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PhD in Transportation Systems Analysis & Planning

• Cumulative GPA 3.91/4.00
• Diversity Peer Mentor, The Graduate School
• Fellow in Leadership, Center for Leadership
• Vice President, Northwestern Transportation Club

Master of Science in Transportation Systems Analysis & Planning

• Cumulative GPA 3.91/4.00
• Courses with A’s - Transport System Planning, Mgt., Ops., Demand; Economics; Time Series; Machine Learning; Optimization

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering

• First Class Honours (Cumulative GPA 3.95/4.30)
• Dean's Honor List
• Deputy Chairman, HKIE Student Chapter - HKU
• Team Captain, Lee Shau Kee Hall Cantonese Debate Team

Graduate Research Assistant

• Redesigning Multimodal Transit Networks with Shared Autonomous Mobility Service (in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory)
  • Developed an origin-labeled multi-commodity network flow formulation for transit network design
  • Built Python-based GIS tools to simulate transit networks with shared autonomous vehicles
• LOwering CO2 - Models to Optimize Train Infrastructure, Vehicles, & Energy Storage (funded by ARPA-E, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory)
  • Optimized battery-electric and hydrogen refueling facilities locations with sequential MILP models
  • Developed an interactive dashboard (“NUFRIEND”) with Python, Plotly, and Dash for Class 1 railroads to visualize spatial deployment and evaluate carbon emissions, cost, and operations impacts
• COVID-19 Impact on American Railroads (in collaboration with the Asssociation of American Railroads (AAR))
  • Conducted time series analysis (ARIMA) to quantify COVID-19 impact on U.S. rail and intermodal
  • Visualized the trends of freight volumes and correlated economic indicators with Tableau

PhD Software Engineer Intern

• Autonomous Vehicle Repositioning with Machine Learning Models
  • Developed deep learning models and deployed ML pipelines for demand prediction
  • Implemented AV repositioning algorithm with backend integration in Java

Visiting Doctoral Candidate

• Simulation of shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) in multimodal public transportation networks
  • Research visit sponsored by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
  • Collaboration with TUM researchers in shared autonomous vehicle simulation

Construction Engineer - Civil

• Exhibition Centre Station, Shatin-to-Central Link Contract 1123
  • Project managed 30m-deep cut-and-cover excavation and station concrete works for ~3000m2 area in a dense business district

Graduate Engineer

Secondee

• Jurong Region Line Contract J1003, Singapore
  • Designed a 9km railway viaduct including span arrangement, noise barrier frame and prestressing

Reviewer for academic journals and conferences

• ITS America Conference & Expo
• Nature Scientific Reports
• Research in Transportation Business & Management
• Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
• Transportation Research Part A - Policy and Practice
• Transportation Research Part B - Methodological
• Transportation Research Record

Representative for USA - Midwest

• Representing the ICE, supporting local members, and promoting civil engineering in 11 states

Knowledge Network Member - Transport & Mobility

• Contributing academic knowledge to derive insights for infrastructure practitioners and policymakers

President’s Future Leader

• Shadowed the President, Prof. Lord Robert Mair, in institutional visits, events, and taskforces
• Initiated and delivered a half-year STEM campaign “ICE200 Shaping Our Future City” with seminars, visits, and a public exhibition to promote engineering to 50+ students and 7000+ visitors

Chairman

• Led 100+ committee members and helpers to organize 55 technical talks, visits, outreaches, and networking events for professional development of 1800+ graduates and students

Site Visit and Seminar Team Leader

• Organized 20 technical seminars, visits, competitions, and technical workshops for graduates and students

Founding Engineering Officer

• Designed and constructed a 3m-tall concrete platform, water filters, toilets and sanitation facilities for a rural primary school under regular flooding in Cambodia in six weeks with a raised fund of USD$20,000

• DevOps and Software Engineering Professional Certificate, IBM, USA
• Machine Learning on Google Cloud Specialization, Google Cloud, USA

• Graduate Student Research Travel Award, Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, USA
• One-Year Grants for Doctoral Candidates, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany

• Bob Camillone Memorial Scholarship, American Society of Civil Engineers Illinois Section, USA
• European Engineer, European Federation of National Engineering Associations (FEANI), Europe
• Passed PE Civil Exam (Transportation Depth), NCEES, USA

• HKIE Young Engineers Arthur & Louise May Memorial Scholarship, Hong Kong

• Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council, UK
• Member, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK

• Best Reporter & Outstanding Helper, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Young Members Committee, Hong Kong

• Champion Team Leader, ICE HKA G&S Communications Competition, Hong Kong

• Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship, Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, Hong Kong

• HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship, Hong Kong
• Reaching Out Award, HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund, Hong Kong
• Li & Fung Scholarship, Hong Kong

• Innovation and Technology Scholarship, Innovation and Technology Commission, HSBC, and HK Federation of Youth Groups, Hong Kong
• HKU Foundation Scholarships for Outstanding Students, Hong Kong