Xuegang (Jeff) Ban, PhD – University of Washington, Seattle

EXPERTISE:

Dr. Xuegang (Jeff) Ban is currently an Associate Professor of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He will join the University of Washington, Seattle on August 15, 2016 as an Associate Professor of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Tsinghua University, and his M.S. in Computer Sciences and Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His research interests are in Transportation Network Modeling and Simulation, Urban Traffic Modeling and Operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and Transportation Big Data Analytics. He has published over 50 papers in refereed journals or as book chapters, and more than 40 papers in refereed conference proceedings. Dr. Ban is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Networks and Spatial Economics, and Transportmetrica B, and serves on the editorial board of Transportation Research, Part B & Part C. He is a member of the Network Modeling Committee (ADB30) and a member of the Vehicle-Highway Automation Committee (AHB30) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), under the National Academies.

(a) Professional Preparation / EDUCATION

Tsinghua University, P. R. China         B.E. Automotive Engineering                                            1997

Tsinghua University, P. R. China         M.S. Automotive Engineering                                           2000

University of Wisconsin, Madison       M.S. Computer Sciences                                                   2003

University of Wisconsin, Madison       Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering                      2005

University of California at Berkeley    Postdoc, Institute of Transportation Studies             2005-2008

(b) APPOINTMENTS / PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

After 8/2016                Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle

9/2014 – 8/2016          Associate Professor (by courtesy), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

7/2014 – 8/2016          Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

7/2008 – 6/2014          Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(c) PUBLICATIONS / TECHNICAL PAPERS (most relevant to proposal)

  1. Zhao, J., Li, W., Wang, J., Ban, X., “Dynamic Traffic Signal Timing Optimization Strategy Incorporating Various Vehicle Fuel Consumption Characteristics”. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Accepted, 2016.
  2. Sun, Z., Ban, X., Hao, P., Yang, D., “Trajectory-based vehicle energy/emission estimation for signalized arterials using mobile sensing data”. Transportation Research Part D 34, 27-40, 2015
  3. Hao, P., and Ban, X., “Long queue estimation using short vehicle trajectories for signalized intersections”. Transportation Research Part B, Accepted, 2015.
  4. Sun, Z., Zan, B., Ban, X., and Gruteser, M., “Privacy protection method for fine-grained urban traffic modeling using mobile sensors”. Transportation Research Part B 56(1), 50-69, 2013.
  5. Hao, P., Ban, X., Bennett, K., Ji, Q., and Sun, Z., “Signal timing estimation using intersection travel times”. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 13(2), 792-804, 2012.

 

Other Significant Products

  1. Yang, X., Sun, Z., Ban, X., Holguin-Veras, J., “Urban freight delivery stop identification using GPS data”. Transportation Research Record 2411, 55-61, 2015.
  2. Ma, R., Ban, X., Pang, J.S., “ Continuous-time dynamic system optimal for single-destination traffic networks with queue spillbacks”. Transportation Research Part B 68, 98-122, 2014.
  3. Hao, P., Ban, X., Guo, D., and Ji, Q., “Cycle by cycle intersection queue length distribution estimation using sample travel times”. Transportation Research Part B 68, 185-204, 2014.
  4. Ban, X., Pang, J.S., Liu, X., and Ma, R., “Modeling and Solution of Continuous-Time Instantaneous Dynamic User Equilibria: A Differential Complementarity Systems Approach”. Transportation Research Part B 46(3), 389-408, 2012.
  5. Ban, X., Hao, P., Sun, Z., “Real time queue length estimation for signalized intersections using sampled travel times”. Transportation Research Part C, 19, 1133-1156, 2011.

(d) COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS:

Alexandre Bayen, University of California, Berkeley; Yueyue Fan, University of California, Davis; Michael C. Ferris, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Terry Friesz, Penn State University; Marco Gruteser, Rutgers University; Asad Khattak, University of Tennessee; Henry Liu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Jenny Liu, Portland State University; Camille Kamga, City University of New York; Catherine Lawson, University at Albany; Yingyan Lou, Arizona State University; Shu Lu, University of North Carolina; Kaan Ozbay, New York University; Jong-Shi Pang, University of Southern California; Adel Sadek, University of Buffalo; Junmin Wang, Ohio State University; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park; Shanjiang Zhu, George-Mason University

Gradual Advisor and Postdoctoral Sponsors: Bin Ran, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Alexander Skabardonis, University of California, Berkeley

(e) HONORS AND AWARDS (most recent awards):

  • 2014 School of Engineering Research Excellence Award (Junior Faculty), RPI
  • 2012 New Faculty Member Award, Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) and American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
  • 2011 CAREER award, National Science Foundation

(f) THESIS SUPERVISED:

Thesis supervised:              M.S. & Ph.D.: 6 completed plus 3 in progress