/Master of Science in Transportation, Smartphone-based Mobility Mapping and Perceived Air Quality Evaluation in Beijing, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning & Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Thesis Advisor, 2016
- Corinna Li, Joint Master of City Planning/Master of Science in Transportation, Better, Quicker, Together: Enabling Public Transport Service Quality Co-monitoring Through a Smartphone-Based Platform, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning & Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Co-supervised with Prof. P. Christopher Zegras, 2016
- Javier Morales-Sarriera, Master of Science in Transportation, Productivity and costs in the transit sector : the impact of Baumol's cost disease, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Co-supervised with Prof. Frederick P. Salvucci, 2016
- Saul Wilson, Master of Science in Transportation, Exploring Urban Activity Patterns Using Electric Smart Meter Data, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2016
- Liyan Xu, PhD, Urbanization Process Models, Internal Rural-Urban Migration, and the Role of Institutions in China Three Essays on Urbanization and Migration, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, 2016
- Andrew Lai, Master of City Planning, Community Involvement in Commuter Rail Improvements: The Case of the Fairmount Line in Boston, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Thesis Advisor, 2015
- Anne Halvorsen, Master of Science in Transportation, Improving Transit Demand Management with Smart Card Data: General Framework and Applications, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Co-supervised with Prof. Haris N. Koutsopoulos, 2015
- Gabriel Goulet-Langlois, Master of Science in Transportation, Exploring Regularity and Structure in Travel Behavior Using Smart Card Data, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Co-supervised with Prof. Haris N. Koutsopoulos, 2015
- Ruishan Zheng, Master of Science, Establishing Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) on the Ground: Case-based Analysis of Implementing TOD in China, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Advisor, 2015
- Liqun Chen, Master of City Planning, Redefining the Typology of Land Use in the Age of Big Data. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, Thesis Advisor, 2014
- Gabriel E. Sanchez-Martinez, PhD, Real-Time Operations Planning and Control of High-Frequency Transit, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Supervisor: Nigel Wilson, Haris Koutsopoulos, Committee Member: Jinhua Zhao, 2015
- Yuan Xiao, PhD, MIT, Making Land Fly: The Institutionalization of China’s Land Quota Markets and Its Implications for Urbanization, Property Rights, and Intergovernmental Politics, Supervisor: Annette Kim, Committee Member: Jinhua Zhao, Graduated in 2014
- Liu Liu, Master of City Planning, C-IMAGE: City Cognitive Mapping through Geo-tagged Photos. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. Supervised by Prof. Brent Ryan, Reader: Jinhua Zhao, Graduated in 2014.
- Qianqian Zhang, Master of City Planning, Crowdsourcing In Community Participatory Planning in China: Case Studies in Four Communities in Shenzhen. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. Supervised by Prof. Lawrence Vale, Reader: Jinhua Zhao, 2014.
- Rong Chen, Master of City Planning, Chinese Gated Community: Degree of Openness and the Social Impacts. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. Supervised by Prof. Tunney Lee, Reader: Jinhua Zhao, 2014.
- Timothy Baird, Master of Arts in Planning, UBC, Towards Nudging Active Travel: Behavioral Interventions Using Mobile Technology, Thesis Advisor, 2013
- Zak Bennett, Master of Arts in Planning, UBC, Value, Aspiration, and Policy: How (and Why) Tomorrow’s Middle Class Moves, Thesis Advisor, 2013
- David Block-Schachter, PhD, MIT, Hysteresis and Urban Rail: The Effects of Past Urban Rail on Current Residential and Travel Choices, Doctoral Committee Member, 2012
- Rupert Campbell, Master of Arts in Planning, UBC, Prestige on Wheels: Life Aspirations and Implications for Transportation Planning, Thesis Advisor, 2013
- Tracy (Xiaojie) Chen, Master of Applied Science, UBC, Regulating Automobile Growth in Chinese Mega Cities, Thesis Advisor, 2013
- Maria Curro, Master of Arts in Planning, UBC, Senior's Perception around Driving Cessation: A Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Cultural Perspective, Thesis Advisor, 2012
- Michael Frumin, Master of Science in Transportation, MIT, Automatic Data for Applied Railway Management, Passenger Demand, Service Quality Measurement, and Tactical Planning on the London Overground Network, Co-supervised with Prof. Nigel Wilson, 2010
- Nihit Jain, Master of Science in Transportation, MIT, Assessing the impact of recent fare policy changes on public transport demand in London, Co-supervised with Prof. Nigel Wilson, 2011
- Yang Jiang, Yang, Master of City Planning, MIT, Does Energy Follow Urban Form? An Examination of Neighborhoods and Transport Energy Use in Ji'nan, China, Thesis Reader 2010
- Cindy Tse, Master of Applied Science, UBC, Environmental Attitude and Travel Behavior of the Youth, Thesis Advisor, 2012
- Webb, Valerie, Master of Science in Transportation, MIT, Customer Loyalty in the Public Transportation Context, Co-supervised with Prof. Nigel Wilson, 2010
- Qiuning Wang, Master of Arts in Planning, UBC, A Shrinking Path for Bicycles: A Historical Review of Bicycle Use in Beijing, Co-supervised with Prof. John Friedmann, 2012
- Zhan Zhao, Master of Applied Science, UBC, Understanding Car Pride, Thesis Advisor, 2013
Visiting Students and Project Advisees
- Jared Duivestein, Bachalor of Engineering, UBC, Canada Line Ridership Review: Impact of Winter Olympics, 2010
- Yueying Huo, Visiting Doctoral Student at UBC, Measuring Service Reliability of Bus Rapid Transit, 2011-2012
- Allison Lung, Bachalor of Engineering, UBC, Quantity and Quality of Commuting Time Use: a Heckman Model, 2012
- Joanne Lee, Bachalor of Engineering, UBC, Experience or Memory: Happiness of Commuting, 2012
- Regent Ma, Bachalor of Engineering, UBC, Inter-personal Influence of Travel Mode Choices, 2012
- Punit Shah, Bachalor of Engineering, UBC, Customer Loyalty Modelling: A Comparison Between Toronto and Chicago Transit Authorities, 2013
- Fadi Shakir, Visiting Undergraduate Student at UBC, Reducing Automobile Dependency of Major Trip Generating Institutions through Transportation Demand Management, 2011
- Eric Wang, Bachalor of Engineering, UBC, A Hybrid Model of License Auction and Lottery: A Before and After Comparison of Guangzhou's Car Ownership Management Policy, 2013
- Zhongyue Wang, Master of Engineering, UBC, Formation of Transportation Policy Market in China, 2013