Ph.D. Position in Transportation Engineering at NYU Shanghai

Position Description：
The Department of Engineering and Computer Science at New York University (NYU) Shanghai seeks to recruit self-motivated Ph.D. students to join Dr. Zhibin Chen’s research group, starting from Fall Semester 2019. Applicants should have a B.S. or M.S. in Transportation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Data Science or related fields. Strong oral and written communication skills in English are required. Candidates with research experience in network modeling and optimization and game theory are preferred.
This opportunity is made possible through a collaboration between NYU Shanghai and the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Students admitted to the program are enrolled in the NYU Tandon Ph.D. program in Transportation Planning and Engineering, will spend their first year and one or more additional semesters at NYU Tandon in New York City for Ph.D. course-work, and then transition full-time to Dr. Chen’s research group in Shanghai.
Financial aid is provided to students through the NYU Shanghai Doctoral Fellowship program, which includes tuition, fees, and an annual stipend equal to stipends received by all NYU Transportation Planning and Engineering Ph.D. students. Additional benefits include international health insurance, housing assistance in New York, and travel funds. Upon graduation, students receive New York University Ph.D. degrees.

About Dr. Zhibin Chen：
Zhibin Chen will join NYU Shanghai as an Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow of Transportation Engineering in January 2019. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, he is a Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His primary research interests include transportation network modeling and optimization, transportation economics, intelligent transportation system, and emerging vehicle technologies. His research has been published in series of transportation journals including Transportation Research Part B and C. He was the recipient of the Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award, and the Ryuichi Kitamura Paper Award at the 95th TRB Annual Meeting.
For more information about the position, please contact Dr. Zhibin Chen directly at zc23@nyu.edu. Please refer to his webpage at https://shanghai.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/directory/zhibin-chen.
To learn more about the NYU Tandon Ph.D. in Transportation Planning and Engineering, visit https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/programs/transportation-planning-and-engineering-phd.

About NYU Shanghai：
NYU Shanghai is the newest degree-granting campus within New York University’s global network. It is also the first Sino-U.S. joint research university. All teaching is conducted in English. A research university with liberal arts and science at its core, NYU Shanghai resides in one of the world's great cities with a vibrant intellectual community. NYU Shanghai recruits scholars of the highest caliber who are committed to NYU's global vision of transformative teaching and innovative research and who embody the global society in which we live.
At NYU Shanghai, the Department of Engineering and Computer Science features a cutting-edge research environment, activities such as a regular program of seminars and visiting academics, a thriving community of Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates, and links with other universities within and outside China. 返回小木虫查看更多