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RUEY LONG (KELVIN) CHEU
Full Resume
OFFICE ADDRESS AND CONTACTS
Dept. of Civil Engineering
The University of Texas at El Paso
500 W University Ave
El Paso
TX 79968-0516
Phone: (915)747-5717
Fax: (915)747-8037
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin: Kelvin Cheu
CURRENT FULL-TIME APPOINTMENT
Professor (with tenure), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, from 9/1/2014.
Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, till
8/31/2014.
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Topics in bold font indicate current research.
Public transportation
o Bus rapid transit
o Taxi dispatching systems
o Carsharing, bike sharing and carpool operations
Traffic engineering & intelligent transportation systems
o Transportation issues related to international ports of entry
o Modern roundabouts
o Vehicle-following models
o Weaving segments and ramp junctions
o Incident detection and management
o Travel time and speed estimation
o Traffic signal control systems
Transportation planning
o Park and ride facilities
o Traffic assignment with travel time reliability consideration
o Visualization for public meetings
Transportation and infrastructure security
o Air passenger and baggage inspection
o Route planning for military vehicles and hazardous materials
o Tracking and monitoring of critical vehicles and freight
o Siting and allocation of emergency service vehicles
Transportation logistics
o Freight generation and distribution modeling
o Impact of real-time traffic information on trucking
o Facility location, customer assignment and vehicle routing
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Transportation and infrastructure management
o Pavement maintenance scheduling
o Work zone traffic management
Applications of advanced computational techniques in transportation systems (techniques include artificial
neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, support vector machines, particle swarm optimization)
Applications of cell transmission model, traffic simulation models and GIS in the modeling of transportation
systems and traffic operations (software tools include PARAMICS, AIMSUN, VISSIM, TransModeler, TSIS,
INTEGRATION, HCS, ArcGIS, TransCAD, SYNCHRO, VENSIM)
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
B.Eng.(Civil) (1st Class Honors), National University of Singapore, 1987. Four-year, full-time program. Major
in Civil Engineering. Graduated with the highest possible honor.
M.Eng., National University of Singapore, 1990. Two-year, full-time, thesis-based master degree.
Ph.D. in Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 1994. Formal courses taken=18, GPA=3.88.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.), Texas, No. 100422.
PAST APPOINTMENTS
Academic/Research Appointments
Senior Tutor, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, 6/1987 to 1/1994. On study
leave from 9/1989 to 1/1994. Equivalent to full-time teaching assistant.
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2/1994 to 7/1998.
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, 8/1998 to 1/2000.
Assistant Professor (with tenure till age of 55), Department of Civil Engineering, National University of
Singapore, 2/2000 to 12/2001.
Associate Professor (with tenure till age of 55), Department of Civil Engineering, National University of
Singapore, from 1/2002 to 1/2005.
Associate Professor (with tenure till age of 65), Department of Civil Engineering, National University of
Singapore, from 2/2005 to 5/2006.
Research Associate, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, from 7/2005 to 7/2006.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, from 8/2006.
Note: NUS faculty appointment, promotion and tenure systems were converted from the British system to the U.S.
system between 1998 and 2002. During the transition period, the award of tenure and promotion to the rank of
associate professor were evaluated in separate exercises.
Administrative/Service Appointments
Director (Degreed Education), The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific, 6/2003 – 6/2004, 50% Time.
Managed the Dual Masters Program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management offered by NUS and
Georgia Institute of Technology. Responsibilities included budget planning, marketing program to students
and sponsoring organizations, student admissions, academic advising, class scheduling, handling
examination matters, monitoring student performance, commencement and alumni relations, and
interfacing with Georgia Institute of Technology. Had improved curriculum to meet both universities’
accreditation requirements. This position reported directly to the Vice Provost (Academic). This program
had about 15 students per class, and involved classes taught by the Computing, Business and Engineering
schools in NUS, and School of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. The
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Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific (http://www.tliap.nus.edu.sg) is set up jointly by NUS and Georgia Institute
of Technology.
Founding Director, Intelligent Transportation and Vehicle System Laboratory, 4/2000 – 4/2005.
Headed a laboratory consisting of two full-time technical support staff, at least 15 Ph.D./graduate research
students and 2 post-doctoral researchers.
Program Manager, MSc(Transportation Systems & Management), 7/1998 – 6/2005.
Responsibilities included student admissions, academic advising, class scheduling, handling examination
matters, monitoring student performance and building alumni relations. This program had an average
enrollment of 50 students, and involved classes taught by the Engineering, Social Sciences and Business
schools.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES
Sales Executive, Microcraft Computer Pte Ltd, Singapore, 3/1984 to 6/1984.
Intern, Department of Civil Engineering, Housing and Development Board, Singapore, 3/1985 to 6/1985.
Intern, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, International Development and Consultancy
Corporation (INDECO), Singapore, 3/1986 to 6/1986.
Grader, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 9/1989 to 12/1989.
Graduate Student Researcher, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine, 1/1990 to
3/1994.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
ASEAN Pre-University Scholarship, by Government of Singapore, 1981-82.
Lee Foundation Undergraduate Study Grant, 1983-87.
Kuok Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship, 1983-87.
National University of Singapore Faculty of Engineering Book Prize, 1985-86.
National University of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholarship, 1989-1994.
Best Senior Design Award: Faculty Advisor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTEP, Fall 2006.
UTEP Research and Sponsored Programs Award, for Outstanding Performance in Securing Extramural Funding
in College of Engineering, 2006-07.
Listed in Who’s Who in Engineering Academia (http://engineering.academickeys.com/whoswho.php), since
2007.
Best Senior Design Award: Faculty Advisor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTEP, Fall 2007.
Best Senior Design Award: Faculty Advisor, Department of Civil Engineering, UTEP, Spring 2008.
Most Dedicated Professor, Voted by Civil Engineering Undergraduate Students, UTEP, Fall 2008.
Mondialogo Engineering Award Bronze Medal: Faculty Advisor, 2009. An international student
competition organized by UNESCO and Daimler. UTEP-Southeast University-Nanjing Forestry University
team was selected as one of 30 finalists from 932 entries submitted by 92 countries.
Invited by Thomson Reuters and Times Higher Education to participate in annual Academic Reputation Survey
in World University Rankings 2010, 2011 & 2012.
2011 Greg Herrington Award for Excellence in Visualization Research. Transportation Research Board
Committee on Visualization in Transportation (ABJ95). With co-recipients: Marilyn Valdez, Srivatsava
Kamatham and Dr. Raed Aldouri.
Certificate of Appreciation, presented by Transportation Research Board, for outstanding service as the Paper
Review Coordinator of the Committee of Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection (ABE40) for three
years, January 2012.
Czech Republic State Fund for Transport Infrastructure Award for Best Master Thesis at the 11th
European Transport Congress, held on 19-20 September 2013, in Prague, Czech Republic. Student Tomas
Rendl, co-supervised with Dr. Ladislav Bina.
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THESIS EXAMINATIONS AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES
Member of Master Thesis & State Examination Board, Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical
University, since April 2012.
External Examiner for Master of Engineering Science Thesis, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, since
September 2012.
External Examiner for Master of Philosophy Thesis, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, since January
2014.
CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
CO-1. Container Flow Modeling, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, 1996-97.
CO-2. Marine and Waterway Traffic Simulation, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, 1997-98.
CO-3. Intermodal Transportation Planning and Scheduling, Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd, 1997-98.
CO-4. Network Traffic Delay Estimation, Keppel Corporation, Singapore, 1998.
CO-5. Taxi Operations, Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd, Singapore, 1999.
CO-6. Electronic Road Pricing (Mark II) System Design, Stratech Systems Ltd, Singapore, 2000.
CO-7. Traffic Simulation for ITS Applications, Land Transport Authority of Singapore, 2001.
CO-8. Intelligent Transportation System Design, CET Technologies Pte Ltd, 2002-03.
CO-9. Large-Scale Traffic Simulation and Incident Detection, CET Technologies Pte Ltd, 2004-05.
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/SOCIETIES
Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES). Member 1987-2006.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA. Associate Member 6/1994-6/2000. Member since 6/2000.
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), USA. Associate Member since 1994. Member since 10/2003.
Intelligent Transportation Society (Singapore), ITS(Singapore). Founding Council Member, since 9/2001.
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA. Member since 5/2001.
Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI), USA. Charter Member since 8/2003.
SERVICES IN PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
Member of Journal Publication Committee, Institution of Engineers, Singapore, since 1995-1997.
Member of Transportation Engineering Technical Committee, Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 6/1994 –
5/1997.
Secretary of Transportation Engineering Technical Committee, Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 6/1997 –
5/1998.
Member of International Liaison Task Force, Transportation Research Board Committee on Highway Capacity
and Quality of Flow (AHB40), 1998.
Member, Transportation Research Board Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing
Applications (ABJ70), and Member of Sub-Committee on Research Needs, 2002 to 2008, 2014 to 2017.
Member, Committee on Computing in Transportation, ASCE, since 2002-2004.
Secretary, ITS(Singapore), 9/2001-7/2003.
Assistant Treasurer, ITS(Singapore), since 8/2003.
Member, Sub-Committee of Maritime Transport and Logistic, and Sub-Committee of Maritime and Port
Security, under Maritime R&D Advisory Panel, Ministry of Transport, Singapore, 5/2002-6/2003.
Member, Transportation Research Board Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection
(ABE40), since 2004.
Member, Transportation Research Board Committee on Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and
Technologies (formerly New Public Transportation Systems and Technology) (AP020), since 2005.
Member of Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), Research Management Committee 4 (RMC4), Texas Department
of Transportation, 2006-2008.
Member of Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), Research Management Committee 2 (RMC2), Texas Department
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of Transportation, since 2008.
Reviewer, Final Draft of Highway Capacity Manual 2010 Edition, National Cooperative Highway Research
Program Project NCHRP 3-92, Transportation Research Board, 2009.
Paper Review Coordinator, Transportation Research Board Committee on Critical Transportation Infrastructure
Protection (ABE40), 2009-2013.
Member, Infrastructure Systems Committee, Transportation & Development Institute, ASCE, since 2009.
Member, Transportation Research Board Committee on Visualization in Transportation (ABJ95), since 2011.
TENURE & PROMOTION REVIEW
External Referee, Tenure & Promotion Review, College of Science & Technology, Texas Southern University,
2012.
PROPOSAL & PROJECT REVIEWS
Review counts are to December 2013 unless otherwise specified.
Reviewer, PhD Dissertation Grant Awards, USDOT Tier 2 University Transportation Center, University of
California at Davis, since 2007. 3 proposals.
Reviewer, Full Proposals & Research Report, Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation,
USDOT Tier 1 University Transportation Center, University of Florida, since 2010. 1 proposal & 1 research
report.
Reviewer, Full Proposal, NEXTRANS, USDOT Region V Regional University Transportation Center, Purdue
University, since 2011. 1 proposal.
Reviewer, Full Proposal, USDOT Region II University Transportation Center, City College of New York, since
2012. 1 proposal.
Reviewer, Full Proposal, Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) USDOT Region VIII University Transportation
Center, Utah State University, since 2012. 2 proposals.
International Reviewer, Research Proposal, Urban & Regional Studies Program, Portuguese Foundation for
Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Portugal, since 2012. 1 proposal.
Reviewer, Full Proposal, The Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities (TRCLC), USDOT Tier
1 University Transportation Center, Western Michigan University, since 2014. 2 proposals.
JOURNAL REVIEW AND EDITORIAL SERVICES
Paper counts are to December 2013 unless otherwise specified.
