University Academic Service

University Committees

Member, University of Cincinnati Research Council (2014-2016)

College Committees

CAECM Department Committees

Member, CAECM RPT Committee, 2011 – present.

 Professional Acedemic Service

Chair of Professional Committees

Chair, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Technical Committee on Traffic and Travel Management (2009 – 2017).

President, Board of Directors, China Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) (2012 – 2014).

Chair, Transportation Research Board (TRB) ABE90-COTA China Conference Planning Subcommittee, ABE90(3) (2012 – 2014)

Transportation Research Board (TRB) Representative to UC (2004 – present).

Advisor to the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter at UC (2004 – present).

Co-Advisor to the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) Student Chapter at UC (2011 – present).

Chair of Conference/Workshop Organization Committees

Planning and Organization Committee Chair, Workshop on Policies, Strategies, and Technologies for Sustainable Transport in China, Sunday, January 13, 2013 1:30PM - 4:30PM  Hilton, Columbia Hall 1. Sponsored by ABE90 Committee.

Symposium chair, 16th COTA Annual Symposium on Sustainable Transportation and Development in China. 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 13, 2013; Balcony A, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington DC.

Conference Chair, 13th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2013) to be held August 3-6, 2012 in Shenzhen, China

Conference Chair, 12th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2012), August 3-6, 2012 in Beijing, China

Publications Chair, Technical Program Committee for 15th IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2012), Anchorage, Alaska, September 16-19, 2012.

Chair, Organizing & Executive Committee for the 12th Annual NACOTA/WCTA Technical Symposium on Sustainable Transportation Development, Washington, DC, Jan. 11, 2009.

Academic Committee Chair and Vice Chair of Organizing and Executive Committee for the 11th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP 2011), Nanjing, China, August 14-17, 2011.

Chair, Executive Committee of the 10th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP2010), Beijing, China, August 4-8, 2010.

Vice-Chair, Executive Committee for the 9th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP2009), Harbin, China, August 5-9, 2009.

Invited Leader of TRB ABJ70 (Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Committee) Planning Committee for organizing sessions for the 2009 Transportation Research Board Joint Summer Meetings, Seattle, July 19-22, 2009.

Session Chair, “Transport Planning in the Developing Countries,” Monday, January 23, 2012, 10:45am- 12:30pm, in Hilton, International Center. Event Number: 302. The 91th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries (ABE90) and Agricultural Transportation (AT030).

Session Chair, “Transport Planning in the Developing Countries,” Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:30pm- 9:30pm, in Hilton, International Center. Event Number: 424. The 90th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries.

Session Chair, “Keynote Plenary Speech I: Challenges and Opportunities.” 10th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ITCCP2009), Beijing, China, August 4-8, 2010.

Session Chair, “Traffic Safety and Traffic Management in the Developing Countries,” January 12, 2010, 9:30AM- 12:00PM, in Marriott. Event Number: 433. The 89th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Session Chair, “University Transportation Centers in Ohio: What they mean for transportation education and practice” at the Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference (OTEC), Columbus, Ohio, October 28-29, 2008.

Session Chair, “Incident Management” at the 11th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Beijing, China, Oct. 12 – 15, 2008.

Chair, Organizer and Program Committee for the US Higher Education Seminar, Beijing University of Technology, September 11, 2007.

Organizer & Special Session Chair, “Traffic Congestion & Safety – Unconventional Solutions (TuA5)” at the 10th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Seattle, Washington, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2007.

Organizer & Special Session Chair, “Traffic Congestion & Safety – Emerging Innovative Solutions (TuB5)” at the 10th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Seattle, Washington, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2007.

Organizer & Special Session Chair, “Advanced Technologies and Innovative Concepts to Highway Safety” at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Toronto, Canada, September 17-20, 2006.

Organizer & Special Session Chair, “Study and Potential Solutions to Evacuation Planning Issues” at the 9th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Toronto, Canada, September 17-20, 2006.

Session Chair, “MA36-Urban Transportation Planning Models II: Land Use and Transportation” at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2006, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Member of Professional and Conference Organization Committees

Transportation Research Board Committee on Artificial Intelligent and Advanced Commuting Technology in Transportation (ABJ70) (2012 – present).

Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation in Developing Countries (ABE90) (2009 – 2017).

ASCE's Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) Sustainable Development and Environment Committee (2008 – present).

ASCE's Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) Advanced Technology Committee (2007 – present).

ASCE's Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) Transportation Safety Committee (2008 – present).

IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Technical Committee on Traffic and Travel Management (2009 – 2017).

Board of Directors, Ohio Transportation Consortium (OTC), Tier II University Transportation Centers (UTC) (2009 – present).

Program Committee for the Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference (OTEC) (2006 – Present).

ITS Midwest Communications Committee (2008 – present).

ITS Midwest Recognition Committee (2008 – 2012).

ITS Midwest Technical & Training Committee (2008 – 2012).

Organization Committee for the 1st ASCE’s Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) Congress, in Chicago, Illinois, March 13-16, 2011.

International Program Committee for the 13th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Madeira Island, Portugal, 19-22 September 2010.

International Program Committee for the 12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, St. Louis, Missouri. Oct. 3-7, 2009.

International Program Committee and Technical Program Committee for the 10th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Seattle, Washington, September 30 - October 3, 2007.

Technical Program Committee for the 6th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals, Dalian, Liaoning, China, June 23-25, 2006.

Panel, Transportation Application Software Review Committee for PC-TRANS (an FHWA funded transportation application software distribution center, located in University of Kansas Transportation Center) (1997 – 2006).

General Secretary, Cincinnati Chapter of Society of Chinese American Professor and Scientist (SoCAPS Cincinnati) (2006 – 2010).

TRB Committee on User Information System, AND20 (2013 – present)

TRB Critical Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee, ABE40(2) (2007 – present)

 Editing Responsibilities

Publication Chair, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC2012), Anchorage, Alaska, September 16-19, 2012.

Editors-in-Chief. Convenient, Safe, Cost-Effective and Efficient Multimodal Transportation - Proceedings of the 12th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2012). American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). ISBN: TBD. 2012

Editors-in-Chief. Integrated Transportation Systems: Green • Intelligent • Reliable - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP 2010). American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). ISBN: 978-0-7844-1127-8. 2010

Editing Chair, ASCE Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professional published by American Society of Civil Engineering, USA. August 14-17, 2011.

Senior Editor, ASCE Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professional published by American Society of Civil Engineering, USA. August 5-8, 2009.

Editor (2008 – 2017), Midwest Intelligent Transportation Systems Newsletter.

Editor-in-Chief (2008 – 2010), China Overseas Transportation Association Newsletter.

Associate Editor, Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Madeira Island, Portugal, 19-22 September 2010.

Associate Editor, Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 3 – 7, 2009.

Associate Editor, Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on I Intelligent Transportation Systems, Beijing, China, Oct. 12 – 15, 2008.

Associate Editor, Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Seattle, Washington, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2007.

Editor-in-Chief (Aug. 1994 - Dec. 1998), newsletter North American Transportation Information published by University of Kansas Transportation Center.

 Professionan Affiliations

Professional Engineer, registered with State of Michigan, No. 6201049261

Member (ID467531), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Member (ID322982), American Society of Engineering Education 

Member, Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD)

Member (#80497510), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Member (ID80497510), IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS)

Member (ID26054), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

Member, China Overseas Transportation Association (COTA)