Soyoung (Sue) Ahn, PhD
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Executive Director, Mid-America Freight Coalition
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Office: 2304 Engineering Hall
Phone: +1-608-265-9067
Fax: +1-608-262-5199
Email: [email protected]
Bio
Dr. Soyoung Ahn is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is also an Executive Director for Mid-America Freight Coalition. She received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005. Before joining UW-Madison in 2013, she was on the faculty in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University from 2006 to 2013. She is an expert in traffic flow analysis and modeling, (numerical) simulations, traffic control using emerging technologies, and freight transportation. Her recent research involves (i) evaluation of performance of connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs), (ii) development of CAV platoon control strategies, and (iii) development of system control strategies using CAVs. She is the current Chair of TRB’s Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Committee, an Associate Editor for Transportation Research Part C, and an editorial board editor for Transportation Research Part B. She is also a member of the International Advisory Committee for the International Symposium on Traffic and Transportation Theory.
Education
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ohio State University, 2000
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ohio State University, 2000
Research Interests
Traffic Flow Analysis and Modeling
Traffic Control
Connected Autonomous Vehicles
Freight Transportation
Traffic Control
Connected Autonomous Vehicles
Freight Transportation