PRESENT POSITIONS:
Professor and Dean of School of Transportation and Logistics, Dalian University of Technology.
Director, International Office, Dalian University of Technology.
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy, Urban Planning, The University of Tokyo, Japan, 1996.
Master of Science, Transportation Management & Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China, 1986.
Bachelor of Science, Transportation Management & Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China, 1983.
PRIOR POSITIONS:
Fulbright Scholar & Research Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA, August 2008-July 2009.
Dean, School of International Cultural Exchange, Dalian University of Technology, China, 2008-2012.
Transportation Planner, The Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Japan, 2000-2004.
Research Engineer, Social System Research Institute, Japan, 1998-1999.
Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, 1996-1998.
Visiting Scholar, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, 1997.
Assistant Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University, China, 1986-1992.

 

1. Transportation planning and management (traffic demand forecasting, traffic behavior analysis, traffic simulation);
2. Transportation economy (congestion pricing, time value analysis, cost-benefit analysis);
3. Intelligent transportation systems;

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Introduction to Transportation Systems (for undergraduate students);
Transit System Planning (for undergraduate students);
Urban Transportation Planning (for graduate students);

MEMBERSHIP:
Member of the City Planning Institute of Japan;
Member of Japan Society of Traffic Engineers;
Member of World Conference on Transport Research Society;
Member of Association for European Transport;
Member of International Scientific Committee of the East Asia Society of Transportation Studies (EASTS).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Director of International Society for Weigh-In-Motion (ISWIM)
Member of Local Public Transport Programme Committee of Association for European Transport
Committee Member of Intermodal Freight Transport, Transportation Research Board, 5/3/2011 - present
IATSS (International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences) Overseas Invited Members (April 2008-March 2013)
Member of Dalian Urban Planning Expert Committee since 2005 (Appointed by Mayor of Dalian City Government);
Consultant for Asian Development Bank since 2006;
Visiting Professor of Josai University, Japan since 2010;
Organizer for Dalian International Symposium on“One-day Economics Region in Northeastern Asia – Focus on Urban Infrastructure Development in Dalian” in 2005;
Organizer for Symposium on“Strategies for Northeastern Asia Logistics Hub– Experiences from HK and Actions for Dalian” in 2006;
Visiting Researcher of Academy of Dalian Social Science since 2006;

Book chapters:
Zhao, S. 2010, Rebuilding City with Tram: Hiroshima and Dalian, Chapter 6.4 in Sustainable Urban Transport in an Asian Context, Springer.
Zhao, S. 2008, Urban Form and Rail Transit Development in Dalian, China, Chapter 7 in Sustainable City Regions: Space, Place and Governance, Springer.
Zhao, S. 2007, Transport Infrastructure and Logistics Development in China, Chapter 12 in Efficient and Sustainable Intermodal Logistics Network in the Asia-Pacific Region, Prepared by The Asian Task Force as an outreach activity of OECD, Tokyo.
Zhao, S. et al. 2003, Guidebook on Road Travel Demand Forecasting Technique, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, Tokyo (in Japanese).

Report:
Zhao, S. 1997, A Study on Route Choice Behavior in Response to Traffic Information Using Drivers’ Perception. Japan Research Center for Transport Policy, Tokyo.

Papers:
Liu, W., Zhao, S. (2013) The Value of Statistical Life in Road Traffic Based on Logit Model. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 2013, 13(1): pp.137-141.
Zhao S., He N. & Liu N.. An Analysis of Induced Traffic Effects in China. Journal of the Planning Review, 2012, 48(3) : pp.54-63.
Zhao S., He N. & Liu N.. An Analysis of Induced Traffic Effects in China. Journal of the Planning Review, 2012, 48(3) : pp.54-63.
Morita, T., Sugita, H. and Zhao, S. (2010) A study on the development of urban environment measure's evaluation model. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies (ICTTS 2010), Kunming, China. pp.<144-155 . liu, w. and zhao, s. (2010) evaluation of programs of regional distribution center location. proceedings of the 10th international conference of chinese transportation professionals (icctp 2010), beijing, china. pp. 3997-4006. yang, z., zhao, s. & zhao, q. 2008, ‘research on bus scheduling based on artificial immune algorithm’, proceedings of wicom 2008: engineering, services and knowledge management track (ems 2008), dalian, china. zhao, s. 2007, ‘rail transit oriented urban development in dalian: towards a new urban form’, european transport conference 2007, the netherlands. zhao, s. 2006, ‘rapid motorization and road traffic accidents in china’, proceedings of european transport conference 2006, strasbourg. zhao, s. 2006, ‘a comparison of transit developments in hiroshima and dalian: implications for chinese cities’, proceedings of the 5th international conferences on traffic and transportation studies (ictts), pp. 101-113, xi’an. zhao, s. 2004, ‘potential demand analysis for bicycle commuting in japan: a case study for takasaki metropolitan areas’, proceeding of the 4th international conferences on traffic and transportation studies (ictts), pp. 782-792, dalian. zhao, s. et al. 2003, ‘estimation for bpr function for okinawa metropolitan areas’, japan road conference, tokyo (in japanese, third author). zhao, s. et al. 2002, ‘the effects of sample size on the stability of estimated parameters’, proceeding of the 3rd international conferences on traffic and transportation studies (ictts), pp. 730-737, guilin (second author). zhao, s. et al. 2001, ‘travel information, perceived travel time, and route diversion behavior’, proceedings of 9th world conference on transport research, seoul. zhao, s. et al. 2000, ‘evaluating the effects of staggered work hours program on peak-period travel in seien metropolitan areas’, proceeding of the 2nd international conferences on traffic and transportation studies (ictts), pp. 290-397 (fourth author). zhao, s. 1998, ‘subjective or objective variables? primary findings from the modeling of drivers’ behavior under its’, the first international conferences on traffic and transportation studies (ictts), beijing. zhao, s. et al. 1996, ‘using driver’s perceptions to model route choice behavior under its’, proceedings of irf asia-pacific regional meeting, vol. 3, pp. 39-46, taipei. zhao, s. et al. 1996, ‘assessing driver benefits from information provision: a logit model incorporating perception band of travel time information’, proceedings of the 24th summer annual meeting, ptrc, london. zhao, s. et al. 1995, ‘the effects of alternative travel time information presentation strategy on driver behavior’, proceedings of the 2nd world congress on its, pp. 1888-1893, yokohama. zhao, s et al. 1995, ‘the effect of travel time information on route choice behavior: a market segmentation approach’, proceedings of infrastructure planning annual meeting of jsce, pp. 189-192, okura. zhao, s et al. 1995, ‘an empirical study on the relationship between perceived travel time and provided travel time information’, proceedings of 50th annual meeting of jsce, pp. 70-71 (in japanese). zhao, s. et al. 1995, ‘a sp model for route choice behavior in response to travel time information with marginal errors’, selected proceedings of 7th world conference on transport research, pp. 41-55, sydney. zhao, s. 1997, a study on route choice behavior in response to traffic information using drivers’ perception. japan research center for transport policy, tokyo. list of publications in chinese available upon request.

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
JSPS Research Scientist Fellowship, 1996-1998.
Fulbright Fellowship, 2008-2009.

LANGUAGE:
Fluent in Chinese, Japanese and English.