Seminars
METRANS Research Seminars are held at the USC Main Campus from noon to 1:30 pm. or at CSULB at varying venues/times. For additional information or to RSVP, contact the person listed on the specific seminar.
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Spring 2017 METRANS Research Seminars
Wednesday, January 18 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Quantifying the Impact of Next-Generation Modes of Delivery
Speakers:
John Carlsson
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Location: USC University Park Campus - Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineerng Building (EEB) 248 , RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Wednesday, February 1 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
The Decline in Inter- and Intra-Urban Mobility and Its Impact on Passenger Travel
Speakers:
Gary Painter
Professor of Public Policy, USC Price School of public Policy
Director of Social Policy, USC Price Center for Social Innovation
Location: USC - Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Friday, February 10 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Dense Enough To Be Brilliant: Patents, Urbanization, and Transportation in Nineteenth Century America
Speakers:
Elisabeth Perlman
Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
Ph.D. Candidate, Boston University, Department of Economics
Location: USC - Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 308, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Wednesday, March 29 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Different Ways to get to the Same Workplace: How Does Workplace Location Relate to Commuting by Different Income Groups
Speaker:
Lingqian Hu
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Wisconsin-Milwakee
Location: USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu) or visit this webpage
Wednesday, April 12 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Student Transportation Research Showcase:
Disparities in Access to Opportunities across Neighborhood Types: Evidence from the Los Angeles region
Speaker:
Eun Shin Jin
Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Planning and Development , USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Warehouse Location Choice: A Case Study in Los Angeles, CA
Speaker:
Sanggyun Kang
Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Planning and Development, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu) or visit this webpage
Wednesday, April 19 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Student Transportation Research Showcase:
The impact of health conditions on senior driving: A national-level longitudinal study using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
Speaker:
Xize Wang
Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Plannign and Development, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
China's One Belt, One Road Initiative and the Future Economic Geography of Eurasia
Speaker:
Nathan Hutson
Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Planning and Development, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu) or visit this webpage
Spring 2017 METRANS Practitioner Speaker Series
Wednesday, February 8 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Lunch with Meredith Canterbury
Speaker:
Meredith Canterbury
Senior GIS Specialist, LSA
Location: USC - Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD) 103, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu) or visit this webpage
Wednesday, February 22 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Lunch with Steven Mateer
Speaker:
Steven Mateer
Transportation Planning Manager, L.A. Metro
Location: USC - Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Friday, February 24 - 12:00PM to 1:30PM
Lunch with Eric Plosky
Speaker:
Eric Plosky
Chief of Transportation Planning
USDOT Volpe Center
Wednesday, March 1 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Career Panel Discussion: Get the Job!
Moderator:
Dan Beal
Transportation Consultant
Panelists:
Kate Amissah
Metro
Fred Chang
Iteris
Caitlin Shankle
Kittelson & Associates
Emily Finkel
Fehr & Peers
Location: USC - Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu) or visit this webpage
Tuesday, March 21 - 5:00 PM (Reception) 6:00 PM (Program)
Juggling Crystal Balls: Tackling LA County's Transportation Future
Speaker:
Therese McMillan
Chief Planning Officer, LA Metro
Location: USC - Doheny Memoral Library 233/240, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu) or visit this webpage
Wednesday, April 5 - 12:00PM to 1:30 PM
Metro - Leading Mobility in Los Angeles County
Speaker:
John Fasana
Chair of Los Angeles Metro Board of Directors and Mayor Pro Tem
City of Duarte
Location: USC - Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu) or visit this webpage
Fall 2016 METRANS Research Seminars
Wednesday, September 7 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Have App Will Travel: Comparing the Price & Speed of Fifty CTA & UberPool Trips in Chicago
Speakers:
Joseph Schwieterman
Director, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development
Visiting Scholar from DePaul University School of Public Services