Editor, Institution of Engineers, Singapore Journal (Transportation Engineering), 1995 to 1997.
Reviewer, Institution of Engineers, Singapore Journal (Transportation Engineering), 1995-2005.
Reviewer, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, since 1993. 32 papers.
Reviewer, Journal of Transportation Engineering, since 1998. 9 papers.
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, since 2000. 2 papers.
Reviewer, Transportation Science, since 2001. 2 papers.
Reviewer, Journal of Advanced Transportation, since 2001. 5 papers.
Reviewer, Computer-Aided Civil & Infrastructure Engineering, since 2001. 4 papers.
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Traffic Detection and Estimation, Transportation Research Part
C:Emerging Technologies, Vol. 11C, No. 3-4, 2003. 7 papers.
Lead-Guest Editor, Special Issue, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2,
2003. 5 papers.
Reviewer, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, since 2003. Till
TRB2014 total 102 papers (reviewed simultaneously for proceedings and journal publication).
Reviewer, Transportation, since 2004. 2 papers.
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Reviewer, Journal of Transportation Systems and Information Technology, since 2004. 1 paper.
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, since 2004. 13 papers.
Reviewer, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, since 2004. 10 papers.
Reviewer, Transportmetrica Part A, since 2005. 8 papers.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research Part C:Emerging Technologies, from
January 2006.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, from 2006.
Reviewer, IEE Proceedings in Intelligent Transport Systems, since 2006. 1 paper.
Reviewer, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, since 2006. 1 paper.
Reviewer, Arabic Journal of Science and Engineering, since 2008. 1 paper.
Paper Review Coordinator, Transportation Research Board Committee on Critical Transportation
Infrastructure Protection. Since August 2009. This appointment is equivalent to area editor (transportation
security) of Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 24 papers for
TRB 2010, 21 papers for TRB 2011, 27 papers for TRB2012, 13 papers for TRB2013.
Reviewer, Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, since 2009. 2 papers.
Reviewer, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics & Transportation Review, since 2011. 2 papers.
Reviewer, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, since 2011. 2 papers.
Reviewer, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, since 2012. 2 papers.
Reviewer, Networks and Spatial Economics, since 2012. 1 paper.
Reviewer, Networks, since 2013. 1 paper.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, from
January 2013.
Associate Editor, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, from January 2013.
Reviewer, Transportation Research Part A: Policy & Practice, since 2013. 1 paper.
Reviewer, Transportmetrica Part B, since 2013. 1 paper.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES (INTERNATIONAL)
IA-1. Speaker, 5th World Conference on Transport Research, 10-14 July 1988, Yokohama, Japan. Presented 1
paper.
IA-2. Speaker, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications in Transportation Engineering,
20-24 June 1992, San Buenaventura, California. Presented 1 paper.
IA-3. Speaker, The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 1993, Washington D.C.
Presented 1 paper.
IA-4. Session Moderator, Speaker & Reviewer, 5th International Conference on Applications of Advanced
Technologies in Transportation Engineering, 26-29 April 1998, Newport Beach, California. Presented 2
papers.
IA-5. Session Chair, Speaker & Reviewer, 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Transport and the Environment (APTE),
13-15 May 1998, Singapore. Presented 1 paper.
IA-6. Technical Chair, 6th
International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation Engineering, 28-30 June 2000, Singapore. Coordinated the reviews of 71 papers &
edited the proceedings.
IA-7. Speaker, 4th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26-30 August 2001,
Oakland, California. Presented 3 papers.
IA-8. Reviewer, 8th World Congress of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 30 Sept. to 4 Oct. 2001, Sydney,
Australia. Presented 1 paper & reviewed 3 papers.
IA-9. Speaker, The 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 13-17 January 2002, Washington
D.C. Presented 2 papers.
IA-10. Member of Technical Committee and Speaker, 7th International Conference on Applications of Advanced
Technologies in Transportation, 5-7 August 2002, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Presented 4 papers.
IA-11. Publication Co-Chair, Session Chair & Speaker, IEEE 5th
International Conference on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, 3-6 Sept. 2002, Singapore. Coordinated the review of 169 papers, co-edited the
proceedings, chaired 1 session & presented 4 papers.
IA-12. Reviewer, 9th World Congress of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 14-18 October 2002, Chicago.
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IA-13. Speaker & Reviewer, The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 12-16 January 2003,
Washington D.C. Presented 3 papers & reviewed 3 papers.
IA-14. Delegate, International Conference on Maritime and Port Security, 21-23 January 2003, Singapore.
IA-15. Member of International Program Committee & Reviewer, IEEE 6th International Conference on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, 10-12 October 2003, Shanghai, China. Reviewed 11 papers.
IA-16. Delegate, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2003, 19-22 October 2003, Atlanta.
IA-17. Reviewer, 10th World Congress of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 16-20 November 2003, Madrid,
Spain. Reviewed 6 papers.
IA-18. Speaker & Reviewer, The 83nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 13-17 January 2004,
Washington D.C. Presented 6 papers, 1 tutorial, 1 talk & reviewed 5 papers.
IA-19. Paper Review Coordinator, Session Moderator & Speaker, 8th
International Conference on
Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, 26-28 May 2004, Beijing, China.
Coordinated the reviews of 126 papers, moderated 1 session, presented 4 papers.
IA-20. Speaker & Reviewer, IEEE 7th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 3-6 October
2004, Washington D.C. Presented 1 paper & reviewed 4 papers.
IA-21. Reviewer, 11th World Congress of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 18-22 October 2004, Nagoya, Japan.
Reviewed 7 papers.
IA-22. Speaker & Reviewer, The 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 13-17 January 2005,
Washington D.C. Presented 1 paper & reviewed 8 papers.
IA-23. Member of International Program Committee, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Networking,
Sensing and Control, 19-22 March, 2005, Tucson, Arizona.
IA-24. Program Co-Chair, 1st International Conference on Transportation Logistics, 27-29 July 2005, Singapore.
Arranged technical sessions and schedule.
IA-25. Invited Speaker, Symposium on the ABC’s of Integrating ITS, Public Safety, Security and Emergency
Management, 1-2 June 2005, Las Vegas. Presented 1 paper.
IA-26. Delegate, Workshop on Traffic Modeling-Simulation Models:From the Labs to the Trenches, 21-23
September 2005, Sedona, Arizona.
IA-27. Session Chair & Reviewer, 12th World Congress of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 7-10 November
2005, San Francisco. Chaired 1 session & reviewed 5 papers.
IA-28. Speaker & Reviewer, The 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 22-26 January 2006,
Washington D.C. Presented 3 papers, reviewed 6 papers.
IA-29. Reviewer, 13th World Congress of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 9-12 October 2006, London.
IA-30. Reviewer, IEEE 9th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 17-20 September 2006,
Toronto. Reviewed 2 papers.
IA-31. Speaker & Reviewer, The 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 21-25 January 2007,
Washington D.C. Presented 3 papers & reviewed 7 papers.
IA-32. Reviewer, 11th World Conference on Transport Research, 2-28 June 2007, Berkeley, California. Reviewed
3 papers.
IA-33. Member of Academic Program Committee, 1st International Conference on Transportation Engineering, 22-
24 July 2007, Chengdu, China.
IA-34. Reviewer, IEEE 10th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 30 September-3
October 2007, Seattle. Reviewed 1 paper.
IA-35. Speaker & Reviewer, The 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 13-17 January 2008,
Washington D.C. Presented 1 paper, reviewed 7 papers.
IA-36. Speaker, 10th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, 28-30
May 2008, Athens, Greece. Presented 1 paper.
IA-37. Speaker, The 13th GAMM - IMACS International Symposium on Scientific Computing, Computer
Arithmetic and Verified Numerical Computations, 29 Sept. to 3 Oct, 2008, El Paso, Texas. Presented 1
paper.
IA-38. Reviewer, IEEE 11th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 12 -15 October 2008,
Beijing, China. Reviewed 2 papers.
IA-39. Speaker & Reviewer, The 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 10-15 January 2009,
Washington D.C. Presented 2 papers, reviewed 14 papers.
IA-40. Reviewer, 18th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT13), 16-18 July 2009,
Hong Kong. Reviewed 3 papers.
IA-41. Member of Academic Committee, International Conference on Transportation Engineering (sponsored by
ASCE), July 25-27, 2009, Chengdu, China.
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IA-42. Participant, University of Florida/Transportation Research Center Workshop on Roundabouts, August 18,
2009, Orlando, Florida.
IA-43. Reviewer, IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 3-7 October 2009, St.
Louis, Missouri. Reviewed 1 paper.
IA-44. Paper Review Coordinator, Session Chair, Speaker & Reviewer, The 89th Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, 10-14 January 2010, Washington D.C. Coordinated the review of 21
papers, chaired 1 poster session, presented 2 papers, reviewed 7 papers.
IA-45. Reviewer, The 12th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), 11-15 July 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
Reviewed 2 papers.
IA-46. Reviewer, IEEE 13th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 19-22 September
2010, Madeira Island, Portugal. Reviewed 1 paper.
IA-47. Paper Review Coordinator, Session Chair, Speaker & Reviewer, The 90th Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, 23-27 January 2011, Washington D.C. Coordinated the review of 21
papers, chaired 1 poster session, presented 4 papers, reviewed 11 papers.
IA-48. Speaker, 3rd International Conference on Roundabouts, Carmel, Indiana. Presented 2 papers.
IA-49. Paper Review Coordinator, Session Chair, Speaker & Reviewer, The 91st Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, 22-26 January 2012, Washington D.C. Coordinated the review of 27
papers, chaired 1 poster session, presented 2 papers, reviewed 6 papers.
IA-50. Reviewer, 2012 15th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC2012),
September 16-19, Anchorage, Alaska. Reviewed 2 papers.
IA-51. Speaker, EU-U.S. Atlantis Program Project Directors Meeting, 21-23 March 2012, Brussels.
IA-52. Invited Participant, Workshop on Role of Double and Joint Degrees in Global Education. Organized by
European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture. 3-4 December 2012, Brussels.
IA-53. Paper Review Coordinator & Reviewer, The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
13-17 January 2013, Washington D.C. Coordinated the review of 13 papers, reviewed 6 papers.
IA-54. Reviewer, The 10th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS),
9-12 Sept. 2013, Taipei, Taiwan. Reviewed 3 papers.
IA-55. Reviewer, The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, 12-16 January 2014,
Washington D.C. Reviewed 17 papers.
IA-56. Abstract Reviewer, Alternative Intersections and Interchanges Symposium, July 20-23, 2014, Salt Lake
City, Utah. Reviewed 10 abstracts.
IA-57. Abstract Reviewer, The 21st International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT),
August 5-7, 2015, Kobe, Japan. Reviewed 7 abstracts.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES (REGIONAL)
RA-1. Speaker, Reviewer & Board Member Representative, 1st International Conference of the Eastern Asia
Society for Transportation Studies, 28-30 September 1995, Manila, Philippines. Reviewed 2 papers &
presented 1 paper.
RA-2. Speaker, CityTrans Asia’95 Conference, 21-23 September 1995, Singapore. Presented 1 paper.
RA-3. Session Chair, CityTrans Asia’97 Conference, 13-15 May 1997, Singapore. Chaired 1 session.
RA-4. Speaker, International Conference on Transportation into the Next Millennium, Sept. 1998. Singapore.
Presented 1 paper.
RA-5. Speaker & Reviewer, 3rd International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies,
15-16 Sept. 1999, Taipei. Presented 1 paper.
