James C. Chu

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Professor

Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

Contact Information

Address: Rm. 315A, Civil Engr. Bldg.

              No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan

Phone: +886-2-3366-4235

Fax: +886-2-2363-9990

Email: jameschu@ntu.edu.tw

Office Hours: By appointment

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4095-4573

Scopus Author ID: 54786332400

ScholarGPS ID: 87319040317088

ResearchGate

Education

• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2003-2007

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Transportation Systems Analysis and Planning Program

• National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1997-1999

M.S. Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering Program

• National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993-1997

B.S. Civil Engineering

Research Fields

• Public Transit Planning and Operation

• Logistics Management

• Modeling and Applications of Pedestrian Dynamics

• Transportation Infrastructure Life-cycle Management

• Urban Transportation Planning

Professional Experience (Selected)

• Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2013-present

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Transportation, 2022-present

• Associate Editor, IATSS Research, 2020-2023

• Board of Directors, the Chinese Institute of Transportation, 2017-present

• Board of Directors, Taipei Society for Traffic Safety, 2020-present

• Member, Regional Organizing Committee, Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport and TransitData 2025, 2024-2025

• Member, Final Review Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2020-present

• Chair, Organizing Committee of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Institute of Transportation and International Conference, 2017

• Visiting Associate Professor, Northwestern University, 2017/6-2017/9

• Editor, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Transportation, 2016-2021

• Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 2010-2013

• Editorial Board, Journal of the Chinese Institute of Transportation, 2014-2015

• Special Issue Guest Editor, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems (2012, Volume 18, Issue 4), 2010-2012

• Vice Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2019-2022

• Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2013-2018

• Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan, 2012-2013

• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan, 2008-2012

• Assistant Professor, Department of Transportation Technology and Supply Chain Management, Kainan University, Taiwan, 2007-2008

• Analyst, Transportation Planning Department, THI Consultants Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, 2000-2002

Journal Publications

• 1. Shui, C. S., Chu, J. C.*, and Shih, C.-H. (2025) Dynamic relocation problem for free-floating electric carsharing systems with real-time requests, Transportation Research Part E, accepted.

  2. Chu, J. C., Shui, C. S.*, and Chuang, Y.-T. (2025) Vehicle routing problem with en-route delivery, Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, accepted. 

  3. McNeil, S.*, Adey, B., Anastasopoulos, P. C., Chu, J. C., Derrible, S., Durango-Cohen, P., Francis, R., Kruschwitz, S., Labi, S., Li, J., Manuel, L., Marques, R. C., Reilly, A., Tesfamariam, S. & Sanford, K. L. (2025). Journal of Infrastructure Systems: Thirty Years and an Opportunity to Refocus. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 31(1), 01824001 (SCI)(Editorial Material).

  4. Shui, C. S., Chu, J. C.*, Lin, S.-C., and Shih, C.-H. (2024) Optimization of Vehicle Charging and Dynamic Relocation in Free-floating Electric Carsharing Systems with Advanced Reservations, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 190, 110072 (SCI).

  5. Chu, J. C., Shui, C. S.*, and Lin, K.-H. (2024) Optimization of trucks and drones in tandem delivery network with drone trajectory planning, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 189, 110000 (SCI).

  6. Chu, J. C.*, Lin, H.-C., Liao, F.-Y., and Yu, Y.-H. (2023) Dynamic repositioning problem of dockless electric scooter sharing systems, Transportation Letters, 15(9), 1066–1082 https://doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2022.2129209 (SCI).

  7. SUNG, Y.-W., Chu, J. C.*, CHANG, Y.-J., YEH, J.-C., and CHOU, Y.-H. (2022), Optimizing Mix of Heterogeneous Buses and Chargers in Electric Bus Scheduling Problems, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 119, 102584 (SCI).

  8. Chu, J. C.*, Chen, A. Y., and Shih, H.-H. (2022) Stochastic Programming Model for Integrating Bus Network Design and Dial-a-ride Scheduling, Transportation Letters, 14(3), 245-257 (SCI).

  9. Yan, S., Chu, J. C.*, and Hung, W.-C. (2020) A customer selection and vehicle scheduling model for moving companies, Transportation Letters, 12(9), 613-622 (SCI).

  10. Chu, J. C., Korsesthakarn, K., Hsu, Y.-T.*, and Wu, H.-Y. (2019) Models and a solution algorithm for planning transfer synchronization of bus timetables, Transportation Research Part E, 131, 247-266 (SCI).

  11. Chu, J. C.* and Huang, K.-H. (2018) Mathematical programming framework for modeling and comparing network-level pavement maintenance strategies, Transportation Research Part B, 109, 1-25 (SSCI and SCI).

  12. Chu, J. C.* (2018) Mixed-integer programming model and branch-and-price-and-cut algorithm for urban bus network design and timetabling, Transportation Research Part B, 108, 188–216 (SSCI and SCI).

