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METRANS researchers represent several fields of engineering and the social sciences. Researchers are tenure track or non-tenure track research faculty with appointments at USC or CSULB. Since 1998, over 100 faculty have received funding for their research from METRANS. This section lists all METRANS researchers and provides links to their projects.
Dan Wei

Research Assistant Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy

Dan Wei

University of Southern California
3335 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles
CA
90089-7273

Projects Socioeconomic Dimensions of Resilience to Seaport and Highway Transportation Network DisruptionsDevelopment of an Economic Framework to Evaluate Resilience in Recovering from Major Port DisruptionsEconomic Analysis and Review of Commercial Vehicle Road User Charges
Sandrine Wenglenski

Assistant Professor

Sandrine Wenglenski

University of Paris-East



Projects Delivery Workers' City Life: A Short-Film on Deliveries in New York City
Hong Leung Wong

Professor, Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Hong Leung Wong

University of Southern California
3620 S. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles
CA
90089-2531

Projects Analysis of Vibrations and Infrastructure Deterioration Caused by High-Speed Rail Transit
Xiaolong Wu

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering; College of Engineering

Xiaolong Wu

California State University Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach
CA
90840

Projects Introducing the Resilience into the State Transportation NetworkMultimodal Biometric Models for Improving the Productivity and Security of the Terminal Gates
Steven Yamarik

Professor, Department of Economics; College of LIberal Arts

Steven Yamarik

California State University Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach
CA
90840

Projects Accident Rates and Safety Policies for Trucks Serving the San Pedro Bay Ports
Guy Yamashiro

Professor, Department of Economics; College of Liberal Arts

Guy Yamashiro

California State University Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach
CA
90840

Projects Accident Rates and Safety Policies for Trucks Serving the San Pedro Bay Ports
Hsien-Yang Yeh

Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; College of Engineering

Hsien-Yang Yeh

California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach
CA
90840

Projects Computer-Aided Container Handling Assistance for Ergonomic Crane OperationLoading and Unloading Containers: Examining the Efficiency of Goods Movements
Henry Yeh

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering; College of Engineering

Henry Yeh

California State University Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach
CA
90840

Projects A Universal Communication Device for Improving InteroperabilitySurvey and Identify the Needs of Port Communication Equipment for Safety, Security, and InteroperabilityComputer-Aided Container Handling Assistance for Ergonomic Crane Operation
Suya You

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science; USC Viterbi College of Engineering

Suya You

University of Southern California
3737 Watts Way
Los Angeles
CA
90089-0274

Projects Rapid Extraction and Updating Road Network to Caltrans Database
Quan Yuan

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of City and Regional Planning

Quan Yuan

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
New East Building
Chapel Hill
NC
27599-3140

Projects Location of warehouses and environmental justice: Evidence from four metros in CaliforniaShopping, freight deliveries, and urban form
Michael Zhang

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Michael Zhang

University of California, Davis
3145 Ghausi Hall
Davis
CA
95616

Projects Modeling e-hailing and car-pooling services in a coupled morning-evening commute frameworkMaking HOT lanes benefit every traveler: design, pricing, and analysisGet More Out of Variable Speed Limit Control: An Integrated Approach to Manage Traffic Corridors with Multiple Bottlenecks
Andrii Parkhomenko

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Business Economics; Marshall School of Business

Andrii Parkhomenko

University of Southern California
Hoffman Hall, Office 702, 701 Exposition Blvd.
Los Angeles
CA
90089

Projects Zoning and the Density of Urban DevelopmentSpatial Implications of Telecommuting in the United States
Martin Wachs

Professor, UCLA Department of Urban Planning

Martin Wachs

University of California, Los Angeles
3250 Public Affairs Building
Los Angeles
CA
90095-1656

Projects Balancing Accountability and Flexibility in California's Local Option Sales Taxes
Meisam Razaviyayn

Assistant Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

Meisam Razaviyayn

University of Southern California
Olin Hall of Engineering, OHE 310G
Los Angeles
CA
90089-0193

Projects Congestion Reduction via Personalized IncentivesIncentive Systems for New Mobility Services Enhancing Traffic Flow through Private Data Sharing and Incentivizing New Mobility Services
Stephen Burke Cronin

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy

Stephen Burke Cronin

University of Southern California
Charles Lee Powell Hall, PHE 624
Los Angeles
CA
90089-0271

Projects Recycling Diesel Soot Particles for Use as Activated Carbon in Li Ion Batteries
Jong-Shi Pang

Epstein Family Chair and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Jong-Shi Pang

University of Southern California
Olin Hall of Engineering, OHE 310C
Los Angeles
CA
90089-0193

Projects Modeling e-hailing and car-pooling services in a coupled morning-evening commute framework Modeling multi-modal mobility in a coupled morning-evening commute framework that considers deadheading and flexible poolingA general traffic equilibrium framework with ride sourcing services that considers flow-dependent waiting time and public transit
Chun-Hsing Ho

Assistant Professor

Chun-Hsing Ho

Northern Arizona University
Room 114 Building 69
Flagstaff
AZ
86011

Projects Development of Cost-Effective Sensing Systems and Analytics (CeSSA) to Monitor Roadway Conditions and Mobility SafetyDevelopment of Instrumented Bikes: Toward Smart Cycling Infrastructure and Maintenance
Guoyuan Wu

Associate Researcher

Guoyuan Wu

University of California, Riverside
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Riverside
CA
92521

Projects Estimating the Impacts of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Technology on Traffic Energy and EmissionsConnectivity-Based Cooperative Ramp Merging in Multimodal and Mixed Traffic Environment
Michael Hyland

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Michael Hyland

University of California, Irvine
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Irvine
CA
92697-3600

Projects Non-myopic path-finding for shared-ride vehicles: A bi-criterion best-path approach considering travel time and proximity to demandEvaluating Mixed Electric Vehicle and Conventional Fueled Vehicle Fleets for Last-mile Package Delivery
Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque

Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque

University of California, Irvine
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Irvine
CA
92697-2625

Projects Software and Hardware Systems for Autonomous Smart Parking Accommodating both Traditional and Autonomous Vehicles
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