RA-6. Penal Member, International Forum on ITS in Asia Pacific, Organized by ITS-Taiwan, 16 Sept. 1999,
Taipei.
RA-7. Reviewer, 4th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 24-26 Oct.
2001, Hanoi, Vietnam. Reviewed 3 papers.
RA-8. Plenary Speaker, 5th Asia Pacific Intelligent Transportation Systems Forum, 2-4 July 2002, Seoul, Korea.
Presented 1 plenary paper.
RA-9. Invited Delegate, 1st ASEAN Intelligent Transportation Systems Expert Group Meeting, 8-9 July 2002,
Singapore.
RA-10. Reviewer, 5th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 29-31
October 2003, Fukuoka, Japan. Reviewed 2 papers.
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RA-11. Member of Organizing Committee, 4th International Workshop on Telecommunications in Intelligent
Transportation Systems, 8-9 July 2004, Singapore.
RA-12. Member of Organizing Committee, Workshop on Traffic Simulation. 5-6 August 2004, Brisbane, Australia.
RA-13. Secretary, The 2004 China International Conference and Exhibition on City Planning, Transportation &
Traffic Engineering, 17-19 November 2004, Shanghai, China. RA-14. Publication Chair, 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Transportation and the Environment, 1 December 2004,
Singapore.
RA-15. Reviewer, 7th Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), 24-27
September 2007, Dalian, China. Reviewed 3 papers.
RA-16. Reviewer, 10th Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS), 9-12
September 2013, Taipei. Reviewed 3 papers.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES (LOCAL)
LA-1. Co-Chair and Secretary, IES-CTR Symposium on Advanced Technologies in Transportation, 14 April
1996, Singapore.
LA-2. Member of Organizing Committee, IES-CTR Symposium on Transportation Safety, 14-15 May 1998,
Singapore.
LA-3. Session Chair, IES-CTR Symposium on Public Transit for the 21st Century, 15-16 April 1999, Singapore
LA-4. Session Chair, 2001 International Symposium on Airport Infrastructure Development and Management, 25-
26 Apr. 2001, Singapore.
LA-5. Speaker, 6th PES-CTR Symposium on Pavement Technology (SPT 2001), 7 Sept 2001, Singapore.
LA-6. Co-Chair, First ITS(Singapore) Annual Symposium (ITS32002), 4-5 Sept 2002, Singapore.
LA-7. Member of Organizing Committee, The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific Workshop on Port and Container
Security, 5 Sept 2002, Singapore.
LA-8. Program Chair, Workshop on Secured Supply Chain, The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific, Chartered
Institute of Logistics and Transport and Singapore Aviation Academy, 17 July 2003, Singapore.
LA-9. Vice Chair, Second ITS(Singapore) Symposium (ITS32004), 8-9 July 2004, Singapore.
SERVICE IN THE UNIVERSITY (UTEP)
SV-1. Advisor, Institute of Transportation Engineers UTEP Student Chapter, 9/06-8/11.
SV-2. Member, College of Engineering Faculty Council Task Force, 9/08-8/09.
SV-3. Chair, Faculty Search Committee (Transportation), 9/08-5/09. Successfully hired one tenure track faculty.
SV-4. Member, College of Engineering Faculty Council, 9/09-8/11.
SV-5. Member (non-voting), University Parking and Transportation Advisory Committee, since 9/10.
SV-6. Member, Dept. of Civil Engineering Faculty Evaluation Committee, 3/11.
SV-7. Chair, Faculty Search Committee (Geotechnical & Structural), 9/11-5/12. Successfully hired one
geotechnical and one structural faculty.
SV-8. Member, University Graduate Council, 9/11-8/14.
SV-9. Chair, Dept. of Civil Engineering Faculty Evaluation Committee, 4/12, 3/13.
SV-10. Member, College of Engineering Task Force on Faculty Success, 3/13-9/13.
COURSES TAUGHT
By alphabetical/numerical order of the course codes.
Academic year is based on the semester system, except for UC Davis which is based on the quarter system.
All courses are taught in English.
Undergraduate Level
NUS EG1101 Computing (Fall, 1994-1998)
NUS EG1102 Engineering Graphics (Fall, 1994-1996)
NUS EG1106 Engineering Laboratory (Fall, 1994-1996, 1999)
NUS CE1102 Computer Graphics Applications (Spring, 1995-1997)
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NUS CE2171 Fundamentals of Surveying (Spring, 1998)
NUS CE2401 Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics (Fall, 1994-2000)
NUS CE3121 Transportation Engineering (Fall, 2004)
NUS CE4101 Design Project (Fall, 2000-2002, 2004)
NUS CE4102 Bachelor of Engineering Dissertation (Fall+Spring, 1994-2005)
NUS TP4025 Intelligent Transportation Systems (Spring, 2003-2004)
UCD ECI162 Transportation Systems Design (Spring, 2006)
UTEP BE2434 Mechanics I (Spring, 2007)
UTEP CE2326 Engineering Economy (Spring, 2013-2014)
UTEP CE4340 Transportation Engineering (Fall, 2006-09, 2011-13)
Graduate Level
NUS CE5202 Traffic Management (Fall, 1996, 1999)
NUS CE5203 Traffic Flow and Control (Spring, 1995, 1998, 2005; Fall, 2000)
NUS CE5205 Transportation Planning (Fall, 1995, Spring 1998)
NUS CE5208 Traffic Flow Theory (Spring, 2004)
NUS CE6002 Analysis of Civil Engineering Experiments (Fall, 2001-2003, Spring 2002-2003, 2005).
NUS LI5000 Logistics Research Project (Fall, 2003-2004)
NUS TP5004 Transportation Analysis (Fall, 1994-2000) [renamed as TP5024]
NUS TP5024 Transportation Systems Analysis (Fall, 2003)
NUS TP5025 Intelligent Transportation Systems (Spring, 2002; Fall, 2004)
NUS TP5026 Transportation Management & Policy (Fall, 2001-2002)
UTEP CE5317 Statistical Methods for Civil Engineers (Fall, 2010, 2011, 2013)
UTEP CE5358 Traffic Engineering (Fall, 2012)
UTEP CE5361 Traffic Flow and Simulation Modeling (Spring, 2009)
UTEP CE5362 Urban Transportation Planning (Spring, 2012, 2014)
UTEP CE5390 Special Topic: Intelligent Transportation Systems (Fall, 2008)
UTEP CE5390 Special Topic: Civil & Environmental Systems Engineering (Fall, 2010)
UTEP CE6314 Advanced Traffic Engineering (Fall, 2007, 2009)
UTEP CE6306 Infrastructure Engineering (Spring, 2008-2013)
UTEP CE6316 Urban Transportation Analysis (Spring, 2008, 2010)
GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENT/THESES SUPERVISION
Ph.D. Students in NUS (As Student’s Thesis Advisor/Committee Chair)
GS-1. Vera Xin Jin, Ph.D., NUS, 2000, “Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network Techniques in the Development
of Incident Detection Systems”. Vera is currently the CEO of Steria Asia Pte Ltd, in the Asia HQ in
Singapore. She worked as a Project Engineer at TransCore ITS, Atlanta from 2004-2005.
GS-2. P Chandrasekar, Ph.D., NUS, 2001, “A Route-Based Control Scheme for Bus Operation”. Chandra was a
Lecturer in Department of Geotechnical & Transportation Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He
is now a Research Fellow at the School of Design & the Environment, NUS.
GS-3. Hao Wang, Ph.D., NUS, 2004, “Improving Taxi Dispatch Services using Real-Time Traffic and Customer
Information”. Hao is currently an Associate Professor and Vice Dean of International Relations at Ningbo
Institute of Technology of Zhejiang University, China. He is also the Director of Zhejiang Institute of
Logistics, China.
GS-4. Alvina Kek, Ph.D., NUS, 2006, “Decision Support Tools for Carsharing Systems with Flexible Return
Time and Stations. Alvina is currently an Assistant Manager with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific.
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M.Eng./M.Sc. Students in NUS (As Student’s Thesis Advisor/Committee Chair)
M.Eng.: 2-year full-time research-based master program (4 courses + thesis)
M.Sc.: 1-year full-time coursework-based program (8 courses + thesis)
GS-5. Pankaj Agarwal, M.Eng., NUS, 2000, “Development of a Microscopic Simulation Model for Isolated
Signalized Intersection”. Pankaj is currently the Chief Software Architect of BloomBuzz Corp. at Jaipur,
India.
GS-6. Fang Yuan, M.Eng., NUS, 2001, “Arterial Street Incident Detection using Learning Machines”. Fang
Yuan earned his PhD degree at University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2005. He is now a Senior
Transportation Planner with Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
GS-7. Chi Xie, M.Eng., NUS, 2001, “A Model for Arterial Speed Estimation using Stationary and Mobile
Sensors”. Chi Xie earned his PhD degree at Cornell University in 2007. He is now a professor at Shanghai
Jiaotong University, China.
GS-8. Wendy Ying Wang, M.Eng., NUS, 2001, “A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm-Simulation Methodology for
Pavement Maintenance Scheduling”. Wendy went on to complete a MS degree at University of California,
Irvine. She is currently a Transportation Engineer with City of Irvine, California. She is a P.E. in
California.
GS-9. Sim Ho Wee, M.Eng., NUS, 2002, “Arterial Speed Estimation using Instantaneous and Spatial Speeds from
Probe Vehicles”. Sim Ho is currently an Engineer at Ministry of Defense, Singapore.
GS-10. Maggie Hongtu Qi, M.Eng., NUS, 2002, “Expressway Incident Detection Using Probe Vehicles”. Maggie
went on to complete a MS degree at University of Virginia, Charlottesville. She is currently a
Transportation Engineer with CH2M HILL. She is a P.E. in Virginia.
GS-11. Allen Qun Liu, M.Eng., NUS, 2002, “Arterial Travel Time Prediction using Stop-Line Detectors”. Allen
subsequently earned a PhD degree at University of Virginia, Charlottesville in 2011. He is currently a
Machine Learning Scientist at Amazon.
GS-12. Walter Wenteng Ma, M.Eng., NUS, 2002, “Genetic Algorithm in Lane Closure Optimization”. Walter
subsequently earned his PhD degree at University of Minnesota in 2010. He is currently a Systems
Engineer with Sensys Networks at Berkeley, California.
GS-13. Daizong Liu, M.Eng., NUS, 2003, “Comparative Evaluation of TRANSYT and SCATS Signal Control
Systems Using Traffic Simulation”. Daizong is currently a Senior Specialist at China Sustainable
Transportation Center, Beijing, China.
GS-14. Choong Siah Ng, M.Sc., NUS & M.S.(GaTech), 2003, “Wavelet-ARMAX Model for Air Cargo
Forecasting”. Choong Siah is a graduate of the NUS-Georgia Tech Dual Masters Program. He is
currently a Project Manager with DHL Singapore.
GS-15. Brandon Swee Tuan Ng, M.Eng., NUS, 2004, “Travel Time Savings for Container Trucks with Real-Time
Traffic Information during Incidents”. Brandon is currently a Lecturer at Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore.
GS-16. Huang Yongxi, M.Eng., NUS, 2005, “Models to Allocate Emergency Service Vehicles”. Yongxi earned a
PhD degree at University of California, Davis in 2009. He is now an Assistant Professor at Clemson
University, North Carolina.
Ph.D. Students in UTEP (As Student’s Dissertation Committee Chair)
GS-17. Luis David Galicia, Ph.D., UTEP, 2010, “Decision Support Tools for Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Planning.”
