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Dr. Cynthia Chen

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Dr. Cynthia Chen was an assistant professor in the department of civil engineering at the City College of New York. She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of California at Davis in 2001. Before she came to UC Davis for a Ph.D. degree, she worked as a senior research associate at a transportation consulting firm in San Francisco. After she graduated from UC Davis with a Ph.D. in 2001, she worked as a transportation planner/engineer at Metropolitan Transportation Commission in Oakland. She was a post-doc at UC Davis between 2002 and fall 2003. Her research expertise and interests include: travel behavior analysis, network analysis, demand and supply analysis, intelligent transportation system, innovations in survey research, facility designs, land use patterns and human-machine interactions etc. She has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, swimming, sightseeing and doing nothing!

Projects
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Advanced Applications of Person-based GPS in an Urban Environment Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Automating Web Collection and Validation of GPS data for Longitudinal Urban Travel Studies Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Bridge-Vehicle Impact Assessment New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Evaluation and Testing of Regional Models Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA), New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC)
Impacts of Extreme Events, Phase 2: A Systematic Analysis of Individual Travel Choice Decisions National Science Foundation (NSF)
Improvements on NYMTC Data Products New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Public Transit in New York City: Keeping Up with the Trend Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Temporal and Social Dimensions of Accessibility for New York City Residents Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Understanding Residential Location Decision in the New York Region Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
UTRC Research Initiative
Year Title
2006 Public Transit in New York City: Keeping Up with the Trend
2009 Understanding Residential Location Decision in the New York Region
2010 Advanced Applications of Person-based GPS in an Urban Environment
UTRC Faculty Development Mini-grants
Year Title
2008 Temporal and Social Dimensions of Accessibility for New York City Residents

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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
Cynthia
Chen
qzchen@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-8974

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