Research interests

• Smart transportation
  • Wireless sensor networks for vehicle detection and speed estimation using machine learning and computer vision
  • Real-time estimation of traffic composed of both human driven and autonomous vehicles using nonlinear filtering techniques
  • Optimal traffic control on transportation networks using convex optimization

• Mathematical models of distributed parameter systems
  • Mathematical modeling of nonlinear conservation laws on networks with applications in traffic
  • Exact and approximated numerical schemes for solving nonlinear conservation laws on networks
  • Efficient and optimal management of traffic on networks using optimization techniques

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Ph.D in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Systems (SRIS), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, expected to graduate in Spring 2017 (flexible).
  • Advisor: Prof. Daniel Work.

• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • M.S in Mechanical Engineering (Control theory), 2012.
  • Advisor: Prof. Christian Claudel (now at UT Austin).

• Zhejiang University
  • B.S in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics), 2011.