David is an Associate Research Engineer at Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
GS-18. Jose Osiris Vidaña-Bencomo, Ph.D., UTEP, 2011, “Methodology to Convert a Transportation Planning
Origin-Destination Matrix into a Microscopic Traffic Simulation Origin-Destination Matrix. Osiris is an
Assistant Professor at Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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GS-19. Yubian Wang, Ph.D., UTEP, 2013, “Investigation into the Operation and Safety of Freeway Auxiliary
Lanes: Towards Uniform Design Guidelines.” Passed Ph.D. defense examination 1 July 2013. Yubian is a
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Texas Southern University.
GS-20. Alicia Romo, Ph.D., UTEP, 2013, “Analysis of Vehicle Interactions on Interstate Highways: Discrete
Choice and Linear Systems Approaches.” Passed Ph.D. defense examination 8 July 2013. Alicia is a NRC
Research Fellow at Federal Highway Administration’s Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center.
M.S. Student at UTEP (As Student’s Thesis or Graduate Project Advisor).
GS-21. Marvin Gomez, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2007, “Traffic Simulations for Zaragoza International Port of Entry.”
Marvin is a Civil Engineering with Moreno Cardenas Inc. in El Paso, Texas. He is a P.E. in Texas.
GS-22. Srinivasa Rao Manduva, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2007, “Traffic Assignment Model with Travel Time Reliability
Consideration.” Srinivasa is a Civil Associate with Michael Baker Jr. Inc in Austin, Texas.
GS-23. Hao Lei, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2008, “Optimal Allocation of Emergency Service Vehicles to Serve Critical
Infrastructures.” Lei Hao finished his PhD at University of Utah. He is now a Senior Software Engineer at
EMC, Salt Lake City, Utah.
GS-24. Marilyn Valdez, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2010, “Effect of Unbalanced Approach Volumes on Roundabout
Operations.” Marilyn is an engineer with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) New Mexico
Division.
GS-25. Gabriel Valdez, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2010, “A Risk Analysis for Toll Road Revenue Forecasts.” Gabriel is
an Associate Research Engineer at Texas A&M Transportation Institute
GS-26. Carlos Duran, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2010, “Effects of Pedestrian Crossings on Roundabout Capacity.” Carlos
is an engineer with Walter P. Moore in El Paso, Texas.
GS-27. Jorge Martinez, M.S.C.E, UTEP, 2010, “Double Crossover Interchange with Frontage Roads.” Jorge is an
engineer with Walter P. Moore in El Paso, Texas.
GS-28. Alfredo Sanchez, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2010, “Network Effects of Dynamically Routing of Commercial
Vehicles through Ports of Entry.” Alfredo is an engineer with Texas Dept. of Transportation El Paso
District. He is a P.E. in Texas.
GS-29. Gustavo Sosa, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2010, “Comparative Evaluation of Diamond, Single Point Urban, Double
Crossover and Double Roundabout Interchanges. Gustavo is an engineer with Moreno Cardenas Inc. in El
Paso, Texas. He is a P.E. in Texas.
GS-30. Nela Blejcharova, M.S.C.E, UTEP, 2012, “Methodologies for the Analysis of Checked Baggage Inspection
Systems.” Nela also graduated with an Ing. Degree from Czech Technical University at the same time
through the Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation and Logistics Systems. She is a
Logistics Administrator with ASUS Czech Service.
GS-31. Petr Malina, M.S.C.E, UTEP, 2012, “Analysis of Isolated Traffic Signal Control Systems.” Petr also
graduated with an Ing. Degree from Czech Technical University at the same time through the Transatlantic
Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation and Logistics Systems. He is a Transport Modeler at the
Transport Research Centre at Brno, Ministry of Transport, Czech Republic.
GS-32. David Salgado Manzano, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2012, “The Value of Travel Time.” David is an Associate
Engineer with Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
GS-33. Lorenzo Cornejo, M.S.C.E, UTEP, 2012, “Systematic Approach to Evaluate Potential Park and Ride
Facilities.” Lorenzo is an Associate Engineer with Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
GS-34. Tomas Rendl, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2013, “Assessing Regional Impacts of Transportation Policies and Traffic
Management Solutions in Large Urban Areas.” Tomas also graduated with an Ing. Degree from Czech
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Technical University at the same time through the Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in
Transportation and Logistics Systems. Tomas is currently an Account Manager at I.CZ, Prague, Czech
Republic.
GS-35. Katerina Strelcova, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2013, “Development of Demand Forecasting Model for Transatlantic
Air Transportation.” Kate also graduated with an Ing. Degree from Czech Technical University at the
same time through the Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation and Logistics
Systems. Kate is working at State Environment Fund of the Czech Republic as the Director of Research
Program.
GS-36. Radim Vecera, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2014, “Model of Urban Freight Transport in Agglomerations: The Case
of Waste Collection”.
GS-37. Tadrea Umlauf, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2014, “Sustainable Public Transportation in Large Cities: Demand
Modeling.” Tadeas is working as a Logistic Manager at Kamax Gmbh & Co. office in Czech Republic.
GS-38. Petr Toman, M.S.C.E., 2014, “Transatlantic Maritime Transportation between The Czech Republic and The
United States”.
GS-39. Jan Kapusta, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2014, “Safety Measures for Trucks: A Comparison between EU and U.S.”
GS-40. Luis Hernandez, M.S.C.E., UTEP, 2014, “An Exploratory and Comparative Analysis of Freight
Transportation in EU and U.S. Highways.”
In Progress at UTEP (as Thesis/Dissertation Committee Chair)
GS-41. Ismaeil Balal, Ph.D. student. Expected graduation date May 2017.
GS-42. Jose Carlos Hernandez, M.S.C.E. student. Expected graduation date May 2015.
GS-43. Karel Kus, M.S.C.E. student. Expected graduation date May 2015.
GS-44. Michal Jizba, M.S.C.E. student. Expected graduation date May 2015.
Other Graduate/Ph.D. Students Supported/Supervised (under Research Grants)
GS-45. Gang Xiang, Ph.D., UTEP, 2008. Computer Science Department.
GS-46. Sanjay Bhupathiraju, M.S.E.E., UTEP, 2008. Electrical & Computer Engineering Department.
GS-47. Srivatsava Kamatham. M.I.T., UTEP, 2009. Computer Science Department.
Other Ph.D. Students at UTEP (As Dissertation Committee Member)
GS-48. Jose Maria Mares, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2010. (Committee Chair: Prof. Wen-Whai Li, Civil
Engineering)
GS-49. Mouyid Islam, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2012. (Committee Chair: Dr. Salvador Hernandez).
GS-50. Victor Hugo Valenzuela, Ph.D. in Env. Sc. & Engineering, 2013. (Committee Co-Chairs: Prof.Wen-Whai
Li, Civil Engineering).
GS-51. Kevin Floyd, Ph.D. candidate, Env. Sc. & Engineering. (Committee Co-Chairs: Prof. Elizabeth Walsh,
Biological Science & Prof. Jorge Gardea, Chemistry)
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NOTABLE UNDERGRADATE STUDENTS WITH THESES SUPERVISION AT NUS
Note: “1”=1st Class Honors (top 5% of the entire NUS), “2A”=2nd Class Honors Upper Division, “2B”=2nd Class
Honors Lower Division. Honors is equivalent to Cum Laude in the U.S. system.
US-1. Wee Ping Koh, B.Eng.(Civil) 2B, NUS, 2000. Wee Ping is currently an Executive Engineer in the Traffic
Management Dept, Land Transport Authority, Singapore.
US-2. Sim Ho Wee, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2000. Sim Ho stayed on to be a Research Engineer and finished a
M.Eng. degree in 2003. See GS-9 above.
US-3. Winston Chun Leong Wee, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2001. Winston is currently an Engineer with the
Singapore Armed Forces.
US-4. Palema Alexandra Chiang, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2001. Pamela joined the Land Transport Authority
upon graduation from NUS. She is currently a Principal Transport Planner with the U.K. Government.
US-5. Harun Halim, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2001; M.Sc., NUS, 2004. Harun is currently an Executive Engineer
(ERP and ITS Systems), Land Transport Authority, Singapore. He completed his M.Sc.(Transportation
Systems & Management) in NUS in 2004.
US-6. Yee Wen Eng, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2002. Yee Wen is currently an Engineer with Defense Science and
Technology Agency, Singapore.
US-7. Andre Yew Chun Tok, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2002. Andre subsequently earned a Ph.D. degree at
University of California, Irvine in 2010.
US-8. Sabina Sung Wai Yeung, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2002. Sabina is currently an Assistant Manager of
Straight Air Services Ltd in Hong Kong.
US-9. Keng Fei Lee, B.Eng. (Civil) 2A, NUS, 2003. Keng Fei is currently a Project Manager with City
Development Ltd, Singapore.
US-10. Mui Eng Chua, B.Eng.(Civil) 2B, NUS, 2003. Mui Eng is current a Supply Chain Executive with Levi
Strauss (Singapore).
US-11. Yanzhi Tan, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2003. Yanzhi is currently a Engineer in the Traffic Management
Dept, Land Transport Authority, Singapore.
US-12. Germaine Chi Wen Tay, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2003. Germaine is currently a Traffic Engineer at ITS
Centre, Land Transport Authority, Singapore.
US-13. Hon Wai Chan, .Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2003. Hon Wai is currently an Executive Transport Planner in
Land Transport Authority, Singapore.
US-14. Elaine Wee Hoon Loo, B.Eng.(Electrical) 2A, NUS, 2003. Elaine is current an Engineer with CET
Technologies Pte Ltd, Singapore.
US-15. Howard Chee Hoe Pak, .Eng.(Civil) 1, NUS, 2004. Howard is currently a Transport Planner in the Land
Transport Authority, Singapore.
US-16. Yvonne Kwok, B.Eng.(Civil) 1, NUS, 2004. Yvonne worded a Transport Engineer with CPG Corporation,
Singapore. She is now with DHL Singapore.
US-17. Tessa Joy Irving, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2004. Tessa is an Engineer with Beca Carter Hollings and
Ferner Ltd in Auckland, New Zealand. She is the Valedictorian for Civil Engineering Class of 2004.
US-18. Eric Joon Yong Ong, B.Eng.(Civil) 2A, NUS, 2005. Eric is an Officer with the Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
US-19. Cheryl Yi Ling Tan, B.Eng.(Civil) 1, NUS, 2005. Cheryl is a Planner with the Singapore Mass Rapid
Transit Ltd.
US-20. Way Ling Chen, B.Eng.(Civil) 2B, NUS, 2005. Way Ling is a Planner with the Singapore Mass Rapid
Transit Ltd.
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US-21. Miaw Ling Chor, B.Eng.(Civil) 2B, NUS, 2005. Miaw Ling is a Transport Planner in the Planning Dept,
Land Transport Authority, Singapore.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS AT UTEP
US-22. Eric Nava, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2006. Eric subsequently earned a M.S. degree at University of Arizona in
2009. He is currently a Research Engineer at DynusT Lab at University of Arizona.
US-23. Margarita Viridiana Roldan, B.S.I.E., UTEP, 2007. Viridiana was the Outstanding Senior in the
Department of Industrial Engineering Class of 2007. She is pursuing M.B.A. at UTEP.
US-24. Carlos Duran, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2007. Carlos was the recipient of the Eisenhower Transportation
Fellowships. He subsequently graduated with a M.S.C.E. degree from UTEP in 2010. He was the
President of ITE UTEP Student Chapter. He is an engineer with Walter P Moore in El Paso, TX.
