Mr. Liu is currently a Ph.D. student at the City College of New York with Professor Anil K. Agrawal. Prior to joining the City College of New York, Mr. Liu received his M.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Liu has been working on the New Jersey Department of Transportation project "Seismic Design Considerations" to develop seismic guidelines for existing bridges on New Jersey. Mr. Liu has a very strong background in solid mechanics and modeling of complex structural systems. For his Ph.D. research, Mr.

Haiyun Lin is currently a student at the Department of Civil Engineering at City University of New York, where she has enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Transportation Engineering with a concentration in transportation planning.

Besides her studies, Haiyun is currently a research assistant at Region II University Transportation Research Center. Her work there mainly includes technology testing for MPO’s regional travel survey, as well as design and implementation of residential relocation survey in New York Metropolitan Region.

Through the Academic Initiative, Nancy Mahadeo interned with NYMTC’s staff. Her work focused on Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Strategies under the guidance of Larry McAuliffe, NYMTC’s Sustainability Manager. Nancy analyzed four mobile source emission reduction strategies to encourage use of hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and hydrogen and clean diesel technologies.

Through the Academic Initiative, Matthew Roe participated in an internship with NYCDOT, studying “Spatial Analysis and GIS Support for Sustainable Pedestrian Safety in New York City,” under the guidance of Seth Berman and Ann Marie Doherty. Matthew’s study was a GISdriven investigation into the geography of pedestrian safety, especially related to seniors, and the causes of pedestrian-vehicular crashes in New York City.

Brian Ross interned with NYMTC’s staff through the Academic Initiative, researching the Federal Transit Administration’s New Freedom grant program under the guidance of Nancy O’Connell, then Manager of Program Development for NYMTC. The New Freedom Program (Section 5317) is designed to improve transportation services for individuals with disabilities by providing them with alternatives to public transportation outside of what the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires.

Gitakrishnan Ramadurai conducted an independent research project titled “Identification and Modeling of Next Generation Traveler Guidance Systems.” His advisors were Professor Satish Ukkusuri of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (now at Purdue University), and Todd Westhuis of NYSDOT. The objectives of the research were 1) to identify the characteristics and architecture of next generation traveler guidance systems; and 2) to develop modeling and algorithmic techniques to operationalize the identified architecture.