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
AMR20 Best Paper Award Winner – Wildfire Evacuation Choice-Making among Underserved Groups in Alberta and British Columbia (TRB Committee on Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity) - 2024
Transportation Research Board Blue Ribbon Award for Renewal (TRB Transportation Systems Resilience Section & Young Member Council – Sustainability and Resilience) - 2024
Outstanding Support of Young Members (TRB Transportation Systems Resilience Section) - 2023
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