Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama
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Dr. Jun Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at The University of Alabama (UA). Prior to joining UA, he was a travel modeler and transportation planner at Virginia Department of Transportation. Dr. Liu has also worked as a post-doc at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Transportation, and a Master's degree in Statistics from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His research focuses on innovations related to intelligent transportation systems, connected and automated vehicles, transportation planning, traffic safety and operations, and sustainable transportation. He is a member of Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Visualization in Transportation and a member of TRB Committee on Geo-spatial Data Acquisition Technologies. He has served as a key researcher in projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, US Department of Transportation, US Department of Energy, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Texas Department of Transportation and Virginia Department of Transportation.
Summary of qualifications:
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Background in transportation engineering areas, focusing on intelligent transportation systems (ITS), connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), travel demand modeling (TDM), highway safety and operations, and sustainable transportation (energy use and emissions).
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Research skills in big-data analytics (programming-based data processing, visualization and analysis), agent-based modeling, micro and macro-simulations, and advanced statistical analysis (hierarchical modeling, geo-spatial & temporal modeling).
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Publications in areas of big-data analytics, ITS, CAVs, TDM, agent-based modeling, highway safety, incident management, geo-spatial modeling, sustainable transportation and transportation policy.
Dr. Liu is a Member of two committees of Transportation Research Board, National Academies:
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ABJ95 - Standing Committee on Visualization in Transportation
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AFB80 - Standing Committee on Geo-spatial Data Acquisition Technologies
Dr. Liu is the past President (2013-2014) of Student Chapter of Institute of Transportation Engineers at the University of Tennessee.
Apart from work, Dr. Liu enjoys dancing and choreography. He had worked with Circle Modern Dance as a dancer and choreographer during 2011-2015. He is now working with Richmond Chinese Choir & Dance Group as a performer and choreographer since 2016. He loves to share his culture through moves - that's another way of visualizing ideas!!!
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