Alumni

PhD Students at Purdue

  • Dr. Takahiro Yabe
         Japan
         Current Position: Postdoc Researcher at MIT
         Previous Degrees:
         PhD, Purdue University, 2021
         M.S., University of Tokyo, 2017
         B.S., University of Tokyo, 2015
         PhD Dissertation Title: Resilience of Coupled Urban Socio-Physical Systems to Disasters
         Email: tyabe@mit.edu

  • Dr. Hemant Gehlot
         Jodhpur, India
         Current Position: Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur
         Previous Degrees:
         PhD, Purdue University, 2021
         B.Tech.-M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2015
         PhD Dissertation Title: Optimal control policies for the recovery of socio-physical systems
         Email: hemantg@iitk.ac.in
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  • Dr. Xinwu Qian
         Shanghai, China
         Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama
         Previous Degrees:
         PhD, Purdue University, 2018
         M.S.E., Purdue University, 2014
         B.S. Tongji University, 2012
         PhD Dissertation Title: Linking urban mobility with disease contagion in urban networks
         Email: xinwu.qian@ua.edu

  • Dr. Tho V. Le
         Vietnam
         Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at ITS UC Davis
         Previous Degrees:
         PhD Purdue University, 2018
         M.S. Hiroshima University, Japan
         B.S. University of Transport and Communication, Vietnam
         PhD Dissertation Title: Crowd-shipping: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid Change for a Sustainable Delivery
         Email: tvale@ucdavis.edu
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  • Dr. Wenbo Zhang
    ​Shandong, China
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2018
    M.S. Southeast University, June 2013
    B.S. China University of Mining & Technology, 2010
    PhD Dissertation Title: Modeling Emerging App-based Taxi Services: Interactions of Demand and Supply
    Email: zhangwenbo.cumt@gmail.com​
 
  • Dr. Xianyuan Zhan
    China
    Current Position: JD.com , Beijing, China
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2017
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2012
    B.E. Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2011
    PhD Dissertation Title: Studying Modeling Approaches and Methodological Tools to Monitor and Characterize of Traffic Congestion Evolution on Road Networks
    Email: zhanxianyuan@purdue.edu
 
  • Dr. Arif Mohaimin Sadri
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Florida International University
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2016
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2012
    B.S.C.E. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2011
    PhD Dissertation Title:  Behavioral Models to Understand Routing Considerations and Evacuation Preparation Time in Hurricanes
    Email: sadri.buet@gmail.com
 
  • Dr. Feng Zhu
    Guangdong, China
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2016
    M.Phil. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, 2011
    B.E. Sun Yat-sen University, 2009
    PhD Dissertation Title:  Modeling, Control, and Impact Analysis of The Next Generation Transportation System
    Email: zhufeng@ntu.edu.sg
 
  • Dr. Rodrigo Mesa-Arango
    Medellin, Colombia
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2013
    M.E. Transportation and Infrastructure Systems, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia, 2009
    B.S. Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia, 2006
    PhD Dissertation Title:  Algorithms for Bundling and Pricing Trucking Services: Deterministic and Stochastic Approaches
    Email: rmesaarango@fit.edu
 
  • Dr. H M Abdul Aziz
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Current Position: Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2014
    M.S. University of Texas at Austin, 2009
    B.S. Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, 2007
    PhD Dissertation Title: Integrating Pro-Environmental Behavior with Transportation Network Modeling: User and System Level Strategies, Implementation, and Evaluation.
    Email: aziz.husain.nexus@gmail.com
 
  • Dr. Kien Doan
    Hanoi, Vietnam
    Current Position: Research Associate
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2013
    M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009
    B.S. Hanoi Architectural University, Vietnam, 2006
    PhD Dissertation Title: Advances in Dynamic Network Modeling with Spatial Queue Based Traffic Flow Models.
    Email: dtkienkt@gmail.com
 
  • Dr. Samiul Hasan
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
    Previous Degrees:
    PhD Purdue University, 2013
    M.S. Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, 2007
    B.S. Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, 2004
    PhD Dissertation Title: Modeling Urban Mobility Dynamics Using Geo-location Data.
    Email: samiul.hasan@gmail.com      
              Winner of the INFORMS TSL Best Dissertation Award

PhD students at RPI

  • Dr. Gitakrishnan Ramadurai
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, IIT Madras, India
    Dissertation title: Novel Dynamic User-Equilibrium Models: Analytical Formulations, Multi-Dimensional choice, and an Efficient Algorithm
    Winner of the INFORMS TSL Best Dissertation Award

  • Dr. Lili Du
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Dissertation title: Fundamental Problems in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks: Connectivity, Reachability, Interference, Broadcast Capacity and Online Routing Algorithms

