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Recent Activities in Traffic Safety & Operations Lab
Dr. G.L. Chang
Recent Activities (May 1-August 30)
I - The Traffic Safety & Operations Lab headed by Dr. G.L. Chang has recently been awarded research projects from MSHA and MDOT:
- ITS Technology for Work-zone Travel Time Prediction
- Work-zone Control and Capacity Analysis
- Reduce Intersection Accidents due to Dilemma zones - Phase III
- Real-time Traffic Monitoring and Emergency Management for Eastern Shore - Phase IV
- 2006 CHART Performance Evaluation for Incident Response and Management
- A Knowledge-base System for Prediction of Freeway Incident Duration
II - Three new post-doctoral research fellows have recently joined the Traffic Safety & Operations Lab:
- Dr. Nan Zou, graduated from University of Maryland at College Park. (Research Interests: Traffic System Operation, Traffic Simulation, and Travel Time Estimation and Prediction.)
- Dr. Hung-Wai Ho, graduated from The University of Hong Kong.(Research Interests: Macroscopic modeling approach for congestion pricing and housing related problems)
- Dr. Jie Yu, graduated from Tongji University, China.(Research Interests: Optimal Location Theory, Transit System Planning and Operation.)
III - The Lab has recently hosted presentations for technical groups from:
- Government of Shandong Province, China
- The Beijing Police Department, China
- TRB Representative - Dr. Peter Shaw
Published October 9, 2007
