He-in Cheong
A diverse tunnel systems engineer with a background in research and technical engineering design of large infrastructure projects. Current role is tunnel ventilation design, modelling, and engineering. Emerging side interests and specialisations are in transportation equity and mixed-methods approach. Vast experience in agent-based modelling development of in-house tools for varying applications.
Education
Imperial College London
Doctor of Philosophy - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • March 2024
Funded by the Lloyd's Register Foundation and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Imperial College London
Master of Engineering - Department of Mechanical Engineering • June 2012
Career History
Aurecon, Sydney, Australia
Senior Tunnel Systems Engineer • Aug 2023 - Present
Tunnel Systems Engineer for Road and Rail applications, Transport Automation and AI Integration Engineer, and Ground and Underground Engineering Sustainability Champion.
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Researcher, MEng/MSc Supervisor, Tutor, Lab Manager • Jan 2019 - Aug 2023
Developed an agent-based model of shared autonomous vehicles (Imperial news) (project data page). Regular Tutor for UG3 Transport Systems and UG1 Surveying and Seminar Leader for Python. Supervisor for MEng and MSc students, with three students with successful conference papers. Achievements at Intelligent Infrastructure and Transport Systems Laboratory (IITS Lab) include successful proposal for membership with International GNSS Service (IGS) for a new continuously operating station at Imperial College London (LICC00GBR), co-development of small-scale autonomous vehicles testing lab, and support for varying lab tasks.
Arup, London, United Kingdom and Sydney, Australia
Senior Engineer • Jan 2016 - Dec 2022
Senior Tunnel Mechanical, Electrical, Public Health (MEP) and Ventilation Engineer incl. leading tunnel ventilation designs, 1D/3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), analysis of air movement and fire development in tunnel networks, electrical wiring design, tunnel MEP design, train station mechanical design, light rail lighting design, carbon emissions analysis of rail projects.
Simudyne, London, United Kingdom
Software Engineering Intern • Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Developed an agent-based model of financial transactions of various markets to detect fraud
Mott MacDonald, Croydon and Southampton, United Kingdom
Engineer • Apr 2013 - Jan 2016
Roles as Tunnel MEP and Ventilation Engineer and Intelligent Transport Systems Engineer include tunnel MEP design, interface coordination on site, project cost monitoring, 1D/3D CFD analysis, electrical wiring design for tunnel and street lighting, Smart Motorway algorithm development, traffic congestion analysis on major highways in Highways England Area 10 (Northwest England)
AVL Powertrain Ltd, Laindon/Coventry, United Kingdom
Junior Systems and Simulations Engineer • Jun 2012 - Mar 2013
Roles include 1D energy analysis of powertrains with carbon-based fuel-powered engines for forward and backward driving simulations to calculate realistic performance of vehicle designs
Selected Works
Policy and Strategy Evaluation of Ridesharing Autonomous Vehicle Operation - A London Case Study
Publication • Apr 2023
Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Improving Strategic Planning of Increasing Transportation Equity of Public Transit - A London Case Study
Pre-print • Oct, 2022
Feasibility of Equity-driven Taxi Pricing Strategy based on Double Auction Mechanism in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand
Conference (Poster presenter) • Jan 09-13, 2022
Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA
Aberrant Driving Behavior Prediction for Urban Bus Drivers in Taiwan Using Heart Rate Variability and Various Machine Learning Approaches - A Pilot Study
Conference (Podium presenter) • Jan 09-13, 2022
Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA
One-Way Coupling of Fire and Egress Modeling for Realistic Evaluation of Evacuation Process
Publication • Oct 2021
Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Coupling Of Evacuation And Fire Modelling Through Soot Level Analysis
Conference (Video presenter) • Sep 09-11, 2020
The Fire and Evacuation Modeling Technical Conference (FEMTC), Online
Certifications / Achievements
Infrastructure Sustainability Accredited Professional (ISAP) by Infrastructure Sustainability Council • March 2025
Associate Member of PIARC (World Road Organization) Technical Committee 4.4 Tunnels • November 2024
Obtained Chartered Engineer status in Australia • July 2024
PhD Philip Allsopp Award at Graduation • May 2024
Postgraduate Travel Award from The Old Centralians' Trust • 2022
Departmental Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) of the Year Award • 2022
President's Award for Excellence in Societal Engagement • 2022
Obtained Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) • 2022
Winner of Collaboration Award of Gravity Challenge • 2020
Selected for Fellowship Program at Technical University Munich (TUM) • 2019
Winner of IET Fire Safety Hackathon (featured in BBC Radio) • 2019
Winner of TfL Public Transport Hackathon • 2018
Top 20 Rising Stars by Women in Rail • 2017
Obtained Chartered Engineer status in the UK • June 2016
BS7671 Certified (17th Edition IET Wiring Regulations) • October 2013
Technical Strengths
Modeling and analysis
Oasys MassMotion, FDS, ANSYS CFX, IDA Tunnel
Software languages
Python, C#, MATLAB and Simulink, Java, LaTeX
Languages
- English - Fluent
- German - Competent
- Korean - Basic
Social Links
- Github: https://github.com/he-in
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/he-incheong/