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EDUCATION <br />Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of <br />Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004 <br />M.E. in Transportation Engineering, Bejing <br />Jiaotong University, Bejing, China,1997 <br />B.E. in Transportation Engineering, Bejing <br />Jiaotong University, Bejing, China,1994 <br />REGISTRATIONS <br />Licensed Civil Engineer, State of California <br />(73925) <br />AFFILIATIONS <br />Transportation Research Board (TRB) <br />Standing Committee on Urban <br />Transportation Data and Information <br />Systems (ABJ30), member <br />Women's Transportation Seminar, member <br />International Chinese Transportation <br />Professional Association — Southern <br />California Chapter, board member <br />J1nghuaXU, <br />Associate I Modeler <br />ABOUT <br />FEHRtPEERS <br />Ph.D, PE <br />Jinghua Xu has more than 15 years of experience. Her expertise includes travel <br />demand model development and application, network modeling and simulation, and <br />transportation planning. Jinghua has extensive experience in modeling with both <br />highway and transit focuses. She has in-depth understanding in model estimation, <br />calibration and validation, and has developed, enhanced and applied a wide range of <br />complicated regional travel demand models for large MPOs, such as SCAG and <br />SANDAG, as well as for counties, such as OCTA, SBCTA. <br />PROJECT EXPERIENCE <br />OCTAM Active Transportation Tool Development <br />Jinghua is the project manager to develop an active transportation (AT) tool for <br />OCTA, to increase OCTAM's sensitivity to AT investments. This AT tool will have the <br />capability to quantify additional non -motorized trips associated with changes in land <br />use and/or with the addition of active transportation facilities, specifically bicycle lanes <br />and sidewalks. As the final product, this post -processing tool will be seamlessly <br />integrated in the OCTAM TransCAD to analyze AT projects. <br />OCTAM Emission Tool Development <br />Jinghua was the project manager to update the air quality modeling component for <br />OCTAM, for both TRANPLAN and TransCAD versions. This component involves <br />converting OCTAM outputs to the inputs required by EMFAC 2014, call FMFAC2014 <br />directly from OCTAM TransCAD User Interface, and reporting the FMFAC2014 results. <br />The component is integrated to the OCTAM framework. <br />OCTA Goods Movement Study <br />Fehr & Peers helped OCTA to identify technologies likely to have an impact within a <br />20-year horizon and industry trends with respect to warehousing, distribution, and <br />vertical integration, determine which strategies OCTA should consider promoting or <br />facilitating, such as truck -only lanes or variable speed limits, and position OCTA to <br />take advantage of new freight -related funding via the FAST legislation. Jinghua led on <br />the analysis and summary on rail goods movements in the final freight plan. <br />36 FEHR & PEERS <br />