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Dr. Jane Lin is Professor of Civil Engineering at UIC and holds a joint appointment with the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy (IESP). Dr. Lin's research is focused on sustainable transportation systems modeling and design with a focus on sustainable transportation systems analysis, modeling, and design, including mobile source emissions and air pollution mitigation, and near-road health exposure, green freight transportation and urban logistics design and strategies, public transport service, and new mobility service enabled by information technology. 

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Current and Former Students

             a) Ph.D. supervised as primary thesis advisor:

Dr. Liang Long (PhD in Civil Engineering at UIC, December 2007) - current employment (September 2015 - present): Data Science Director, Marriott International, Bethesda, MD.

Dr. Wenjing Pu (PhD in Civil Engineering at UIC, August 2008) - current employment: (October 2018-present) Infrastructure/Transport/Mobility Expert, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 

Dr. Minyan Ruan (PhD in Civil Engineering at UIC, August 2010) - currently homemaker. Prior employment (July 2010 – October 2013): Transportation Modeler, Pima Association of Governments, Tucson Metropolitan Planning Organization, AZ. 

Dr. Qin Chen (PhD in Civil Engineering at UIC, May 2014) -  Current employment (November 2013 - present): Engineering Manager AI/ML, HERE (formerly Navteq), Boston MA.

Dr. Suriyapriya Vallamsundar (PhD in Civil Engineering at UIC, August 2014) - Project manager, Trinity Consulting.

Dr. Wei Zhou (PhD Civil Engineering at UIC, August 2016) - current employment (July 2020-present): Senior Data Scientist, LinkedIn.com

Dr. Sudheer Ballare (PhD Civil Engineering at UIC, May 2020) - Sustainability project manager, Google, Inc.

Dr. Hui Shen, (PhD  Civil Engineering at UIC, December 2022),  Postdoc researcher, Argonne National Laboratory (February 2022 - present).

Xi Cheng, PhD candidate (2021- present), Emerging Vehicle Technology Enabled Transportation Services: Autonomous and Modular Public Transit and Long-haul Electric Truck

Amir Shafiee, PhD student (2022-present), TBD

Yi-Ling Cheng, PhD student (2022-present), TBD

Hanieh Rastegar Moghaddam Bajestani (2023-present), TBD

Maryam Yousefibaseri (2023-present), TBD

            b) Ph.D. supervised as thesis co-advisor:

Dr. Piotr Szczurek (PhD in Computer Science at UIC, August 2012) - current employment (August 2012 - present): associate professor, Computer Science, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL.

Dr. Shuo Ma (PhD in Computer Science at UIC, August 2014) - current employment (November 2015 - present): Software Engineer, Google, Inc., San Francisco, CA.

Dr. Daniel Ayala (PhD in Computer Science at UIC, December 2015) - current employment (August 2015- present): assistant professor, Compute Science, Trinity University, Deerfield, IL

            c) M.S. supervised as thesis advisor

Santosh Mishra (MS in Civil Engineering at UIC, January 2005) - Current employment (January 2016 – present): Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager, IBI Group, Boston, MA.

Dan Yu (MS in Civil Engineering at UIC, December 2006): - current employment (September 2015 - present): Director, AI Analytics & Engineering, KPMG US (the Big 4).

Joshua Auld (MS in Civil Engineering at UIC, May 2007) - current employment (December 2014 - present): Computational Transportation Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, IL.

Peng Wang (MS in Civil Engineering at UIC, May 2007) - current employment (February 2012 - present): Investment manager, Sovereign Investment Fund of Denmark, Beijing Office, China.

Sandeep Sasidharan (MS in Civil Engineering at UIC, December 2016) - current employment (January 2017-present): Research engineer - autonomous driving research laboratory, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI. 

James Conlon (MS in Civil Engineering at UIC, August 2018) - current employment (August 2018 - present):  Transportation Analyst, CDM Smith, Lisle , IL.

              d) M.S. supervised as thesis co-advisor

Marco Miglionico (Computer Science, 2018) - Current employment (August 2018 – present): AI Architect, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Luca Dibattista (Computer Science, expected 2021)

Ø Thesis title: “Deep learning inference of personalized air pollution intakes” (primary advisor: Dr. Ouri Wolfson).

Gabriele Bozzetto (Computer Science, expected 2024)

          e) Visiting students supervised

Dr. Xiaoyu Tan (August 2012, Dalian Maritime University) - current employment (August 2011 - present): Research staff, Transport Planning and Research Institute, Ministry of Transportation, China.

Johanna Seebergs (December 2013, M.S. from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden) - Current employment (April 2018 - present): Asset Management Analyst,  Vattenfall Eldistribution AB, Sweden

Dr. Lanyi Zhang  (December 2019, Fujian University of Forestry and Agriculture)  - current employment: Lecturer at Fujian University of Forestry and Agriculture, Fuzhou, China. 

         f) Undergraduate Student Advising and Supervision

Lauren Zavadsky, Civil Engineering, UIC, Fall 2004: Honors College project “Energy Consumption of Alternative Fuel Vehicles”

Yuet Wong, Civil Engineering, UIC, Fall 2005: Undergraduate research “Alternative Fuel Fleet Conversion Case Study”

Brian DeMeyer, Civil Engineering, UIC, Spring 2006: Undergraduate research “Understanding EPA’s next generation emission model MOVES”

Sara Brodzinsky, Civil Engineering, UIC, Fall 2007: Honors College project “Feasibility Study of Segregated Bicycle Lane on Urban Streets in Chicago”

Jason Roitburd, Civil Engineering, UIC, Fall 2008: Independent study “Environmental Friendly Pavement Materials and Technology”

Kitty Chen, Civil Engineering, UIC, Spring 2018: Undergraduate research “Potential correlation between patients’ mobility challenges and low show rate in hospitals in U.S.”

Tarush Gupta, Simrah Shaik,  and Adam Tayabali, undergrad, Computer Science, summer 2019: MY-AIR mobile app development

Michelle Lemus Alvarez, Civil Engineering, UIC, Summer 2020,  GPIP internship “Impact of COVID-19 on Online grocery shopping patterns”

Haris Vujic and Rishi Panchal, Computer Science, UIC, Summer 2020,  GPIP internship: “MY-AIR: Monitoring Your Air Intake Risk – A Mobile App”

Luria Tapia, Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Summer 2021,  Green Transportation Infrastructure in Chicago – accessibility and equity

       g) Visiting scholars

Dr. Longhai Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Traffic Engineering, School of Transportation Science and Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology, December 2011 – December 2012. 

Dr. Simon McDonnell,  research topic: Investigation of the Use of Biodiesel in Railways and Its Impact on Emissions and Land Use, August 2007 – July 2008. Current employment (December 2017 - present): Director of Research and Strategic Analysis at New York State Homes and Community Renewal.