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Board of Directors (2009-2011)
President:
Vice President:
Secretary-Treasurer:
Board Members:
Endi Zhai, PhD, PE, GE, is the Vice President and Transportation Technical
Director at Kleinfelder. He has 23 years of experience in geotechnical and
earthquake engineering. He has worked on numerous projects in bridges and
highways, port and harbor developments, public works, water resources, power
facilities, tunnels and airports in the United States and worldwide. He also severs
as a technical expert company-wide to solve challenging problems in
transportation and water resource areas.
He obtained his B.Sci. and M.Sci. degrees in 1985 and 1989, respectively from
Nanjing University, China. He got his PhD from Kanazawa University, Japan in
1997. He performed post-doctoral research at the University of British Columbia
for about a year with Prof. W. D. Liam Finn. He is a registered civil engineer and
a licensed geotechnical engineer in the State of California. He also registered as
a professional civil engineer in British Columbia, Canada and Geotechnical
Engineer in Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
He has published approximately 50 technical papers in geotechnical and
earthquake engineering, and has been a keynote speaker in several
international/national conferences.
Director at Kleinfelder. He has 23 years of experience in geotechnical and
earthquake engineering. He has worked on numerous projects in bridges and
highways, port and harbor developments, public works, water resources, power
facilities, tunnels and airports in the United States and worldwide. He also severs
as a technical expert company-wide to solve challenging problems in
transportation and water resource areas.
He obtained his B.Sci. and M.Sci. degrees in 1985 and 1989, respectively from
Nanjing University, China. He got his PhD from Kanazawa University, Japan in
1997. He performed post-doctoral research at the University of British Columbia
for about a year with Prof. W. D. Liam Finn. He is a registered civil engineer and
a licensed geotechnical engineer in the State of California. He also registered as
a professional civil engineer in British Columbia, Canada and Geotechnical
Engineer in Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
He has published approximately 50 technical papers in geotechnical and
earthquake engineering, and has been a keynote speaker in several
international/national conferences.
Mengzhao Hu started to work as a transportation planner at Parsons
Brinkerhoff’s Orange County office in 2005. She has been working on several
major transit projects in Los Angeles including Metro Red Line Westside
Extension, Crenshaw LRT/BRT Corridor Study, Regional Connector Study,
Metro Long Range Plan, Gold Line Foothill Extension, Metrolink Perris Valley
Line Extension, etc. Her specialization is travel forecasting model application.
Originally from Shanghai, China, Mengzhao Hu holds a bachelor’s degree in
Urban Planning from Tongji University and a master degree of Planning from the
University of Southern California.
Mengzhao has been actively involved in the organization since she was in
graduate school. During the last 5 years, in addition to participating most of
ICTPA-SCC’s events, she also helped to organize several major ICTPA events
including the 2008 Port of Long Beach Tour, 2007 ICTPA International
Conference, etc. She always actively promotes ICTPA among the transportation
professionals and recruits members.
Brinkerhoff’s Orange County office in 2005. She has been working on several
major transit projects in Los Angeles including Metro Red Line Westside
Extension, Crenshaw LRT/BRT Corridor Study, Regional Connector Study,
Metro Long Range Plan, Gold Line Foothill Extension, Metrolink Perris Valley
Line Extension, etc. Her specialization is travel forecasting model application.
Originally from Shanghai, China, Mengzhao Hu holds a bachelor’s degree in
Urban Planning from Tongji University and a master degree of Planning from the
University of Southern California.
Mengzhao has been actively involved in the organization since she was in
graduate school. During the last 5 years, in addition to participating most of
ICTPA-SCC’s events, she also helped to organize several major ICTPA events
including the 2008 Port of Long Beach Tour, 2007 ICTPA International
Conference, etc. She always actively promotes ICTPA among the transportation
professionals and recruits members.
Xiaoyun Wu, Ph.D., PE
President and Founder of IDC Consulting Engineers, Inc
Experienced Bridge Engineer
Registered Professional Engineer (Civil) in California & Arizona
B.S./Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
M.S./China Academy of Building Research, Beijing, China
PhD/University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Current board member of ICTPA-SCC (since 2007)
Dr. Wu has more than 25 years of experience in structure engineering on a wide
variety of practice, including management, design, detailing, research, and
teaching. Specialty includes earthquake engineering and structure nonlinear
behavior. Her extensive experiences in transportation projects includes seismic
assessment, retrofit/ replacement/widening/new design/construction support of
variety structures including highway/railroad bridges, grade separation
structures, urban mass transit structures, pedestrian crossing structure system,
wharf structures, port facilities structures, industrial and commercial buildings
ect..
