Principal Investigator
Dr. Kate (Kyung) Hyun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). Her research centers on big data analytics using Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies for various applications including community mobility modeling, traffic monitoring and operation. Dr. Hyun is currently conducting research on the topics of equity in transportation and community resiliency using neighborhood data and large-sized vehicle trajectories and pedestrian and bikers travel behavior. The USDOT, North Central Texas Council of Governments, and the City of Arlington support her current research. Much of her previous research focuses on applied research topics and is published in Transportation Research Board (TRB) publications and peer-reviewed journal papers.
Supervising Students
Sital Parajuli
Objective: Ph.D
Interests: Transportation Planning
Sital received her Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk in Nepal, and subsequently completed her Master’s degree in Disaster Risk Management at the same institution. Her research interests center on transportation planning, with an emphasis on using quantitative and data driven methods to address complex challenges in the field of transportation.
Jeongyun Ryu
Objective: Ph.D
Interests: Data-Driven Transportation Analysis, Driving Behavior Modeling, Travel Demand Forecasting, Machine Learning Applications in Transportation, Traffic Operations, Sustainable and Resilient Mobility Jeongyun Ryu received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Transportation Engineering from the University of Seoul, Republic of Korea. His master’s research centered on travel demand forecasting, applying quantitative approaches to predict mobility trends in urban environments. Building on this foundation, his current doctoral research explores driver behavior through data-driven methodologies, including association rule mining (ARM) and other machine learning techniques, to uncover hidden patterns in travel decision-making and risk-taking behaviors. His research interests span data-driven analysis of transportation systems, driving behavior modeling, traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), and sustainable urban mobility. By integrating large-scale data analytics with behavioral insights, he aims to advance transportation research toward safer, more equitable, and more resilient mobility systems.
Mohammad Rashidi Objective: Ph.D
Interests: Big Data and Transportation Planning
TBD
Juana Perez, MS
Research Associate at the University of Texas at Arlington
Graduate Researchers
Alumni & Former Group Members
MD. Ashraful Imran, Ph.D (2025)
Transportation Engineer, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Troyee Saha, Ph.D (2025)
Transportation Engineer at TTI, Dallas
Jaesik Choi, PhD (2025)
Transportation Engineer at the City of Scottsdale, AZ
Farah Naz, Ph.D (2024)
Adjunct Professor, UTA
Mehrdad Arabi, PhD (2024)
Transportation Engineer at Parsons
mehrdad.arabi@parsons.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehrdad-arabi-iutcivil/
Jobaidul Alam Boni , PhD (2024)
Transportation Analyst at Alliance Transportation Group, DCCM https://www.linkedin.com/in/jobaidul-alam-boni-ph-d-eit-34a8831a0/
Md Mintu Miah,
PhD Research Data Specialist III, Traffic Operation Division, California Department of Transportation https://www.linkedin.com/in/md-mintu-miah-ph-d-9194a3166/
Sina Famili, PhD
Rima Subedi, MS Engineer at Pape-Dawson Engineers https://www.linkedin.com/in/rima-subedi-e-i-t/
Utsav Domadia, MS Transportation Engineer at JKM Transportation Consultants https://www.linkedin.com/in/utsavdomadia/