Name: Yilin Sun
Position: Associate Professor
Tel: +86(571) 88208687
E-mail: yilinsun@zju.edu.cn
Homepage: http://person.zju.edu.cn/en/0010691
Personal Profile
Dr. Sun Yilin is a lecturer at Zhejiang University. Her main research areas are travel engineering, travel planning, and travel behavior. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture engineering from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology in 1999, and graduated with a master's degree and doctor's degree in travel engineering from Kyoto University in Japan in 2004 and 2009. She has undertaken scientific research projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Zhejiang Public Welfare Science and Technology Project etc.. She was received the Japan Lighting Institute Award and Japan JSPS-VCC Excellent Paper Award. She published more than 30 academic papers, and edited 1 book.
Education
1995.9 - 1999.7 Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology B.S. Architectural Engineering
2002.4 - 2004.3 Kyoto UniversityM.D. Architecture and Environmental Engineering
2004.4 - 2005.9 Kyoto UniversityResearch Student, Transportation Engineering
2005.10 - 2009.9 Kyoto UniversityPh.D. Transportation Engineering
Affiliation
1999.7 - 2001.6 Beijing Urban Construction Group, Assistant Engineer
2009.10 - 2012.8 Zhejiang University, Post-doctoral Research Associate
2012.9 – now Zhejiang University, Lecturer\Associate Professor
Host Research Project
1) National Natural Science Foundation of China: Evaluation of Travel Behavior by Housing Transition from Purchasing to Renting Based on Family Life Cycle, 01/2014 - 12/2016.
2) Public welfare projects in Zhejiang province: Research on Car Travel and Control Strategy Based on Family Life Cycle, 01/2015 - 12/2016.
3) Program for key science and technology innovation team of Zhejiang province: Collaborative Optimization Technology of Static Traffic Elements and Dynamic Traffic, 01/2015 - 12/2016.
4) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: The impact of family life cycle and built environment on residents' car travel behavior, 01/2011 - 12/2012.
Representative Publications
1) Liu Chengxi, Sun Yilin*, Chen Yuan, and Susilo Yusak O. The Effect of Residential Housing Policy on Car Ownership and Trip Chaining Behaviour in Hangzhou, China. Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment. 2018. Vol. 62, pp. 125-138.
2) Chen Mengwei, Wang Dianhai, Sun Yilin*, Liu Chengxi, and Bai Zhen. Public Bicycle Service Evaluation from Users’ Perspective: Case Study of Hangzhou, China, Transportation Research Record. 2017. No. 2634, pp.28-34.
3) Sun Yilin*, Waygood E. Owen D., and Wang Dianhai. Diversity of Diversification: Analysis of Shopping Trips in Six-Week Travel Diary. Journal of Zhejiang University – Science A. 2017. Vol.18, No. 3: 234-244.
4) Sun Yilin, Susilo Yusak O., Waygood E. Owen D, and Wang Dianhai Detangling the impacts of age, residential locations and household lifecycle in car usage and ownership in the Osaka metropolitan area, Japan. Journal of Zhejiang University – Science A, 2014, Vol. 15, No. 7, PP. 517-528.
5) Sun, Yilin, Waygood, E.O.D., and Huang, Z. Do Automobility Cohorts Exist in Urban Travel? Case Study of Osaka Metropolitan Area, Japan. Transportation Research Record, 2012, No. 2323, pp. 18-24.
6) Sun, Yilin, Waygood, E.O.D., Fukui, K., and Kitamura, R. Built Environment or Household Life-cycle Stages - Which Explains Sustainable Travel More? Case of Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe, Japan, Built Area. Transportation Research Record, 2009, No. 2135, pp. 123-129.
7) Waygood E. Owen D., Sun Yilin, and Susilo Yusak O. Transportation carbon dioxide emissions by built environment and family lifecycle: Case study of the Osaka metropolitan area. Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment, 2014, Vol. 31, pp. 176-188.
8) Waygood, E. Owen D., Sun Yilin, and Letarte laurence. Active Travel by Built Environment and Lifecycle Stage: Case Study of Osaka Metropolitan Area. International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015, Vol. 12 (12): 15900-15924
9) Chen Mengwei, Wang Dianhai, Sun Yilin*, Waygood E. Owen D., and Yang Wentao. A Comparison of Users’ Characteristics between Public Bicycle Scheme & Bike Sharing Scheme: Case Study in Hangzhou, China, Paper presented at Transportation Research Board the 97th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. USA, 7-11 January 2018.
10) Chen Mengwei, Wang Dianhai, Sun Yilin*, Liu Chengxi, and Bai Zhen. Public Bicycle Service Evaluation from Users’ Perspective: Case Study of Hangzhou, China, Paper presented at Transportation Research Board the 96th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. USA, 8-12 January 2017.
11) Sun Yilin, Waygood E. Owen D., and Schmoecker J.D. Transport Sufficiency: Case Study of Osaka. Paper presented at 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Winsor, UK, 19-23 July 2015.
12) Waygood, E.O.D., Sun, Yilin, and Susilo, Y.O. Designing Low Carbon Cities With a Family Lifecycle in Mind: Where Should Our Focus Be? Paper presented at Transportation Research Board the 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. USA, 12-16 January 2014.
13) Sun, Yilin*, Huang, Zhiyi, and Kitamura, Ryuichi. Automobility Cohort, Period, Age and Residence Area Effects on Urban Travel: A Case Study of Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Metropolitan Area of Japan. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board the 90th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. USA, 23-27 January 2012.
14) Waygood, E.O.D., Sun, Yilin, and Schmoecker J.D. (2013) Transport Sufficiency: Case Study of Osaka. Transportation Systems: Engineering & Management (ISTP)
15) Sun, Yilin, Huang, Zhiyi, and Kitamura, Ryuichi. Automobility Cohort, Period, Age and Residence Area Effects on Urban Travel: A Case Study of Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Metropolitan Area of Japan. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board the 90th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. USA, 23-27 January 2011.
16) Sun, Y., and Kitamura, R. (2007) Automobility Cohort, Lifecycle Stage and Travel: Probing into Structural Change in Urban Travel. Transportation Systems: Engineering & Management, pp.255-265. (ISTP)
17) Kitamura, R., Sun, Y., and Bayarma, A. (2008) A. Variablility on Variability: What Can We Learn by Looking into How People Do Things Differently, across People and within Themselves? Paper presented at Swiss Transport Research Conference, Swiss.
18) Kitamura, R., and Sun, Y. (2007) Diversity in Diversification: An Analysis of Shopping Trips in Six-Week Travel Diary Data. Paper Presented at The 14th EIRASS Conference, U.S.
Selected Honors
2016 My favorite teacher of College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University
2007 Best Paper Award of JSPC-VCC, Japan
2003 Japan Lighting Society Award
Professional Services
Member of the World Transport Convention, 09/2017 – 08/2019
Teaching Courses
Introduction to Transportation Engineering (Undergraduate students)
Transportation Planning (Undergraduate students)
Intelligent Transportation System and Its Principle (Graduate students)
Urban Transportation Planning (Graduate students)
Introduction to Transportation Engineering (Graduate students)
Economic Evaluation and Investment Control of Engineering Construction (Graduate students)