Graduate Researcher

Duration : January 2021 - Present

• Completed a USDOT-sponsored project on travel demand of vulnerable populations in the U.S. (Final Report).

• Applied statistical models (count data and choice models) to understand travel demand and perception of low-income populations.

• Utilized big data from National Household Travel Surveys-2001, 2009, and 2017 using Python and R Studio.

• Working on a USDOT-sponsored project on analyzing the demand & equity implications of emerging mobility services.

• Conducted semi-structured interviews with nine transit agencies to collect experience on microtransit planning.

• Estimated statistical models to study socioeconomic and built-environment determinants of microtransit demand.

• Working on a NCDOT sponsored project to establish standard microtransit performance metrics (First-phase report).

• Presented findings at 6 academic conferences.

• Peer reviewed 14 research articles for journals and conferences.

• Assisted my advisor on writing a grant proposal that secured a research fund worth over $600,000.