Education
Ph.D. (Majored in Transportation Engineering), Tsinghua University, Aug 2007 - Jul 2010.
M. Sc (Majored in Operational Research and Control Theory) Fudan University, Sept 2002 - Jul 2005.
B.S. (Majored in Applied Mathematics), Chinese University of Geoscience, Sept 1996 - Jul 2000.
Overseas Visiting and Training
2017.02-2017.12：Senior Visiting Scholar、National University of Singapore
Courses Taught （2019-2023）
Undergraduate：Transportation Management、City Logistics
Graduate：Transportation Network modelling and Algorithms
Work Experiences
Assistant Professor, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 2010.07-2012.10
Associate Professor, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 2012.11-2018.03
Professor, School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University (DMU), 2018.04-2023.08
Professor, School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 2023.09-
Research Interests
Transportation system modelling and optimization, Maritime management, Green transportation
Representative Research Projects
1. Development and demonstration application of digital logistics service technology and platform for e-commerce (application demonstration category)（National Key Research and Development Program of China, Sub-task）
2. Investment and government subsidy for on-shore power facilities (the Administration of the National Plan for the Special Support for Young Top-notch Talents)
3. Theory of integrated transportation system in China (Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, Planning Project)
4. Data-driven transportation network design and franchising (General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China)
5. Analysis and evaluation on policies of integrated transportation system (Department of Science and Technology of Liaoning Province Support for Young Top-notch Talents)
6. Competition and coordination for inland river ports with navigational heterogeneity (General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China)
7. Flexible BOT contracts for toll road projects under demand uncertainty (General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China)
8. Pareto-improving BOT contracts for toll road projects under demand uncertainty (The Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Specialized Research Fund) of China)
Representative Research Papers
1. Xianyang Zeng, Zhijia Tan*, Ming Zhang and Tingsong Wang, Scrubber installation of inland container ships: discrepancy between government and carriers, Transportation Research Part E, 2024.
2. Jinpeng Liang, Liming Li, Jianfeng Zheng, Zhijia Tan*, Service-oriented container slot allocation policy under stochastic demand, Transportation Research Part B, 2023.
3. Zhijia Tan*, Shuai Shao, Xiaofeng Zhang and Wenlong Shang, Sustainable service network design for urban bus system in the post-pandemic era. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023
4. Shuai Shao, Zhijia Tan*, Tingsong Wang, Zhiyuan Liu, A bi-level programming model for the emission control area design considering the ship sailing patterns, Transportation Research Part E, 2023
5. Shuai Shao, Zhijia Tan*, Zhiyuan Liu, Wenlong Shang, Balancing the GHG emissions and operational costs for a mixed fleet of electric buses and diesel buses, Applied Energy, 2022: 328.
6. Zhijia Tan, Xianyang Zeng, Shuai Shao, Jihong Chen，Hua Wang*, Scrubber installation and fuel switching for inland river ships with non-identical streamflow, Transportation Research Part E, 2022 161:102677.
7. Zhijia Tan*, Xianyang Zeng, Qiang Meng, Analysis on shipper’ choice of inland river ports in a multi-modal transportation network, System Engineering Theory and Practice 2022 42(5): 1391-1401.
8. Zhijia Tan, Ming Zhang, Shuai Shao, Jinpeng Liang，Dian Sheng*, Evasion strategy for a coastal cargo ship with arrival penalty under emission regulation, Transportation Research Part E, 2022 164:102818.
9. Zhijia Tan, Qinran Liu, Jinbo Song，Hua Wang*，Qiang Meng, Ship choice and shore-power service assessment for inland river container shipping networks. Transportation Research Part D 2021 94: 102805.
10. Zhijia Tan, Min Xu*, Qiang Meng, Zhichun Li, Evacuating the metro passengers with urban bus system under uncertain disruption recovery time. Transportation Research Part C, 2020，119.
11. Zhijia Tan, Yadong Wang, Qiang Meng*, Zhixue Liu, Joint ship schedule design and sailing speed optimization for a single inland shipping service with uncertain dam transit time, Transportation Science 2018, 52 (6), pp: 1297-1588.
12. Zhijia Tan *, Hai Yang, Wei Tan, Zhichun Li, Pareto-improving transportation network design and ownership regimes. Transportation Research Part B 2016,91, pp.292-309.
13. Hongbo Ye, Hai Yang, Zhijia Tan*, Learning marginal-cost pricing via a trial-and-error procedure with day-to-day flow dynamics. Transportation Research Part B, 2015, 81, pp.794-807.
14. Zhijia Tan, Hai Yang*, Renyong Guo. Pareto efficiency of reliability-based traffic equilibria and risk-taking behavior of travelers. Transportation Research Part B, 2014, 66, 16-31.
15. Zhijia Tan*, Hai Yang, Qiong Chen, Pareto-efficient BOT contract and Government subsidy of toll road projects, Journal of Management Science, 2013, 16(3),10-20.
Representative Grants and Awards
1. Optimizing trajectory and speed of coastal liner ship with unpunctual arrival penalty under emission regulation, Outstanding paper in 2021IMST
2. Scrubber installation and fuel switching for inland river ships with non-identical streamflow，Outstanding paper in 2021CTS
3. Efficiency of Chinese ECA policy on the coastal emission with evasion behavior of ships，Outstanding paper in 2021WTC
