Yang GU
Phone: 312-***-****
E-mail: *****@****.***.***
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Career Goal Eager to be a drafter by using AutoCAD to apply and enhance my knowledge and skills to serve the firm to the best of my efforts. Interested in learning more new skills and software to become a master level drafter.
Work Experience Intern, Chowbus Inc.
2016 March – present, Chicago, Illinois
Delivery routing design for the shortest path and time setting
Customer engagement and data analysis
Teaching/Research Assistant
Transportation Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology 2014 – 2015, Chicago, Illinois
CAE419 (Transportation Engineering and Design)
Traffic signal synchronization and timing, Transportation planning (Trip Generation, Trip distribution, Mode Split and Traffic assignment, and Highway Design Assistant Traffic Engineer, Department of Transportation Management, City of Suzhou 2013 – 2014, Suzhou, China
Developed and calibrated Synchro models to support traffic operation studies for 50 signalized intersections
Engineering plan drafting using AutoCAD
Passenger ridership study to support bus departure scheduling Assistant Engineer (Intern), Hermann Engelmann Inc. 2011 – 2012, Apopka, Florida
Technical support in freight shipping and dispatching
Assistant operator of shipping order management system
Assistant operator of equipment management and maintenance system Licenses AutoCAD Certified
Student membership of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Fundamentals of Engineering (pending)
Education Master of Science in Civil Engineering, 2016 Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science in Transportation Engineering, 2011 Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning
Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, China
Yang GU
Phone: 312-***-****
E-mail: *****@****.***.***
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Research
Experience
Chicago Downtown Area Traffic Signal Timing Optimization 2015 – 2016, Chicago, IL
Utilized Chicago DOT population and OD data to update TRANSIMS models to simulate the traffic operation at intersections in downtown Chicago
Updated and calibrated Chicago Downtown Synchro network for three study peak periods
Developed optimized timing plans using calibrated Synchro models and field observations
Conducted field monitoring and calibration of implemented signal timing plans
Updated ArcGIS Models with the most recent transportation data Chicago Downtown Bicycle Sharing System (Divvy) Study 2013 – 2014, Chicago, IL
Conducted data collection for the ridership, duration, distance and end time.
Updated ArcGIS (or other software) with the most recent bicycle station data
Studied and identified study areas
Conducted ridership comparison to support economic impact study of transit investments. The Detection of Vehicles on Video Image
2010 – 2011, Zhuhai, China
Conducted literature review for the state-of-the-art methodologies and applications of traffic detection and differentiation for signal operation
Utilized OpenCV code to develop a demo program to detect vehicles from the traffic surveillance camera video
The main purpose is to detect and count vehicular traffic flow Computer Skills Auto CAD Synchro&SimTaffic ArcGIS Microsoft Office Suite Illustrator Photoshop TRANSIMS VISSIM
Training&
Seminar
O’Hare International Airport seminar for airport operation and runway construction.
Amtrak seminar for the design and construction of railway system
CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) seminar for transit system operation
Chicago streetcars seminar for upgrading from buses stuck in traffic to modern streetcars to boosts local business for better potential economic benefit