  • Dr. Gopal Patil
    Current Position: Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay, India
    Dissertation title: Modeling Flexibility in Stochastic Transportation Networks

  • Dr. Bo Zhang
    Current Position: Senior Analyst, Resource Optimization at US Airways

MS Students at Purdue

  • Nishtha Mahajan
    India
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2020
    B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, 2017
    MS Thesis Title:​ Strategic and Tactical Guidance for the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Future
    Email: ​nmahaja@purdue.edu

  • Fasil Sagir
    India
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2018
    MBA, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
    B.Tech - M.Tech. Dual. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2009
    MS Thesis Title: Mobility and Safety Impacts of Autonomous Vehicle Systems
    Email: ​fsagir@purdue.edu
 
  • Pulkit Parikh
    Vadodra, India
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2015
    B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2012
    MS Thesis Title: Static Repositioning Operation in Bicycle-Sharing Systems
    Email: pulkitparikh28@gmail.com
 
  • Sarun Laowong
    Chiangmai, Thailand
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2014
    B.S. Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2007
    Non Thesis
    Email: slaowong@purdue.edu
 
  • Abdiel E Filos Gonzalez
    Panama City, Panama
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2014
    B.S.C.E. Universidad Catolica Santa Maria La Antigua, Ciudad de Panama, 2009
    Non Thesis
    Email: phylosz02zz@gmail.com
 
  • Xinwu Qian
    Shanghai, China
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.E. Purdue University, 2014
    B.S Tongji University, 2012
    MS Thesis Title: Big Data Analytics With NYC Taxicab Data
    Email: gordon0803@gmail.com
 
  • Md. Tawfiq Sarwar
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2013
    B.S.C.E. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2009
    MS Thesis Title: Modeling the dynamics of household-level hurricane evacuation timing decisions
    Email: tawfiq.nayon@gmail.com
 
  • Arif Mohaimin Sadri
    Chittagong, Bangladesh
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S.C.E. Purdue University, 2012
    B.S.C.E. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2011
    MS Thesis Title: Behavioral models to understand routing considerations and evacuation preparation time in hurricanes
    Email: sadri.buet@gmail.com
 
  • Xianyuan Zhan
    Ningxia, China
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S. Purdue University, 2012
    B.S. Tsinghua University, 2011
    MS Thesis Title: Understanding the aggregate level urban activity patterns using large-scale geo-location data
    Email: zhanxianyuan@gmail.com
 
  • Binh Luong
    Hanoi, Vietnam
    Previous Degrees:
    M.S. Purdue University, 2011
    B.S. University of Transport and Communications, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2000
    MS Thesis Title: One commodity pickup and delivery traveling salesman problem and an extension formulations and algorithms
    Email: lthbinhhnvn@gmail.com​

MS students at RPI

  • Xiaquan Liu, December 2009
  • Jhael Isa, December 2009
  • Ashley Corker, May 2009
  • Andrew Blaisdell, Summer 2007
  • Courtney Sweeney, Summer 2007

Postdoctoral Research Associates and Visiting Faculty at Purdue

  • Dr. Zhengu Wang
            Current Position:
  • Dr. Surendra Reddy Kancharla
​         ​   Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Technische Universität Dresden
  • Dr. Dheeraj Kumar
            Current position: Assistant Professor, IIT Roorkee, India
  • Dr. Tom Mathew
    Current position: Professor, IIT Bombay, India
  • Dr. Lanshan Han
    Current position: Associate Director at Precima, Inc.; Alliance Loyalty Services
  • Dr. Ivan Sarmiento
    Current position: Department Head, Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional Medellin, Colombia, Summer 2012
  • Dr. Ruimin Li
    Current position: Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China
  • Dr. Pedro Wightman
    Current position: Department Head, Systems Engineering, Uninorte, Colombia

Visiting PhD students at Purdue





  • Yuehwern Chen
    Shanghai Jiaotong University, China


         
  • Ye Qing
    Chongqing, China
    Previous Degrees:
    B.S. Southwest Jiaotong University, 2010
    Email: yqing@purdue.edu

Undergraduate students at Purdue

  • ​Ben Bowman, Summer 2019
  • Adam Newman, Summer 2013
  • Vishal Kotecha, Summer 2012
  • Victoria Mutran, Summer 2012
  • Dave Helms, Fall 2011, Spring 2012
  • Craig Collins, Summer 2011

Undergraduate students at RPI

  • Matthew Chmura, Fall 2008
  • Yuo Chan, Summer/Fall 2008
  • Michael Bell, Fall 2007/Spring 2008
  • Steven Mercer, Spring 2008
  • Xavier Hairston-Khan, Fall 2007
  • Hope Gist, Fall 2007
  • Michael Yatauro (ECSE), Summer 2007
  • Andrew Blaisdell, Spring 2006
  • Michael Thomas, Spring 2006