Yongping Zhang

Yongping Zhang

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2008
  • M.S., Traffic Engineering, Tongji University, 2004
  • B.S., Civil Engineering (Transportation), Tongji University, 2001

Professional Registration

  • Licensed Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering)

Professional Activities

  • 4/2019—present, Research Coordinator, Committee on Transportation Planning Analysis and Application (AEP15), the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
  • 2/2021—present, Member, NCHRP Project Panel on Snapshots of Planning Practices, the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
  • 8/2011—4/2021, Member, Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the National Household Travel Survey (ABJ45T), the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies
  • 9/2021—present, President, International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association—Southern California Chapter (ICTPA-SCC)

Professional Experience

  • Senior Transportation Modeler, Southern California Association of Governments, Los Angeles, CA, 2009–2015
  • Senior Transportation Analyst, Wilbur Smith Associates, Lisle/Chicago, IL, 2007-2009
  • Assistant Transportation Planner, Atkins (China) Consultants, Shenzhen, China, 2004