“We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.”
– Coco
Ph.D.
Xu, Zhe
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
xugeniusbsb
Zhe Xu received his Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering in 2016 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His outstanding achievements have been passed on from generation to generation in our group.
Dissertation title: Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram Estimation Based on Connected Vehicle Data
Wan, Xia
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
xiawancq
Xia Wan received her Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016. She is currently a technical lead of the data warehouse team at Globalfoundires- world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers.
Dissertation title: Modeling Freeway Merging as a Sequential Decision-Making Process
Chen, Xiaoxuan
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
robert.xch
Xiaoxuan Chen received his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017. Currently, he is a staff scientist at Nauto.ai, focusing on driving safety and autonomy.
Dissertation title: Data-Driven Based Online System for Dynamic People Flow Prediction in Large Network Using Cellular Data
Ding, Fan
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
fding5
Fan Ding received the Ph. D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2017, and the M.S. degree in Computer Science in 2016 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently an assistant professor at the School of Transportation, Southeast University, China. His main research interests include traffic big data analysis, learning-based traffic modeling, and proactive traffic control.
Li, Qing
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
qingwisc
Qing Li received the Ph.D. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2017, and the M.S. degrees in Computer Science in 2016 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently an engineer leader at TikTok (Bytedance) Inc, and previously worked at Facebook and BMW Technology Corporation with 7 patents in connected driving areas.
Li, Shen
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Research Associate
Email:
sli299
Shen Li received a Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2018. He is a research associate at Tsinghua University. His research is about Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Architecture Design of CAVH System, Vehicle-infrastructure Cooperative Planning and Decision Method, Traffic Data Mining based on Cellular Data, and Traffic Operations and Management.
Zhou, Yang
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Research Associate
Email:
zhou295
Yang Zhou received the Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019, and the M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in civil engineering, UW-Madison. His main research directions are connected automated vehicles robust control, interconnected system stability analysis, traffic big data analysis, and microscopic traffic flow modeling.
Zhang, Zhen
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
np2h2h
Zhen Zhang received Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering in 2019 and M.S. degree in Computer Science in 2015 from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently working as Research Scientist at Meta Platforms, Inc.
Dissertation title: Deep Long Short-Term Memory Network Embedded Connected Automated Car-Following Model Predictive Control Strategy
Li, Xiaotian
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
xanderinsj
Xiaotian Li received his Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021. He is currently a Researcher at SenseAuto.
Dissertation title: Simulation and Characterization of Complex Mixed Traffic Behavior
Dong, Shuoxuan
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
dshuoxuan
Shuoxuan Dong received his Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering in 2021 and M.S. degree in Computer Science in 2019 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently working as Research Scientist at Meta Platforms, Inc.
Dissertation title: On the Use of Generative Adversarial Network for Anomaly Detection in Automated Driving Systems
Chen, Tianyi
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Research Associate
Email:
tchen224
Tianyi Chen received his Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021. He is currently a Postdoc Research Associate at UW-Madison. His research interests include distributed control of the connected automated vehicle, macroscopic traffic state estimation, architecture design for automated driving system.
Lin, Chun-wei
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
lin48
Chun-Wei Lin joined the CAVH group in Spring 2020. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in Fall 2021.
Dissertation title: Mode Choice Analysis and Prediction of Trip Chaining Behavior: Using Multinomial Logit Model and Validating with Neural Network Machine Learning
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
– Steve Jobs
M.S.
Sun, Zimin
Credentials: M.S.
Email:
zsun86
Zimin Sun (Michael) received his Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017. He is actively working to bring safe and exciting autonomous vehicles on the road in the Volkswagen Group.
Dissertation title: Freeway Capacity analysis with L3 automated driving
Subhanka, Nanicha
Credentials: M.S.
Email:
nownanicha
Nanicha Subhanka (Now) received her Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2018. She is currently working at the Department of Highways, Thailand.
Dissertation title: Impact of Level 3 Automated Vehicle Merging on 2-to-1 Lane Freeway
Jantarathaneewat, Nutvara
Credentials: M.S.
Email:
nutvaraj
Nutvara Jantarathaneewat (Goo) received her Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. She is currently working at the Department of Rural Roads of Thailand.
