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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
    11.   Member - Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
    10.   Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    9.     Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
    8.     Board Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB)
    7.     Lifetime Member, International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association (ICTPA)
    6.     Member, Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) of America
    5.     Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
    4.     Charter Member, Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    3.     Member, International Road Federation (IRF)
    2.     Lifetime Member, Chinese American Academic & Professional Society (CAAPS)
    1.     Lifetime Mamber, Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)
HONORS, AWARDS, AND LISTINGS
    36.   President, Chinese American Academic and Professional Society, 2019
    35.   The International Killam Visiting Scholar Award, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (nominated November 2015), September 2017
    34.   Editor, Journal of Advanced Transportation, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., UK, October 2015
    33.   Keynote Speaker, “Integrated Multi-Modal Passenger Transport”, The 2015 International Conference of Integrated Multi-modal Transport, June 10~12, 2015, Xi'an, China (http://icimt.chd.edu.cn/)
    32.   Conference Program Chair, The 2015 International Conference of Integrated Multi-modal Transport, June 10~12, 2015, Xi'an, China (http://icimt.chd.edu.cn/)
    31.   The Honorary International Chair Professor at the National Taipei University of Technology, April 1st, 2012 ~ July 31st, 2013
    30.   Research Excellence Award in Transportation and Infrastructure, Shaan-xi Province, and Distinguish Visiting Professor, Chang'an University, China, January 2012
    29.   Visiting Professor and Distinguished Scholar, Chang'an University, China, March 2011
    28.   Visiting Professor and Distinguished Scholar for NCKU Project of Promoting Academic Excellence & Developing World Class Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, May 2010 ~ December 2010
    27.   Conference Section Chair, Urban Planning and Environmental Protection Workshop, The 34th Annual Convention Program, Chinese American Academic & Professional Society (CAAPS), Flushing, NY, September 2009
    26.   Distinguished Scholar for NCKU Project of Promoting Academic Excellence & Developing World Class Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, July 2009
    25.   Outstanding Service Award, The 22nd Annual Conference of ICTPA, East Rutherford, New Jersey, May 22~24, 2009
    24.   Chair, Technical Program, The 22nd Annual Conference of ICTPA International, New Jersey, May 22~24, 2009
    23.   The very first recipient of the New Jersey Department of Transportation Research Implementation Award, Award Project: "Computer Modeling and Simulation of NJ Signalized Highways (Volumes 1 and 2)", the 10th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase, Trenton, October 16, 2008
    22.   Conference Section Chair, The 20th Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association, Los Angeles, CA, May 2007
    21.   Promotion to the rank of Full Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2006
    20.   Service Award, Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association (ICTPA), Hongkong and Macau, 2006
    19.   Best Paper Award, J. Patraik, Steven Chien, and A.Bladikas, "Using Data Mining Techniques on APC Data to Develop Effective Bus Scheduling Plans," The 9th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, FL, 2005
    18.   Chair, the Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association "United States Northeastern Chapter, September 25, 2004
    17.   Conference Chair, the Annual Meeting of Chinese American Academic & Professional Society (CAAPS), Flushing, New York, August 14, 2004
    16.   Co-Chair, Paper Review Committee, the Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 11~13 February, 2004
    15.   Chair, the Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association ? United States Northeastern Chapter, Flushing, NY, September 2003
    14.   Best Paper Award for Year 2002, "Optimization Work Zones for Two-Lane Highway Maintenance Projects," by Chien et.al, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol.128,No.2, pp.145-155, March/April 2002
    13.   Certificate of Appreciation by NJDOT Bureau of Research ?In Recognition of Your Commitment and Dedication to the Advancement of Transportation Research in the State of New Jersey,? NJDOT Research Showcase, November 2002
    12.   Outstanding Service Award, International Chinese Transportation Professional Association United States Northeastern Chapter, October 2002
    11.   Chair, the Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association United States Northeastern Chapter, October 5, 2002
    10.   Chair, Transportation Management session for the Annual Meeting of American Chinese Management and Educator (ACME) Association, August 3, 2002
    9.     Chair, the seminar of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association United States Northeastern Chapter, April 27, 2002
    8.     Co-chair, a technical seminar titled Maglev Technology and Its Potential Operating Locations,Jointly sponsored by Sigma Xi - NJIT Chapter and ITE & ITS Student Chapters, September 28, 2001
    7.     Co-chair, the Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association United States Northeastern Chapter, September 22, 2001
    6.     Grant Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor, NJIT, June 15, 2001
    5.     Chair, the seminar of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association United States Northeastern Chapter, May 15, 2001
    4.     ICTPA-NE Outstanding Service Award, 2002
    3.     Co-chair, the Annual Meeting of International Chinese Transportation Professional Association - United States Northeastern Chapter, 2000
    2.     The Most Supportive Professor, Meeting of the Institute for Transportation, sponsored by the Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers at NJIT and the Alpha Student Chapter of ITS America at NJIT, May 1997
    1.     Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Research Fellowship Award, US Department of Transportation, 1991
STUDENT RECEIVING AWARDS
    16.   Bo Du, Slobodan Gutesa, and Gary Zong, ITS New Jersey, Future of ITS Scholarship Award, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 2015
    15.   Patricia K. DiJoseph, University Transportation Center, Student of the Year Award, Washington, D.C., January 2014
    14.   Liuhui Zhao, ITS New Jersey, Graduate Student of the Year Award, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 2014
    13.   Patricia DiJoseph, "Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Award", ITE MET Section, New York, 2012
    12.   Yavuz Ulsoy, IRF Executive Leadership Fellow Award, International Road Federation, Washington DC, 2009
    11.   Kitae Kim, IRF Executive Leadership Fellow Award, International Road Federation, Washington DC, 2008
    10.   Chuck (Feng-Ming) Tsai, IRF Executive Leadership Fellow Award, International Road Federation, Washington DC, 2007
    9.     Kanchana Balakrishnan, Research Paper - "A Bi-Level Optimization Model for Transit Network Route Design Problem," ITE MET Section The Most Outstanding Student Paper Award for Year 2005~2006
    8.     Vivek V. Korikanthimath, IRF Executive Leadership Fellow Award, International Road Federation, Washington DC, 2006
    7.     Jayakrishna Patnaik, Research Paper - "Development a Regression Model for Predicting Bus Arrival Times," ITE MET Section Student Paper Award for Year 2004~2005 (Third Place), 2005
    6.     Zhaoqiong Qin, Resaerch Paper - "Improve Transit Accessibility: Optimal Design of Bus Stop Number and Locations," ITE MET Section Student Paper Award for Year 2004~2005 (First Place), 2005
    5.     Jayakrishna Patnaik, Research Paper - "Improving Accuracy with Kalman Filtering Algorithm (KFA) to Predict Bus Arrival Times," George Krambles Transit Foundation National Scholarship Award, $2,500, 2004
    4.     Xiaobo Liu, Research Paper - "Applications of APC Data for Bus On-time Performance Analysis," Most Outstanding Student Paper Award of ITE for Year 2003~2004
    3.     Xiaobo Liu, Research Paper - "Application of APC and GIS Data in Bus Performance Analysis-Case Study NJ Transit Route 62," George Krambles Transit Foundation National Scholarship Award, $2,500, 2003
    2.     Yuqing Ding, Dissertation - "A Dynamic Headway Control Strategy for Transit Operations," George Krambles Transit Foundation National Scholarship Award, $2,500, 1999
    1.     Md Shoaib Chowdhury, Dissertation - "Intermodal Transit System Coordination," George Krambles Transit Foundation National Scholarship Award, $2,000, 1998
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