Stephen Wong, Ph.D.

CV


CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta (2021 – present)

  • Transportation Engineering Group

  • Leader, Resilient and Sustainable Mobility and Evacuation (RESUME) Group

  • Affiliate, Centre for Smart Transportation

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2016 – 2020)

  • Emphasis in Transportation Engineering; minors in City and Regional Planning & Econometrics

M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2015 – 2016)

  • Emphasis in Transportation Engineering

B.S. Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2011 – 2015)

  • Second Major in Sociology

Work and Research Experience

University of California, Berkeley

California Resilient and Innovative Mobility Initiative (CA RIMI) + Transportation Sustainability Researcher Center (TSRC) – Research and Development Engineer (Jan. 2021 – June 2021)

Institute of Transportation Studies – Graduate Student Researcher (June 2020 – Dec. 2020)

California Resilient & Innovative Mobility Initiative – Graduate Student Researcher (Fall 2019 – 2020)

Institute of Transportation Studies – Graduate Student Researcher (Fall 2018 – Summer 2019)

Transportation Sustainability Research Center – Graduate Student Researcher (Summer 2018)

Transportation Sustainability Graduate Class – Graduate Student Instructor (Spring 2018 and 2019)

Institute of Transportation Studies – Research Assistant (Fall 2015)

Delft University of Technology

National Science Foundation – Guest Researcher (Fall 2018)

Industry and Public Agencies

Arup – Integrated Planning Intern (Summer/Fall 2017)

New York City Transit at the Department of Subways – College Aide (Summer 2016)

Johns Hopkins University

Sensor Technology and Infrastructure Risk Mitigation Lab – Research Assistant (2014 – 2015)

Poverty & Housing Research Group – Research Assistant & Co-Facilitator of Fieldwork (2013 – 2015)

SELECTED Leadership and Community Service

TRB – Young Member Subcommittee Co-Chair (2021 – present)

TRB – Strategic Management Committee Member (AJE10) (2021 – present)

TRB – Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuation, and Business Continuity Committee Member and Research Coordinator (AMR20) (2021 – present)

Transportation Research Board (TRB) – Community Resources and Impacts Committee Member (AME80) (2022 – 2023)

TRB – Emergency Evacuations Committee Member (ABR30) (2018 – 2020)

International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) – Working Group Member (2019 – present)

UC Berkeley Transportation Graduate Students Organizing Committee – President (2016 – 2017)

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Eric Pas Dissertation Prize (International Association for Travel Behaviour Research) - 2021

Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Research Fellowship (2019-2020 Academic Year) - 2019

Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Research Fellowship (2018-2019 Academic Year) - 2018

Eno Center for Transportation Future Leader Fellowship - 2018

Rodney Slater Award (Eno Center for Transportation) - 2018

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Fellowship - 2018

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship - 2015

Robert H. Scanlan Award (Academic excellence in Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University) - 2015

James S. Coleman Award (Academic excellence in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University) - 2015