Zhengt­ian Xu (UM PhD, May 2020) will start as an Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor at the Depart­ment of Civ­il and Envi­ron­men­tal Engi­neer­ing at the George Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty. His appoint­ment will begin on August 1, 2020. Dr. Xu will join the trans­porta­tion engi­neer­ing fac­ul­ty group and research to enhance the con­nec­tiv­i­ty and sus­tain­abil­i­ty of urban mobil­i­ty systems.