Zhibin Chen

Zhibin Chen is the Area Head of Engineering, an Assistant Professor of Engineering at NYU Shanghai, and a Global Network Assistant Professor at the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU. Prior to this appointment, he was a research fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Chen’s research goal is to identify, develop, and implement emerging technologies to achieve a safer, more efficient, and environment-friendly transportation system. He was the recipient of the Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award and the Ryuichi Kitamura Paper Award at the 95th TRB Annual Meeting.

Select Publications

• Hao, Y., Chen, Z.*, Sun, X., & Tong, L. (2025). Planning of truck platooning for road-network capacitated vehicle routing problem. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 194, 103898.
• Deng, Y., Chen, Z.*, & Lin, X. (2025). Cost-competitiveness analysis of mobile chargers in an electric vehicle parking and charging system. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 171, 104951.
• Liu, Y., Chen, Z.*, & Wang, X. (2024). Alleviating bus bunching via modular vehicles. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological (Special issue on ISTTT 25), 189, 103051.
• Lin, X., Chen, Z.*, Li, M., & He, F. (2024). Bunching-proof capabilities of modular buses: an analytical assessment. Transportation Science, 58(5), 925-946.
• Li, Z., Xu, Z., Chen, Z.*, Xie, C., Chen, G., & Zhong, M. (2023). An empirical analysis of electric vehicles’ charging patterns. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 117, 103651.

Education

• PhD, Transportation Engineering
  University of Florida
• B.S., Transportation Engineering
  Sun Yat-sen University