Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D.

Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Contact

Office: 367, Civic Square Building
Email: wenwen.zhang [at] ejb.rutgers.edu
Phone: (848) 932-2802

Education

Ph.D., M.C.R.P., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering, M.S. in Computational Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; B.E., City & Regional Planning, Zhejiang University
Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)
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Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School in August 2020. She received her Ph.D. from Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning in 2017. She also earned Masters in City and Regional Planning, Civil Engineering, and Computational Science & Engineering from Georgia Tech. Previously, she was a research assistant at the Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization (previously known as CGIS) for six years and an assistant professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech for three years. Her research focuses on the social and policy impacts of emerging transportation technologies, such as automated vehicles, ride-hailing services, and micro-mobility, and leveraging data science and visualization techniques to address critical urban planning issues. She has published 16 journal articles, 15 conference proceedings, and one book chapter. She has served as a guest editor for Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

Research Interests
  • Urban land use and transportation interaction
  • Innovative/disruptive transportation technology
  • Urban modeling/simulation
  • Sustainable development
  • Data analytics and visualization in planning

Publications

Research Profile
SOAR
Google Scholar

Practice Areas

Energy | Environment | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Land Use | Public Informatics | Quantitative Methods | Transportation | Urban Planning