President and Founder of IDC Consulting Engineers, Inc
Experienced Bridge Engineer
Registered Professional Engineer (Civil) in California & Arizona
B.S./Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
M.S./China Academy of Building Research, Beijing, China
PhD/University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Current board member of ICTPA-SCC (since 2007)
Dr. Wu has more than 25 years of experience in structure engineering on a wide
variety of practice, including management, design, detailing, research, and
teaching. Specialty includes earthquake engineering and structure nonlinear
behavior. Her extensive experiences in transportation projects includes seismic
assessment, retrofit/ replacement/widening/new design/construction support of
variety structures including highway/railroad bridges, grade separation
structures, urban mass transit structures, pedestrian crossing structure system,
wharf structures, port facilities structures, industrial and commercial buildings
ect..
Shenping Chou,PhD, PE, has more than 27 years of professional experience
in transportation projects. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
from National Central University in Taiwan. He did his graduate study at USC,
where he earned his MS and PhD degrees.
Dr. Chou currently holds a management position as the Engineering Manager at
Washington Division of URS in Irvine, California, where he oversees the
engineering operation of more than 30 engineering staff.
in transportation projects. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
from National Central University in Taiwan. He did his graduate study at USC,
where he earned his MS and PhD degrees.
Dr. Chou currently holds a management position as the Engineering Manager at
Washington Division of URS in Irvine, California, where he oversees the
engineering operation of more than 30 engineering staff.
B.E. from Feng-Chia University
B.S. and M.S. from Manhattan College
Graduate Studies at Oklahoma University
Department Head and Assistant Professor in Szehai University
Structural Engineer in Parsons Co. and Donnald Warren Co.
More than 25 years with Caltrans
I-105 Freeway Design Team
1994 Northridge Earthquake Damage Reconstruction Team Landslide
Emergency Quick Fix and Storm Damage Repair Team.
B.S. and M.S. from Manhattan College
Graduate Studies at Oklahoma University
Department Head and Assistant Professor in Szehai University
Structural Engineer in Parsons Co. and Donnald Warren Co.
More than 25 years with Caltrans
I-105 Freeway Design Team
1994 Northridge Earthquake Damage Reconstruction Team Landslide
Emergency Quick Fix and Storm Damage Repair Team.
Feng (Jason) Xu is an associate engineer in KOA Corporation. He received
him M.S. degrees in traffic engineering from University of Nevada, Reno in 2007.
He has a B.S degree in transportation operation and management and a M.S.
degree in IT application in transportation system from Beijing Jiaotong University
in China. Jason Xu published two first-author papers and a second-author paper
in U.S.A. One of the first-author papers was presented and published in
Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2008.
Since Jason started his professional practice in 2007, he successfully
accomplished traffic signal timing projects for 10 cities within California, involving
more 300 intersections.
At the same time, Jason has been actively involved in ICTPA’s activities. Jason
received a Social Service Contribution Award from Beijing Jiaotong University in
2002. He is currently the member of Institute of Transportation Engineers, the
member of ITS-California, the board member of Jiaotong University Alumni
Association of Southern California.
him M.S. degrees in traffic engineering from University of Nevada, Reno in 2007.
He has a B.S degree in transportation operation and management and a M.S.
degree in IT application in transportation system from Beijing Jiaotong University
in China. Jason Xu published two first-author papers and a second-author paper
in U.S.A. One of the first-author papers was presented and published in
Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2008.
Since Jason started his professional practice in 2007, he successfully
accomplished traffic signal timing projects for 10 cities within California, involving
more 300 intersections.
At the same time, Jason has been actively involved in ICTPA’s activities. Jason
received a Social Service Contribution Award from Beijing Jiaotong University in
2002. He is currently the member of Institute of Transportation Engineers, the
member of ITS-California, the board member of Jiaotong University Alumni
Association of Southern California.
Jinghua Xu, PhD, PE, currently is a Senior Transportation Engineer/Modeler
with PB, specialized in travel demand forecasting, transportation planning,
goods movement, traffic engineering, network modeling and simulation, and GIS.
She has the PE license in Civil Engineering.
During her Ph.D study in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, she has
undertaken several transportation research projects, one of which was funded
by National Science Foundation. Several papers based on her research have
been published in national-known journals, e.g., Transportation Research
Record and IEEE Transactions. In her Master program in Northern Jiaotong
University in Beijing, she has been actively involved in several nation-wide
projects, one of which won the “Science and Technology Progress Achievement
Award” by the Ministry of Railway of China.
