Sicheng Wang

Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
University of South Carolina

Sicheng Wang earned a PhD from Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University in 2021. He is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. Sicheng was a Research Associate in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University. With a background of urban and transportation planning, Wang’s research interests include travel behavior of using emerging transportation technologies (e.g., autonomous vehicles, Mobility-as-a-Service, and shared micro-mobility), the social and economic impact of information and communications technology and autonomous vehicles, and opportunity accessibility and social justice in transportation in the Automation Age. Wang received the 2020 Regional Science Association International (RSAI) Czamanski Dissertation Award, the 2020 International Association for China Planning (IACP) Karen Polenske Best Student Paper Award, and was selected as the finalist of 2021 World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) Best Thesis Award. He also received 2018 and 2019 American Public Transportation Foundation Scholarships. Before joining WEAVE, Wang taught GIScience in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. He had extensive research experience at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and the National Center for Smart Growth. He also worked as an urban planner and designer for years in Shanghai, China.

Research Areas: Transportation policy, Emerging technologies, Spatial analysis, Autonomous systems, New mobility

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