US-25. Valarie De La Cruz, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2007. Valarie was the recipient of the Eisenhower Transportation
Fellowships. She is working at Los Angeles County Public Works Dept. in California.
US-26. Min Wang, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2007.
US-27. Armando Velez, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2007. He is an engineer with Ponce Engineering Inc, El Paso, TX.
US-28. Dora Francis, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2007. Dora subsequently graduated with a M.S.C.E. degree from UTEP in
2009. She is an engineer with Sundt Construction in El Paso, TX.
US-29. Gabriel Alex Valdez, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2008. Alex was the recipient of the UTEP Dept. of Civil
Engineering Andrew Jones Award, for overall academic and service performance. He subsequently
graduated with a M.S.C.E. degree from UTEP in 2010.
US-30. Marilyn Valdez, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2008. Marilyn was the recipient of the Eisenhower Transportation
Fellowships. She was the President of Chi-Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. She subsequently
graduated with a M.S.C.E. degree from UTEP in 2010.
US-31. Jorge Martinez, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2008. Jorge was the recipient of the Eisenhower Transportation
Fellowships. He is also the recipient of the UTEP Dept. of Civil Engineering Academic Achievement
Award (given the graduating student with the highest GPA). He subsequently graduated with a M.S.C.E.
degree from UTEP in 2010.
US-32. Daniel Arroniz, B.S.C.E., UTEP, 2008. Danny was an engineer with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
US-33. Alicia Romo, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2009. Alicia was the recipient of the Eisenhower Transportation
Fellowships. She was the President of Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. She later graduated
with a Ph.D. at UTEP.
US-34. Manual Palma, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2010. Manuel is an engineer with CEA Engineering Group in El Paso, TX.
US-35. Juan Carlos Salcido, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2012. Juan was the recipient of the UTEP Dept. of Civil Engineering
Andrew Jones Award, for overall academic and service performance. He is a Ph.D. student at UTEP.
US-36. Marcella Chavez, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2012.
US-37. Taina Padilla, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2012. Taina is working as a civil engineer in Fircrest, WA.
US-38. Michael Archuleta, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2013. Michael works as a civil engineer at Ponce Engineering at El
Paso.
US-39. Yvette Holguin, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2013. Yvette was the recipient of the UTEP Dept. of Civil Engineering
Academic Achievement Award (given the graduating student with the highest GPA). She is a M.S.C.E.
student at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
US-40. Jassivy Hernandez, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2013.
US-41. Yvonne Colmenero, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2014. Yvonne is working as a Staff Engineer at AIA Engineering Ltd,
El Paso, TX.
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US-42. Eduardo Torres, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2014.
US-43. Jessica Miramontes, B.S.C.E. UTEP, 2014.
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
NUS
Total Research Funding SGD$1,851,556 = SGD$1,334,940 (as Principal Investigator) + SGD$516,616 (as Co-
Principal Investigator). Figures include overhead of up to 15%, but exclude professor’s summer salary, laboratory
space, graduate student tuition and scholarships provided by the university. US$1 is approximately SGD$1.70 in
2005. Figures quoted below are in SGD.
RP-1. Co-Investigator, “Real-Time Flood Forecasting with Fractal, Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network
Approaches.” NUS RP, 2/96–12/99, SGD$180,000.
RP-2. Principal Investigator, “Development of New Incident Detection Methodologies for Expressways.” CET
Technologies Pte Ltd, 7/96–12/98, SGD$138,000 + equipment and software.
RP-3. Principal Investigator, “AI Techniques for Fault Detection and Network Re-Routing.” NUS RP, 7/97-12/99,
$23,500 + manpower worth SGD$67,200.
RP-4. Principal Investigator, “New Concepts in Urban Traffic Control.” NUS RP, 1/98-12/99, SGD$46,300 +
manpower worth SGD$33,600.
RP-5. Co-Investigator, “Traffic Monitoring Systems for Tactical Logistics Planning.” NUS RP, 9/99–3/2002,
SGD$141,900 + manpower worth SGD$33,600.
RP-6. Co-Investigator, “A Microscopic Simulation Platform for Advanced Traffic Management and Information
Systems.” NUS RP, 3/00-2/02, SGD$108,416.
RP-7. Principal Investigator, “An Intelligent Road Maintenance Scheduling and Monitoring System.” NUS RP,
1/01-12/02, SGD$102,900 + manpower worth SGD$67,200.
RP-8. Principal Investigator, “Image-Based Traffic Data Acquisition System.”, NUS Engineering Research
Initiative Grant, 1/01-12/02, SGD$250,000.
RP-9. Principal Investigator, “A Laboratory Platform for Container Security Route Planning and On-Route
Tracking.” Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 9/02-8/03, SGD$84,000 + manpower
worth SGD$67,000.
RP-10. Co-Investigator, “Development of Trip Origin-Destination Estimation Techniques for Large-Scale ITS
Applications.” NUS RP, 1/03-12/05, SGD$86,300.
RP-11. Principal Investigator, “Demand Forecasting Models for Intelligent Community & Vehicle System” Honda
ICVS Singapore Pte Ltd, 8/03-3/05, SGD$344,448.
RP-12. Principal Investigator, “Multi-Objective Route Planning Models for Military Vehicles.” Ministry of Defense,
Singapore, 3/04-2/05, SGD$83,000.
RP-13. Co-Principal Investigator, “Integrated Transport and Personnel Resource Allocation.” Ministry of Defense,
Singapore, 4/05-3/06, SGD$50.000.
RP-14. Principal Investigator, “ICVS Research Phase 2:Demand Forecasting and Vehicle Relocation Models.”
Honda ICVS Singapore Pte Ltd, 6/05-5/06, SGD$204,792.
UTEP
Total externally funded research received at UTEP:
As Principle Investigator: $2,416,971
As Co- Principle Investigator: $1,093,269
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RP-15. Principal Investigator, “TTI-UTEP Transportation Initiative.” Texas Transportation Institute, 8/06, $13,733.
RP-16. Principal Investigator, “Strategies for Improving Travel Time Reliability.” Project 0-5453, Texas
Department of Transportation, 9/06-8/07, $95,765.
RP-17. Principal Investigator, “Feasibility and Guidelines in Applying Managed Lane Strategies to Ramps.” Project
0-5284, Texas Department of Transportation, in collaboration with Texas Transportation Institute, 9/06-8/07,
$20,000.
RP-18. Principal Investigator, “Improved Techniques for Traffic Control at Freeways and Work Zones.” Project 0-
5326, Texas Department of Transportation, in collaboration with Texas Transportation Institute, 9/06-8/07,
$15,000.
RP-19. Principal Investigator, “Comprehensive Planning and Design Guidelines for Incorporating a Bus Rapid
Transit Scenario to the Analysis of Texas Highway Corridors.” Project 0-5668, Texas Department of
Transportation, in collaboration with University of Texas at Austin, 9/06-8/08, $87,530.
RP-20. Principal Investigator, “El Paso MPO Support Services – El Paso Metropolitan Study Area.” El Paso
Metropolitan Planning Organization, 9/06-9/08, $422,792.
RP-21. Principal Investigator, “Models to Allocate Emergency Services to Cover Critical Transportation
Infrastructures.” University Research Institute, University of Texas, 1/07-8/07, $5,015.
RP-22. Principal Investigator, “Models to Allocate Emergency Resources to Cover Critical Infrastructures during a
Large Scale Disaster.” Regional Geospatial Center, University of Texas at El Paso, 1/07-8/07, $12,544.
RP-23. Principal Investigator, “Highway Planning and Operations for El Paso District, Phase 5.” Texas Department
of Transportation, 6/07-5/09, $303,809.
RP-24. Principal Investigator, “Guidelines on Mitigating the Impacts of Large Distribution Centers on Texas
Highways.” Project 0-5335, Texas Department of Transportation, in collaboration with Texas
Transportation Institute, 9/07-8/08, $26,640.
RP-25. Principal Investigator, “Effectiveness of Visualization to Improve Public Participation in Transportation
Planning.” Contract DTFH-06-08-P-00201, Federal Highway Administration, 9/08-9/09, $82,961.
RP-26. Principal Investigator, “Travel Demand Models Development and Analysis.” El Paso Metropolitan
Planning Organization, 10/08-9/11, $448,285.
RP-27. Principal Investigator, “Integrating the Transportation System with a University Campus Transportation
Master Plan.” Project 0-6608, Texas Department of Transportation, subcontract from Texas Transportation
Institute, 6/09-8/09, $15,000.
RP-28. Principal Investigator, “Carsharing at the Border: Market Potential and Business Model for El Paso.” Texas
Transportation Institute, 6/09-8/09, $10,000.
RP-29. Co- Principal Investigator, “Air Pollution Reduction in the Bridge of the Americas.” Border Environmental
Cooperation Commission, 4/09-3/11, $50,000.
RP-30. Co-Principal Investigator, “El Paso Regional Ports of Entry Operations Plan.” Texas Department of
Transportation Interagency Contract, 6/10-03/11, $90,374.
RP-31. Co-Principal Investigator, “Synthesis of Operational Uses of Real-Time Traffic Data.” Project 0-6659,
Texas Department of Transportation, subcontract from Texas Transportation Institute, 9/10-8/11, $18,895.
RP-32. Principal Investigator, “Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation & Logistics Systems.”
Project No. P116J100057, Funds for Improving Post-Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
9/10-8/14, $416,000.
RP-33. Principal Investigator, “Assistance in Technology Applications to Transportation Operations and Border
Crossings.” Texas Transportation Institute, 2/11-8/11, $15,253.
RP-34. Co-Principal Investigator, “El Paso MPO Rider 8 Ozone Reduction Program at El Paso, Texas.” El Paso
Metropolitan Planning Organization, 6/11-8/12, $404,000.
RP-35. Principal Investigator, “Unified Planning Work Program.” El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization,
7/11-6/14, $354,584.
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RP-36. Principal Investigator, “Design and Scope of Impact of Auxiliary Lanes.” Project 0-6706, Texas
Department of Transportation, in collaboration with Texas Southern University, 9/11-8/13, $75,000.
RP-37. Principal Investigator, “2012 North America Northbound Traffic Trends.” Texas Transportation Institute,
9/11-12/11, $7,979.
RP-38. Co-Principal Investigator, “El Paso Border Master Plan.” Texas Department of Transportation, 4/12-4/13,
$250,000.
RP-39. Co-Principal Investigator, “USA/Peru Study Abroad Program:Global and Regional Sustainability
Engineering.” U.S. Department of State, Contract S-ECAAS-12GR-126(RJ), 10/12-7/15, $225,000.
RP-40. Co-Principal Investigator, “Warehouse Location and Freight Attraction in the Greater El Paso Region.” U.S.
Department of Transportation, Contract CAIT-UTC018, 1/13-12/13, $45,000.
RP-41. Principal Investigator, “Express Carpool Project.” Texas Transportation Institute, 9/13-12/13, $5,100.
PUBLICATIONS – INDEPENDENT INDICATORS
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PUBLICATIONS – INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
Published
IJ-1. Chin, H. C., Quek, S. T. and Cheu, R. L. (1990). “Traffic conflicts in expressway merging.” Journal of
Transportation Engineering, 117(6), 633-643.
IJ-2. Chin, H. C., Quek, S. T. and Cheu, R. L. (1992). “Quantitative examination of traffic conflicts.”
Transportation Research Record 1376, 86-91.
IJ-3. Ritchie, S. G. and Cheu, R. L. (1993). “Simulations of freeway incident detection using artificial neural
networks.” Transportation Research, 1C(3), 203-217.
