Alumnus Wins Inaugural Prize for Best Dissertation from Chinese Transportation Group

Yiheng Feng, who earned his PhD in systems and industrial engineering from the University of Arizona in 2015, is the first-ever recipient of the Best Dissertation Award from the Chinese Overseas Transportation Association.

He received the honor Jan. 10 at the group’s 19th annual winter symposium in Washington, D.C., where he presented his research on traffic signal control for connected vehicle technology.

He did his research at the UA Advanced Traffic and Logistics Algorithms and Systems research center, or ATLAS, with center director Larry Head as his adviser. Feng is now a research fellow at the University of Michigan.