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Dr. Zhang advises graduate students from both Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Computer Science at Michigan Tech as a committee chair. He also serves as a committee member for graduate students from other departments including Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences at Michigan Tech. To commit to diversity and recognize the barriers faced by women and other minorities in engaging science, Dr. Zhang has actively recruited and mentored women students in his research group at Michigan Tech. Dr. Zhang has been working with three women Ph.D. students, seven women undergraduate students, and one women high school student since 2013.
Committee Chair
Ph.D. Students in Progress
Yun-Chu Hung (Department of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering, 2020-present)
Yun-Chu is from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU). She received her BS degree in Transportation and Logistics Management and MS degree in Traffic and Transportation from NCTU. Her research interest focuses on applying operations research and machine learning to connected and automated vehicles and intelligent transportation systems.
email: yhung at mtu dot edu
Publications:
Hung, Y. Zhang, K. 2022. The Impact of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control on Traffic Stability. Transportation Research Record.
Yingtong Tan (Department of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering, 2019-present)
Yingtong is from South China University of Technology (SCUT). She received her BS degree in Automation and MS degree in Control Theory and Control Engineering in the School of Automation Science and Technology at SCUT. Her research interests focus on using optimization, control, and machine learning in connected and automated vehicles.
email: ytan3 at mtu dot edu
Publications:
Tan, Y. Zhang, K. 2022. A Real-Time Distributed Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Model Considering Time Delays and Actuator Lag. Transportation Research Record.
Qinjie Lyu (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2017-present)
Qinjie is from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). She received her BS degree in Telecommunications Engineering, and a Ph.D. student in Information and Communication Engineering in the School of Information and Communication Engineering at BUPT. Her research interests focus on using optimization, machine learning and game theory to connected and automated vehicles, UAV traffic monitoring, and big traffic data analytics.
Software Development:
POLARIS; iAATS; CARDS.
email: qlyu at mtu dot edu
Publications:
Lyu, Q. Zhang, K. A Best-Case Rosenthal Equilibrium based Coordination Mechanism for N-Person Online Routing Games of Connected and Automated Vehicles. The 98th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2019, Washington, D.C., USA.
Ph.D. Supervisions Completed:
Ali Jalooli (Department of Computer Science, 2016 - 2020) co-Chaired with Dr. Min Song at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Ali is a Computer Science Ph.D. student. His research interest focuses on vehicular ad-hoc networks, wireless networks and communication systems, mobile computing, cyber-physical systems, and connected and automated vehicles.
Initial Job Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, August 2020
Awards:
Doctoral Finishing Fellowship, 2020.
Shuaidong Zhao (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2014 - 2018)
Shuaidong is from Renmin University of China at Beijing. His research interests focus on using optimization, control theory and data-driven methods to investigate travel demand, transportation network, traffic flow dynamics, connected and automated vehicles, as well as interdependence between transportation and power networks.
Initial Job Placement: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Advanced Data & Analytics Team, National Grid US, New York, NY, January 2019.
Awards:
Outstanding Scholarship Award from the Graduate School at Michigan Tech, 2018.
Wilbur Haas Graduate Research Excellence Award, 2018.
Publications:
Zhao, S. Zhang, K. A Data-Driven Optimization based Model Predictive Control for Real-Time Connected and Automated Driving on Arterials under Uncertain Traffic Conditions. The 98th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2019, Washington, D.C., USA.
Zhao, S., Zhang, K. A data-driven Model Predictive Control framework for robust Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control using mobile sensing data. The 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
Zhao, S., Zhang, K. A data-driven dynamic route choice model under uncertainty using connected vehicle trajectory data. The 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
Zhao, S., Zhang, K., Brooks, C., Banach, D., Aden, S. A comprehensive overview of improving traffic flow observability using UAVs as mobile sensors. The 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 7-11, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
Zhao, S., Zhang, K., Observing Individual Dynamic Choices of Activity Chains from Location-based Crowdsourced Data. Transportation Research Part C. 2017.
