Alfred Chai

I am a self-motivated fresh graduate with a Master’s Degree majoring in Transportation Engineering from Tsinghua University. My master's thesis focused on the comparative research of green travel behavior between urban residents in China and Malaysia. I am familiar with transportation planning software, engineering design software, project management software as well as data analysis software. Currently, I am interested in applying for a full-time job related to the transportation planning or traffic engineering industry.

Research Assistant          Feb 2020 - Aug 2022

Institute of Transportation Engineering, Tsinghua Unviersity, Beijing

• Participated in Guiyang China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot Project and involved in several projects, including TOD-based railway efficiency improvement project, land development feasibility studies, low-carbon and green transportation development.
• Collaborated with local government agencies to execute specific research on the real estate market, which plays an important role in the Transit-oriented development (TOD) of Guiyang city.
• Utilized multi-linear regression method to analyze the supply and demand of current real estate market in Guiyang city.
• Applied Python to develop a characteristic value model in order to evaluate the increment of land value.

Project Assistant          Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

Construction and Planning Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan

• Participated in Taiwan Road Roughness Performance Test EnergyEnhancement Project.
• Worked in a team of 3 to detect road roughness in Taiwan and collect the international roughness index (IRI) data through conducting survey.
• Utilized Excel to analyze over 10000 IRI data in order to compare the road roughness performance among different cities in Taiwan.
• Applied LabVIEW to establish a road roughness performance forecasting model.

Railway Engineer Intern          Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

Taiwan Railways Administration, MOTC, Kaoshiung

• Cooperated with senior engineers on AutoCAD drawings and report writing.
• Participated in railway engineering design, station and platform engineering design, as well as bridge and tunnel inspection operations.
• Involved in unit cost analysis and engineering schedule control by applying Primavera P6.

Master of Transportation Engineering                      Sep 2019 - Aug 2022

Tsinghua University (THU), Beijing, China

• Thesis Supervisor: Professor Lu Huapu
• Awarded Tsinghua Tuition Scholarship for 3 consecutive years
• Achieved 2nd runner-up in the Hult Prize Tsinghua On-Campus Final

Bachelor of Civil Engineering                                    Sep 2015 - Jun 2019

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan

• Awarded NCKU Distinguished Overseas Chinese Student Scholarship
• Completed Railways Transportation Certificate Program