- Recipient of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation Dissertation Award issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation
- SAE Vincent Bendix Automotive Electronics Engineering Award (best paper in 2019)
- SAE Arch T. Colwell Merit Award (best paper in 2021) and five other best paper awards
- Serves various roles in multiple academic organizations, including Associate Editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, etc.
Research Experience
- Former Principal Researcher at Toyota Motor North America R&D - InfoTech Labs, leading the Digital Twin Roadmap
- Currently leads the Purdue Digital Twin Lab
Education
- Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside, supervised by Dr. Matthew J. Barth
- Ph.D. dissertation: 'Developing Agent-Based Distributed Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems in the Connected and Automated Vehicle Environment'
Background
- Assistant Professor at Purdue University, College of Engineering
- Serves in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering and Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy) at Purdue University
- Assistant Director for Purdue University Institute for Control, Optimization and Networks (ICON)
- Leads the Purdue Digital Twin Lab, focusing on AI, big data, edge/cloud computing, and mixed reality, with particular applications in autonomous vehicles and intelligent transportation systems