Research Fellow
Working with Prof. Erick Guerra on travel behavior & smart mobility.
Hi, I’m Zhanchao (Z) Yang 👋
Dual-degree master's student exploring how cities function through GIS and urban informatics.
MCP + MUSA at UPenn. Research fellow under Prof. Erick Guerra. 2024 SUNY Chancellor's Award recipient.
Urban analytics in motion
zhanchao@research ~
$ cat research_interests.txt
→ Travel behavior modeling & human mobility
→ GeoAI and remote sensing for urban planning
→ Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
$ echo $CURRENT_STATUS
Research Fellow @ UPenn under Prof. Erick Guerra
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What I’m up to now
Three hats, one brain, zero boredom.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
MUSA 5000 Statistics, MUSA 5080 & CPLN 5920 Public Policy Analytics.
Dual-Degree Master's
MCP + MUSA at UPenn Weitzman School of Design (2024–2026).
Signature themes
The stuff I geek out about (in no particular order).
Travel behavior modeling
Human mobility
GeoAI & remote sensing
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Geostatistics & spatial analysis
Agent-based modeling
SUNY Chancellor's Award 2024
GIS & Spatial Analytics
Smart Mobility Researcher
Timeline (highlight reel)
Recent milestones without the awkward acceptance speeches.
2025–Present
UPenn, Weitzman School of Design
M.C.P. + M.U.S.A., GPA 3.98.
2024
Summa Cum Laude, Binghamton University
B.A. in Geography & GIScience. Highest honors.
2023–2024
Harpur Edge Research Fellow
Honors thesis on trail accessibility with UAV + LiDAR.
Fun fact roulette
Because resumes deserve a sense of humor.
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