  13. Chu, J. C., Chen, A. Y.*, and Lin, Y.-F. (2017) Variable Guidance for Pedestrian Evacuation Considering Congestion, Hazard, and Compliance Behavior, Transportation Research Part C, 85, 664–683 (SCI).

  14. Yan, S., Chu, J. C.*, and Wang, S.-S. (2017) An experimental approach for examining solution errors of engineering problems with uncertain parameters, Computer & Industrial Engineering, 119, 1-9 (SCI).

  15. Chu, J. C., Yan, S.*, and Huang, H.-J. (2017) A multi-trip split-delivery vehicle routing problem with time windows for inventory replenishment under stochastic travel times, Networks and Spatial Economics, 17(1), 41-68 (SCI).

  16. Chu, J. C.* and Chen, S.-C. (2016) Optimization of Transportation Infrastructure System Protection Considering Weighted Connectivity Reliability, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 22(1) (SCI). 

  17. Chen, A. Y. and Chu, J. C.* (2016) TDVRP and BIM Integrated Approach for in-Building Emergency Rescue Routing, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 30(5) (SCI).

  18. Yan, S., Chu, J. C.*, Hsiao, F.-Y., Huang, H.-J. (2015) A planning model and solution algorithm for multi-trip split-delivery vehicle routing and scheduling problems with time windows, Computer & Industrial Engineering, 87, 383-393 (SCI).

  19. Hsu, J.-J. and Chu, J. C.* (2014) Long-term Congestion Anticipation and Aversion in Pedestrian Simulation using Floor Field Cellular Automata, Transportation Research Part C, 48, 195-211 (SCI).

  20. Yan, S., Chu, J. C.*, and Shih, Y.-L. (2014) Optimal Scheduling for Highway Emergency Repairs under Large-Scale Supply-Demand Perturbations, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 15(6), 2378-2393 (SCI).

  21. Chu, J. C.* (2013), Condition-Dependent Maintenance Effectiveness in Dynamic Performance Models for Transportation Infrastructure, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 19(1), 85-98 (SCI).

  22. Chu, J. C.* and Chen, Y.-J. (2012),  Optimal Threshold-based Network-level Transportation Infrastructure Life-cycle Management with Heterogeneous Maintenance Actions, Transportation Research Part B, 46(9), 1123-1143 (SSCI and SCI). 

  23. Doll, C., Chu, J., Ramjerdi, F., and Kuhn, K (2012), Special Issue on Infrastructures in a Changing Environment Introduction, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 18(4), 229-231 (SCI)(Editorial Material).

  24. Chu, J. C.* and Yeh, C.-Y. (2012), Emergency Evacuation Guidance Design for Complex Building Geometries, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 18(4), 288-296 (SCI).

  25. Chu, J. C., Yan, S.*, and Chen, K.-L. (2012), Optimization of Earth Recycling and Dump Truck Dispatching, Computer & Industrial Engineering,  62(1), 108-118 (SCI).

  26. Chu, C.-Y.* (2009), A Computer Model for Selecting Facility Evacuation Design Using Cellular Automata, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 24(8), 608-622 (SCI).

  27. Chu, C.-Y.* and Durango-Cohen, P. (2008a), Estimation of Dynamic Performance Models for Transportation Infrastructure using Panel Data, Transportation Research Part B, 42(1), 57-81 (SSCI and SCI).

  28. Chu, C.-Y.* and Durango-Cohen, P. (2008b), Incorporating Maintenance-Effectiveness in the Estimation of Dynamic Infrastructure Performance Models, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering,  23(3), 174-188 (SCI).

  29. Chu, C.-Y.* and Durango-Cohen, P. (2008c), Empirical Comparison of Statistical Pavement Performance Models, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 14(2), 138-149 (SCI).

  30. Chu, C.-Y.* and Durango-Cohen, P. (2007), Estimation of Infrastructure Performance Models Using State-space Specifications of Time Series Models, Transportation Research Part C, 15(1), 17-32 (SCI).

Teaching

• Engineering Statistics (Undergraduate)

• Optimization Models and Methods for Transportation (Graduate)

Book

• H.-K. Chen, Y.-C. Chiou, J. C. Chu (2017), Traffic Engineering, 2nd Edition, Wu-Nan Book Inc. (in Chinese)

• H.-K. Chen, Y.-C. Chiou, J. C. Chu (2010), Traffic Engineering, 1st Edition, Wu-Nan Book Inc. (in Chinese)

Awards and Honors

• Best Paper Award (3rd Place), 2020 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Institute of Transportation and International Conference, 2020

• Project for Excellent Junior Research Investigators (Three-year), Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2019-2022

• Project for Excellent Junior Research Investigators (Three-year), Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2016-2019

• Project for Excellent Junior Research Investigators (Three-year), National Science Council, Taiwan, 2013-2016

• Outstanding Research Award, National Central University, Taiwan, 2012

• 2011 ASCE Outstanding Reviewer - Journal of Infrastructure Systems

• Excellent Undergraduate Advisor Award, National Central University, Taiwan, 2011

• World's Best Dad, 2006-present