Steven Chien is a Professor of John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He holds a B.S. degree from Tamkang University in Taiwan, and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park. Before joining NJIT, he worked for China Engineering Consultants Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan), University of Maryland (College Park, MD), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA-TFHRC, McLean, VA), and Information Dynamic Inc. (Washington, D.C.) and worked on various transportation projects. He has been heavily involved in developing microscopic traffic simulators CORSIM for FHWA and conducted experiments in evaluating various ITS applications and transportation management strategies. Since 1996, he joined NJIT and supervised many research grants funded by public (e.g., USDOT, FHWA, and NJDOT) and private (e.g., Greyhound Lines, Inc.) sectors.
Dr. Chien's research activities and interests include: (1) travel time prediction in congested traffic networks, (2) mathematical and simulation modeling, (3) transportation system analysis, (4) intelligent transportation systems, (5)intermodal passenger transport, and (6) winter road maintenance planning and operation. His teaching activities include: Introduction to Transportation Systems, Introduction to Urban Transportation Planning, Civil Engineering Design (Transportation), Transportation Engineering, Urban Systems Engineering, Public Transportation Systems Operations and Technologies, and Mass Transportation Systems.
Dr. Chien is a member of various professional associations, including Sigma Xi, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Transportation Research Board, and Institute of Transportation Engineers. He is the faculty advisor to the student chapter of Institute of Transportation Engineers at NJIT. Dr. Chien has authored and co-authored of many articles published in refereed journals, conferences symposia proceedings, and project reports. He currently serves as a member of the editorial board of Journal of Enterprise Information Management and Associate Editor of the Journal of Advanced Transportation.
