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Jinjae Kim

Jinjae Kim

PhD Student · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Hi 👋 I'm a PhD student in Transportation Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My background is in logistics: across my M.S. thesis and three years at the Korea Transport Institute, I kept running into the same question from different angles: how well data reflects the real world, how the gaps in it should be filled, and how both should translate into better decisions.

My work is data-driven by habit. I've spent my career turning vehicle trajectory data, parcel records, and GPS traces into models that hold up in practice, from national GHG emission factors to last-mile delivery systems serving cities of millions.

What I want out of a PhD is the methodological depth to take that further: building decision-making frameworks for transportation and freight systems that are rigorous enough for research and usable enough for policy.

  • #Urban-Transportation
  • #Urban-Logistics
  • #Big-Data
  • #Machine-Learning
  • #AI-Agent-Engineering

Recents

What I have been up to

  • Started my PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

  • Best Paper Award at the 2026 Spring Conference of the Korea Intelligent Transport Systems Society, for Enhancement of Korean National GHG Emission Factor Equations through Correction Factor Adaptation.

  • Researcher at the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), Sejong — national GHG emission model development and autonomous driving risk prediction.

  • Presented Gradient Matters: Quantifying Road Slope Effects on Vehicle Speed for Tier 3 Emission Modeling at Spatial Statistics 2025.

  • Completed my M.S. in Logistics at Inha University — received the President's Award of the Graduate School of Logistics.

Off the Clock

A few things outside the lab

  • Claude Coding

    Building small tools and side projects with Claude — this website included.

  • Cooking

    Trying new recipes on weekends, from comfort food to the occasional ambitious experiment.

  • In Progress

    Still figuring out what else belongs here — more to come.

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