TEAM
Kun Xie, Director​
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Dr. Xie is the director of the Transportation Informatics Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). He holds a Ph.D. degree in transportation planning and engineering from New York University. Prior to joining ODU, he worked as a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor in USA) in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at University of Canterbury and as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) and Department of Urban and Civil Engineering at New York University. He was invited as a Visiting Fellow to The University of Hong Kong, University College London, Imperial College London, and Delft University of Technology. His research work has been recognized by prestigious awards such as IEEE ITS Best Dissertation Award, CUTC Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award, and Transportation Research Board (TRB) Best Paper Award.
Xiaomeng Dong​, PhD Candidate
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Xiaomeng Dong is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil & Environment Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). She received her M.S. in Urban Informatics from New York University, M.S., and B.S. in Urban Planning from Changan University. Her research interests lie in driving behavior, transportation safety, and urban informatics.
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Xiaomeng received the WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship and CEE Excellent Research Assistant Award in 2022.
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Featured Publication: Dong, X., Xie, K., Yang, H., 2022. How did COVID-19 impact driving behaviors and crash severity? A multigroup structural equation modeling. Accident Analysis & Prevention 172, 106687. (Among most downloaded)
Guocong Zhai, PhD Candidate
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Guocong Zhai is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil & Environment Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). He received a M.S. in Transportation Planning and Management from Southwest Jiaotong University and a B.S. in Transportation Safety Engineering from Changan University. His research interests are broadly in applications of causal inference and machine learning approaches to address safety issues.
Guocong received Rollie Dubbe Engineering Scholarship and William A. Drewry Award in 2022.
Featured Publication: Zhai, G., Xie, K., Yang, D., Yang, H., 2022. Assessing the safety effective-ness of citywide speed limit reduction: A causal inference approach integrating propensity score matching and spatial difference-in-differences. Transportation Research Part A 157, 94-106.
Abdalziz Alruwaili, PhD Candidate
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Abdalziz is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODO). Abdalziz obtained his master’s degree in Civil Engineering from The Catholic University of America. His research interests are in behavioral safety research, driving simulator, and connected and autonomous vehicles.
Qingwen Pu, PhD Student
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Qingwen is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil & Environment Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). He received a M.S. in Computer Science and Technology from Inner Mongolia University. His research interests are broadly in computer vision and deep learning approaches to advancing traffic safety analytics.
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Hongyu Guo, PhD Candidate
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Hongyu Guo is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering at the University of Canterbury (UC). He received his M.S. in Communication and Transportation Engineering and his B.S. in Traffic Engineering from Tongji University. His research interests lie in traffic big data analytics, driving behavior, traffic safety, and connected and autonomous vehicles.
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Featured Publication: Guo, H., Keyvan-Ekbatani, M., Xie, K., 2022. Lane change detection and prediction using real-world connected vehicle data. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 142, 103785.
Huy Anh Ngo, Master's Student
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Huy is a Master's student in the Department of Civil engineering and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University concentrating on Transportation Engineering. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the same institution. He is interested in traffic engineering, driving simulator, and transportation safety.
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Uma Mahesh Babu Pokuri, Master's Student
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Uma is a Master's student in the Civil & Environment Engineering Department focusing on Transportation Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU). He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering at GITAM University. His research interests lie in transportation simulation and analysis.
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Uma is now a traffic engineer at WSP.
Sebastian Osei, Master's Student
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Sebastian is a Master's student in the Department of Civil engineering and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University concentrating on Transportation Engineering. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana in 2011. The community where he grew up is confronted with many transportation problems. He is motivated to purse a career in transportation engineering to solve those problems for his community.
Samantha Lugo, Undergraduate Researcher
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Samantha Lugo is an undergraduate student in the Departments of Psychology and Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). She will obtain a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology at UTSA. Her research interests lie in behavior and transportation safety.