Faculty

Dr. Pengfei (Taylor) Li, P.E.

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Pengfei (Taylor) Li is a tenure-track faculty of Transportation Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research and professional practices focus on intelligent transportation systems (ITS), smart sensor development, traffic signal systems and big data analytics. He has built and delivered arterial management tools and smart sensors for multiple agencies. Dr. Li is a co-chair of simulation subcommittee of TRB traffic signal systems committee (ACP25) and a member of TRB traffic simulation committee (ACP80). He led the efforts with many professional volunteers in delivering a practitioner-oriented “traffic signal simulation cookbook”, which has been downloaded over 8,500 times. His research has resulted in 70 peer-reviewed and referred papers and one patent. Dr. Li is an editor or editorial member of multiple leading journals. He is a professional engineer registered in Alberta, Canada.

Research Interests

high-performance computing, urban traffic signal control, connected and autonomous vehicles scheduling,

novel traffic signal control prototype and design.

Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Transportation), Virginia Tech

M.S. Systems Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University

B.S. Mechanical Engineering and Control, Beijing Jiaotong University

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Graduate Students

Peirong(Slade) Wang

Graduate Research Assistant

Research Interset

traffic signal systems, network modeling, traffic engineering, traffic simulation

Education

B.S. Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, China Agricultural University 2017

M.S. Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University 2019

 

Khadka, Swastik (swastik.khadka@mavs.uta.edu)

Ph.D. Research Assistant

Research Interset

Big data,Traffic control theories and practice

Education

B.S. Civil Engineering, UT Arlington 2021

 

Shrestha, Sijan (sijan.shrestha@uta.edu)

Ph.D. Research Assistant

Research Interset

At large

Education

B.S. Civil Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2019

 

Undergraduate Research Assistants

 

Alumni

Luitel, Nishma (nishma.luitel@mavs.uta.edu)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Research Interset

full stack web development, app

Education

B.S in Software Engineering, UT Arlington 2021

 

 

Farzana Rahman Chowdhury

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Research Interset

traffic signal systems, network modeling, traffic engineering

Education

B.S. Civil Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2014

M.S. Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University 2019

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington 2022

First job after graudated

Transportation Engineer at WSP Engineering Service.

 

 

Sayem Mohammad Imtiaz

Graduate Research Assistant

Research Interest

Software Security, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Data Mining

Education

B.S. Computer Science & Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), 2013

M.S. Computer Science & Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2019

Ph.D. Computer Science & Engineering, Iowa State University, 2023 (expected)

 

 

Lei Zhang

Assistant Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interest:

traffic signal systems, connected vehicle technology, variable speed limit and speed harmonization

Education:

Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Transportation), Mississippi State University

B.S. Computer Science and Technology, Beijing University of Technology

M.S. Applied Information Technology, Monash University

M.S. Information System, Gannon University