Zihao "Scott" Li
Scholar

Zihao "Scott" Li

Google Scholar ID: 7dLezg0AAAAJ
Texas A&M University
Intelligent Transportation SystemsTraffic Modeling and ControlApplied AI
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Honors & Awards:
  • • Texas A&M University Dissertation Fellowship, Top 1% (2024)
  • • TAMU Graduate School Research and Presentation Travel Award (2023)
  • • TTI Keese-Wootan Transportation Fellowship, Top 5% (2022)
  • • ITS Texas Scholarship, Top 1% (2021)
  • • Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Excellence Fellowship (2020)
  • • Tsinghua University Excellence Scholarship, Top 5% (2019)
  • • Direct Admission to Graduate School at Tsinghua University, Top 1% (2017)
  • • Northeastern University Outstanding Student, Top 1% (2017)
  • • Outstanding Bachelor’s Graduation Thesis, Northeastern University, Top 5% (2017)
  • • Dalian Alumni Association Scholarship, Northeastern University (2016)
  • • Northeastern University Excellence Scholarships, Top 5% (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • Competitions:
  • • FHWA 2023 Excellence in Highway Safety Data Award (1st place, Co-Leader): 'Equitable traffic crash prediction framework to support safety improvement grants allocation'
  • • ITE Vision Zero Sandbox Design Competition (1st place, Lead in methodology): 'Countermeasure Selection Using Near-Miss Data to Support Vision Zero in Bellevue'
  • • ASA 2021 Joint Statistical Meeting Honorable Mention Paper (Lead in methodology): 'Discovering Reasons and Patterns for Bridges with Fast Deteriorating Deck Conditions'
Background
  • Final-year Ph.D. candidate in Transportation Engineering, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University (TAMU)
  • Research vision: Deeply understand fundamentals of transportation systems and thoughtfully integrate advanced technologies to improve safety, stability, efficiency, equity, intelligence, resilience, and sustainability
  • Inspired by Stephen Hawking’s principle: 'One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect,' advocating engineering innovation through embracing imperfection
  • Subcommittee member of TRB Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications (AED50)
  • Open to collaboration; contact via email: scottlzh[AT]tamu.edu