RESEARCH TEAM
Danjue Chen
Associate Professor
Bio
Dr. Danjue Chen is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at NC State University. Prior to NCSU, she was an associate professor at University of Massachusetts Lowell. After receiving her Ph.D., she worked at University of Wisconsin – Madison and California PATH at University of California, Berkeley as a postdoc scholar.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012.
B.S., Environmental Science, Applied Mathematics (secondary major), Peking University, China, 2007.
STUDENTS
Zijun He
PhD Student at North Carolina State University (Started 2024)
Zijun He received his B.Eng degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Sun Yat-sen University, China in 2019. After that, Zijun received his M.S degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, San Diego in 2021. He had worked for over a year as an ADAS software engineer in XPeng Motors, a startup company focused on smart electrical vehicles. Zijun's research interests include traffic flow modeling/control, connected and automated vehicles, driving behavior analysis, etc.
Zijun was born in Guangdong, a southern province of China. He is an enthusiast in many sports, such as football, basketball, snowboarding and surfing. Zijun is also a certified scuba diver, who had taken over 20 dives in different seas of the world.
Abhinav Sharma
PhD Student at North Carolina State University (Started 2022).
Abhinav Sharma received his B.Tech degree in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, India in 2022. His research interest includes Traffic Flow, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation System. He is passionate about learning new skills and working in interdisciplinary fields.
Abhinav was born in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state of India. During his leisure, He prefers to play Badminton, capture fascinating photographs, and travel around.
ALUMINI
Muhammad Zaeem Sheikh
Master's student at UMass Lowell (Graduated in 2023).
Muhammed Zaeem was appointed as the Entry-Level Traffic Engineer in TranSystem. He received his Masters degree in Transportation Engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2018. His main research interests include Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Transportation Data Simulation and Modelling, Transportation Network Analysis and Traffic Flow Theories.
Zaeem was born in the tropical country of Indonesia, an archipelago on the equator. After moving to Massachusetts, Zaeem has tried his hand at ice-skating. He is a foodie, cinephile and has budding interest in the games of ice-hockey and football.
Tienan Li
PhD Student at UMass Lowell (Graduated in 2021)
Teinan Li was appointed as the Software Engineer in DiDi, an autonomous vehicle company. He received the B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in transportation engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2017. His main research interests include traffic flow theory, modeling and control of connected and automated vehicles, and data analytics for transportation systems.
Tienan was born in Nanning, a city in southern China with year-round warm weather. Upon moving to the snowy Northeast, Tienan has tried to learn some skiing skills, while still occasionally skateboards at summer time. He is also a tennis and badminton lover, and a novice “Gooner” (Arsenal F.C. fan).
YUEYING (BONNIE) LIU
Research Analyst at UMass Lowell .
Yueying Liu received her M.S. degree in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell 2022. She has phenomenal skills and caliber in the field of Data Analysis with a good sense of critical and analytical thinking. She may revisit University for further education beyond her master’s program.
Yueying Liu was born in the southern part of China. She enjoys playing video games during spare time. She is also a great cook while being a foodie herself. Asian delicacies stand out the most among her favorite foods.