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
Duanya Lyu
Ph.D. student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Duanya Lyu received her M.S. and B.S. degrees in traffic engineering from South China University of Technology. Her research interests include transportation equity, sustainability, and spatial data analysis.
Yiheng Qian
Ph.D. student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Yiheng Qian received his BE 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.
Suhail Asghar
Ph.D. student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Suhail Asghar received his M.S. in Civil Engineering from Penn State University and an M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. His research focuses on travel behavior, sustainable transportation, and emerging mobility technologies such as Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared (ACES) vehicles.
Master’s Students
Kaiyue Wang
Master’s student in Computer Science, University of Florida
Kaiyue Wang graduated from the University of Florida with a master’s in computer science. Her research interest is in computer vision. She loves coding and traveling.
Yilong Dai
Master’s student in Computer Science, University of Florida
Yilong Dai is a Master student in the department of Computer Science at University of Florida. He received his bachelor’s degree from Xi’an Jiaotong University. He is a full-stack developer and loves machine learning. Out of work, he is a crazy fan of Kyrie Irving.
Undergrad Students
Eliana Duarte
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.
Mateo Nader
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Mateo Nader is an undergraduate student at the University of Florida pursuing a major in Civil Engineering with a minor in Urban and Regional Planning. He is interested in land use, transportation, urban design, and human geography. He is also involved with the Engineers Without Borders Peru design team, and outside of work he enjoys exploring new places and watching movies.
Ksenia Velichko
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.
Aubrey Dolbeck
Undergraduate student, University of Florida
Aubrey is a senior at the University of Florida majoring in Geography with specialization in Environmental Geosciences. She is interested in GIS, geomatics, and incorporating sustainability in civil engineering. Outside of the lab, she enjoys hiking, cycling, and reading.
Lab Director
Xiang ‘Jacob’ Yan
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.
Postdoc Associate
Luyu Liu
Postdoc Associate in Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
Placement: Assistant Professor, Auburn University
Luyu Liu received his Ph.D. degree in Geographic Information Science at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on promoting sustainable transportation and mobility equity with GIS and data science techniques.
Pedro Henrique Vicentini-Silva
Visiting student, University of Florida
Pedro Henrique Vicentini-Silva is an undergraduate student in civil engineering at UNESP-FEB (São Paulo State University - Bauru School of Engineering) in Brazil and researches traffic safety, focusing on vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists.
Yuxuan Zhang
Master’s student in Computer Science, University of Florida
Yuxuan Zhang graduated from the University of Florida with a master’s in computer science. Yuxuan loves coding and enjoys taking on new challenges.
Tejaswi Polimetla
Undergraduate student, Economics & Geography, University of Florida
Placement: Master of Data Science Program, Harvard University
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.
Anran Zheng
Master’s student, Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Placement: GIS Specialist, AECOM
Anran Zheng was a master’s student 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.
Shoujing Ke
Undergraduate student, Computer Science, University of Florida
Placement: Software Engineer, Jreamscape LLC
Shoujing Ke was an 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.
Ruoyang Xiong
Master’s student in Computer Science, University of Florida
Placement: Senior Software Engineer, Rockwell Automation
Ruoyang Xiong graduated from the University of Florida with a master’s in computer science. He is interested in computer vision, SLAM, and robotics.
Amay Patel
Undergraduate student, Computer Science, 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.
Lin Su
Master’s student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Placement: PhD student, University of Texas at Austin
Lin Su is currently a PhD in Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. She received an MS degree from the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research focused on shared micromobility and public transit.
Erik Huang
Undergraduate student, Transportation Engineering University of Florida
Placement: PhD student, Northwestern University
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.
Zehui Yin
Undergraduate student, Economics & GIS, University of Toronto
Placement: PhD student, McMaster University
Zehui Yin is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Scarborough majoring in 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.
Faizur Rahman Himel
M.S. student in Transportation Engineering, University of Florida
Faizur received a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He is interested in using geospatial analytics and predictive learning in transportation engineering to create vibrant, sustainable, and equitable urban environments. He enjoys street photography and traveling.