Research Engineer
Current CV (updated November 2024)
Quick Facts on Zhe Han
- Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Transportation, 2017
- Portfolio in Statistical Modeling, The University of Texas at Austin, Statistics, 2017
- M. Sc., The University of Texas at Austin, Transportation, 2013
- B. Eng., Tsinghua University, Civil Engineering, 2012
- B. Law, Tsinghua University, School of Law, 2012
- Recipient of Walter L. and Reta Mae Moore Graduate Fellowship (2016) and Robert Herman Endowed Scholarship (2015) from the University of Texas at Austin
- Best Paper Award winner at the 9th International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets 2015 (ICMPA 2015)
- Have extensive experiences in statistical models for quantification, infrastructural resiliency modeling, database development, crash data analysis, and spatial analysis
- Task leader for five Austin Interagency Cooperation Contract (IAC) projects
- Have been or current involved in research projects that span a broad array of topics, including infrastructure asset management, infrastructure resiliency analysis, roadway safety, project ranking and prioritization strategy making, database integration, safety impact analysis, big data analysis, and GIS visualization platform development
- Editor of Current Social Sciences (Traffic Safety Analysis field)
- Editorial Board Member of Transportation Management
- Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Transportation Engineering and Technology (IJTET)
- Chair, Technical Committee on Infrastructure Asset Management, World Transport Convention
- Reviewer Board Member of Symmetry
- Best Paper Award Winner (2023). Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity (AMR20), Washington, D.C., USA
- Paper featured as Editor’s Choice by Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers (2023)
- Excellent Paper Award Winner (2021). The 4th World Transport Convention (WTC), Xi’an, China
Areas of Research
- Transportation Infrastructure Management
- Infrastructure Resiliency
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Asset Evaluation and Management
- Project Management
- Safety Analysis
- ArcGIS visualization