Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Michael Hyland
Professor & Graduate Advisor
hylandm@uci.edu
(949) 824-5084
Transportation Systems
Our graduate program in Transportation Systems Engineering (TSE) is distinguished
by its interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary urban transportation
issues, and by its unique relationship with the UC Irvine (ITS-Irvine). Detailed information
about our graduate degree programs, faculty and recent research can be found at the
ITS-Irvine Web site.
The TSE program focuses on the planning, design, operation, and management of modern
transportation systems. Emphasis is on the development of fundamental skills and knowledge
in engineering, systems analysis, modeling, and planning, combined with advanced computational
techniques, to address transportation problems affecting urban travel and goods movement.
The program affords a variety of outstanding opportunities for well-qualified and
motivated students to contribute to important research, as well as gain valuable experience
as professional transportation engineers and planners. Financial support through research
or teaching assistantships and a variety of fellowships and scholarships is available
to qualified students.
Transportation Systems Faculty
Elisa Borowski
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Transportation equity and mobility justice, travel behavior and choice modeling, mixed
methods research, community engagement
Matthew Dean
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Sustainable transportation and energy systems, transportation-energy modeling and
decision-making, shared automated vehicles.
Michael Hyland
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Northwestern University
Modeling, design, control, and analysis of smart city transportation systems with
emphases on shared-use autonomous mobility services and urban transit networks
R. (Jay) Jayakrishnan
Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
Urban transportation network modeling, traffic flow theory, traffic and advanced transit
systems control, real time traffic control, large scale traffic simulation
Wenlong Jin
Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Intelligent transportation systems, traffic flow theory, and transportation network
analysis
Michael McNally
Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
Travel behavior, transportation systems analysis, transportation planning and policy
Jean-Daniel Saphores
Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Transportation systems; transportation and urban economics; sustainability; green
materials; energy and the environment; environmental economics and policy