IJ-4. Cheu, R. L., Recker, W. W. and Ritchie, S. G. (1994). “Calibration of INTRAS for simulation of 30-sec
loop detector output.” Transportation Research Record 1457, 108-116.
IJ-5. Cheu, R. L. and Ritchie, S. G. (1995). “Automated detection of lane-blocking freeway incident using
artificial neural networks.” Transportation Research, 3C(6), 371-388.
IJ-6. Cheu, R. L., Jin, X., Ng, K. C., Ng, Y L. and Srinivasan, D. (1998). “Calibration of FRESIM for a Singapore
expressway using genetic algorithm.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 124(6), 526-535.
IJ-7. Fwa, T. F., Cheu, R. L. and Muntasir, A. (1999). “Scheduling of pavement maintenance to minimize traffic
delays.” Transportation Research Record 1650, Transportation Research Board, 28-35.
IJ-8. Srinivasan, D., Cheu, R. L., Poh, Y. P. and Ng, A. K. C. (2000). “Development of an intelligent technique
for traffic network incident detection.” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 13(3), 311-322.
IJ-9. Srinivasan, D., Cheu, R. L., Poh, Y. P. and Ng, A. K. C. (2000). “Automated fault detection in power
distribution networks using a hybrid fuzzy-genetic algorithm approach.” Engineering Applications of
Artificial Intelligence, 13(4), 407-418.
IJ-10. Jin, X., Srinivasan, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2001). “Classification of freeway traffic patterns for incident
detection using constructive probabilistic neural networks.” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 12(5),
1173-1187.
IJ-11. Xie, C., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2001). “Calibration-free arterial link speed estimation model using loop
data.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 127(6), 507-514.
IJ-12. Chin, H. C., Cheu, R. L. and Chandrasekar, P. (2002). “Application of NETSIM in modeling B-signals.”
Journal of Advanced Transportation, 36(2), 211-224.
IJ-13. Jin, X., Cheu, R. L. and Srinivasan, D. (2002). “Development and adaptation of constructive probabilistic
neural network in freeway incident detection.” Transportation Research, 10C(2), 121-147.
IJ-14. Cheu, R. L., Xie, C. and Lee, D-H. (2002). “Probe vehicle population and sample sizes for arterial speed
estimation.” Computer-Aided Civil & Infrastructure Engineering, 17(1), 53-60.
IJ-15. Chandrasekar, P., Cheu, R. L. and Chin, H. C. (2002). “Simulation evaluation of route-based control of bus
operations.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 128(6), 519-527.
IJ-16. Cheu, R. L., Qi, H. and Lee, D-H. (2002). “Mobile sensor and sample-based algorithm for freeway incident
detection.” Transportation Research Record 1811, 12-20.
IJ-17. Choy, M. C., Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D. and Logi, F. (2003). “Real-time signal control using agents with
online reinforcement learning.” Transportation Research Record 1836, 64-75.
IJ-18. Cheu, R. L., Chew, E. K. and Wee, C. L. (2003). “Estimating total distance for hauling import and export
containers.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 129(3), 292-299.
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IJ-19. Yuan, F. and Cheu, R. L. (2003). “Incident detection using support vector machines.” Transportation
Research, 11C(3-4), 309-328.
IJ-20. Choy, M. C., Srinivasan, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2003). “Cooperative, hybrid agent architecture for real-time
traffic signal control.” IEEE Transactions on System, Man and Cybernatics, Part A:Systems and Human,
33(5), 597-607.
IJ-21. Jin, X., Srinivasan, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Evaluation of adaptive neural network models for freeway
incident detection.” IEEE Transactions on ITS, 5(1), 1-11.
IJ-22. Ma, W., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2004). “Scheduling of lane closures using genetic algorithms with
traffic assignments and distributed simulations.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 130(3), 322-329.
IJ-23. Cheu, R. L., Wang, Y., Fwa, T. F. (2004). “Hybrid genetic algorithm-simulation methodology for pavement
maintenance scheduling.” Computer-Aided Civil & Infrastructure Engineering, Blackwell Publishers 19,
446-455.
IJ-24. Meng, Q., Lee, D-H., Cheu, R. L. and Yang, H. (2004). “The logit-based stochastic user equilibrium and
sensitivity analysis problems for entry-exit tool schemes.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 130(6),
805-813.
IJ-25. Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D. and Loo, W. H. (2004). “Training neural networks to detect freeway incidents
using particle swarm optimization.” Transportation Research Record 1867, 11-18.
IJ-26. Cheu, R. L. and Tay, G. C. W. (2004). “Sampling strategies for probe vehicle-based freeway incident
detection algorithms.” Transportation Research Record 1867, 80-88.
IJ-27. Lee, D-H., Wang, H., Cheu, R. L. and Teo, S. H. (2004). “Taxi dispatch system based on current demands
and real-time traffic information.” Transportation Research Record 1882, 193-200.
IJ-28. Wang, H., Lee, D-H. and Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Dynamic routing of commercial vehicle operations in real-
time traffic conditions.” Transportation Research Record 1882, 201-209.
IJ-29. Huang, B., Cheu, R. L. and Liew, Y. S. (2004). “GIS and genetic algorithms for HAZMAT route planning
with security considerations.” International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 18(8), 769-787.
IJ-30. Srinivasan, D., Xin, J. and Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Adaptive neural networks for automatic incident detection
on freeways.” Neurocomputing, 64, 473-476.
IJ-31. Meng, Q., Lee, D-H. and Cheu, R. L. (2005). “The multiobjective vehicle routing and scheduling problem
with constraints in hazardous material transportation.” Journal of Transportation Engineering,131(9), 699-
707.
IJ-32. Meng, Q., Lee, D-H. and Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Counting the efficient paths for transportation networks and
its applications.” Journal of Advanced Transportation, 39(2), 193-220.
IJ-33. Ng, S. T., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2006). “Simulation evaluation of the benefits of real-time traffic
information to trucks during incidents.” Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 10(2), 88-99.
IJ-34. Srinivasan, D., Choy, M. C. and Cheu, R. L. (2006). “Neural networks for real-time traffic signal control.”
IEEE Transactions on ITS, 7(3), 261-272.
IJ-35. Choy, M. C., Srinivasan, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2006). “Neural networks for continuous online learning and
control.” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 17(6), 1511-1531.
IJ-36. Cheu, R. L., Xu, J., Kek, A. G. H., Lim, W. P. and Chen, W. L. (2006). “Forecasting of shared-use vehicle
trips using neural networks and support vector machines.” Transportation Research Record 1968, 40-46.
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IJ-37. Kek, A. G. H., Cheu, R. L and Chor, M. L. (2006). “Relocation simulation models for multiple-station
shared-use vehicle systems.” Transportation Research Record 1986, 81-88.
IJ-38. Meng, Q, Huang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2007). “A note on the supply chain network equilibrium models.”
Transportation Research, 43E(1), 60-71.
IJ-39. Meng, Q., Khoo, H. L. and Cheu, R. L. (2007). “Urban expressway-arterial corridor on-line control system
based on advanced traveler information.” Transportation Research Record 2000, 44-50.
IJ-40. Huang, Y., Fan, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2007). “Optimal allocation of multiple emergency service resources for
critical transportation infrastructure protection.” Transportation Research Record 2022, 1-9.
IJ-41. Kek, A. G. H., Cheu, R. L. and Meng, Q. (2008). “Distance-constrained capacitated vehicle routing
problems with flexible assignment of start and end ports.” Mathematical & Computer Modeling, 47(1-2),
140-152.
IJ-42. Cheu, R. L., Huang, Y. and Huang, B. (2008). “Allocating emergency service vehicles to serve critical
transportation infrastructures.” Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 12(1), 1-9.
IJ-43. Meng, Q., Khoo, H. L. and Cheu, R. L. (2008). “Microscopic traffic simulation models based optimization
approach for the contraflow lane configuration problem.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 134(1),
41-49.
IJ-44. Cheu, R. L., Nguyen H. T., Magoc, T. and Kreinovich, V. (2008). “Logit discrete choice model: a new
distribution-free justification.” Soft Computing, 13(2), 133-137.
IJ-45. Kek, A. G. H, Cheu, R. L., Meng, Q. and Fung, C. H. (2009). “Decision support system for vehicle
relocation operations in carsharing systems.” Transportation Research, 45E(1), 149-158.
IJ-46. Galicia, L. D., Cheu, R. L., Machemehl, R. B. and Liu, H. (2009). “Bus rapid transit features and
deployment phases for U.S. cities.” Journal of Public Transportation, 12(2), 23-38.
IJ-47. Meng, Q., Huang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2009). "Competitive facility location on decentralized supply chains.”
European Journal of Operations Research, 196(2), 487-499.
IJ-48. Cheu, R. L., Martinez, J. and Duran, C. (2009). “A cell transmission model with lane changing and vehicle
tracking for port of entry simulations.” Transportation Research Record 2124, 241-248.
IJ-49. Lei, H., Cheu, R. L. and Aldouri, R. (2009). “Optimal allocation of emergency response service units to
cover critical infrastructures with time dependent service demand and travel time.” Transportation Research
Record 2137, 74-84.
IJ-50. Cheu, R. L., Lei, H. and Aldouri, R. (2010). “Optimal assignment of emergency response service units with
time dependent service demand and travel time.” Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 14(4), 220-
231.
IJ-51. Galicia, L. D., Rajbhandari, R., Cheu, R. L., Aldrete, R. (2011). “Analysis of transit service coverage-level
of service measures at border regions and suggestion of an alternative procedure.” Transportation Research
Record 2216, 139-147.
IJ-52. Dawson, E. H., Liu, H., Xu, H., Cheu, R. L. and Machemehl, R. B. (2011). “Feasibility of converting two-
way left-turn lane into bus rapid transit lane.” Transportation Research Record 2218, 39-47.
IJ-53. Cheu, R. L., Valdez, M., Kamatham, S. and Aldouri, R. (2011). “Public preferences in the use of
visualization in the public involvement process in transportation planning.” Transportation Research
Record 2245, 17-26.
IJ-54. Valdez, M., Cheu, R. L. and Duran, C. (2011). “Operations of a modern roundabout with unbalanced
approach volume.” Transportation Research Record 2265, 234-243.
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IJ-55. Blejcharova, N., Cheu, R. L. and Bina, L. (2012). “Framework for selecting screening technologies for
checked baggage inspection systems at airports.” Journal of Transportation Security, 5(3), 239-252.
IJ-56. Martinez, J. A. and Cheu, R. L. (2012). “Double crossover versus conventional diamond interchanges both
with frontage roads.” Journal of Transportation of the ITE, 4(1), 1-18.
IJ-57. Duran, C. and Cheu, R. L. (2013). “Effect of crosswalk location and pedestrian volume on entry capacity of
roundabouts.” International Journal of Transportation Science & Technology, 2(1), 31-46.
IJ-58. Galicia, L. D. and Cheu, R. L. (2013). “Geographic information system-system dynamics procedure for bus
rapid transit ridership estimation.” Journal of Advanced Transportation, 47(3), 266-280.
IJ-59. Wang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2013). “Safety impacts of auxiliary lanes at isolated freeway on-ramp junctions.”
Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 5(4), 327-343.
IJ-60. Wang, Y., Cheu, R. L., Qi, Y. and Chen, X. (2013). “Use of auxiliary lanes at isolated freeway on-ramp
junctions.” Journal of Transportation of the ITE, 5(1), 1-16.