After Jinghua joined PB, she has been mainly involved in transportation
modeling area, including model development and application for both highway
and transit sides. The projects she’s worked on encompass a wide range of
regions in the country, including Southern California, San Francisco, Las Vegas,
Columbus, Honolulu, Nashville, Portland, Salt Lake, St. Louis, Washington D.C.,
Minneapolis, North and South Carolina areas, etc. She presented and published
several papers based on her research/work during this period on ITE Annual
Meeting and ICTPA Annual Meetings, etc. One of her publications won the
“Professional Publication of the Year” Honorable Mention by PB in 2006.
In addition to work, Jinghua is actively involved in local professional activities.
She is a current board member of ICTPA Southern California Chapter, helping
organize the events and involved in the decision-making process. She provided
technical support to the 20th ICTPA Annual Meeting held in Southern California
with two presentations, one is on transit travel patterns in LA area and the other
is about transit modeling practice in the United States. She also attends
programs of other professional association, e.g., APA, WTS, and volunteers in
different professionally events.
with PB, specialized in travel demand forecasting, transportation planning,
goods movement, traffic engineering, network modeling and simulation, and GIS.
She has the PE license in Civil Engineering.
During her Ph.D study in the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, she has
undertaken several transportation research projects, one of which was funded
by National Science Foundation. Several papers based on her research have
been published in national-known journals, e.g., Transportation Research
Record and IEEE Transactions. In her Master program in Northern Jiaotong
University in Beijing, she has been actively involved in several nation-wide
projects, one of which won the “Science and Technology Progress Achievement
Award” by the Ministry of Railway of China.
After Jinghua joined PB, she has been mainly involved in transportation
modeling area, including model development and application for both highway
and transit sides. The projects she’s worked on encompass a wide range of
regions in the country, including Southern California, San Francisco, Las Vegas,
Columbus, Honolulu, Nashville, Portland, Salt Lake, St. Louis, Washington D.C.,
Minneapolis, North and South Carolina areas, etc. She presented and published
several papers based on her research/work during this period on ITE Annual
Meeting and ICTPA Annual Meetings, etc. One of her publications won the
“Professional Publication of the Year” Honorable Mention by PB in 2006.
In addition to work, Jinghua is actively involved in local professional activities.
She is a current board member of ICTPA Southern California Chapter, helping
organize the events and involved in the decision-making process. She provided
technical support to the 20th ICTPA Annual Meeting held in Southern California
with two presentations, one is on transit travel patterns in LA area and the other
is about transit modeling practice in the United States. She also attends
programs of other professional association, e.g., APA, WTS, and volunteers in
different professionally events.
Min Zhou, P.E.
V.P. of Orange County Operations, Principal Engineer
KOA Cooperation
• 16 years traffic engineering and transportation experience
• Registered Civil Engineer in California
• Both Public and Private Sectors Experience
• Past President, International Chinese Transportation Professional Association
(ICTPA), Southern California Chapter
• Member of WTS - OC Chapter
Experience Highlights
* Extensive experience in traffic impact studies
* Project manager for numerous parking management plans and parking studies
* Extensive knowledge of traffic demand modeling, including TransCAD,
Tranplan, and VISUM
* Experience in public agency General Plan traffic studies
* Experience in operation and timing of traffic signal systems and master plans
* Managing the 2008 Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Traffic
Synchronization Strategic Plan project
* Prepared traffic signal timing plans for 250 intersections in Honolulu, Hawaii
* Conducted VISSIM simulation for Isla Vista Community in County of Santa
Barbara
* Mentor for young engineers and planners
Awards and Achievements
* Selected as one of fourteen mid-career women nationwide for the 2006 WTS
Leadership Training Program in Vorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers
University, New Jersey
V.P. of Orange County Operations, Principal Engineer
KOA Cooperation
• 16 years traffic engineering and transportation experience
• Registered Civil Engineer in California
• Both Public and Private Sectors Experience
• Past President, International Chinese Transportation Professional Association
(ICTPA), Southern California Chapter
• Member of WTS - OC Chapter
Experience Highlights
* Extensive experience in traffic impact studies
* Project manager for numerous parking management plans and parking studies
* Extensive knowledge of traffic demand modeling, including TransCAD,
Tranplan, and VISUM
* Experience in public agency General Plan traffic studies
* Experience in operation and timing of traffic signal systems and master plans
* Managing the 2008 Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Traffic
Synchronization Strategic Plan project
* Prepared traffic signal timing plans for 250 intersections in Honolulu, Hawaii
* Conducted VISSIM simulation for Isla Vista Community in County of Santa
Barbara
* Mentor for young engineers and planners
Awards and Achievements
* Selected as one of fourteen mid-career women nationwide for the 2006 WTS
Leadership Training Program in Vorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers
University, New Jersey
