Xinyu (Jason) CAO 295G Humphrey School, 301 19th Office: 612-625-5671 Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN, 55455 Email:
[email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2006 M.S. Statistics, University of California, Davis, 2005 M.E. Management Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing China, 2001 B.E. Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing China, 1998 EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning Program at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2013-present (Assistant Professor, 2007-2013) Distinguished visiting professor, Shaanxi Normal University, China, 2014-2015 Affiliate Faculty, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2007-present Affiliate Faculty, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2008-present Associate Research Fellow, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University, 2006-2007 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, 2001-2006 Course Instructor, Tsinghua University; Beijing City University; Beijing Oriental University, 1999-2000 AWARDS AND HONORS Dean’s Scholar, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2012-2016 Wootan Award for Outstanding Ph. D. Dissertation in Policy and Planning, Council of University Transportation Centers, 2006 Outstanding Dissertation Award, the Friends of ITS-Davis, 2006 Dissertation Fellowship, University of California Transportation Center, 2005 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND GRANTS 1. After Study of the Bus Rapid Transit ‘A Line” Impacts, 2017-2018, (Principal Investigator: Alireza Khani; Co-PI: Jason Cao), Sponsored by MnDOT, $105,687 2. Green Line LRT and Housing Price, 2016-2017, (Principal Investigator: Jason Cao), Sponsored by Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, $5,000.