- Western ITE Outstanding Educator Award, 2017
- Faculty Fellow Awards, University of Utah, 2017
- Nominee for Utah Engineering Council Educator of the Year, 2016
- Utah ITE Educator of the Year, 2015
- Top 15% undergraduate instructor in University of Utah College of Engineering, Spring, 2015
- 2nd Best Paper Award for the 54th Annual Transportation Research Forum Student Paper Contest, TRF, 2013
- Outstanding Student Award, Beijing Jiaotong University Alumni Transportation Community, 2013
- WTS Puget Sound Chapter Helen M. Overly Memorial Graduate Scholarship, Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS), 2013
- Tuition Scholarship for the MIT Training Course: Modeling and Simulation of Transportation Networks, MIT, 2012
- ITE Daniel B Fambro Student Paper Award, 2012
- ITE Western District Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2012
- Washington ITE Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship, 2012
- Western ITE Best Student Paper Award, 2012
- Boeing Academic Achievement Awards, Spring, 2011
- Graduate Student Travel Awards, University of Washington. 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
- Student Paper Awards, Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems: Workshop and Conference. Orlando, Florida. University of Florida. May, 2010
- TexITE Scholarship for Outstanding Student, the Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE), Houston, Texas. 2008
- Outstanding College Graduates Awards, Beijing Jiaotong University, June, 2006
- Xerox Academic Achievement Scholarship, Beijing Jiaotong University, September, 2003
- Excellent Student Award, Beijing Jiaotong University, China. 2002-2006
- Committee Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Transit Capacity and Quality of Service
- Committee Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Managed Lanes, AHB35
- Committee Member and Paper Review Coordinator, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Highway Capacity Quality of Service (HCQS)
- Faculty Mentor, ITE University of Utah Student Chapter
- Publication Chair, IEEE Third International Smart Cities Conference, 2017
- Guest Editor on Special Issue of Journal of Advanced Transportation: Data-Driven Urban Mobility Modeling and Analysis, 2016
- Board Member, Salt Lake City Transportation Advisory Board, 2013-2016
- Academic Senate, University of Utah, 2014-2017
- Technical Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVE) 2015
- Associate Editor, IEEE ITS Conference 2015
- Panel, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program 2014
- Invited Panel, ITS America University Partner Workshop 2014
- Area Editor for the 14th COTA International Conference of Transportaton Professionals (CICTP 2014)
- Member, Highway Capacity Quality of Service (HCQS) Committee inaugural mentorship program, Transportation Research Board, 2014
- Student Leadership Council Chair, Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), 2012.
- President of Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE) University of Washington Student Chapter, 2011- 2012.
- Organizing Committee, Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium Launching Summit, May, 2012.
- Organizing Committee Chair, Student Affair and Media Outreach, IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Conference, June, 2010.
- Associate Editor for the International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals, 2010.
Professional Engineer, Utah # 9858700-2202
Engineer-in-Training, Texas #40214, 2008
Graduate Certificate in Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies, University of Washington, 2011