Clara Fang

Education

PhD, Pennsylvania State University

MEng, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

MPhil, City University of Hong Kong

BS, Sichuan University (China)

Clara Fang is a Professor, Department Chair, and Program Director for Civil Engineering at the University of Hartford where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, and conducts research in transport engineering.

Fang holds a PhD in transportation engineering from Pennsylvania State University, two Master degrees in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada and the City University of Hong Kong, respectively, and a Bachelor degree in civil engineering from Sichuan University, China. She is the author or co-author of more than forty peer-reviewed journal and conference articles and reports.

For excellence in research, Fang has received Greenburg Junior Faculty Research Award from the University of Hartford, Alumni Association Dissertation Award from Pennsylvania State University, and the Carmen E. Turner Fellowship from the Women’s Transportation Seminar. She has also received Teaching with Technology Innovation Grants to integrate simulation animation and service learning into teaching.

Fang is a member of ASCE, IEEE-ITS, ITE and several TRB Committees. She also serves as the Vice President of Chinese Overseas Transportation Associates (COTA).