Urban Information Lab: People

Director

Junfeng Jiao

Associate Professor

Hampton K. and Margaret Frye Snell Endowed Chair in Transportation

Co-Director

Dr. Arya Farahi

Post-Doc Fellows

Dr. Kijin Seong

​Graduate Students

Samantha Lee

Huihai Wang

Francisco Montano

Shunhua Bai

Connor Philips 

Yefu Chen

Seung Jun Choi 

Jiaxuan Huang

Naomi Nelson

Jessica Wu

Undergraduate Students

Akhil Mandalapu
Ryan Lewis
Chris Nguyen
Sean Lewis 
Tea Kim 
Prachi Ingle

Alumni

Undergradautes:
Kent Hensen (Computer Science)--Software Engineer, HubSpot
Nathaniel A Degen (Computation Biology)---Data Analyst, SALI Services
Rahul Gupta (Computer Science)-- Derivatives Trader, Optiver
Mihir Pethe (Mathematics) -- Consultant, BCG
Mira Bhat (Finance)-- Finance Analyst, Intel
Mohamad Abouelnaaj (Neuroscience)
Grant Shaffer (Finance)--Finance Analyst, Microsoft

Masters:
Josiah Lindquist (Planning)---Planner, AECOM
Seung Jun Choi (Planning)--PhD Student, UT Austin 
Rand Makarem (Planning)--PhD Student, U of Michigan 
Ying Rui Zhao (Planning)--PhD Student, U of Maryland
Sam Lee (CAEE)-- Startup
Qi Qian Yang (Planning)---Data Scientist, Apple
Chris Bichak (Planning)---Data Scientist, Noblis
Akik Patel (Planning)---Transportation Planner, AECOM
Haitao Yu (Planning)---Transportation Analyst, Kittelson & Associates
Aaron Nichols (Planning)---Research Scientist, TU Munich
Zack Lofton (Planning)---Transportation Planner, City of Austin 
Nathalie Kip (Planning)---Research Assistant, UBC
Nicole McGrath(Planning)---Transportation Planner, CDM Smith
Yang Yang (Planning)---Transportation Engineer, Marlin Engineering
Louis Alcorn (Planning/Transportation Engineering)--Transportation Planner, WSP
Chia-Hui Liu (Information Science)-- Data Scientist, Deutsche Bank
Jianwei Chen (Computer Science)-- Software Engineer, Google 
Xuyang Chen (Computer Science)-- Software Engineer, Yext
Toshi Ogura (Tourism Science)---PhD Student, Tokyo Metropolitan University 
Po Yuan Huang (Economics)--PhD Student, UNC
Dong Xu He (Transportation Engineering)--Transportation Engineer 
Rand Makarem (Planning)--PhD Student, U of Michigan 

PhD:
Juan Yunda (Planning)--Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Greg Grffin (Planning)--Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio 
Jack Bringardner (Eningeering)--Industry Assistant Professor, NYU
Kwangyul Choi (Planning)--Assistant Professor, The University of Oklahoma 
Jojo France-Mensaha (Engineering)-- Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Hao Wu--PhD Student, Tong Ji University 

PostDoc: 
Dr. Amin Azimian (Smart Transportation)--Design Engineer, Terra Engineering
Dr. Chen Feng (Urban Informatics)-- Research Scientist, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden