I Jy Chien

(S. Chien; S Chien; S.I. Chien; SI Chien; S.I.J. Chien; SIJ Chien; Steven Chien; Steven I. Chien; Steven I-Jy Chien; I Jy Chien; I-Jy Chien )

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Steven Chien is the Director of Transportation Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He holds B.S. degree from Tamkang University in Taiwan and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park. Before appointed by NJIT, he worked for China Engineering Consultants Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan), University of Maryland (College Park, MD), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and Information Dynamic Inc. (Washington, D.C.) on various transportation projects and developed a traffic simulation software CORSIM for FHWA.
Ph.D.; University of Maryland-College Park; Civil And Environmental Engineering; 1995
M.S.; University of Maryland-College Park; Civil And Environmental Engineering; 1991
B.S.; Tamkang University; Civil Engineering; 1983
2025 Keynote Speaker, Union-Tech Lecture, National Taiwan Ocean University
2025 Outstanding Service Award, Chinese American Academic and Professional Society (CAAPS)
2024 Keynote Speaker, Union-Tech Lecture, National Taiwan Ocean University
2022 Keynote Speaker, The 2022 International Conference and Annual Meeting of the Chinese Institute of Transportation
2022 Best Poster Award, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
CE 591 - GRAD COOP WORK EXPERIENCE II
CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III
CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
TRAN 603 - INTRO URBAN TRANS PLAN
CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS
CE 590 - GRAD COOP WORK EXPERIENCE I
CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
TRAN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
TRAN 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
TRAN 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR
CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
TRAN 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
TRAN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
CE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
(1) Transportation Planning
(2) Public Transportation System Technology and Operation
(3) Urban Systems Engineering
(4) Intelligent Transportation Systems
(5) Operations Research
(5) Transportation Networks
(6) Traffic Safety
CE 351: INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
CE 625: PUB TRAN OPERATNS & TECH
CE 705: MASS TRANSPORTATION SYST
IE 625: PUB TRAN OPERATNS & TECH
TRAN 603: INTRO URBAN TRANS PLAN
TRAN 603: INTRODUCTION TO URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
TRAN 625: PUB TRAN OPERATNS & TECH
TRAN 625: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
TRAN 705: MASS TRANSPORTATION SYST
(1) Mathematical and simulation modeling,
(2) Public transportation systems
(3) Transportation systems analysis,
(4) Intelligent transportation systems
(5) Optimization
Qvshun Wang, Zhuanglin Ma, Xing Yang, I Jy Steven Chien, Shengrui Zhang, Yifan Yin. 2025. "Exploring spatiotemporal dynamic of metro ridership and the influence of built environment factors at the station level: A case study of Nanjing, China." Journal of Transport Geography / Elsevier Ltd., vol. 129.
Mei Xiao, I Jy Steven Chien, Ching-Jung Ting, Liang Zhang, Lei Zhang. 2025. "Sustainable and Resilient Schedule Coordination for Connecting Flights at Airport Hubs." Journal of Transportation Research Board (Transportation Research Record TRR), pp. 1-13.
Zhuanglin Ma, Dawei Hu, I Jy Steven Chien, Jie Liu, Ke Wu. 2024. "Robustness of Urban Rail Transit Network Considering Cascade Failure under Attacks: A case study of Nanjing, China." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, ASCE, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 04024093-1 ~ 04024093-11.
Tao An, I Jy Steven Chien, Ching-Jung Ting, Mei Xiao. 2024. "Modeling Demand Responsive Service for the Elderly Healthcare Activities Considering Temporal and Spatial Variations." Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis.
Tianyang Gao, Dawei Hu, Gang Chen, I Jy Steven Chien, Bingshan Ma. 2024. "Optimising Electric Flex-Route Feeder Transit Service with Dynamic Wireless Charging Technology." Journal of Promet Traffic & Transportation, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 654-672.
Xiao Mei, Yu Liu, I Jy Steven Chien, Ching-Jung Ting. 2022. "Cost-effective flight sequencing and gate assignment considering transfer time under pandemic conditions." Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 2023, pp. 18.
"Resiliency Evaluation for Work Zones on Two-Lane Highways"
The 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
"Optimizing Slack Times for Connecting Flights at an Airport Hub"
The 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
"Spatio-Temporal Ridership Characteristics of Nanjing Rail Transit Based on Smart Card Data"
The 23rd COTA (Chinese Overseas Transportation Association) International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2023), July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2023.
"Optimal Flight Sequencing and Gate Assignment under Pandemic Conditions Considering Realistic Transfer Time"
The 102nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2023.
"Optimal Work Zones on Two-Lane Highways with Managed Lanes"
The 102nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2023.
"Developing Sustainable and Resilient Transportation Systems"
The 2022 International Conference and Annual Meeting of the Chinese Institute of Transportation, December, 2022.
I Jy Steven Chien, Feng-Bao Lin. "Editor." 120 pp. Chinese American Academic and Professional Society CAAPS), 2023.
"Smart bus system under connected vehicle environment"
PTV VISSIM/VISUM User Group Meeting, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2016.
"Vulnerability of Transportation System and Evacuation Plan for Coastal Flooding in Climate Change"
University Transportation Research Center – Region II, March, 2014.
"Implementation of Maintenance Decision Support System in New Jersey (NJ-MDSS)"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2012.
"Traffic Control and Work Zone Safety"
May, 2012.
"Traffic Control and Work Zone Safety on High Volume Roads"
May, 2012.
"Variability of Travel Times on New Jersey Highway"
New Jersey Department of Transportation, June, 2011.
I Jy Steven Chien. "Chapter 2 - An Investigation of Measurement for Travel Time Variability." pp. 20. InTech – Open Access Publisher, 2012.