Data-Driven Decision-Making

Research Areas

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) — machine learning/deep learning
  • Passenger service quality
  • Airline operations

Project Examples

  • Modeling and Evaluating Alternatives to Enhance Access to an Airport and Meet Future Expansion Needs, United States Department of Transportation Tier 1 University Transportation Center led by San Jose State University, March 2021 to March 2023.
  • Effect of Weather Events on Travel Time Reliability and Crash Occurrence, United States Department of Transportation Tier 1 University Transportation Center led by San Jose State University, June 2020 to December 2021.
  • Increasing the Utilization of Weather Data for Safety Applications and Traveler Information, Funded by the North Carolina Department of Transportation, August 2015 to January 2017.
  • CRS & SI Technologies for Reliable Transportation Systems Planning. Funded by the United States Department of Transportation – Research and Innovative Technology Administration Program; Matching funds from Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina Department of Transportation and City of Charlotte Department of Transportation, September 2012 to February 28, 2015.

Facilities

Transportation Modeling & Simulations Laboratory
Undergraduate Traffic and Instruction Laboratory

Faculty

Don Chen
Yuting (Tina) Chen
Srinivas Pulugurtha
Omidreza Shoghli
Lei Zhu