Roadway Friction Screening and Measurement with AV Telematic Control

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Funded research: Roadway Friction Screening and Measurement with Automated Vehicle Telematics and Control

About the speakers:

Heye Huang

Research Associate – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Heye Huang is a Research Associate with the Connected & Autonomous Transportation Systems Lab, University of Wisconsin–Madison. She received her Ph.D. degree in Vehicle Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2023. She was invited as a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Cognitive Robotics, Delft University of Technology, from 2021 to 2022. Her current research interests include connected and automated vehicles, risk assessment, decision-making, and human-centered AI. She has authored over 30 SCI/EI-indexed journal papers, and is a co-holder of over 40 invention patents. Dr. Huang was a recipient of Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate, Outstanding Academic Star, and the National Scholarship at Tsinghua University. She received the Best Paper Award at the International Symposium on Accident Analysis & Prevention (2021), the Journal Cover Paper Award for Engineering (2021), the Best Research Award for Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems (2022), and the Best Paper Award at IEEE DSInS (2023).

Xiaopeng Li

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Xiaopeng (Shaw) Li is currently a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an affiliate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). He served as the director of National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) before. He is a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. He has published over 110 peer-reviewed journal papers. He has served as the PI or a co-PI for a number of federal, state, and industry grants, with a total budget of around $30 million. His major research interests include automation, connectivity, and sensing in transportation and related systems. He received a B.S. degree (2006) in civil engineering with a minor in computer engineering from Tsinghua University, China, an M.S. degree (2007), and a Ph.D. (2011) degree in civil engineering along with an M.S. degree (2010) in applied mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urban- Champaign, USA.

Host or Publisher University of Michigan, Center for Connected Automated Transportation (CCAT)