Welcome!
Our group is part of The Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Irvine (ITS-Irvine) and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). UCI is ranked 10th among the nation’s best public universities on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Colleges.” This is the 9th consecutive year in which UCI has placed in the top 10!
Our research interests are in sustainable integrated urban systems with a focus on transportation and energy. Our research tends to focus on designing, planning, and operational decisions of integrated civil engineering systems that have low environmental impacts and consider human behavior and decision-making. We have focused on smart charging electric vehicles, electric charging infrastructure needs, and on-demand shared mobility services. The team employs optimization, simulation, statistical modeling, semi-structured interviews, and content analysis.
Key Research Areas
Electrified Transportation
We study innovative charging infrastructure solutions, access and equity concerns, and smart charging of electric vehicles to provide power grid benefits.
Shared Mobility
We study the (fleet) operations of shared mobility, including automated vehicles and micromobility at the regional level using an integrated optimization-simulation framework.
Other Topics
We also study travel demand under normal and shock events, technology adoption, and active transportation-physical activity benefits.