Zhuo Chen, a former Ph.D. student in transportation (advisor: Dr. Cathy Liu), is selected as one of the Top 5 finalists for the 2018 COTA Best Dissertation Award. COTA (Chinese Overseas Transportation Association) best dissertation award is established to recognize outstanding students with Chinese nationalities for their accomplishments of pursuing doctoral degrees in the transportation field all around the world. She was recognized at the COTA award ceremony during Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting on January 7th in Washington, D.C.