ABOUT ME
I obtained my Transportation System Engineering PhD degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. I had a great time at the University of Texas at El Paso from 2002 to 2006. Since 2010 I have been an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona and I founded Metropia, Inc. in 2012.
I started my academic career focusing in the area of simulation-based dynamic traffic assignment (DTA). I have been a principal developer and consultant to the US FHWA on the Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) program in the 2010s. One of the hallmark tools originating from my research career is DynusT, a simulation-based DTA model that is widely used internationally.
My quest to solving the urban mobility challenges led to the creation of Metropia in 2012. Metropia is an information and incentive-based personal mobility and transportation system management platform aiming to bring Mobility-as-a-Service and Tools (MaaS&T) for future urban mobility management. Metropia utilizes real-time traffic and incident data and advanced traffic prediction and incentive algorithms to predict future traffic conditions and to use dynamically adjusted incentives pricing as a mechanism to shift demand to less congested times, routes, and various mobility options.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Appointments
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Director: DynusT Laboratory
Founder: Metropia Inc.
Member: TRB ABD30 Network Modeling Committee
Member: TRB ABN Emergency Evacuation
Associate Editor: International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology

EDUCATION
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Urban System and Transportation System Dynamics.
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Hybrid and Multi-Resolution Simulation Assignment Modeling Approaches.
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Large-scale regional evacuation modeling and decision support system design.
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Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS): real-time vehicle guidance, autonomous, decentralized, hybrid vehicle routing, advanced traveler information system, design and evaluation of ITS deployment, dynamic traffic assignment, and traffic estimation and prediction using advanced sensing technologies.
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Transportation system operations and controls: corridor management, real-time system operation and design, operations and performance of Dynamic Message Signs.
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Urban transportation planning: network equilibrium, dynamic traffic assignment combined with activity-based analysis, congestion pricing, network reliability.
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Telecommunication technologies in ITS applications: decision support systems for technology deployment.
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Large-scale intermodal freight transportation systems modeling – intermodal facility locations, operations and traffic management.
Ph.D. 2002
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Transportation Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin
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Dissertation: Generalized Real-Time Route Guidance Strategies in Urban Networks
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Advisor: Prof. Hani S. Mahmassani
M.Sc.1994
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Transportation Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University
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Thesis: Forecasting Potential Demand for Electric Motorcycles
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Advisor: Prof. Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
B.Sc. 1992
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Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University