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Xia (Sarah) Yang, Ph.D.

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Dr. Xia (Sarah) Yang worked on around 10 research projects funded by NSF, USDOT, UTRC2, and World Bank during her doctoral and postdoctoral research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). She was the recipient for the 2017 Franz Edelman Finalist Award for her efforts on GPS data analysis and urban freight performance evaluation in the “Off-Hours Delivery (OHD) Project in New York City”. Her PhD dissertation on evacuation modeling and planning was presented at ISTTT22 (the most distinguished conference in traffic engineering) and published in Transportation Research Part A.

Education
  • Ph.D. Transportation Engineering, 2016, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • M.S. Traffic and Transportation Planning and Management, 2012, Central South University, Changsha, China
  • B.S. Railway Transportation Engineering, 2010, Central South University, Changsha, China

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Assistant Professor
Xia (Sarah)
Yang
State University of New York (SUNY)
yangxiacsu.shiny@gmail.com
(518) 618-9437
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