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Smart Transportation Lab

Smart Transportation Lab: News
Current Lab Members

Lab Director

Dingxin Wu
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Yao-Jan Wu, Ph.D., P.E.

Lab Director

  • Associate Professor 

  • Director of Smart Transportation Lab

  • Licensed P.E. in Arizona and Missouri

Lab Members

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Abolfazl Karimpour, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Graduate

Graduate Research Assistant

   (Fall 2016~ Present)

Lab Manager

   (Spring 2017 ~ Spring 2020)

  • Traffic Safety

  • Traffic Operation

  • Big Data

Xiaofeng Li
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Xiaobo Ma

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

   (Fall 2018 ~ Present)

  • Traffic Data Analytics

  • Freeway Operations

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Yuqui (Rachael) Yuan

M.E. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

  (Fall 2019 ~ Present)

  • Data-Driven Analytics

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Ashley Avila

Undergraduate Student

Undergrad. Research Assistant

  (Fall 2020 ~ Present)

Lab Trainee

  (Spring 2020 - Summer 2020)​

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Xiaofeng Li

Ph.D. Student

Lab Manager

   (Summer 2020 ~ Present)

Graduate Research Assistant

   (Fall 2017 ~ Present)

  • Traffic Signal Systems

  • Transportation Data Analytics

  • Traffic Control and Estimation

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Adrian Cottam

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

   (Spring 2019 ~ Present)

M.E. Research Assistant

   (Fall 2018)

Undergrad. Research Assistant

   (Spring 2017 ~ Summer 2018)

  • Traffic Data Analytics

  • Web Application Development

  • Machine Learning

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Josh Swain

Undergraduate Student

Undergrad. Research Assistant

  (Spring 2020 ~ Present)

Lab Trainee

  (Fall 2019)

  • Traffic Data Analytics

  • Transportation Data Visualization

Visiting Scholars

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Peipei Xu

Visiting Scholar

Research Specialist 

   (Fall 2019 ~ Present)

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Lab Trainees

Alex Pulido

Alex Pulido

Undergraduate Student

CE 363 Teacher's Assistant

   (Fall 2018~ Spring 2020)

Lab Trainee

   (Fall 2019 ~ Present)

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Taylor Davis

Undergraduate Student

Lab Trainee

   (Winter 2020 ~ Present)

  • Data Collection

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Bailey Homan

Undergraduate Student

Lab Trainee

   (Winter 2020 ~ Present)

Lab Affiliates

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Melrose Pan

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

   (Fall 2019 ~ Present)

  • Lab Affiliate

  • Travel Behavior

  • Traffic Prediction

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Lilly Cottam

Music Education Undergrad

Lab Affiliate

   (Spring 2019 ~ Present)

  • Literature Review Support

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Zirui (Raymond) Huang

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

   (Fall 2019 ~ Present)

  • Lab Affiliate

  • Traffic Simulation

  • Proactive Traffic Demand Management

Lab Alumni

Mohammed Shaon

Mohammad Shaon, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

  •   (Fall 2019~Fall 2020)

  • Traffic Safety
  • Data Analysis

  • Traffic Operations

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Xiaoling Lou

Visiting Scholar

   (Fall 2018~ Spring 2020)

  • Hybrid-Data Approach for Estimating Trip Purposes

  • Ramp Queue Length Estimation

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Eric Huetner

Undergrad. Research Assistant

  (Summer 2019 ~ Spring 2020)  

  • Lab Trainee 

  • Advanced Traffic Management Systems Evaluation

 

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Kossigan Djidjonya

Lab Trainee

   (Fall 2019)

  • Undergraduate Student

 

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Yang Liang

Visiting Masters Student

   (Summer 2018 ~ Summer 2019)

  • Pedestrian Delay Study

Nicholas Tritz

Alex Weber

Graduate Research Assistant

(Fall 2017 ~ Spring 2018)

  • Traffic Data Collection Logistics

  • Traffic Data Processing

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Working at Kimley Horn as of 2018

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Sal Licari

Lab Trainee

(Spring 2018)

  • Undergraduate Student

 

Working for Parsons as of 2018

Nicholas Tritz

Nicholas Tritz

Lab Trainee

(Spring 2017 ~ Fall 2017)

  • Data Collection

Working for WSP as of 2018

Ke Meng

Wenming Rao

Visiting Ph.D. Student

(Fall 2016 ~ Fall 2017)

  • Home University: Southeast University, China 

Ke Meng

Katie Ogg

Lab Trainee

(Spring 2017 ~ Summer 2017)

  • Home school: Basis High School  

Ke Meng

Zheng Li

Graduate Research Assistant

(Fall 2015 ~ Summer 2017)

  • Probe Vehicle GPS Data Driven Research

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Working at Google as of 2019

Ke Meng

Chengchuan An

Visiting Ph.D. Student

(Fall 2014 ~ Spring 2017)

