Research

My research focuses on developing advanced computational methods and optimization models to improve transportation systems’ efficiency and resilience. I integrate operations research, transportation science, energy systems, and data analytics to address complex challenges faced by modern urban mobility and freight logistics.

Research Interests

• Transportation Systems Modeling & Optimization
  Designing and applying mathematical and computational models to optimize location, routing, scheduling, and resource allocation in transportation networks. This includes innovative approaches for vehicle routing problems, electric vehicle charging, and last-mile delivery logistics.
• Energy-Efficient Mobility
  Investigating the integration of electric and alternative fuel vehicles within transportation systems, focusing on energy consumption minimization, infrastructure planning, and economic impact assessment.
• Freight and Public Transit Systems
  Developing data-driven models to optimize freight movement and public transit operations, improving service reliability, cost-effectiveness, and overall system performance.
• Data Analytics & Simulation for Transportation
  Leveraging large-scale datasets and simulation techniques to evaluate transportation policies, infrastructure investments, and emerging mobility technologies.

Research Funding

Active – Texas A&M University

• 08/2026 – 08/2027 | Principal Investigator – Developing Optimization Models and Algorithms to Study Large-Scale Transportation Systems, U.S. Department of Energy through Argonne National Laboratory ($154,622)

Completed – Argonne National Laboratory

• 05/2021 – 07/2024 | Principal Investigator – Three consecutive awards from the U.S. Department of Energy through Argonne National Laboratory ($450,000 total):
  • Optimization for Transit, Freight, and Urban Mobility Problems, 05/2023 – 07/2024 ($200,000)
  • Optimization for Transit and Freight, 05/2022 – 05/2023 ($130,000)
  • Development and Implementation of Optimization Models to Support Transportation and Mobility, 05/2021 – 05/2022 ($120,000)
• 2020 – 2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher – DOE High Performance Computing for Mobility (HPC4Mobility): Chicago Transit Authority Transit Network Efficiency and the Changing Mobility Landscape ($25,000)
• 2020 – 2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher – DOE Systems & Modeling for Accelerated Research in Transportation (SMART) Mobility 2.0 ($50,000)
• 01/2020 – 05/2020 | Graduate Researcher – Enhancing POLARIS Agent-Based Framework ($60,000)
• 05/2019 – 08/2019 | Graduate Researcher – Optimal Assignment for the Single-Household Shared Autonomous Vehicle Problem ($20,000)

Completed – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• 05/2018 – 08/2018 | Graduate Researcher – Optimization for Smart Manufacturing Technology Adoption ($15,000)