Location: USC - Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240 , RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Wednesday, September 21 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Agglomerations in Los Angeles
Speakers:
Peter Gordon
Emeritus Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
John Cho
Associate Regional Planner, Southern California Association of Governments
Location: USC - Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 308, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Wednesday, October 12 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Supply Chain Consolidation and Cooperation in the Agricultural Industry
Speakers:
Maged Dessouky
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Wentao Zhang
Ph. D. Candidate, Industrial Systems and Engineering
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Location: USC Main Campus Room TBD, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Friday, October 14 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Seminar Series
Speakers:
Why do Warehouse Decentralize More in Certain Metropolitan Areas
Sanggyun Kang
Ph.D Candidate in Urban Planning and Development, USC
The Ecology of Walking to School Experience: Children's and Parent's Perceptions from City Heights
Hue-Tam Jamme
Ph.D Student in Urban Planning and Development, USC
Monday, October 21 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Associate of Collegiate Schools of Planning Seminar Series
Speakers:
A Longitudinal Analysis of Environmental Justice in Warehousing Location
Quan Yuan
Ph.D. Student in Planning and Policy Development
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Access to Diverse Opportunities in Segregated Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Case of Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Eun Jin Shin
Ph.D. Candidate
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Sustainability and Displacement: Assesing the Spatial Pattern of Residential Moves Near Rail Transit in Los Angeles County
Raul Santiago-Bartolomei
3rd year Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Presentation - Santiago-Bartolomei
Tuesday, October 18 - 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM
Measure M: Yes or No on Sales Tax Measure for LA Transit
Moderator:
Lisa Schweitzer
USC Price
Speakers:
Laura Nelson
L.A. Times
Stephanie Wiggins
L.A. Metro
Damien Goodman
Crenshaw Subway Coalition
Jeffrey Sellers
USC Dornsife
Mark Philips
USC Price
Location: USC - Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100
Tuesday, October 25 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
The California Cut Flower Industry: A Case for Transportation Consolidation
Speakers:
Maged Dessouky
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Location: CSULB Foundation Building, FND 175, RSVP to Royce De Rivera (royce.derivera-sa@csulb.edu)
Tuesday, November 1 - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Mitigating Urban Freight Through Effective Management of Truck Chassis: Lessons from the Pool of Pools
Speakers:
Thomas O'Brien
Executive Director, Center for International Trade and Transportation
Associate Director of CSULB Programs, METRANS
Location: CSULB Foundation Building, FND 175, RSVP to Royce De Rivera (royce.derivera-sa@csulb.edu)
Thursday, November 10 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Two Case Studies on Land Use Impacts of Rail Transit in China
Speakers:
Haishan Xia
Professor/Dean
School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University
Chun Zhang
Associate Professor/Vice Dean, Dept. of Urban Planning
School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University
Location: USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 308, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Wednesday, November 16 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Mitigating Urban Freight Through Effective Management of Truck Chassis: Lesssons from the Pool of Pools
Speakers:
Thomas O'Brien
Executive Director, Center for International Trade and Transportation
Associate Director of CSULB Programs, METRANS
Location: USC Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100, RSVP to Nicole Guo (haichaog@usc.edu)
Tuesday, December 6 - 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
The Aspirations and Practices of Port Connectivity in Global Tangier
Speakers:
Janell Rothenberg
Ph. D in Sociocultural Anthropology, UCLA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Middle East Studies, GWU
Location: CSULB SPA Building - Room 208, RSVP to Royce De Rivera (royce.derivera-sa@csulb.edu)
Summer 2016 METRANS Research Seminars
Thursday, August 4 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
The Rise of Instant Delivery Services in European Cities: What are the Potential Impacts on the Urban Freight Routine?
Speakers:
Visiting Professor Laetitia Dablanc
Location: USC – University Gateway (UGW) 100 B
The seminar will begin with complimentary lunch at noon. PLEASE RSVP so that we can reserve your lunch.
To secure your space at lunch and the seminar you may simply follow the link http://tinyurl.com/Dablanc and we will add you to the attendee list.