  • Home University: Southeast University, China

  • ITS and Traffic Signal Research

Ke Meng

Payton Cooke

Graduate Research Assistant

(Summer 2015 ~ Fall 2016)

  • Safety Analysis and Modelling

  • Performance Measurement

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Working as an Assistant Transportation Engineer for WSP as of 2018

Ke Meng

Dylan Patel

Undergrad. Research Assistant

(Spring 2016 ~ Fall 2016)

  • New Traffic Data Collection Methods

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Romulo Federizzi Moraes

Visiting Student

(Summer 2015)

  • Home University: Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil 

  • Undergraduate

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Ahmad Fakhouri

Graduate Research Assistant

(Fall 2014 ~ Fall 2015)

CE 460/560 Teacher's Assistant

(Spring 2014)

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Working as a Business Development Engineer for Khatib & Alami as of 2018

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Joel Amarillas

Undergrad. Research Assistant

(Summer 2014 ~ Fall 2014)

CE 363 Teacher's Assistant

(Fall 2014)

  • Traffic Safety & Analysis Research

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Working for Kittelson & Associates, Inc as of 2018

Ke Meng

Ryan Brown

Undergrad. Research Assistant

(Fall 2013 ~ Fall 2014)

CE 363 Teacher's Assistant

(Fall 2013)

  • Website administration

  • Lab Design and Construction 

  • Bluetooth traffic detection project research

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Working for Burgess & Niple as of 2018

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Liang Xia

Visiting Scholar

   (Fall 2019~ Fall 2020)

  • Public Transit Planning

  • Traffic Simulation

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David Klebosky

Graduate Research Assistant

   (Fall 2019~ Spring 2020)

  • Probe Vehicle GPS Data Driven Research

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Chris Ackerman

Lab Trainee

   (Fall 2019)

  • Undergraduate Student

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Amin Ariannezhad

Ph.D. Student

    (Fall 2014 ~ Fall 2019)

  • Dissertation: Data-Driven Safety Approaches for Transportation Operations and Planning 

 

Working as a Data Scientist for Ford Motor Company as of 2019

Nicholas Tritz

Robert Kluger, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

(Fall 2016 ~ Summer 2018)

  • Traffic Safety

  • Performance Measurement

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Working as an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville as of 2018

Nicholas Tritz

Matthew Munden

Graduate Research Assistant    

         (Fall 2017 ~ Spring 2018) 

  • Video Sensor Data Analysis

  • Data Collection Coordination

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Working for ADOT as a Transportation Engineering Specialist as of 2018

Nicholas Tritz

Dingxin Wu

Visiting Scholar

(Fall 2017 ~ Spring 2018)

  • Home University:Southeast University, China

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Assistant Professor at Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China as of  2018

Ke Meng

Ke Meng

Visiting M.S. Student

(Summer 2017 ~ Fall 2017)

  •  Home University: Wuhan Institute of Technology, China

Ke Meng

Jishun Ou

Visiting Ph.D. Student

(Fall 2016 ~ Fall 2017)

  • Home University: Southeast University, China

 

Working as a Ph. D. Candidate at Southeast University, China as of 2018

Ke Meng

Jue Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant (ECE Major)

(Fall 2015 ~ Spring 2017)

  • Bluetooth travel time software development

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Working for Prismo Systems as of 2018

Ke Meng

Shu Yang, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Student / Postdoctoral Researcher 

(Spring 2012 ~ Summer 2017)

  • Dissertation: Estimating Freeway Travel Time Reliability for Traffic Operations and Planning

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Working as a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of South Florida as of 2018

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Kiet Dao

Graduate Research Assistant

(Spring 2016 ~ Spring 2017)

  • Bluetooth Project

Ke Meng

Chanlin Wong

CE 363 Teacher's Assistant

(Fall 2014 ~ Fall 2016)

Undergrad. Research Assistant

(Spring 2016 ~ Fall 2016)

  • New Traffic Data Collection Methods

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Working as a Traffic Analyst for Kimley-Horn as of 2018

Ke Meng

Mohammed Alturkait

Lab Trainee

(Fall 2016)

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Ke Meng

Mariana Valle Eguren

Visiting Undergraduate Student

(Spring 2016)

  • Home University: Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil 

  • Undergraduate

Ke Meng

Ming Chen, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Student

(Fall 2014 ~ Spring 2016*)

  • Bluetooth Research

 

*Discontinued Spring 2016

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Working for Google as of 2018

Ke Meng

Anthony Huynh Giang

Undergrad. Research Assistant

(Summer 2014 ~ Fall 2014)

  • Transportation web system development research

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Working as a Software Engineer for IBM as of 2018

Ke Meng

Hamid Mirzahossein

Visiting Ph.D. Student

(Summer 2014 ~ Fall 2014)

  • Home university: Iran University of Science and Technology

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Working as an Assistant Professor for Imam Khomeini International University as of 2018

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