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My Google Scholar Citations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable Transportation Systems
Land Use, Transportation and Air Quality
Vehicle Activity Data\/Vehicle Classification
Sustainable Housing, and Community Development
Scenario-based Transportation Planning Policy Evaluation
Travel Demand Modeling
Mobile Source Emission Modeling <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Vision and Applications in Traffic Data Acquisition (most recent);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awarded Research Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Adaptive Video-based Vehicle Classification Technique for \nMonitoring Traffic. Funded by Ohio Department of Transportation, Student\n Study Problem Program. FY 2013. $40,000. \n<\/li>
  2. Traffic Data for Integrated Project-Level PM2.5 Conformity \nAnalysis (co-wrote with my advisor), Funded by Ohio Department of \nTransportation, Partnered Research Exploration Program (OPREP). FY \n2013-2014. $302,000.\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Research Projects(Selected):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Adaptive Video-based Vehicle Classification Technique for Monitoring\nTraffic, funded by Ohio Department of\nTransportation, 10\/01\/2014 to 10\/01\/2015.<\/li>
    2. Case Studies of Sustainable Water Resources and Infrastructure\nAdaptation to Climate and Socioeconomic Changes, funded by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 09\/30\/2009 to\n09\/30\/2014.<\/li>
    3. Traffic Data for Integrated Project-Level PM2.5 Conformity Analysis, funded by Ohio Department of Transportation, 04\/21\/2012-04\/21\/2014<\/li>
    4. Integrated Analysis Approach for Traffic Emission Impact, funded by Ohio Department of Transportation, 10\/01\/2010 to 01\/31\/2012.<\/li>
    5. Integrating Traffic Operation with Emission Impact using Dual-loop\nData, funded by Ohio Transportation\nConsortium (OTC), 09\/01\/2010 \u2013 12\/31\/2011.<\/li>
    6. Impact of Urban Traffic on Population Exposure to Air Pollution: An\nIntegrated Approach, funded by University of\nCincinnati Research Council, 08\/13\/09 – 07\/14\/10.<\/li>
    7. Bicycle Trip Forecasting Model: Cincinnati Metropolitan Case Study, funded by Ohio Department of Transportation, 04\/01\/2012 to 04\/01\/2013.<\/li>
    8. RET Site on Sustainable Engineering for Urban Needs: Research\nExperiences for Middle and High School Teachers, funded by National Science Foundation, summer (2009 \u2013 2012).<\/li>
    9. REU Site on Sustainable Engineering for Urban Needs: Research\nExperiences for Undergraduate Students, funded by National Science Foundation, summer (2009 \u2013 2013).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      My Research Statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      My desire to tackle complex transportation, logistics, and \nenvironmental issues and to educate future generations of leaders led me\n to pursue a doctoral degree in transportation engineering. After my \nstudies and work in the Philippines and China, I am longing to be a \nprofessional researcher and dedicate into the long-term well-being of \nthe urban transportation system. I have selected this torrent as it \nwould blend my desirability of becoming an excellent transportation \neducator, engineer, satisfy my curiosity about Sustainable Urban \nEngineering and stimulate my creativity to solve challenging problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      All the way through my days pursuing for higher education in \nuniversities, I sought enthusiastically the professional knowledge in \ntransportation engineering and planning as well as environmental issues.\n I have carefully chosen courses that will enhance my ability of design \nand carry out research. Because of my experience of studying in \nSouth-east Asia, I was able to perceive the importance of sustainable \nurban development in relation to the economical development. Studying \nsame textbooks with the western countries prepared me the basic \ninterdisciplinary knowledge in connection to the world. Working as an \napprentice in an architect\u2019s office exposed me into the real \nconstruction and civil engineering realm. Of course, my Ph.D. of civil \nengineering major in transportation made me a matured thinker and \nresearcher. My mentor, who is a distinguished professor and engineer as \nwell as educator, has fostered my ability of independent thinking and \nresearch skills. In the college research center, where most of our \nteaching and research activities were conducted, we were able to work on\n practical research projects with high concern regarding to the \nsustainable transportation infrastructure systems under unique settings.