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Alumni
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Graduate students
Simanta Barman
Simanta Barman
Spring 2021 - Spring 2026
PhD in Computer Science, Spring 2026
MS in Civil Engineering, Fall 2022
MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Spring 2023
Current employer: Amazon.com (Research Scientist)
Publications
Publications
PhD dissertation: Maximum throughput in stochastic flow networks using Lyapunov optimization
MS thesis: Performance, throughput properties, and optimal location evaluation for max-pressure control
S. Barman, M. W. Levin, R. Stern, & G. Lindsey (2025). Efficient pedestrian and bicycle traffic flow estimation combining mobile-sourced data with route choice prediction. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 173, 105046.
S. Barman & M. W. Levin (2023). Throughput properties and optimal locations for limited deployment of max-pressure controls. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 150, 140105.
S. Barman & M. W. Levin (2022). Performance evaluation of modified cyclic max pressure controlled intersections in realistic corridors. Transportation Research Record, 03611981211072807.
T. Xu, S. Barman, & M. W. Levin (2024). Smoothing-MP: A novel max-pressure signal control considering signal coordination to smooth traffic in urban networks. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 166, 104760.
T. Xu, S. Barman, M. W. Levin, R. Chen, & T. Li (2022). Integrating public transit signal priority into max-pressure signal control: methodology and simulation study on a downtown network. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 138, 103614.
Awards
Awards
Te Xu
Te Xu
Fall 2020 - Fall 2023
PhD in Civil Engineering, Fall 2023
MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Fall 2023
Current employer: Amazon.com (Research Scientist)
Publications
Publications
PhD dissertation: Boosting max-pressure signal control into practical implementation: methodologies and simulation studies in city networks
T. Xu, S. Barman, & M. W. Levin (2024). Smoothing-MP: A novel max-pressure signal control considering signal coordination to smooth traffic in urban networks. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 166, 104760.
T. Xu, Y. Bika, & M. W. Levin (2024). Ped-MP: A pedestrian-friendly max-pressure signal control policy for city networks. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 150(7), 04024028.
T. Xu, M. Cieniawski, & M. W. Levin (2024). FMS-Dispatch: A fast maximum stability dispatch policy for shared autonomous vehicles including exiting passengers under stochastic travel demand. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 20(3), 10.1080/23249935.2023.2214968.
T. Xu, S. Barman, M. W. Levin, R. Chen, & T. Li (2022). Integrating public transit signal priority into max-pressure signal control: methodology and simulation study on a downtown network. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 138, 103614.
Awards
Awards
Shi'an Wang
Shi'an Wang
Summer 2019 - Fall 2022
PhD in Civil Engineering, Fall 2022
Current employer: University of Kansas (faculty)
Publications
Publications
PhD dissertation: Planning, operation, and management of automated transportation systems: A control-theoretic approach
S. Wang, M. W. Levin, & R. Stern (2026). String stable control design for automated vehicles under cyberattacks. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations, 30(1), 177–189.
S. He, S. Wang, Y. Shao, Z. Sun, & M. W. Levin (2026). A connectivity-based real-time traffic prediction considering lane-changing maneuvers with application to eco-driving control of electric vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 75(1), 168–181.
S. Wang, M. W. Levin, & R. Stern (2023). Optimal feedback control law for automated vehicles in the presence of cyberattacks: a min-max approach. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 153, 104204.
S. Wang, M. Shang, M. W. Levin, & R. Stern (2023). A general approach to smoothing nonlinear mixed traffic via control of autonomous vehicles. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 146, 103967.
S. Wang, A. Mahlberg, & M. W. Levin (2023). Optimal control of automated vehicles for autonomous intersection management with design specifications. Transportation Research Record, 03611981221109166.
W. Sun, S. Wang, Y. Shao, Z. Sun, & M. W. Levin (2022). Energy and mobility impacts of connected autonomous vehicles with co-optimization of speed and powertrain on mixed vehicle platoons. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 142, 103764.
S. Wang, R. Stern, & M. W. Levin (2022). Optimal control of autonomous vehicles for traffic smoothing. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(4), 3842–3852.
S. Wang, Z. Li, & M. W. Levin (2022). Optimal policy for integrating autonomous vehicles into the auto market. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 143, 103821.
S. Wang, M. W. Levin, & R. Caverly (2021). Optimal parking management of connected autonomous vehicles: a control-theoretic approach. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 124, 102924.
Awards
Awards
Best Dissertation Award of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
Rongsheng Chen
Rongsheng Chen
Spring 2018 - Spring 2021
PhD in Civil Engineering, Spring 2021
Current employer: Beijing Jiaotong University (faculty)
Publications
Publications
PhD dissertation: Maximum-stability distributed control in traffic networks
J. Robbennolt, R. Chen, & M. W. Levin (2022). Microsimulation study evaluating the benefits of cyclic and non-cyclic max-pressure control of signalized intersections. Transportation Research Record, 03611981221095520.
T. Xu, S. Barman, M. W. Levin, R. Chen, & T. Li (2022). Integrating public transit signal priority into max-pressure signal control: methodology and simulation study on a downtown network. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 138, 103614.
R. Chen, J. Hu, M. W. Levin, & D. Rey (2020). Stability-based analysis of autonomous intersection management with pedestrians. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 114, 463–483.
R. Chen & M. W. Levin (2019). Dynamic user equilibrium of mobility-on-demand system with linear programming rebalancing strategy. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2673), 447–459.
Awards
Awards
Jack Olsson
Jack Olsson
Spring 2018 - Fall 2018
MS in Civil Engineering, Fall 2018
Current employer: Kimley-Horn
Publications
Publications
MS thesis: Integration of microsimulation and optimized autonomous intersection management
J. Olsson & M. W. Levin (2020). Integration of microsimulation and optimized autonomous intersection management. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 146(9), 0000407.
