Education

• Ph.D. Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, 2023 - Present.
• M.Eng. in Transportation, College of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 2023.
• B.Eng. in Transportation (Mao Yisheng Honors Class), College of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, 2020

Academic Service

Journal Reviewer

• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS)
• Transportation Research Record (TRR)
• PLOS ONE

Conference Reviewer

• TRB Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
• World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR)
• Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Online Conference
• COTA International Conference (CICTP)

Skills

• Big Data & Research Computing Infrastructure
  • Distributed Computing: Apache Spark (PySpark), parallel data processing, large-scale mobility data pipelines
  • Compute Infrastructure: Linux/Windows compute cluster deployment, configuration, and administration
  • Storage & Networking: NAS-based shared storage, NFS, large-scale data management, network configuration and switching
  • Containerization & Environments: Docker, Linux environments, reproducible computational workflows
• Programming & Frameworks:
  • Python (Advanced), data processing, scientific computing, custom algorithm development
  • PyTorch, deep learning models for segmentation, sequence modeling, and masked modeling
  • C/C++, C#, high-performance components and simulation scripting
  • PySpark, large-scale mobility data processing
  • Git/GitHub, CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions)
• Machine Learning & Modeling:
  • Deep Learning: Transformers (Swin, ViT), CNNs, LSTMs, Autoencoders, Masked Image Modeling, U-Net
  • Probabilistic Modeling: Hidden Markov Models (HMM), Bayesian Optimization, Particle Filter methods
  • Trajectory Modeling: sequence reconstruction, structural mobility modeling, trajectory clustering
• Mobility Algorithms & Spatial Computing:
  • Map Matching: HMM-based, Bayesian-optimized, hierarchical map matching; developer of NovaMatch
  • Graph/Network Algorithms: shortest path, candidate search (KD-tree), routing, network pruning
  • Spatiotemporal Analysis: LBS data processing, trajectory cleaning, GIS-based spatial modeling
  • Transit/Mobility Analytics: demand–supply mismatch, accessibility modeling, isochrone analysis
• Software & Tools
  • VISSIM (Advanced), network modeling, airport curb simulation, optimization
  • ArcGIS / ArcGIS Pro / QGIS / GeoDa, spatial data processing and visualization
  • ENVI, remote sensing image analysis
  • Revit, AutoCAD, engineering modeling

Awards & Honors

• Professional Development Grant, Villanova University Career Center, 2025
• 2025 Entrepreneurs Next Star & Million Prize Global Challenge (Germany AI+ Deep-Tech) Third Prize ($7,400), 2025
• Dean’s Fellowship, College of Engineering, Villanova University, 2023–2024