Vehicle Technology

This project will investigate the unique challenges and barriers faced by landlords and management of Multi-Unit Dwellings in deploying EV charging infrastructure, with a focus on equity considerations and community engagement. By addressing these barriers, the study has the potential to significantly impact EV adoption rates, aligning with California's ambitious goals and setting a precedent for nationwide implementation.

This project proposes a next-generation safe, efficient and reliable traffic signal control framework powered by advanced roadside sensing and foundation models, specifically Visual Language Models and Multi-Modal Large Language Models.

This dissertation will develop a representative synthetic population of California including household and vehicle variables crucial to modeling electric vehicle (EV) adoption and equity.

This study aims to first evaluate support for various Mileage based user fee programs in a diverse range of community types, including small and rural communities that have not been the focus of prior research.

This project will address the gap in research on the effectiveness and acceptance of cognition-aware shared-autonomy methods with respect to the overall system safety, through the development of a methodology for designing and evaluating cognition-aware behavioral interventions

This research explores the possible effects of electric vehicle (EV) efficiency policy in the US from the perspective of mineral resource demand, life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, and social costs, including roadway safety.

The study will utilize mathematical modeling, including artificial intelligence, to design a policy for the optimal use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and identify charging locations for future battery electric vehicle drivers

This seed grant project will conduct feasibility studies of the conceptual novel elevated high-speed rail ("CNE-HSR") with a case study in Texas along the Houston-San Antonio corridor.

This project will develop a certificate program that focuses on educating participants on foundational knowledge in traditional and energy energy systems, with the program being informed by an assessment of workforce needs related to freight and transit sectors and related energy systems.

This research aims to develop an equitable and sustainable freight‐oriented land use methodology to support future planning activities, facilitate the integration of freight activity across urban, suburban, and rural areas, and facilitate the transition of heavy‐ and medium‐duty vehicles toward zero‐emission. The project will analyze freight distribution patterns considering supply and demand and estimate social, environmental, and labor impacts in different communities.