IJ-61. Cheu, R. L., Ferregut, C., Bina, L., Novakova, H., Horak, T., Novak, A., Hudak, A. and Aguirre-
Covarrubias, S. (2013). “Transatlantic dual masters degree program in transportation and logistics systems:
the first two years of implementation.” Transportation Research Record 2328, 1-8.
IJ-62. Wang, H. and Cheu, R. L. (2013). “Operations of a taxi fleet for advance reservations using electric vehicles
and charging stations.” Transportation Research Record 2352, 1-10.
IJ-63. Cornejo, L., Perez, S., Cheu, R. L. and Hernandez, S. (2014). “An Approach to Comprehensively Evaluate
Potential Park and Ride Facilities.” International Journal of Transportation Science & Technology, 3(1), 1-
18.
IJ-64. Romo, A., Hernandez, S. and Cheu, R. L. “Identifying pre-crash factors between cars and trucks on
interstate highways: mixed logit model approach.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 140(3).
Accepted for Publication
IJ-65. Wang, H., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. “Intelligent taxi dispatch system for advanced reservations.” Journal
of Public Transportation.
IJ-66. Wang, H., Unnikrishnam, A., Hernandez, S. and Cheu, R. L. “A capacitated centralized carrier collaboration
multihub location problem: a Tabu search approach.” Transportation Research Record.
Submitted for Publication
PUBLICATIONS – REGIONAL REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
Published
RJ-1. Cheu, R. L. and Ritchie, S. G. (1995). “Loop-based freeway incident detection using neural networks.”
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 35(2), 26-32.
RJ-2. Liong, S. Y., Cheu, R. L. and Chan, W. T. (1996). “Near perfect hydrograph forecasting with neural
network.” Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 36(2), 54-57.
RJ-3. Cheu, R. L., Chi, X. and Lee, D. H. (2001). “Probe vehicle requirement for arterial link speed estimation.”
Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 41(2), 8-13.
RJ-4. Yuan, F. and Cheu, R. L. (2001). “Neural network models for identification of lane-blocking patterns in
arterial streets.” Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 41(2), 14-19.
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RJ-5. Cheu, R. L., Pankaj, A., Baliga, G., Chan, W. T., Chew, E. P. and Ong, C. J. (2001). “Modeling of traffic
processes using virtual objects.” Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 41(2), 37-41.
RJ-6. Wang, Y., Wu, Y. Y., Cheu, R. L. and Fwa, T. F. (2001). “Estimating traffic delay due to lane closure in
expressway.” Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 41(2), 49-53.
RJ-7. Cheu, R. L. (2003). “Development and current status of intelligent transportation systems in Singapore.”
Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (in Chinese), Vol. 5, No. 1, Tsinghua University Press, 5-9.
RJ-8. Yeung, S. S. W., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D. H. (2003). “A laboratory platform for incident management
simulation.” Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 44(2). Available at http://www.ies.org.sg.
RJ-9. Jin, X, Cheu, R. L. and Qi, H. (2003). “Freeway incident detection algorithms and their application issues.”
Submitted to Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (in Chinese), Vol. 5, No. 2, Tsinghua University
Press, 18-24.
RJ-10. Kek, A. G. H. and Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Relocation issues in multiple-station carsharing systems.” Journal of
the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 45(2). Available at http://www.ies.org.sg.
RJ-11. Tan, Y. Z., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2005). “Comparison of PARAMICS and GETRAM/AIMSUN for
ITS Simulations.” Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 45(2). Available at
http://www.ies.org.sg.
PUBLICATIONS – INVITED PRESENTATIONS
IP-1. Cheu, R. L. and Qi, H. (2002). “A probe vehicle-based incident detection algorithm with fixed sample size.”
Presented at Technical University of Munich, Germany, on 11 January 2002.
IP-2. Cheu, R. L. (2002). “Development of intelligent transportation systems in Singapore.” Country Report,
Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Intelligent Transportation System Forum, ITS Asia Pacific, 2-4 July
2002, in CD-ROM.
IP-3. Cheu, R. L. (2003) “Security of air cargo and air supply chain in the Asia Pacific.” Presented at the
Roundtable on Role of Airport and Air Cargo in Trade Development in the Asia Pacific, 5 September 2003,
Singapore, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.
IP-4. Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Advanced neural networks.” Presented at the Workshops of Applications of Artificial
Intelligence Techniques in Transportation, The 83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
13-17 January 2004, Washington D. C.
IP-5. Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Homeland security: an international perspective.” Presented at the Meeting of
Committee of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Security (ABE40), The 83rd Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, 13-17 January 2004, Washington D. C.
IP-6. Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Freeway incident detection using probe vehicles.” Presented at the University of
Nevada at Las Vegas on 19 March 2004.
IP-7. Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Applications of GIS in transportation security, safety and emergency management.”
Presented at the Symposium on the ABC’s of Integrating ITS, Public Safety, Security and Emergency
Management, Las Vegas, 1-2 June 2005, as the only invited international speaker.
IP-8. Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Transportation policies and travel demand management in Singapore.” Presented at
Utah State University, 11 August 2005.
IP-9. Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Transportation policies and travel demand management in Singapore.” Presented at
University of Arizona, 23 September 2005.
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IP-10. Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Stationary and mobile sensor-based incident detection systems.” Presented at
University of Texas at El Paso, 12 October 2005.
IP-11. Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Transportation policies and travel demand management in Singapore.” Presented at
University of California at Davis, 14 October 2005.
IP-12. Cheu, R. L. (2008). “Stationary and mobile sensor-based incident detection systems.” Presented at Nanjing
Forestry University, China, 7 April 2008.
IP-13. Cheu, R. L. (2008). “Traffic assignment for risk averse drivers in a stochastic network.” Presented at
Southeast University, China, 8 April 2008.
IP-14. Cheu, R. L. (2008). “Traffic assignment for risk averse drivers in a stochastic network.” Presented at Hohai
University, China, 9 April 2008.
IP-15. Cheu, R. L. (2008). “Stationary and mobile sensor-based incident detection systems.” Presented at Nanjing
Normal University, China, 9 April 2008.
IP-16. Cheu, R. L. (2008). “Traffic assignment for the morning commute in a stochastic network.” Presented at
Texas Tech University, 18 July 2008.
IP-17. Cheu, R. L. (2009). “Allocation of emergency response service units.” Presented at University of Florida, 12
February 2009.
IP-18. Cheu, R. L. (2009). “Bus rapid transit research in Texas.” Presented at Hohai University, China, 12 October
2009.
IP-19. Cheu, R. L. (2009). “Allocation of emergency response service units.” Presented at Nanjing Normal
University, China, 13 October 2009.
IP-20. Cheu, R. L. (2009). “Roundabout design and modeling.” Presented at Southeast University, China, 14
October 2009.
IP-21. Cheu, R. L. (2010). “Operations of roundabouts with unbalanced approach volumes.” Presented at Purdue
University, 13 July 2010.
IP-22. Cheu, R. L. (2010). “Operations of roundabouts with unbalanced approach volumes.” Presented at
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 15 July 2010.
PUBLICATIONS – SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS
Papers presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meetings and published in Transportation Research
Records are not included here. They are listed in International Refereed Journals.
IC-1. Quek, S. T., Chin, H. C. and Cheu, R. L. (1988). “Traffic safety at merging areas of expressways.”
Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Roads, Highway and Bridges for the 21st Century, Roger Gill
and Associates Pte Ltd, Singapore, 20.1-20.9.
IC-2. Chin, H. C., Quek, S. T. and Cheu, R. L. (1989). “Traffic conflicts in expressway merging.” 5th World
Conference on Transport Research, Yokohama, Japan.
IC-3. Cheu, R. L., Ritchie, S. G., Recker, W. W. and Bavarian, B. (1991). “Investigation of a neural network
model for freeway incident detection.” Artificial Intelligence in Civil & Structural Engineering, Proceedings
of International Conference on the Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural
Engineering, Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, U.K., 267-274.
IC-4. Ritchie, S. G., Cheu, R. L. and Recker, W. W. (1992). “Freeway incident detection using artificial neural
networks.” Proceedings of International Conference on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in
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Transportation Engineering, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Irvine,
California, 215-234.
IC-5. Cheu, R. L. and Ritchie, S. G. and Stack, R. (1994). “Hybrid artificial intelligence system for real-time
freeway incident management.” Preprints of the Transportation Research Board 73rd Annual Meeting.
IC-6. Cheu, R. L. and Ritchie, S. G. (1994). “Neural network models for automated detection of lane-blocking
freeway incidents.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Technologies in
Transportation and Traffic Management, Centre for Transportation Studies, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore, 245-252.
IC-7. Ritchie, S. G., Abduhai, B., Parkany, A. E., Sheu, J., Cheu, R. L. and Khan, S. I. (1995). “A comprehensive
system for incident detection on freeways and arterials.” Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of ITS
America, 617-622.
IC-8. Cheu, R. L., Ritchie, S. G., Zhang, H., Khan, S. I. and Deeter, D. L. (1995). “An integrated freeway-arterial
traffic management system: recent developments.” Proceedings of 3rd CityTrans Asia Conference, CityTrans
Asia Ltd, Singapore.
IC-9. Cheu, R. L. (1995). “Potential applications of intelligent transportation systems in Singapore.” Journal of
the Eastern Asian Society for Transportation Studies, 1(3), 1105-1116.
IC-10. Liong, S. Y., Cheu, R. L. and Chan, W. T. (1996). “Nearly perfect flood forecasting with neural network.”
Presented at 10th Congress of IAHR-APD, International Association of Hydraulics Engineering Research.
IC-11. Cheu, R-L., Jin, X., Ng, K. C., Ng, Y L. and Srinivasan, D. (1998). “Genetic algorithm approach in
FRESIM calibration.” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applications of Advanced
Technology in Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 191-198.
IC-12. Cheu, R-L. (1998). “Freeway traffic prediction using neural networks.” Proceedings of the 5th International
Conference on Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 247-254.
IC-13. Muntasir, A., Fwa, T. F. and Cheu, R. L. (1998). “Reducing traffic delay due to pavement maintenance
activities.” Proceedings of the 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation and the Environment.” Centre
for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, 706-716.
IC-14. Jin, X., Cheu, R. L., Ng, K. C., Ng, Y L. and Srinivasan, D. (1998). “Genetic algorithm in the calibration of
a simulation model.” Proceedings of the 1st Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation and the
Environment, Centre for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, 595-603.
IC-15. Jin, X., Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D., Ng, K. C., Ng, Y L. and Lee, K. H. (1999). “Applications of FRESIM: a
microscopic traffic simulation model in an expressway in Singapore.” Proceedings of International
Conference on Transportation into the Next Millenium, Centre for Transportation Research, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, 251-260.
IC-16. Chandrasekar, P., Chin, H. C. and Cheu, R. L. (1999). “A study on the performance of bus priority signals.”
Proceedings of International Conference of ITS-Australia, CD-ROM.
IC-17. Jin, X., Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D., Ng, K. C., Ng, Y L. and Lee, K. H. (1999). “Fault detection in
expressway traffic using adaptive neural networks.” Proceedings of 4th Asia Pacific Symposium on
Instrument, Measurement and Automatic Control, International Academic Publishers, Beijing, 46-49.
IC-18. Agarwal, P., Cheu, R. L., Chan, W. T., Chew, E. P. and Ong, C. J. (1999). “An object-oriented traffic
simulation model for intersection signal control.” Novel Design and Information Technology Applications
for Civil & Structural Engineering, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on the Applications of
Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering, Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, U.K., 215-222.
