CV

Education

Ph.D. in Intelligent Transportation Systems, University of Minnesota, 2020 - 2024
M.S. in Intelligent Transportation Systems, University of Washington, 2019
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, 2017

Summer 2020: Artificial Intelligence (Smart City) Research Intern
- Futurewei Technologies Research Lab (Bellevue, WA)
- Worked on applied deep Learning in transportation
- Supervisor: Dr. Guo-Jun Qi
Summer 2019: Research Intern
- Washington State Department of Transportation
- Collected and monitored daily tolling transaction data from the facility reports (e.g., I-405, SR520, and SR167). Conducted performance evaluations and supported operational improvement projects
- Researched on tolling facilities, and congestion pricing with UW DSSG (Data Science for Social Good) teams
- Supervisor: Sara Myers
Summer 2017: Internship
- China Railway First Group

IEEE ITSS 2024 conference support program for ITSC2024 (Summer, 2024)
Conference Grant - The Council of Graduate Students (Summer, 2024)
Matthew J. Huber Award for Excellence in Transportation Research and Education (Spring, 2024, UMN News)
Dwight David Eisenhower President Transportation Fellowship (2021,2022, 2023, UMN News)
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering Travel Award (Spring & Fall, 2023)
2022 ITS Minnesota Educational Scholarship - ITS Minnesota (Fall, 2022)
NSF Travel Award - AI workshop (Fall, 2022)
Transportation Research Board (TRB) Student Travel Award from UMN (2022, 2023)
Hsiao Shaw-Lundquist Fellowships (Spring, 2021, UMN News)
2018 Mt. Rainier Scholarship (Autumn 2018, the first recipient in Washington State, UW News)
Midwest Transportation Center (MTC) Undergraduate Research Award (Spring, 2016)
Dean Farnsworth Scholarship in Civil Engineering (Spring, 2016)
Dean’s List (ISU)
Ira B. Shinkle’s Scholarship (Fall, 2015)