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Developing an Integrated Platform for Electric Vehicle Chargers in a Microgrid Using a Universal Software and Interface

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation takes a comprehensive approach to designing and testing microgrid control algorithms that reduce consumer costs and lower GHG emissions associated with electricity.

Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services

Principal Investigator Meisam Razaviyayn, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

In this research, investigators will study and develop mechanisms for offering incentives to organizations and companies to change the behavior of individual drivers in their organization.

Project Status

Complete

Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services

Research Product Type

Research Report

With rapid population growth and urban development, traffic congestion has become an inescapable issue in large metropolitan regions. This research project studies the problem of offering incentives to organizations to change the behavior of their individual drivers (or individuals using their organization’s services).

Incentive Systems for New Mobility Services to Reduce Congestion

Research Product Type

Research Brief

Researchers at the University of Southern California developed a distributed algorithm for offering incentives to organizations to make socially optimal routing decisions designed to lower the traffic flow of congested roads without creating new congestion in other parts of the road network.

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining for Shared Autonomous Mobility Applications

Principal Investigator Chao Wang
University of California, Riverside

This research project is aimed to develop methods and applications for shared and autonomous mobility with machine learning and data mining knowledge and tools.

Project Status

Complete

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining for Shared Mobility and Connected and Automated Vehicle Applications

Research Product Type

Dissertation / Thesis

This dissertation focuses on knowledge discovery and data mining for shared mobility and CAV applications.

Learning Drivers’ Utility Functions in a Coordinated Freight Routing System Based on Drivers’ Actions

Principal Investigator Petros Ioannou, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

This project explores the probability of developing a centrally coordinated routing system for trucks. The project develops a method for estimating the utility functions of truck drivers based on their response to a centrally coordinated routing system that they are participating, and it also evaluates the impact of assumed wrong utility functions that could be viewed as non-compliance on the system optimum cost.

Project Status

Complete

Learning Drivers’ Utility Functions in a Coordinated Freight Routing System Based on Drivers’ Actions

Research Product Type

Research Report

This study highlights the potential of a coordinated routing system to enhance urban traffic efficiency by dynamically adjusting incentives based on drivers’ choice data and driver behavior.

Spring 2021 Dissertation Grant and Graduate Fellowship Awardees

by Hannah Elizabeth Geudeker
July 20, 2021

Education

Congratulations to our UC Riverside, University of Vermont, Georgia Tech, and UC Davis dissertation grant and graduate fellowship recipients for the 2021-2022 cycle!

Technology Review and Roadmap for Inventorying Complete Streets for Integration into Pavement Asset Management Systems

Principal Investigator John Harvey, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This research will develop a comprehensive list of features and types that should be inventoried through interaction with complete streets and asset management experts, and review of the methods and technologies currently used for complete streets features.

Project Status

Complete