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Professor Wang holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and MS and BS degrees from Tsinghua University, China. Her primary research interests include traffic safety analysis, spatial econometrics, and the statistical modeling of transportation and urban systems. Her study on statistical modeling of urban transportation system based on derived information from satellite images has won her the Sixth Annual Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science and the Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Science and Technology. Her expertise in statistical analysis has made her a reviewer of many transportation journals and the primary author of papers across a variety of subjects, all of which involve transportation data analysis.

Xiakun
Wang
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Education
PhD degree in Civil Engineering The University of Texas at Austin
MS degree in Civil Engineering Tsinghua University, China
BS degree in Civil Engineering Tsinghua University, China
Title Sponsor(s)
Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System (ACS Lite) for Wolf Road, Albany, New York New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Assessing Behavior Changes under the Influence of Travel Demand Management Strategies Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Conduct Urban Agglomeration with the Baton of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Evaluation of the Cooperative Multi-Carrier Delivery Initiatives Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Freight Costs at the Curbside New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), University Transportation Research Center (UTRC)
Improving Seasonal Adjustment Factors for Better AADT Estimation using Network Interpolation Techniques Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Investigating Public Opinions towards Emerging Transportation Technologies and Service Forms University Transportation Research Center (UTRC)
Investigating Temporal Effects on Truck Accident Occurrence and Severity Level in New York City University Transportation Research Center (UTRC)
Evaluating a Microhub Pilot Program Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)