The Just&Green Transportation Lab focuses on using data science and artificial intelligence (machine learning) to make transportation more equitable and sustainable. Our interdisciplinary team is made up of people from various fields such as Transportation Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Computer Science, Statistics, and Economics.
Ph.D. Students
Ph.D. student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Duanya Lyu received her M.E. and B.E. degrees in traffic engineering from South China University of Technology. Her research interests include transportation equity, sustainability, and spatial data analysis. Beyond academia, she finds relaxation in practicing yoga.
Ph.D. student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Yiheng Qian received his BS degree from Tongji University and his MS degree from Northwestern University. His research interest is to increase the efficiency and equity of transportation systems based on machine learning and statistical methods. He likes singing, playing the piano, and traveling.
Master’s Students
Master’s student in Computer Science, University of Florida
Yuxuan Zhang graduated from the University of Florida with a master’s in computer science. Currently, he is a Research Assistant at the Just&Green Transportation Lab. Yuxuan loves coding and enjoys taking on new challenges.
Master’s student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Anran Zheng is a master’sstudent in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. She is interested in solving spatial, urban and health related issues with GIS and big data analytics. See Anran’s work here: https://anran0716.github.io
Undergrad Students
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Eliana Duarte is an undergraduate student at the University of Florida pursuing a major in Civil Engineering with a minor in Urban and Regional Planning. She is interested in public transit, transportation planning, and urban design.
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Ksenia Velichko is a senior undergraduate student at the University of Florida pursuing a major in Computer Science. She is interested in digital art and design, sociology, and enjoys work involving public health.
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Tejaswi Polimetla is an undergraduate student at the University of Florida and is majoring in Economics and Geography. Teja is interested in spatial planning, artificial intelligence, and transportation policy.
Lab Director
Assistant Professor in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Jacob is the director of the Just&Green Transportation lab. Specializing in public transit, shared mobility, spatial analytics and transportation equity, he applies cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and data science to find ways to make transportation more equitable and sustainable.
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Shoujing Ke is an senior undergraduate student at University of Florida majoring in Computer Science. He enjoys coding (e.g., C++ and Python), and he likes photograph, fitness, cooking, basketball, badminton, and reading.
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Amay Patel is an undergraduate student at the University of Florida and is currently majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Statistics. Amay is interested in artificial intelligence and transport equity along with spatial data analysis.
Master’s student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Lin Su is currently a PhD in Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. She received a MS degree from the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research focused on shared micromobility and public transit.
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Erik Huang is a PhD student at Northwestern University in Transportation Systems Analysis and Planning. He received his B.S in Civil Engineering at the University of Florida. His research interests lie in shared mobility, public transit, and transportation equity.
Undergraduate student, University of Toronto
Zehui Yin is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Scarborough majoring in the economics for management studies and minoring in GIS and applied statistics. He was a volunteer in the Just & Green Transportation Lab in Summer 2022, focusing on survey data analysis, spatial analytics and visualization.