\n Aside from this, we also take our sight into the globalization and \nurbanization process of infrastructure development. My vision is getting\n keen to identify the correct from the delusive representational \nmatters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Interests in harmonious and functional urban transportation \ndevelopment long lasted from my teenage years and continued to thrive \nthroughout my undergraduate studies. I recognize that effective traffic \nstudies demands a comprehensive knowledge of the physical world while it\n also embraces creative and innovative alteration for the future. My \ndoctoral research is sustainable urban infrastructure design and \noperation, with a specific focus on the multifaceted relationship \nbetween the transportation system and the environment, focusing on how \nurban infrastructure and environmental policies affect the long-term \nhealth and wealth of cities and scientific metrics, policies and \ntechnologies that promote the evolution of economically and \nenvironmentally sustainable urban regions. In particular, I am \nespecially interested in the development of large transportation \ninfrastructure in relation to the urban development projects, that are \nspecifically designed to create urban environments which are not only \nsafe and functional, but which are also harmonious, fluid, and \nenvironmentally, socially sustainable. I have a strong belief that the \ntransportation planning as a fundamental of efficient running urban \ndevelopment systems. I look forward to working on developing more \nintelligent and interactive systems that provide real-time information \nand predictions of traffic conditions in the near future. Another trend \nthat fascinates me is the progress of sustainable urban engineering, \nfocus on how urban infrastructure and environmental policies affect the \nlong-term health and wealth of cities and scientific metrics, policies \nand technologies that promote the evolution of economically and \nenvironmentally sustainable urban regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In general, issues related to metropolitan development, urban \ninfrastructure, and environmental health are my concerns. I have set my \nresearch goals to be: conducting multi-disciplinary research addressing \ncomplex transportation challenge, developing and evaluating strategies \nthat improve safety, mobility and sustainability in transportation \nsystems, and the ability to construct, maintain, and operate \ntransportation infrastructure, working cooperatively and collaboratively\n with other research organizations and disciplines, and investing in \ntechnologies that support transportation research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In the last four years, I have conducted extensive studies about how \ntransportation related emissions will impacts physical world and to \nadaptively optimize this complicated system from the planning \nperspective. This complicated system starts with building a baseline \nscenario in travel demand model. Once the model is calibrated and \nvalidated, scenarios may be proposed and consequences such as introduced\n traffic and its emission can be therefore quantified. Traffic efficient\n measures and emission inventories will be back feed to the adaptive \nplanning. Likewise, the adaptive planning makes adjustments in land use \nand provide new inputs for the travel demand model. Such an iterative \nprocedure will continue until convergence is met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Another aspect of my research is loop data mining. Loop data obtained\n at freeways has been applied to generate traffic information for \nvarious traffic analysis applications. Typical information that could be\n derived from the dual-loop data includes traffic count, spot speed, \noccupancy, and others. Since the dual-loop detector consists of two \nsingle loop detectors which are placed apart at a fixed distance, the \ncapability of measuring vehicle lengths makes the dual-loop detectors a \npotential real-time data source for vehicle classifications. Recent \nstudies have proven that the measures of vehicle speed and length-based \nvehicle classification are greatly influenced by the traffic conditions,\n or phases of traffic flows, in particular under non\u2013free traffic flow \nconditions. The primary requisite for applying the loop-based vehicle \nclassifications under various traffic conditions is the capability to \nclarify the phases or states of traffic flows. My research is to \nidentify typical variables that could not only be able to represent the \ndistinctive characteristics of varied traffic phases, but also be \nquantitatively measurable from the dual-loop data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In summary, my research is focused on interdisciplinary research of \ncivil engineering and planning, environmental engineering, geography and\n many others. Because I care about the long-term health and wealth of \nthe urban development, sustainability would always be the theme of my \nstudy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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