Friday, August 12 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Transit-Oriented Development and Community Sense: A Case Study in Hong Kong
Speakers:
Sylvia He
Assistant Professor
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Location: USC - RGL 308, RSVP to Kaitlyn Zhang at (kenanzha@usc.edu)
Wednesday, August 31- 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Regional Governance of a Port in China
Speakers:
Paige Zhuang
Professor
Logistics Department of the Maritime Academy at Ningno University
Location: CSULB Foundation Building, FND 210, RSVP to Royce De Rivera at (royce.derivera-sa@csulb.edu)
Spring 2016 METRANS Research Seminars
Wednesday, February 10 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Analysis and Prediction of Spatiotemporal Impact
Speakers:
Cyrus Shahabi
Director, Integrated Media Systems Center
Professor of Comp. Science and Elec. Eng.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Ugur Demiryurek
Associate Director, IMSC
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Location: USC – Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 101, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Tuesday, February 23 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Jointly Sponsored by USC Price Urban Growth Seminars
Urban Design and Street Typology: Do They Matter?
Speaker: William Riggs
Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning
College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Location: USC – Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 101, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Wednesday, March 2 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Jointly Sponsored by Associated Students of Planning and Development at USC (ASPD)
Is Los Angeles Becoming Transit Oriented?
Speaker: Genevieve Giuliano
Director, METRANS Transportation Center
Professor, Margaret and John Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Location: USC – Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 101, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Wednesday, March 9 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Regional Governance of a Port in China
Speaker: Paige Zhuang
Visiting Scholar, California State University Long Beach
Professor, Maritime College, Ningbo University, China
Location: USC – Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 101, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Wednesday, April 13 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Jointly Sponsored by American Planning Association, USC Student Chapter (APA USC)
Cities and Economics Growth
Speaker: Peter Gordon
Professor Emeritus
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Location: USC – Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 101, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Wednesday, April 20 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Will Millennials Keep their Driving Low When they Move Back to the Suburbs? A National Inquiry
Speaker: Xize Wang
Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Planning
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Location: UGW 100b, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Fall 2015 METRANS Research Seminars
Wednesday, September 16 — Jointly sponsored by the National Center for Sustainable Transportation
The Future of Travel Demand
Speaker: Susan Handy
Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy,
University of California, Davis
Director, National Center for Sustainable Transportation
Location: USC Main Campus, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Wednesday, October 24 — Jointly sponsored by METRANS and CSULB College of Business Administration
Noise Mapping Of Container Terminals at Ports Of Long Beach & Los Angeles
Speakers:
Dr. I-Hung Khoo
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
California State University, Long Beach
Dr. Tang-Hung Nguyen
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management
California State University, Long Beach
Location: CSULB CBA 125
Thursday, November 5 - 6:30-8:00pm
Tracking Truck Movements At The Ports Of Long Beach & Los Angeles
Speaker: Dr. Burkhard Englert
Chair, Department of Computer Science
California State University, Long Beach
Location: 1000 N. Studebaker Road, Long Beach, 90815 - CITT
Wednesday, November 11— 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM — Jointly sponsored by the students of the USC Price International Policy, Planning and Management Program (IPPAM)
A Progress Report on Parking Reforms
Speaker: Donald Shoup
Professor,
Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies,
University of California Los Angeles
Location: USC –Ralph and GoldyLewis Hall (RGL) 101, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Saturday, November 14 - 4:00-5:00 PM -- co-sponsored by METRANS, CSULB College of Business Administration, Center for International Trade & Transportation, and Society for Women Engineers
Tracking Truck Flows With Programmable Mobile Devices for Drayage Efficiency Analysis
Speaker: Dr. Shui Lam
Professor, Computer Engineering & Computer Science Department
California State University, Long Beach
Location: CSULB CBA 125
Reception following: CSULB CBA Courtyard 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Wednesday, November 18 — Jointly sponsored by the USC Student Chapter of the Institute for Transportation Engineering (ITE)
Development of Micro Wireless Sensor Platforms for Collecting Data of Passenger-Freight Interactions
Speaker: Mohammad Mozumdar
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,
California State University Long Beach
Location: USC Main Campus, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Wednesday, December 2 — Jointly sponsored by American Planning Association (APA), USC Student Chapter
Cars that Kill? The Effect of Fuel Economy Standards on Vehicle Weight Dispersion and Safety
Speaker: Antonio M. Bento
Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy,
University of Southern California
Location: USC Main Campus, RSVP to Victoria Valentine Deguzman (victoriv@price.usc.edu)
Spring 2015 METRANS Research Seminars
Wednesday, January 21 - Jointly Sponsored by Sol Global
Restricting Driving for Better Traffic and Clearer Skies: Did it Work in Beijing?