Dissertation title: Efficiency Evaluation of Passing Lane Configurations on Dedicated Lane for Autonomous Vehicle Level 3
Zhang, Xiaodan
Credentials: M.S.
Email:
xdzhang83
Xiaodan Zhang received her Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. She is currently working at T.Y. Lin international as a transportation planning and designing specialist.
Cao, Han
Credentials: M.S.
Email:
ch974396031
Han Cao received his Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021. He is currently working in Shenzhen Urban Transport Planning Center as an intelligent transportation engineer.
Dissertation title: Safety Analysis For Commercial Autonomous Vehicle Car Following
Boonjaroenkit, Chatcharin
Credentials: M.S.
Email:
chatcharinb19
Chatcharin Boonjaroenkit received his M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2021.
Dissertation title: Impact of the dedicated lane configuration at the work zone for traffic involved with level 3 automated vehicle on 3-to-2 lane drop freeway
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”
-Arthur Ashe
Visiting Scholars / Students
Li, Linheng
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Research Associate
Email:
leelinheng
Linheng Li received the Ph.D degree in traffic engineering from Southeast university in 2021. He pursued study at University of Wisconsin-Madison as a visiting PhD. student from Oct. 2019 to Oct. 2020. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at Southeast university. His main research directions include traffic safety and traffic flow modeling under CAVs environment.
Li, Hanchu
Position title: Ph.D. Student
Email:
230189274
Hanchu Li joined the CAVH group as a visiting scholar from November 2019 to October 2021. He is a Ph.D. student at the Southeast University in China. His main research directions are connected vehicles highway and traffic flow theory.
Zheng, Yuan
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Research Associate
Email:
yuan6.zheng
Yuan Zheng received his Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from the Southeast University in Nanjing, China. He was a visiting Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His main research includes the connected automated vehicle and platoon control, management and optimization of connected automated transportation system, and microscopic traffic flow modeling.
Lin, Yangxin
Credentials: Ph.D.
Email:
martintsinghua
Yangxin Lin received Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering from Peking University in 2021. He was a visiting Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. He is currently working at Kuaishou.
Mo, Yanghui
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Research Fellow
Email:
myh9022
Yanghui Mo was a visiting Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019 and received a Ph.D. degree in 2021 at Wuhan University of Technology. She is currently a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. Her research interests are transport planning, Vehicle-infrastructure cooperative planning and management.
Guo, Jin
Credentials: M.S.
Email:
jinguo1029
Address:
Jin Guo received M.S. degree in Transportation Engineering in 2021 from Southeast University and B.E. degree in Traffic Engineering in 2018 from Dalian University of Technology. She went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a visiting scholar in 2019. She is currently working as a civil servant in Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources of Shenzhen Municipality.
Wei, Leyu
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Transportation Engineer
Email:
leyu_wei
Leyu Wei received her Ph.D degree in Highway College from Chang’an University in 2020. She was offered by CAST to visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019 from June to November. Now she is working with consulting services and technical research of CVIS. Her research is about ITS, CVIS, road alignment design, emergency evacuation, traffic operation and management, driver’s behavior psychology.
Xie, Yumeng
Position title: Ph.D. Student
Email:
Xie1yu2meng3
Yumeng Xie received a Ph.D. degree at Wuhan University of Technology, in 2022 and the M.A. degree in Bangor University. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020. His research is about Fuzzy prediction, Data-path Optimization, Traffic Operations and Management.
Guo, Rongge
Credentials: Ph.D.
Position title: Research Fellow
Email:
r.guo
Address:
Rongge Guo received her PhD in June 2021 from Beijing Jiaotong University. She was a visiting Student at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020. She is a Research Fellow at the School of Computing and Engineering of the University of Huddersfield. Her main research interests are in Transport Engineering. More generally, her research focuses on public transport, ITS (intelligent transport systems), transport planning, transport management and traffic control.
Beliën, Jarne
Position title: Master Student
Email:
belien
Address:
Jarne Beliën joined the CAVH group for the Spring of 2022. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology at KU Leuven/UHasselt while studying abroad at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is interested in Transportation, Construction Engineering, and Surveying. Especially the design of road infrastructure considering AV implementation, BIM, and modern surveying technologies.