Awards
Awards
Undergraduate research assistants (University of Minnesota)
Undergraduate research assistants (University of Minnesota)
Julia Peterson
Jacob Grzesiak
M. W. Levin, J. Nie, & J. Grzesiak (2025). Does traveling to school before sunrise affect whether elementary school students walk or bike? Results from stated and revealed preference surveys in Minnesota. Transport Policy, 171, 476–486.
Grace Arndsten
M. Nankali, G. Arndtsen, & M. W. Levin (2026). Integrated traffic assignment model for evaluating shared mobility impacts on urban transportation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 160, 105556.
Charles Diebel
Jaoting (Justin) Nie
M. W. Levin, J. Nie, & J. Grzesiak (2025). Does traveling to school before sunrise affect whether elementary school students walk or bike? Results from stated and revealed preference surveys in Minnesota. Transport Policy, 171, 476–486.
David Peterson
Yashveer Bika
- T. Xu, Y. Bika, & M. W. Levin (2024). Ped-MP: A pedestrian-friendly max-pressure signal control policy for city networks. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 150(7), 04024028.
Rocio Cotta Antunez (URS)
- R. Cotta Antunez & M. W. Levin (2024). How does eco-routing affect total system emissions? City network predictions from user equilibrium models. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25(2), 1408–1417.
Jake Robbennolt (IOP)
- BS Honors thesis: A microsimulation study evaluating the benefits of cyclic and non-cyclic max-pressure control of signalized intersections
- J. Robbennolt & M. W. Levin (2023). Maximum throughput dispatch for shared autonomous vehicles including vehicle rebalancing. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(9), 9871–9885.
- J. Robbennolt, R. Chen, & M. W. Levin (2022). Microsimulation study evaluating the benefits of cyclic and non-cyclic max-pressure control of signalized intersections. Transportation Research Record, 03611981221095520.
- Richard P. Braun Transportation Scholarship
Maria Cieniawski (IOP)
T. Xu, M. Cieniawski, & M. W. Levin (2024). FMS-Dispatch: A fast maximum stability dispatch policy for shared autonomous vehicles including exiting passengers under stochastic travel demand. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 20(3), 10.1080/23249935.2023.2214968.
Aidan Mahlberg
- S. Wang, A. Mahlberg, & M. W. Levin (2022). Optimal control of automated vehicles for autonomous intersection management with design specifications. Transportation Research Record, 03611981221109166.
Rohit Sharma
Akshay Ramen
Jeffrey Hu (IOP)
- BS Honors thesis: Max-pressure signal control with cyclical phase structure
- M. W. Levin, J. Hu, & M. Odell (2020). Max-pressure signal control with cyclical phase structure. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 120, 102838.
- R. Chen, J. Hu, M. W. Levin, & D. Rey (2020). Stability-based analysis of autonomous intersection management with pedestrians. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 114, 463–483.
Alison Lee
Zhexian Li
- Z. Li, M. W. Levin, X. Qu, & R. Stern (2023). A network traffic model for the control of autonomous vehicles acting as moving bottlenecks. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(9), 9004–9015.
- S. Wang, Z. Li, & M. W. Levin (2022). Optimal policy for integrating autonomous vehicles into the auto market. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 143, 103821.
- D. Kang, Z. Li, & M. W. Levin (2022). Evasion planning for autonomous intersection control based on an optimized conflict point control formulation. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 14(12), 2074–2110.
Michael Odell
- M. W. Levin, J. Hu, & M. Odell (2020). Max-pressure signal control with cyclical phase structure. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 120, 102838.
- M. W. Levin, M. Odell, S. Samarasena, & A. Schwartz (2019). A linear program for optimal integration of shared autonomous vehicles with public transit. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 109, 267–288.
Gabriel Fromm
Tom Harless (IOP)
Yiming Zhao
Tab Zhang (UROP)
- R. Chen, T. Zhang, & M. W. Levin (2020). Effects of variable speed limit on energy consumption with autonomous vehicles on urban roads using modified cell transmission model. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 146(7), 0000379.
Shaluka Samarasena
- M. W. Levin, M. Odell, S. Samarasena, & A. Schwartz (2019). A linear program for optimal integration of shared autonomous vehicles with public transit. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 109, 267–288.
Undergraduate research assistants (The University of Texas at Austin)
Undergraduate research assistants (The University of Texas at Austin)
Mathias Hanssen (UI-UTC)
Tejas Choudhary
Rahul Patel (UI-UTC)
- M. W. Levin, S. D. Boyles, & R. Patel (2016). Paradoxes of reservation-based intersection controls in traffic networks. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 90, 14–25.
- R. Patel, M. W. Levin, & S. D. Boyles (2016). Effects of autonomous vehicle behavior on arterial and freeway networks. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2561), 9–17.
Alyssa Callin (GLUE)
Diego Neri (UI-UTC)
Hagen Fritz (GLUE)
- M. W. Levin, H. Fritz, & S. D. Boyles (2017). On optimizing reservation-based intersection controls. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 18(3), 505–515.
Eby Lukose (GLUE)
- E. Lukose, M. W. Levin, & S. D. Boyles (2019). Incorporating insights from signal optimization into reservation-based intersection controls. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(3) 250–264.
Hannah Smith (GLUE)
- M. W. Levin, H. Smith, & S. D. Boyles (2019). A dynamic four-step planning model of empty repositioning trips for personal autonomous vehicles. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 145(5).
Rebecca Hutchinson
Rachel Allensworth
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