Students

Ph.D

The Ohio State University

• In progress. Mahnoush Mostafavi Sabet 
• In progress. Mostahidul Alam
• In progress. Aniket Sangwan
• In progress. Ahmad Ilderim Tokey
• 2023. Armita Kar (co-advised with Huyen Le). Dissertation: “Inclusive accessibility: Integrating person-based hard and soft constraints into multimodal transportation planning.”
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University
  • Post-doctoral researcher, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus Ohio.
• 2023. Luyu Liu. Dissertation: “Accessibility in motion: Measuring real-time accessibility with dynamic data.”
  
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University
  • Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
  • 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Transportation Geography specialty group, American Association of Geographer
  • 2023 Best Paper Award, Journal of Geographical Systems: Liu, L., Porr, A. and Miller, H.J. (2023) “Realizable accessibility: Evaluating the reliability of public transit accessibility using high-resolution real-time data,” JGS, 25, 429-451.
    
• 2022. Yuchen Li.  Dissertation: “Spatio-temporal methods for understanding the dynamics of the opioid overdose epidemic and its community context.”
  • Lecturer, School of Geography, University of Leeds.
  • Post doctoral fellow, Public Health Modelling group, Cambridge University (UK)
• 2020.  Young Jaegal.  Dissertation: “Measuring spatial, topological and semantic similarity in network time prisms and field-time prisms.”
  • Senior data scientist, Big Data Center, Samsung Electronics, Inc.
• 2020. Jinhyung Lee.  Dissertation: “Building ladders of opportunity: Understanding the impacts of new mobility services on space-time accessibility.”
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
• 2016. Calvin Tribby. Dissertation: “Activity spaces, trajectories, and agents: Assessing the built environment effects on walking routes.”
  • Geographic Information Systems Analyst, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong.
  • Postdoctoral fellowship – Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
  • 2017 Jacques May Dissertation Prize from the Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
  • 2017 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Transportation Geography specialty group, American Association of Geographers
• 2015. Ying Song.  Dissertation: “A greener time geography: Estimating the environmental impacts of space-time prisms.”  
  • Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, University of Minnesota.
  • 2016 Outstanding Dissertation Award Transportation Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
  • 2016 William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography, American Association of Geographers

University of Utah

• 2011. Tetsuo Kobayashi. Dissertation: “An interactive visualization toolkit for mobile objects.”
  • Senior Data Scientist, MetLife
• 2010. Christopher Upchurch. Dissertation: “Dynamic accessibility analysis using space-time paths for public and private transportation”
  • Principal Planner, Wichita Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
• 2008. Adam Sobek. Dissertation:  “Generating synthetic space-time paths using a cloning algorithm on activity behavior data.”
  • Director of Geospatial Capabilities, Travelers Insurance.
• 2007. Phoebe McNeally. Dissertation: “Holistic geographical visualization of spatial data with applications in avalanche forecasting.”
  • Director, DIGIT Lab, and Research Associate Professor, University of Utah
• 2005. Nobbir Ahmed. Dissertation: “Time-space transformations of geographic space to explore, analyze and communicate transportation systems.”
  • Product Engineer, ESRI, Inc.
• 2003. Yi-Hwa Wu. Dissertation: “Dynamic models of space-time accessibility.”
  • Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Science, Northwest Missouri State University.

Masters

The Ohio State University

• 2024. John Layman. Thesis: “Analyzing accessibility impacts of proposed bus rapid transit (BRT) in Columbus, OH.”
• 2020.  Blake Acton.  Thesis: “The effect of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on property values: A comparison of multiple systems in the United States.”
  • Regional Transit Planner, Northern Middlesex Council of Governments
• 2019. Luyu Liu. Thesis: “Measuring public transit transfer risk using high-resolution schedule and real-time bus location data.”
  • PhD student, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University.
• 2019. Jared Schenkel. Thesis:”Assessing the impact of public transit system redesign on social equity using space-time accessibility measures.”
  • Financial Systems Analyst, Imperial Dade, Inc.
    

University of Utah

• 2011. Joshua Groeneveld.  Thesis: “Agent-based modeling of bicycle-light rail interactions in Salt Lake City.”
  •  GIS Coordinator, Division of Emergency Management, State of Utah.
• 2009. Ying Song. Thesis “Space-time visualization of dynamic traffic data.”
  • See above
• 2007. Tina Gillman. Thesis: “Evaluating transportation alternatives using a time geographic accessibility measure.”
  •  Project Manager/Landscape Architect, Salt Lake County Parks & Recreation.
• 2004. Scott Bridwell. Thesis: “Space-time masking techniques for privacy protection in location-based services”
  • Socioeconomic Modeling Engineer III, Maricopa Association of Governments.
• 2004. Adam Sobek. Thesis: “Access-U: A web-based navigation tool for disabled students at the University of Utah.”
  • See above.
• 2001. Phoebe McNeally. Thesis: “Avalanche slide path stability modeling.”
  • See above.
• 2001. Bertrand Granberg. Thesis: “Automated routing and truck permitting system for Utah Department of Transportation.”
  • Transportation Analyst, Wasatch Front Regional Council.
• 2000. Mathew Sheehan. Thesis:  “Networked multimedia GIS: A framework for creation of an interactive internet application”.
  • Principal & Senior GIS Developer, WebMapSolutions.
• 1999. James Hofmann. Thesis: “A GIS data browser for economic development and location decisions”
  • Executive Director/CEO, North Texas Tollway Authority
• 1999. Jeni Siebeneck. Thesis: “Spatial interaction-based trade area delimitation using GIS.”
  • GIS Administrator, West Valley City, Utah.
• 1998. George J. LaBonty. Thesis: “Improving accessibility of public health care facilities.”
  • Senior Operations Planner, Utah Transit Authority.
• 1995. John Lowry. Thesis: “Modeling of hazardous material vulnerability at the U.S.-Mexico border.”
  • Faculty of Science, Technology & Environment, University of the South Pacific

Post-doctoral Scholars

The Ohio State University

• 2019-2020.  Jonathan Stiles.  PhD, Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University.
• 2017-2018.  Yongha Park. Ph.D, Geography, The Ohio State University.