Principal Investigator

Liu Yang (刘杨)

Associate Professor
Dr. Liu Yang is jointly appointed as an Associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Liu teaches and researches transport planning and modelling, urban mobility and logistics, traffic congestion management and data-driven methods. She received her B.S. from Tsinghua University, MPhil from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Previously, Dr. Liu worked as a consultant at Cambridge Systematics and provided modeling expertise to public agencies such as the Chicago Department of Transportation. She has worked on research projects supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education, National Research Foundation, Land Transport Authority, Urban Redevelopment Authority, A*STAR, Cisco Systems and ST Engineering. Her work is well recognised internationally by research awards such as the Transportation Science Journal Best Paper Award. She serves on the editorial boards of Transportation Science (Associate Editor), Transportation Research Part C, and Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (Associate Editor). She is the chair of the WTC Multimodal Urban Transportation System Analysis Committee and co-chair of the Transportation Network Modelling and Computation Committee, a member of the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee on Transportation Network Modelling (AEP40) and Standing Committee on Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and Technologies (AP020).


Research Fellow

Dr. Zhu Dan (朱丹)

Research Fellow

Dr. Zhang Li (张力)

Research Fellow


Current Student

Yang Shan (羊山)

PhD Candidate
Year: 2022
Thesis: Online Traffic Congestion Management via DRL

Zhu Xiaolei (朱晓蕾)

PhD Candidate
Year: 2021
Thesis: Data-driven transportation system planning

Liu Pengxi (刘芃汐)

PhD Student
Year: 2024
Thesis: TBC


Visiting Student

Zhong Linhuan (钟林环)
Central South University

Liu Zhongshan (刘忠山)
Beihang University


Alumni-Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Dr. Lai Xiongfei (赖雄飞)

Job Placement: Research Fellow, NUS

Dr. Chen Enhui (陈恩惠)

Job Placement: Assistant Professor, College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University

Dr. Hu Kanxin (胡侃鑫)

Job Placement: Associate Professor, School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology

Dr. Tang Xindi (唐昕迪)

Job Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Management Science and Engineering, Central University of Finance and Economics

Dr. Zhao Hui

Job Placement: Research Scientist, A*Star

Dr. Lae Chung Khim

Job Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, NUS

Dr. Li Ruijie (李瑞杰)

Job Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University

Dr. Li Tongfei (李同飞)

Job Placement: Associate Professor, School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing University of Technology

Dr. Chen Yao (陈垚)

Job Placement: Associate Professor, School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University

Dr. Zhang Dong (co-supervise with He Shuangchi)

Job Placement: Alibaba DAMO Academy

Dr. Liu Peng (刘鹏)

Job Placement: Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Beihang University

Dr. Yu Guodong (于国栋, co-supervise with William Haskell)

Job Placement: Professor, School of Management, Shangdong University

Dr. Hu Lu (胡路)

Job Placement: Associate Professor, School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University


Alumni-Ph.D Student

Dr. Li Yuanyuan (李园园) 2015-2019

B.S. from HIT, M.S. from Southeast & Monash Joint Graduate School
Thesis: Matching and pricing for shared mobility programs in road networks
Job Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology

Dr. Yang Zhenyu (杨振宇) 2017-2021

B.S. from HUST, M.S. from Beijing Jiaotong University
Thesis: Congestion Management and information provision in risky and connected transportation networks
Job Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, EPFL

Dr. Xie Tingting (谢婷婷) 2017-2022

B.S. from Nanjing University
Thesis: Heterogeneous Information Provision in Urban Transportation Networks
Job Placement: Research Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing, A*star

Dr. Xie Jiaohong (谢佼宏) 2018-2023

B.S. from Southeast University
Thesis: Learning-based Dynamic Management for Urban Mobility Systems
Job Placement: Manager of data science, American Express

Dr. Zhu Dan (朱丹) 2019-2024

B.S. from SWJTU, M.S. from South China University of Technology
Thesis: Resilient and Equitable Transportation Network Design with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Job Placement: Research Fellow, NUS

Dr. Gu Ruixue (顾瑞雪) 2020-2024

B.S. from UESTC, M.S. from NUS
Thesis: Optimization of Truck-Drone Routing Strategies for Logistics Service
Job Placement: Manager of data science, American Express

Dr. Guo Hao (过颢) 2017-2024

B.S. and M.S. from Southeast University
Thesis: Integrated design and operations for shared autonomous vehicle systems
Job Placement: TBC