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Ahn

Soyoung Ahn

  • Assistant Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
  • Civil Engineering
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Dr. Soyoung Ahn joined Arizona State University as an Assistant Professor in August 2006. Before joining ASU, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Portland State University, Oregon. Her primary area of research interest is in highway traffic with an emphasis on observation and experimentation and the application of quantitative methods. Other areas of interest include intelligent transportation systems applications, logistics, and public transportation. Her research has been published in Transportation Research and Transportation Research Record.

Traffic Operations Intelligent Transportation Systems Public Transportation

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

Best ITS Planning Project, Annual ITS Arizona Conference, October 2008

Nominated for Centennial Professorship Award, 2008

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 2005

University of California, Berkeley Fellowship, 2000 – 2001

Robert H. Simpson Memorial Prize for the highest GPA in graduating class, Ohio State University, 2000

Undergraduate Honors Fellowship and Internship, Ohio State University, 1999 – 2000

C. Newton Brown Scholarship for academic excellence, Ohio State University, 1998 – 2000

Dean’s List, Ohio State University, 1996 – 2000

Laval, J., Chen, D., Ben Amer, K., Guin, A., and Ahn, S. Evolution of Oscillations in Congested Traffic: Improved Estimation Method and Additional Empirical Evidence. (accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board)

Ma, T. and Ahn, S.* (2008). Comparisons of Speed-spacing Relations under General Car-following vs. Lane-changing. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2088, pp. 138-147.

Ahn, S.*, Bertini, R., Auffray, B., Ross, J., and Eshel, O. (2007). Evaluating the Benefits of a System-Wide Adaptive Ramp-Metering Strategy in Portland, Oregon. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2012, pp. 47-56.

Cassidy, M. J. and Ahn, S. (2005). Driver Turn-Taking Behavior in Congested Freeway Merges. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1934, pp. 140-147.

Ahn, S., Cassidy, M. J., and Laval, J. (2004). Verification of Simplified Car-Following Theory. Transportation Research B. Vol. 38(5), pp. 431-440.