Environmentally Responsible Infrastructure & Operations

A Comprehensive Cost-based Comparative Analysis of Different Last-mile Strategies for E-commerce Delivery

• Principal Investigator Daniel Rivera
• University of California, Davis

The objective of this work is to develop a last-mile delivery optimization model based on Continuous Approximation (CA) techniques and cost-based sustainability assessments, capable of testing various last-mile strategies.

Project Status

In Progress

A Connected Automation Enabled Cooperative Management Framework for Mixed Traffic

• Principal Investigator Zhouqiao Zhao
• University of California, Riverside

The goal of this project is to develop a connected automation-enabled cooperative management framework for mixed traffic.

Project Status

Complete

A Deterministic Optimization Approach to Understand and Enable the Rollout of Hydrogen Infrastructure for a Carbon Neutral California

• Principal Investigator Vishnu Vijayakumar
• University of California, Davis

This work aims to advance the role of hydrogen energy in California, and assist in achieving California's goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, through utilizing an optimization-based modeling approach to help design infrastructure systems for hydrogen.

Project Status

Complete

A Meta-Analysis of Eco-Driving Feedback Research

• Principal Investigator Angela Sanguinetti, Ph.D.
• University of California, Davis

This white paper presents a statistical meta-analysis of eco-driving feedback studies, with special focus on feedback interventions and how they impact fuel economy.

Project Status

Complete

A Simulation Study of the Efficiency of Unmarked On-Street Parking and Vehicle Downsizing

• Principal Investigator Tongxin Xu, PhD
• University of California, Davis

This study uses computer simulation to measure how vehicle downsizing impacts use of marked and unmarked parking spaces.

Project Status

Complete

A Tool to Predict Fleet-Wide Heavy-Duty Vehicle Fuel-Saving Benefits from Low Rolling Resistance Tires

• Principal Investigator Franklin E. Gbologah, Ph.D.
• Georgia Institute of Technology

This project presents a tool that estimates how low rolling resistance tires can improve heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy.

Project Status

Complete

Addition of Secondary Particulate Matter, Including Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOA), to the EPA’s MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES)

• Principal Investigator Ayla Moretti
• University of California, Riverside

This project adds secondary particulate matter data to the MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator to better measure air quality and pollution exposure.

Project Status

Complete

Advanced Energy and Emission Modeling for Electric Vehicles

• Principal Investigator Xiaodan Xu
• Georgia Institute of Technology

Electric vehicles (EVs), including hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle (PHEV), battery electric vehicles (BEV) and fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV), have been develope

Project Status

Complete

Advanced Transit Vehicle Modal Emissions Model for Optimizing Transit System Operations

• Principal Investigator Xiaodan Xu
• Georgia Institute of Technology

This project synthesizes various energy models into one model that estimates transit vehicle energy consumption using real-world data.

Project Status

Complete

Analysis and Optimization Methods for Centralized Processing of Chassis

• Principal Investigator Anastasios Chassiakos, Ph.D.
• California State University Long Beach

This project applies "Centralized Processing of Chassis" to Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles container movement.

Project Status

Complete