Qing Shen, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Dean
Office: 1215 | Phone: 301-405-6797 | Email
Ph.D. City and Regional Planning, 1993, University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Urban Planning, 1986, University of British Columbia; B.S. Architectural Engineering, 1982, Zhejiang University.
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Metropolitan Planning
Urban Spatial Modeling and Analysis
Transportation, Telecommunications, and Urban Form
Analytic Methods and GIS in Urban Planning
HISTORY OF ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, UMCP, since 2006
Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, UMCP, 2001-2006
Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, 1999-2001
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, 1993-1999
ACADEMIC HONORS
Siyuan Chair Professor, Nanjing University, China, 2005-2008
Emerging Scholar Paper Award, Mathematical Models and Quantitative
Methods Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 1999
Mitsui Career Development Professorship (3 year reappointment), MIT, 1999
Horwood Critique Prize (award for the best paper in the annual conference),
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 1998
Mitsui Career Development Professorship (3 year appointment), MIT, 1996
Fellowship for Graduate Studies Abroad, Ministry of Education, China, 1984
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the American Planning Association, 2000-2006
Editorial Board, Journal of Planning Education and Research, since 2006
Editorial Advisory Board, Urban Planning International, since 2006
Editorial Advisory Board, Projections: The MIT Journal of Planning, 2008
International Peer Review Panel, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), 2006-
Committee on Telecommunications and Travel Behavior, Transportation Research Board, since 2000
Referee, 25 academic journals in urban planning, geography, and transportation
Faculty Senator, University of Maryland Academic Senate, 2001-2004
Chair, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee,
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of
Maryland, since 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught at University of Maryland:
Research Methods (URSP 601)
Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planners (URSP 612)
Function and Structure of Metropolitan Areas (URSP 660)
Courses Taught at MIT:
Quantitative Reasoning and Statistical Methods for Planning II (11.221)
A Workshop on Geographic Information Systems (11.520)
Introduction to Computers in Public Management I (11.207)
Introduction to Computers in Public Management II (11.208)
Research Seminar on Planning Support Systems (11.522)
Urban Spatial Structure, Transportation, and Telecommunications (11.528/1.257)
PUBLICATIONS
For a list of publications by Qing Shen, please see his resume on this page under Qing Shen Work