Jafari, M., Gauchia, A., Zhao, S., Zhang, K. Gauchia, L. EV Battery Cycle Aging Investigation in Real-World Daily Driving and V2G Services, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2017.
Tang, Y., Zhao, S., Ten, C.-T., Zhang, K., 2017. Enhancement of Distribution Load Modeling Using Statistical Hybrid Regression. Proc. IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Apr. 23-26, 2017, Washington, DC, USA
Zhao, S., Zhang, K. 2017. A Data-Driven Optimization Model to Observe Individual Dynamic Choices of Activity-Travel-Path using Connected Vehicles as Mobile Sensors. The 96th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2017.
Zhao, S., Zhang, K. 2017. Observing Space-Time Queueing Dynamics at a Signalized Intersection using Vehicles as Mobile Sensors. The 96th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., 2017.
Committee Member
Ph.D. Students
Current:
NA
Alumni:
Zhuyong Yang, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2019. Dissertation: Optimization and Comparison of Over-Expanded and Other High Efficiency Four-Stroke Spark-Ignited Boosted Engines. Initial Job placement: Delphi Technologies.
Sangpil Ko, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2018. Dissertation: Woody Biomass Transportation and Logistics – Modeling Studies for Multimodal Alternatives. Initial Job placement: Korea Railroad Research Institute.
Luting Wang, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2018. Dissertation: Study of Modeling and Optimal Control of Plug-in Electric Vehicles and the Integration with Smart Grid. Initial Job placement: Delphi Technologies.
Mehdi Jafari, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 2018. Dissertation: A Bayesian Network Approach to Battery Aging in Electric Vehicle Transportation and Grid Integration. Initial Job placement: Postdoc at MIT.
Lengfei Han, Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, 2016. Dissertation: Scalable Integrated Circuit Simulation Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Teraflop Heterogeneous Parallel Computing Platforms. Initial Job placement: Intel Corp.
M.S. Students
Rezwana Kabir, MS in Civil Engineering, 2015.
Big Nattaporn Chuenjarern, MS in Mathematical Sciences, 2015.
Zhuyong Yang, MS in Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
Rashiduzzaman Bulbul, MS in Electrical Engineering, 2013.
Lab Hourly Research Assistants:
(SITS-Lab has actively involved graduate and undergraduate students from multidisciplinary areas such as Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Material Engineering in addition to Civil Engineering. Four women undergraduate students have worked in SITS-Lab)
Graduate Students
Jiancheng Li (M.S. student, Computer Science, 2016) - UAVvideoexplorer development.
Mingyang Li (M.S. student, Material Engineering, 2016) - Transportation network data.
Undergraduate Students
Sara Dancy (Undergraduate Student, Civil Engineering - Transportation, 2020-present)
Maggie Petersen (Undergraduate Student, Civil Engineering, 2020-present)
Rachel Anguish (Undergraduate Student, Environmental Engineering, 2020-present)
LeAnn Brinker (Undergraduate Student, Civil Engineering, 2017-2018) - UAV Traffic Monitoring.
Nathan Baxter (Undergraduate Student, Civil Engineering, 2017-2018) - UAV Traffic Monitoring.
Alyssa Leach (Undergraduate Student, Civil Engineering, 2017-2018) - UAV Traffic Monitoring.
Qinzhe Zhang (Undergraduate student, Electrical Engineering, 2016) - UAVvideoexplorer development.
He (Nina) Huang (Undergraduate student, Electrical Engineering, 2015-2016) - Transportation network data.
Caitlin Wotruba (Undergraduate student, Civil Engineering, 2013-2014) - Transportation network data.
High School Summer Interns
Sara Stawarz (High School Student, Livonia, MI, July 15-19, 2019) - Connected and Automated Vehicle Eco-Driving at a Signalized Intersection.