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Transportation Group
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Faculty and Staff |
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Dr .Reed Gibby |
Dr. Reed Gibby joined the group in Spring 2010 as an Adjunct
Professor. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California,
Davis in 1991. He is a Professor Emeritus from California State
University, Chico. Prior to joining UNR, he held a position as a
Chief Engineer at the Nevada Department of Transportation. |
Dr.
Haiyuan Li |
Haiyuan Li is a visiting post-doctoral scholar. He
obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Southeast University, China. His
major focus areas include transportation planning, management, and
safety. |
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Dr. Peng Du |
Dr. Peng Du came to UNR in Fall 2011 as a visiting scholar.
He received his Ph.D from Beijing Jiaotong University in 2005 and
joined the faculty since then. His major research interests focus on
simulation and urban transit operations. |
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Current Graduate
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Lynnwood Johnson |
L.J. Johnson graduated from the University of Nevada Reno in May
2006 with a Bachelors of Science in Civil and Environmental
Engineering. He is pursuing a M.S. degree in Transportation
Engineering. |
Peifeng (Patrick Hu) |
Patrick Hu is a graduate research assistant, and is
pursuing his Ph.D. degree in Transportation. He obtained a M.S.
degree from the Beijing Jiaotong University, China, and a B.S. from
the Inner Mongolia University, China. |
Zhen Zhang |
Zhen Zhang is a graduate research assistant, and is
pursuing his M.S. degree in Transportation. He obtained his B.S.
degree from the Beijing Jiaotong University. |
Boqun (Michael) Yin |
Boqun (Michael) Yin is pursuing his M.S. degree in
Transportation. His motto: "Past has already became history, future
is unknown yet, what we have is just now, so do it!" |
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Samuel Kofi Ahiamadi |
Samuel Kofi Ahiamadi is a graduate research
assistant pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering. He
is from Ghana in West Africa. He obtained his B.Sc and M.Phil
degrees from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,
Kumasi Ghana. He taught for some years before enrolling at UNR. |
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Rasool Andalibian |
Rasool Andalibian is from Tehran, the capital city
of Iran. He got a M.S.c in Transportation Engineering from Sharif
University of Technology and a B.S.c in Civil Engineering from Azad
University of Mashhad. He is pursuing a PhD as a graduate research
assistant at UNR. Rasool described his feeling about joining UNR: "I
am so glad about joining the UNR Transportation Group which is
really active and unique. More importantly, I am so proud to be a
member of this group and try to do my best." |
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Yue (Laura) Zhao |
Yue Zhao is a graduate research assistant pursuing a
Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering. She is from northeastern
China. She obtained her B.S. degree from Beijing Jiaotong University
and an outstanding graduate award from key higher educational
institution in Beijing, 2008. Then, she studied in the MOE Key
Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and
Technology in Beijing Jiaotong University and got M.S. degree in
2010. "I am so excited to join UNR since it is a once in a life time
opportunity to be a member of the excellent academic group in
Transportation Engineering. I can’t wait to devote my passion and
thinking to traffic study and research so as to be excellent in my
field.", said Laura. |
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Ivy Attah |
Ivy Attah is from Ghana. After gaining basic education in Ghana, she had her
secondary education in Swaneng Hill Secondary School, Serowe-
Botswana. She migrated back to Ghana for her tertiary education at
the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where she
obtained a degree in B.Sc. in the Civil and Environmental Engineering. She finally relocated to the United
States to pursue a M.S. degree in Transportation at UNR. "I
decided to enroll with UNR because UNR is noted for
being one of the best in quality research methodologies and academic
excellence (ranked a top tier university) based on testimonies I
heard from a few alumni from UNR and awesome experiences they had
while enrolled with UNR".said Ivy. |
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Saeedeh Farivar |
Saeedeh Farivar originally came from Iran. She is
pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering. She received
a M.S. degree from Sharif University of Technology and a B.S. degree
in Civil Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad,
both in Iran. |
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Alumni
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Feng (Jason) Xu |
Feng (Jason) Xu completed
his M.S. degree in Spring 2007. He is currently employed at KOA
Corporation, a transportation engineering consulting firm in Orange
County, California. He has been working on several traffic signal
timing project. Jason's contact information:
Email:
jxu@koacorporation.com
www.koacorporation.com |
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Joe Norby |
Joe Norby
graduated from UNR with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He was
an undergraduate researcher of the Transportation Group while
attending UNR. Joe is now working as a Transportation Analyst for
Lee Engineer, a firm specializing in Transportation/Traffic
Engineering in Phoenix, AZ.
Website:
http://www.leeengineering.com/index.html |
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Ozlem Ozmen |
Ozlem Ozmen
completed her Ph.D. degree in Fall 2009. |
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Xuan Wang |
Xuan Wang completed her Ph.D. degree in Fall 2009.
She is now working at the Nevada Department of Transportation. |
Dr.
Yi Zhao |
Yi Zhao was a visiting post-doctoral scholar at UNR
between 2008 and 2010. He
is now an Assistant Professor at Beijing Jiaotong University,
China. His major focus areas include urban transportation planning,
management, ITS, and adaptive traffic signal control systems. |
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Ahmed Abdel Dayem |
Ahmed Dayem was pursing his Ph.D. between 2006 and 2010 at UNR. He
is currently employed at Iteris Inc. in the L.A. area. |
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Chris Washa |
Chris completed his M.S. degree in Spring 2010. He is currently
employed at the Nevada Department of Transportation. |
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Timin Punnackal |
Timin Punnackal completed his M.S. degree in Spring
2010. He is working at Nichols Engineering in Reno. |
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Sushil Joshee |
Shshil graduated in Spring 2011 with a M.S. degree.
He is currently working at the Truckee office of Caltrans. |
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Hongyan Gao |
Hongyan completed her Ph.D. degree in Spring 2011. |
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Dr. Jiajun Shen |
Dr. Jiajun Shen is a lecturer and
the Deputy Head of Traffic Engineering program at Yangzhou
University, China. He visited UNR between 9/2011 and 1/2012.
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Xianyu Wu |
Dr. Xianyu Wu visited UNR as a visiting post-doctor
from November 2010 to January 2012. While at UNR, he was involved
with a number of research projects with a major focus on software
development for signal timing and coordination. He is now an
assistant professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China. |
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