Pictured above, left to right: Ph.D. student Fengze Yang and CvEEN Faculty Members Dr. Dylan Liu, Dr. Chris Pantelides, Dr. Cathy Liu, and Dr. Peter Zhu, and former CvEEN faculty Dr. Terry Yang.
From January 5–9, 2025, several faculty members and PhD students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CvEEN) attended the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
The TRB Annual Meeting is a leading global platform for transportation innovation, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to exchange evidence-based insights across all modes of transportation.
Notably, Dr. Cathy Liu presented groundbreaking research on optimizing Electric Bus Fleet Planning, Scheduling, and Charging and using machine learning to enhance traffic mobility analysis. Dr. Chris Pantelides also shared his important work on Understanding and Advancing the Seismic Resilience of Highway Bridges. Ph.D. student Fengze and Drs. Cathy Liu and Dylan Liu also presented their co-authored paper titled “Independent Mobility GPT (IDM-GPT): A Self-Supervised LLM Framework for Customized Traffic Mobility Analysis Using Machine Learning Models.”
We are proud of our faculty and students for contributing to one of the premier transportation research events. Their work highlights CvEEN’s commitment to advancing innovation and excellence in the field of transportation engineering.
Dr. Dylan Liu Presenting His Research at TRB.
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