Speaker: Rui Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Urban Planning
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Location: Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD), Room 112
Wednesday, February 4 - Jointly Sponsored by IPPAM
Public Transit Service and Stigma on Social Media: A Case of Study Twitter
Speaker: Lisa Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Location: Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD), Room 112
Wednesday, February 9
Does the Relative Importance of Tacit Knowledge Explain Occupational Variations in Propensities to work at Home?
Speaker: Peter Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Location: Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD)
Wednesday, February 25, 12:00 PM
What Do We Know About Economic Development? What Do We Know About Cities and Networks? How Are They Linked?
Speaker: Peter Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Location: Verna and Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD), Room 112
Tuesday, March 10, 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM - Jointly Sponsored by Urban Growth
Greater Streets of Los Angeles - LADOT Strategic Plan
Speaker: Seleta Reynolds
General Manager
Los Angeles Department of Transportation
Location: Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 101
Light refreshments will be served. No RSVP is required.
Wednesday, March 25, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Jointly Sponsored by VREF & WLPPD
Seaport Mergers: Why Not Los Angeles and Long Beach?
Speaker: Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D.
Former Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles
Professor of Practice of Policy and Engineering
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Location: USC Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall (VPD) 112
Thursday, March 26 - Jointly Sponsored by Sol Price School, Dean's Merit Scholar Event
Development and Application of a "Big Data" Archive: The ADMS Project
Speaker: Sandip Chakrabarti
PhD Candidate, Urban Planning
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Location: Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 308
Wednesday, April 8, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM - Transportation Student Research Seminar Showcase
Unraveling the Effects of Residence in an Ethnic Enclave on immigrant Travel Mode Choice and Social Activities and Does Reliability Determine Ridership?
Speakers:
Eun Jin Shin
PhD Candidate, USC Price School of Public Policy
Sandip Chakrabarti
PhD Candidate, Urban Planning, USC
Location: Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 308
Fall 2014 METRANS Research Seminars
Tuesday, September 16 - Jointly Sponsored by USC Price Urban Growth Seminar Series
Title: Measuring Rail Transit’s Sustainability Goal: An Experimental Evaluation of the Expo Line
Speaker: Marlon Boarnet
Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC
Discussant: Lisa Schweitzer
Location: Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL), Room 101 (Auditorium)
Friday, September 26 - Educational Exchange funded by the Volvo Research & Educational Foundations
Title: Improving Decision-Making for Mega Infrastructure Projects
Study on the Possible Applicability of the Policy-Led Multi-Criteria Analysis (PLMCA) to the Planning and Appraisal of Major Gateway Port Projects
Speaker: Marco Dean
PhD Student, Research Assistant, OMEGA Centre
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Location: Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL), Room 219
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Title: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference topics
Speakers: PhD Student Panel - Sandip Chakrabarti, Xize Wang, Mohja Rhoads
Location: University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL), Room 209
Friday, October 17, 2014
Title: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference topics
Speakers: PhD Student Panel - Yuting Hou, Eun Jin Shin, Andy Hong
Location: University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL), Room 209
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Title: Travel Behavior of Millennials
Speaker: Evelyn Blumenberg
Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning,
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Location: University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL), Room 209
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Title: Incentives to Reduce Air Pollution by Reducing Ship Speeds: Evidence from the Port of Long Beach Green Flag Program
Speaker: Seiji S.C. Steimetz
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Economics
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
Location: University of Southern California, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL), Room 209