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-Many of my closest friends know me first and foremost as a dancer. In the fall of 2006, I attended my first swing dance hosted by the Virginia Tech Swing Club [Soley Swing](https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/organization/solelyswing), and swing dancing quickly became a major part of my life. I dance Lindy Hop, Balboa, Blues, and Charleston, and my dancing adventures have brought me to cities all over the world, including New York, Montreal, Boston, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Pusan, Osaka, Taipei, and even on the [Great Wall of China](http://www.greatwallswingout.com/). Sharing the joy of swing dancing with friends and strangers all over the world is one of my greatest passions. I have competed internationally as a dancer, and my most accomplished achievement is winning 1st place in the Open Strictly Lindy Hop competition with my good friend Annabel Truesdell Quisao at the 2011 [International Lindy Hop Championship](http://www.ilhc.com/index.php) in Washington, D.C.
+Many of my closest friends know me first and foremost as a dancer. In the fall of 2006, I attended my first swing dance hosted by the Virginia Tech Swing Club [Soley Swing](https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/organization/solelyswing), and swing dancing quickly became a major part of my life. I dance Lindy Hop, Balboa, Blues, and Charleston, and my dancing adventures have brought me to cities all over the world, including New York, Montreal, Boston, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Pusan, Osaka, Taipei, and even on the [Great Wall of China](http://www.greatwallswingout.com/). Sharing the joy of swing dancing with friends and strangers all over the world is one of my greatest passions. I have competed internationally as a dancer, and my most accomplished achievement is winning 1st place in the Open Strictly Lindy Hop competition with my good friend Annabel Truesdell Quisao at the 2011 [International Lindy Hop Championship](https://ilhc.com/) in Washington, D.C.
 
 # Music
 
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-Music was my earliest passion. I grew up playing piano, violin, and mandolin, and I have had the privilege of studying and performing with some incredible musicians. In high school I had the honor of studying violins with the legendary Dora Marshall Mullins of Virginia Beach, VA, and I have played in multiple ensembles, including the [Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra](http://www.symphonicity.org/) (now "Symphonicity"), the [New River Valley Symphony](http://www.music.vt.edu/ensembles/nrvs/) at Virginia Tech, the [National Taiwan Normal University Symphony](http://www.music.ntnu.edu.tw/orchestra/eng/), and the [All University Orchestra](http://alluniversityorchestra.org/) at Carnegie Mellon University. I am also a self-taught mandolinist and guitarist and enjoy playing jazz and bluegrass. I have fortunately had many opportunities to play with some wonderful jazz friends, including the [Muddy Basin Ramblers](http://www.muddybasin.com/) (a New Orleans-style jazz band in Taipei) and the [Hot Club of Beijing](http://www.hotclubofbeijing.com/fr_home.cfm) (a gypsy swing band based in China's capital).
+Music was my earliest passion. I grew up playing piano, violin, and mandolin, and I have had the privilege of studying and performing with some incredible musicians. In high school I had the honor of studying violins with the legendary Dora Marshall Mullins of Virginia Beach, VA, and I have played in multiple ensembles, including the [Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra](http://www.symphonicity.org/) (now "Symphonicity"), the [New River Valley Symphony](http://www.music.vt.edu/ensembles/nrvs/) at Virginia Tech, the [National Taiwan Normal University Symphony](https://www.music.ntnu.edu.tw/index.php/en/main/), and the [All University Orchestra](http://alluniversityorchestra.org/) at Carnegie Mellon University. I am also a self-taught mandolinist and guitarist and enjoy playing jazz and bluegrass. I have fortunately had many opportunities to play with some wonderful jazz friends, including the [Muddy Basin Ramblers](http://www.muddybasin.com/) (a New Orleans-style jazz band in Taipei) and the Hot Club of Beijing (a gypsy swing band based in China's capital).
 
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 #### PhD Engineering Management, 2024
 
-Lujin received a B.S. in Agricultural and Resources Economics from University of Maryland, a M.S. degree in Economics from Tufts University, and a M.S. degree in Data Analytics from the George Washington University. His interests are China’s EV subsidy policies, environmental impacts from the EV industry, and energy policy. For the past several years, he has been living in the DC area and he really enjoys the summertime here except for during June, July and August.
+Lujin received a B.S. in Agricultural and Resources Economics from University of Maryland, a M.S. degree in Economics from Tufts University, and a M.S. degree in Data Analytics from the George Washington University. His interests are China’s EV subsidy policies, environmental impacts from the EV industry, and energy policy. He completed his Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from George Washington University in December, 2024. His dissertation focused on sustainable transportation, the dynamics of the electric vehicle market, and exploring policy implications to drive innovation in transportation systems.
 
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