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Education
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Transportation Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug 2019 - June 2024
- Advisor: Professor Bin Ran
- Thesis Topic: A Learning-based Integrated Framework of Motion Prediction and Planning for Connected and Automated Vehicles: Towards Interaction, Multi-Modality, and Relational Reasoning.
MS in Computer Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jan 2020 - May 2022
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Advanced Infrastructure Systems
Carnegie Mellon University, Aug 2017 - Dec 2018
B.Eng in Civil Engineering
Southeast University, Aug 2013 - Jun 2017
Academic Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | Texas A&M University | Aug 2024 - Present
- Designed campus digital twin systems for human activities and vehicle mobility.
- Designed digital twin systems for vehicle safety analysis and environment interaction analysis.
- Developed hypergraph-based group-wise dynamic interaction-aware with relational reasoning for motion generation and planning of multi-agent systems.
- Developed explainable and generalizable relational reasoning for multi-agent interaction.
- Developed spatial-temporal multi-modal data fusion and imputation frameworks.
Research Assistant
CAVH Research Group & Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Sept 2019 - Aug 2024
- Developed graph-based interaction-aware and multi-modal vehicle motion prediction.
- Developed deep learning based decision-making and motion planning for CAV considering interaction and relational reasoning.
- Developed a deep learning based data reconstruction framework based on sparsely located sensors.
- Designed and developed CARLA simulation and digital twin modeling for automated driving.
- Develop deep reinforcement learning based control methods for the CAV platoons.
- Developed Connected Reference Marker (CRM) system circuit demonstration for vehicle positioning.
- Contributed to architecture design and patent writing of Collaborate Automated Driving System (CADS).
Project Assistant
Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Sept 2019 - Aug 2024
- Manager: Dr. Steven T. Parker.
- Developed the data pipe of the City of Madison Connected Vehicle Corridor Project.
- Evaluated the performance of C-V2X in urban environments.
- Designed a digital twin for the connected vehicle corridor.
- Enhanced algorithms and data processing of WisTransPortal V-SPOC Traffic Detector Database.
- Upgraded web-based tools for efficient V-SPOC traffic data analysis and extraction.
Academic Services
Project Leader
CAVH Research Group | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022CARLA Research Project: Simulation of the Collaborative Automated Driving Systems
Teaching Assistant
Civil and Environmental Engineering | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Spring 2020 - Spring 2022
- CEE 678 Advanced Traffic Modeling and Computer Simulation
- CEE 579 Seminar-Transportation Engineering
Course Grader
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Carnegie Mellon University | Spring 2018 - Fall 2018
- CEE 12-741 Data Management
- CEE 12-638 Behavior of Structural Systems
Academic Society Affiliations
- Guest Editor of Electronics - Special Issue: Advanced Control Technologies for Next-Generation Autonomous Vehicles
- Affiliate Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Member of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS)
Skills
- Python
- Java
- MATLAB
- SQL
- Julia
- C#
- html
- JavaScript
- C
- Pytorch
- TensorFlow
- Keras
- scikit-learn
- numpy
- pandas
- opencv-python
- Django
- Pytorch Geometric
- CARLA
- SUMO
- PostgreSQL
- Oracle SQL Developer
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- ArcGIS
- Rhino
- Grasshopper