Dr. Yu Zhang is a Professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. Dr. Zhang leads the Smart Urban Mobility Laboratory at USF and serves as the co-Director of Center for Transportation, Environmental, and Community Health (CTECH), a USDOT Tier 1 UTC. Dr. Zhang applies AI and machine learning, mathematical programming and optimization techniques, and simulation to solve the problems for resilient, efficient, and sustainable transportation systems. Her recent efforts are focused on emerging services and technologies in transportation, including advanced air mobility.
Dr. Zhang has published more than 60 papers in top transportation journals (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-626X). She is serving as Associate Editor for Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment published by Elsevier, and Section Editor for Aerospace/Air Traffic and Transportation published by MDPI. She also serves on the editorial board of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, and Journal of Air Transport Management. Dr. Zhang serves as the Chair for Transportation Research Board (TRB) Airfield and Airspace Performance (AV060) committee.
Dr. Zhang holds Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of California Berkeley in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Bachelor from Southeast University of China in Transportation Engineering.
Twitter: @AprilYuZhang
