Pablo L. Durango-Cohen

Current Students:

• Jing Yu, PhD Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering (started 2019)
  • 2024 Executive Leadership Program, International Road Federation
  • 2023-24 Transportation Center Dissertation Year Fellow
  • 2023 Best TA award for EA2
• Adrian Hernandez, PhD Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering (started 2020)
  • 2024-25 Transportation Center Dissertation Year Fellow
  • 2024 Best presentation award, 18th AISIM
  • 2023 Bob Camillone Memorial Scholarship, T&DI, Illinois Section of ASCE
  • 2023 North America Rail Shippers Scholarship
  • 2022 Amazon SCOT INFORMS Scholarship
• Callahan Skiles,PhD Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering (started 2021)
• Pablo Teixeira Manion,PhD Candidate Civil and Environmental Engineering (started 2022)
• Alene Holmgren, BS Civil and Environmental Engineering (2025)

Former Students:

Students I have supervised on research listed by degrees and in reverse chronological order.

PhD Students

1. Jingyuan Bao, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (April 2021)
   • Dissertation title: Accounting and controlling for heterogeneity in behavior and survey response:  Application in non-profit fundraising and commute mode choice.
2. Hang Shu, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (August 2020)
   • Dissertation title: Analyzing and improving transportation infrastructure privatization in a competitive environment.
3. Madison Fitzpatrick, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (December 2015)
   • Dissertation title: Agent-based modeling of mode choice with dynamic attitudes and social influence.
4. Yikai Chen, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (September 2014)
   • Dissertation title: A statistical health-monitoring framework for transportation infrastructure.
5. Weizeng Zhang, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (August 2014)
   • Dissertation title: Segmentation modeling:  Applications of finite mixture regression models in university fundraising and management of transportation infrastructure.
6. Ramon Torres, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (May 2014)
   • Dissertation title: Dynamic segmentation modeling: Applications of finite mixture models to explain giving behavior of donors in a university setting
7. Zitao (Arthur) Zhang, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (August 2011)
   • Dissertation title: Analysis of public-private partnerships in transportation infrastructure investment and management.
8. Elaine Croft McKenzie, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (August 2011)
   • Dissertation title: An input-output framework for the inclusion of environmental impacts in the design of goods, systems, and services.
9. Pattharin Sarutipand, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (June 2008)
   • Dissertation title: An optimization framework for management of transportation infrastructure systems with interdependent facilities.
10. Chih-Yuan (James) Chu, PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering (April 2007)
    • Dissertation title: Dynamic performance models for transportation infrastructure management.

MS Students

1. Marcelo E. Lascano, MS Civil and Environmental Engineering (June 2009)
   • Papers:
     • The transportation systems of Buenos Aires, Chicago, and Sao Paulo:  City centers, infrastructure and policy analysis
     • New ridership for old rail:  An analysis of changes in the utilization of Chicago’s urban rail system, 1990-2008
2. Suzanne Childress, MS Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (June 2006)
   • Paper: On parallel machine replacement problems with general replacement cost functions and stochastic deterioration