IC-19. Jin, X., Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D., Ng, K. C., Ng, Y L. and Lee, K. H. (1999). “Artificial intelligence
techniques in the development of expressway incident detection system.” Novel Design and Information
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Technology Applications for Civil & Structural Engineering, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on
the Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering, Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh,
U.K., 235-242.
IC-20. Cheu, R. L. and Fwa, T. F. (1999). “Traffic delay at a freeway work zone.” Journal of the Eastern Asia
Society for Transportation Studies, 3(6), 125-137.
IC-21. Cheu, R. L., Agarwal, P., Gautham, B., Chan, W. T., Chew, E. P. and Ong, C. J. (2000). “Use of virtual
objects in traffic simulation.” Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Applications of Advanced
Technologies in Transportation Engineering, Center for Transportation Research, National University of
Singapore, CD-ROM.
IC-22. Wang, Y., Wu, Y. Y., Cheu, R. L. and Fwa, T. F. (2000). “Estimating Traffic Delay Due to Lane Closure in
Expressway.” Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation Engineering, Center for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, CD-
ROM.
IC-23. Chandrasekar, P., Cheu, R. L. and Chin, H. C. (2000). “Modeling route-based control of bus operations
using PARAMICS.” Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies
in Transportation Engineering, Center for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, in
CD-ROM.
IC-24. Fang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2000). “Design of neural network models for lane-blocking pattern identification
in arterial streets.” Proceedings 6th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation Engineering, Center for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, CD-
ROM.
IC-25. Cheu, R. L., Xie, C. and Lee, D-H. (2000). “Probe vehicle requirement for arterial link speed estimation.”
Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation
Engineering, Center for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, CD-ROM.
IC-26. Cheu, R. L., Lee, D-H. and Xie, C. (2001). “An arterial speed estimation model fusing data from stationary
and mobile sensors.” 2001 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Proceedings, IEEE, 573-578.
IC-27. Lee, D-H., Chandrasekar, P. and Cheu, R. L. (2001). “Customized simulation modeling using PARAMICS
application programming interface.” 2001 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Proceedings, IEEE,
842-847.
IC-28. Srinivasan, D., Cheu, R. L. and Poh, Y. P. (2001). “Hybrid fuzzy logic-genetic algorithm technique for
automated detection of incident on freeways.” 2001 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Proceedings,
IEEE, 352-357.
IC-29. Cheu, R. L and Ma, W. (2001). “Accelerating convergence of a hybrid genetic algorithm-microsimulation
model for lane closure scheduling in a road network.” Proceedings of the International Conference on
Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 25-27 November, 2001, Singapore, 246-
252.
IC-30. Wang, Y., Cheu, R. L. and Fwa, T. F. (2002). “Highway maintenance scheduling using genetic algorithm
with microscopic traffic simulation.” Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, CD-ROM.
IC-31. Cheu, R. L. and Ma, W. (2002). “An improved genetic algorithm-simulation methodology for lane closure
scheduling.” Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, CD-ROM.
IC-32. Choy, M. C., Srinivasan, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2002). “Hybrid cooperative agents with online learning for
traffic control.” Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE, 1015-
1020.
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IC-33. Cheu, R. L. and Liu, Q and Lee, D-H. (2002). “Arterial travel time estimation using SCATS detectors.”
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation, ASCE, 32-39.
IC-34. Wee, S. H., Cheu, R. L., Lee, D. H. and Chan, W. T. (2002). “Using GPS data to calibrate arterial speed
profile in PARAMICS.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applications of Advanced
Technologies in Transportation, ASCE, pp. 64-71.
IC-35. Cheu, R. L. and Ma, W. (2002). “A hybrid genetic algorithm-parallel simulation model for lane closure
scheduling.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation, ASCE, 754-761.
IC-36. Choy, M. C., Srinivasan, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2002). “Cooperative hybrid learning agents for traffic
management and control.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Applications of Advanced
Technologies in Transportation, ASCE, 968-975.
IC-37. Chandrasekar, P., Chan, W. T., Lee, D-H., Wee, S. H. and Cheu, R. L. (2002). “A simulation-driven
internet-based predictive traffic information hub.” Proceedings of the IEEE 5th International Conference on
Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE, 679-684.
IC-38. Cheu, R. L., Chiang, J. and Wee, S. H. (2002). “Examining quality of DGPS-derived positioning data in
urban road networks.” Proceedings of the IEEE 5th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation
Systems, IEEE, 938-943.
IC-39. Qi, H., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2002). “Freeway incident detection using kinematic data of probe
vehicles.” Scientific Paper, Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems,
ITS America, CD_ROM.
IC-40. Cheu, R. L., Liu, D. and Lee, D-H. (2002). “Simulation of dynamic TRANSYT signal control using
PARAMICS API.” Technical Paper, Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation
Systems, ITS America, CD-ROM.
IC-41. Ma, W., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2003). “A two-stage hybrid genetic algorithm-traffic assignment-
distributed simulation methodology for lane closure scheduling.” Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting
of the Transportation Research Board, CD-ROM.
IC-42. Srinivasan, D., Loo, W. H. and Cheu, R. L. (2003). “Traffic incident detection using particle swarm
optimization.” IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium Proceedings, IEEE, 144-151.
IC-43. Cheu, R. L., Ng, S. T., Lee, D-H. and Wang, H. (2003). “Modeling diversion behavior of trucks with real-
time traffic information.” Proceedings of the 6th Asia Pacific Intelligent Transportation Systems Forum, ITS
Asia-Pacific, CD-ROM.
IC-44. Wang, H., Cheu, R. L. and Lee D-H. (2003) “An en-route security monitoring system for commercial
vehicles.” Proceedings of the IEEE 6th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems,
IEEE, 543-547.
IC-45. Lewis, B., Cheu, R. L., Erera, A., Lee, D. H. and White, C. (2003). “Security Challenges to Global Supply
Chain Productivity.” Presentation at INFORMS Annual Meeting 2003.
IC-46. Liu, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Comparative evaluation of dynamic TRANSYT and SCATS-based signal
control logic using microscopic traffic simulations.” Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, CD-ROM.
IC-47. Wang, H., Lee, D-H. and Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Trip-chaining for taxi advance bookings: a strategy to reduce
cost for taxi advance bookings.” Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
Board, CD-ROM.
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IC-48. Huang, B., Cheu, R. L. and Liew, Y. S. (2004). “Incorporating security in HAZMAT route planning using
GIS and AHP.” Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, CD-ROM.
IC-49. Xie, C., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2004). “Improving arterial travel time estimation by data fusion.”
Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, CD-ROM.
IC-50. Ng, S. T., Cheu, R. L. and Lee D-H. (2004). “Analysis of factors affecting truck travel times under ATIS
environment.” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies
in Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 88-93.
IC-51. Cheu, R. L. and Liu, D. (2004). “Simulation evaluation of dynamic TRANSYT and SCATS-based signal
control logic under time varying traffic demand.” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on
Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 203-207.
IC-52. Wang, H., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2004). “Incorporating telemetry and car-following data for real-time
monitoring of container trucks.” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Applications of
Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 88-93.
IC-53. Wang, H., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. (2004). “Dispatch systems for GPS-based taxi booking services in
Singapore.” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation Engineering, ASCE, 125-130.
IC-54. Choy, M. C., Srinivasan, D. and Cheu, R. L. (2004). “Simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation
based neural networks for online learning.” Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on
Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE, 1038-1044.
IC-55. Meng, Q., Huang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2004). “A decentralized supply chain network design problem with
equilibrium constraints.” Proceedings of The 9th Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation
Studies, pp. 67-76.
IC-56. Kek, A. G. H., Cheu, R. L. and Xu, J. (2005). “Trip forecasting models for Intelligent Community Vehicle
System.” Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, CD-ROM.
IC-57. Huang, Y., Cheu, R. L., Huang, B. and Kek, A. G. H. (2005). “Locating emergency services for critical
transportation infrastructure protection.” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation
Logistics, Centre for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, CD-ROM.
IC-58. Kek, A. G. H., Cheu, R. L., Meng, Q. and Lee, C. U. (2005). “Benefits of flexible assignment in distance-
constrained capacitated vehicle routing problems.” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on
Transportation Logistics, Centre for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, CD-ROM.
IC-59. Meng, Q, Huang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Unconstrained minimization formulations for the supply
chain network equilibrium models.” Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation
Logistics, Centre for Transportation Research, National University of Singapore, CD-ROM.
IC-60. Meng, Q., Khoo, H. L., Huang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2006). “A bilevel programming model for the optimal
controlflow lane configuration problem.” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Applications
of Advanced Technology in Transportation, ASCE, 834-839.
IC-61. Kek, A. G. H, Cheu, R. L., Meng, Q. and Fung, C. H. (2007). “A decision support tool for vehicle relocation
operations in carsharing systems.” Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
Board, CD-ROM.
IC-62. Cheu, R. L., Kreinovich, V. and Manduva, S. R. (2008). “Traffic assignment for risk-averse drivers in a
stochastic network.” Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, DVD.
IC-63. Cheu, R. L., Kreinovich, V. Modave, F., Xiang, G., Li, T. and Magoc, T. (2008). “How to estimate, take
into account, and improve travel time reliability in transportation networks.” Proceedings of the 3rd
International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing (REC08), Feb. 20-22, Savannah, GA.
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IC-64. Cheu, R. L., Kek, A. G. H. and Meng, Q. (2008). “Pre-emptive vehicle relocations for a carsharing system.”
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Application of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation, ASCE, CD-ROM.
IC-65. Cheu, R. L., Xiang, G. and Kreinovich, V. (2008). “Towards an optimal algorithm for computing fixed
points: dynamical systems approach with applications to transportation engineering.” Proceedings of the 6th
EUROMECH Nonlinear Dynamics Conference (ENOC 2008), June 30-July 4, St. Petersburg, Russia.
IC-66. Cheu, R. L., Xiang, G., Bhupathiraju, S. and Lei, H. (2008). “A practical traffic assignment modeling
approach with flexible departure time choice and travel time uncertainty.” 13th GAMM - IMACS
International Symposium on Scientific Computing, Computer Arithmetic and Verified Numerical
Computations, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, El Paso, Texas.
IC-67. Wang, H., Lee, D-H., Cheu, R. L. (2009). “PDPTW based taxi dispatch modeling for booking service.”
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Natural Computation, IEEE, Aug. 14-16, Tianjin, China,
242-247.
IC-68. Galicia, D. L. and Cheu, R. L. (2010). “A system dynamics model for bus rapid transit corridor planning and
ridership forecasting.” Proceedings of The 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
January 10-14, 2010, DVD.
IC-69. Cheu, R. L., Valdez, M., Kamatham, S. and Aldouri, R. (2010). “Visualization in transportation planning: a
survey on public preferences.” Presentation at 2010 Border to Border Transportation Conference,
November 16-18, 2010, El Paso, TX.
IC-70. Cheu, R. L., Valdez, M., Duran, C. and Romo, A. (2010). “A study to identify operational issues of
roundabouts with unbalanced volume.” Presentation at 2010 Border to Border Transportation Conference,
November 16-18, 2010, El Paso, TX.
IC-71. Wang, H., Cheu, R. and Lee, D-H. (2011). “A study of real-time monitoring of commercial vehicles using
microscopic traffic simulation model.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in
Materials and Mechanical Engineering (ICRTMME), January 27-28, Shenzhen, China, 1293-1298.
IC-72. Wang, H., Cheu, R. and Lee, D-H. (2011). “RFID enabled signal priority strategies for bus operations.”
Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Mechanical Engineering
(ICRTMME), January 27-28, Shenzhen, China, 2169-2174.
IC-73. Wang, H., