XUEHAO CHU, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Areas of Expertise
Transportation
Economics
Urban
& Regional Economics
Discrete
Choice Analysis
Mathematical
& Quantitative Methods
Representative Experience
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Modeled trip scheduling behavior
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Conducted highway corridor simulation
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Investigated congestion pricing
policies
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Investigated attrition and attrition
bias in transportation panel studies
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Conducted transit system performance
using Data Envelopment Analysis
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Studied cost functions of bus systems
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Forecasted short-term employment for
Orange County, CA
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Helped initiate a PATH project on
reliability of corridor service
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Helped forecast California long-term
transportation energy demand
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Helped study polycentric pattern of
employment in the Los Angeles area
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Helped investigate cost-effectiveness
of alternative fuels for buses
Previous Positions
Graduate
Researcher/Teaching Assistant, University of California at Irvine
Faculty,
Hangzhou University, The People's Republic of China
Education
Ph.D.,
Economics, University of California at Irvine
M.A.,
Economics, University of California at Irvine
B.S.,
Mathematics, Hangzhou University, The People's Republic of China