Rongfang Liu

Dr. Rongfang (Rachel) Liu is the UPS Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of Transportation Institute. Dr. Liu has extensive experience in the area of intermodal transportation planning and engineering, demand forecasting and simulation modeling, and supply chain management. She has managed long-range transportation plans for different federal, state, and local government agencies and private sector clients. She has gained this broad-based experience through her positions with consulting firms, research institutes, and government agencies as well as her extensive involvement with Transportation Research Board committees and modeling development task forces. Combining her education background and project experiences, Dr. Liu has a firm grasp of theoretical framework and principles of transportation engineering and planning.