Shuoyan Xu, a CivMin PhD student supervised by Professor Eric Miller, has received the Roschlau Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Mobility.
In addition to his studies in transportation engineering, Xu works as a research scientist with the Travel Modelling Group at Mobility Network. He has presented research on ridesharing services and Mobility-as-a-Service systems at major conferences, including the Transportation Research Board and the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research.
Xu’s work has earned several honours, including the Student Paper Competition Award at the ITE Canada Conference and the FASE Graduate Award. His research advances sustainable urban mobility through the integration of deep learning techniques with transportation engineering.
About the Roschlau Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Mobility
The Roschlau Graduate Fellowship in Sustainable Urban Mobility is the first fellowship of its kind at the University of Toronto. It was established in 2023 thanks to a generous donation from Michael W. Roschlau, U of T alumnus and former President & CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Association.
The $5,000 scholarship is aimed at full-time graduate students in architecture, business, economics, engineering, geography, planning, political science, or related fields, who are pursuing research related to sustainable urban mobility. The fellowship will be offered annually for a period of five years.
Proposed research should incorporate innovative concepts and be relevant to current public policy or practice. Potential research themes could include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Public transit expansion and investment | Public transit operations | Active transportation | Integrated urban mobility | New technology for sustainable urban mobility | Urban development and land use-transport interaction.