Group Members

Dr. Jeff Ban

Dr. Ban’s research interests are in transportation network system modeling and simulation, urban traffic system modeling and operations, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). He develops modeling tools to study dynamic transportation networks with emerging technologies and systems such as connected/automated vehicles and shared mobility. He also works on urban traffic systems modeling and performance evaluation using mobile sensing data. He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, and the New Faculty Award by the Council of University Transportation Centers and American Road & Transportation Builders Association. His research has been funded by the NSF, US DOT, NCFRP, Volvo Foundation, and various state and local transportation agencies. He joined UW as an Associate Professor in the Fall 2016. Prior to this appointment, he was an Associate Professor of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (by Courtesy) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Ban serves on the Network Modeling Committee (ADB30) and the Vehicle Highway Automation Committee (AHB30) of Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies. He was the elected Vice Chair (2010-2011) and Chair (2012-2013) of the ITS SIG (cluster) under Transportation Science and Logistics (Society) of INFORMS. He currently directs the intelligent Urban Transportation Systems (iUTS) lab at UW. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Networks and Spatial Economic, and Transportmetrica B: Dynamics, and serves on the editorial board of Transportation Research Part B, Part C. His research has produced more than 100 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings.

Ph.D. Students

Ms. Wan Li

Educations:
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 09/2016~present
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 08/2014~08/2016
  • M.S., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, 08/2012 - 07/2014
  • B.E., School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University (SYU), 09/2008~07/2012
Research Interests:
  • Connected/Autonomous Vehicles
  • Transporation Big Data Analytics
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Mr. Nazib Siddique

Educations:
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 09/2016~present
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 08/2014~08/2016
  • B.E., Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), 06/2007~04/2012
Research Interests:
  • Urban Traffic Modeling with Mobile Sensing
  • Connected/Autonomous Vehicles
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems

Mr. Jingxing Wang

Educations:
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 09/2016~present
  • B.E., Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 09/2012~06/2016
Research Interests:
  • Transportation Big Data Analytics
  • Machine Learning and Optimization

Ms. Rong Fan

Educations:
  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 09/2016~present
  • B.E., Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 09/2012~06/2016
Research Interests:
  • Transporation Network Modeling
  • Shared Mobility
 

M.S. Students

Undergraudate Students

Dr. Ban was an academic advisor for about 45 undergraduate students when he was with the faculty of RPI.

Visiting Scholars

Visiting Students

Postdocs

Alumni

Ph.D. Students

Dissertation Topic:Modeling Multimodal Transportation Network Emergency Evacuation Considering Evacuees’ Cooperative Behavior First Employment: Post-doctoral Scholar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dissertation Topic: Transportation Modeling and Privacy Protection Using Mobile Sensor
First employment: Assistant Professor, West Michigan University.

Dissertation Topic: Modeling and Solving Continuous-Time Dynamic User Equilibria
First employment: Post-doctoral Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis.

Dissertation Topic: Urban Arterial Real-Time Performance Measurement Using Privacy Preserving Mobile Sensors
First employment: Post-doctoral Researcher, Center for Environmental Research & Technology, University of California, Riverside

Dissertation Topic: Mitigating Peak Congestion with Staggered Work Hours: Effects, Models, and Implications.

First employment: Assistant Professor, Center of Innovation in Logistics, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

 

M.S. Students

Thesis Topic: Defining and Evaluating Freight Performance Metrics Using GPS Data
First employment: AgileAssets, Inc.

Thesis Topic: Experimental Validation of Mobile Sensors as Traffic Probes on Arterial Streets with Traffic Simulation of the Existing Network
First employment: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Albany Office

Thesis Topic: Assessment of Tradeoffs Among Multiple Vehicle Classes for Urban Deliveries
First employment: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Atlanta Office