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Bin Ran

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Classes with Bin Ran

CIVENGR 571

Urban Transportation Planning

3 credits

CIVENGR 571 covers the planning, evaluation, and implementation of urban transportation systems, including transportation modeling and community goal formulation.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Bin Ran

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample
CIVENGR 579

Seminar-transportation Engineering

1 credits

CIVENGR 579 is a seminar covering current problems and research developments in transportation, highways, traffic engineering, and planning systems analysis.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades).

Bin Ran

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
CIVENGR 699

Independent Study

1–9 credits

CIVENGR 699 is an independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
CIVENGR 990

Thesis

1–12 credits

CIVENGR 990 is a thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Sue AhnDante Fratta+40 more

No recorded grade history

CIVENGR 999

Advanced Independent Study

1–9 credits

An advanced independent study course in civil engineering conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.89 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

Sue AhnDante Fratta+39 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026CIVENGR 571Urban Transportation Planning
Fall 2026CIVENGR 579Seminar-transportation Engineering
Fall 2026CIVENGR 699Independent Study
Fall 2026CIVENGR 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2026CIVENGR 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2026CIVENGR 990Thesis
Fall 2026CIVENGR 999Advanced Independent Study

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