Summary
Yanlong Liang is a transportation and pavement engineer with nine years of experience blending academic research and field practice, currently shaping California’s road network as a Transportation Engineer at Caltrans. He holds a PhD in Pavement Engineering from UC Davis and has applied that expertise in industry roles including QC engineering at Granite Construction and long-term research appointments. Comfortable moving between lab, construction site, and agency settings, he focuses on practical, data-driven pavement solutions that bridge research insights and constructability. Based in Oakland, he’s an advocate for open source tooling—captured by his GitHub tagline “open sources wonderful!”—and brings a researcher's rigor to real-world delivery and quality control.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Pavement Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Pavement Engineering at University of California, Davis
Master of Engineering (MEng), Transportation and Highway Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng), Transportation and Highway Engineering at Southeast University
Chinese, English