SusTrans Lab is a research group directed by Dr. Jane Lin at the University of Illinois Chicago. The group's research interests are, all with a strong focus of sustainability, in particular environmental sustainability:
Transportation systems analysis with focus on energy and emissions/air quality modeling
City logistics and freight transportation
Emerging mobility service enabled by information technology
Data analytics and optimization, advanced statistical and mathematical modeling
Hosseinpanahi, D., Yang, J., Zou, B. and Lin, J. (2026) Mixed fleet truck platooning: Joint routing, scheduling, and charging optimization for electric and conventional trucks, 2026 ASCE T&DI Transportation Conference, Detroit, MI, June 28-July 1, 2026 .
Yang, J., Zou, B., Zhou, X. and Lin, J. (2025) Hydrogen Refueling Station Location under Demand Uncertainty: A Hybrid BD–SVD Decomposition Framework, INFORMS TSL Society Conference 2026, Cambridge, MA, July 26-29, 2026.
Yang, J., Shafiee, A., Rastegar Moghaddam, H. and Lin, J. (2026) Joint Location Optimization of Hydrogen Refueling Station and Charging Station along U.S. Interstate Highway Network, 2026 IEEE ITSC , Naples, Italy, September 15-18, 2026
Dr. Lin is appointed Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, one of the top tier transportation research journals. Her appointment starts January 1, 2026.
Dr. Lin moderated the Panel on Resilient and Sustainable Highway Infrastructure, at the Workshop on Data that Extends the Life-Cycle of Highway Infrastructure Assets, the 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 5-9, 2025.
“Decarbonizing transportation systems: Challenges and Innovations”, Keynote speech by Dr. Lin at the 2024 Annual Conference of the Association of Chinese American Scientists and Engineers, Arlington Heights, IL, October 26, 2024.
New publications since August 2025:
Zheng, H.*, Li, J.*, Lin, J. and Nie, Y.+ (2025) Exploiting modularity for co-modal passenger-freight transportation, Transportation Research Part B: methodologies, Vol.196, 103217.
Cheng, X. *, Shafiee, A.*, Rastegar, H.* and Lin, J.+ (2025) An On-Demand Autonomous Modular Ridesharing Service, International Journal of Transportation and Logistics Research, Vol. 1(1): 2.
Rastegar Moghaddam, H. *, Shafiee, A. *, and Lin, J.+ (2025) Toward Resilient Logistics Electrification: Assessing Diesel-to-Electric Fleet Transition and System Vulnerability Under Variable Temperatures, Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment, Vol. 148, 104971.
Yousefibasser, M.*, Cheng, Y-L* and Lin, J.+ (2025) Investigation of Transportation Barriers to Healthcare Services in Rural Illinois, Journal of Transportation Research Board: Transportation Research Records, Vol. 2680 (2).
Yang, J.*, Hosseinpanahi, D.*, Zou, B. and Lin, J.+ (2026) Powering long haul freight: Hydrogen refueling station siting using pipeline infrastructure, Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment, Vol. 154, 105226.
Hosseinpanahi, D.*+, Zadtootaghaj, P., Lin, J., Mohammadian, A., & Zou, B. (2026). Machine Learning Models for Bike-Sharing Demand Forecasting. Future Transportation, 6(1), 26.
Shafiee, A*, Rastegar Moghaddam, H. *and Lin, J.+ (2026) An Alternative Last-Mile Delivery System: Leveraging Microhubs and Crowdshipping, Transportation Research Part D: Transportation and the Environment, Vol.154, 105239.
Hosseinpanahi, D.* +, Yang, J.*, Zou, B. and Lin, J. (2026) Integrated Optimization of Routing, Scheduling, Charging, and Platooning for a Mixed Fleet of Electric and Conventional Trucks. Future Transportation, 6(2), 68.
Shafiee, A.*, Rastegar Moghaddam, H.* and Lin, J.+ (accepted) Urban Parcel Delivery with Mobile Automated Parcel Stations: A Hybrid Clustering, Optimization, and Simulation Approach, Transportation Research Procedia.
Dr. Lin is appointed Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, one of the top tier transportation research journals. Her appointment starts January 1, 2026.
Congratulations to PhD student Maryam Yousefibaseri on receiving the 2026 WTS Presdient's Scholarship.
Congratulations to PhD student Maryam Yousefibaseri to be appointed a member of the TRB committee on transportation in rural areas (AQC16). Her appointment starts August 1 2026.
Dr. Lin is subcontract PI on a USDOT SBIR project entitled "DOT SBIR: FleetLynq: AI-driven Decision Support Solution for Transit Fleet”, September 2025 - February 2026.
Dr. Lin is PI on a new Illinois Center for Transportation (ICT) grant entitled "“Development of a Project-Scale Air Quality Screening Tool”, August 2024 - February 2027.
Congratulations to Xi Cheng on his paper being accepted for presentation at the 25th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT), Ann Arbor, MI, July 15-17, 2024.