Dan and Eva Roos Thesis Prize (2023-2025 Call)

The MIT Mobility Initiative is soliciting nominations for the 2025 Dan and Eva Roos Thesis Prize to be awarded to the outstanding MIT PhD dissertation in the field of transportation. Doctoral dissertations meeting the following criteria are eligible for consideration:

• The dissertation should have been completed and submitted as part of the degree lists from September 2023-June 2025.

• The dissertation is in the area of transportation and mobility, broadly defined. It can be submitted to any department or PhD-granting program at MIT, and can address any aspect of transportation systems (e.g., research related to any mode of transport; passenger or freight transportation; theoretical or applied problems; technological, economic, planning or policy analysis; etc.)

Prize Selection Committee 2025

•     Gioele Zardini

•     Cathy Wu

•     Saurabh Amin

•     Jinhua Zhao (Chair)

    
Winner:

Dr. Jiayu (Kamessi) Zhao

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• Incoming Assistant Professor, Stanford University

• Dissertation: Flexibility in Platform Operations 

• Advisor: Prof. Daniel Freund

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Runner-up:

Dr. Yunhan Zheng

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• Assistant Professor, Peking University

• Dissertation: Carrots and Sticks in Green Moves: Assessing the Mobility, Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts of Sustainable Mobility Solutions

• Advisor: Prof. Jinhua Zhao

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The award is hosted by MIT’s Mobility Initiative (MMI).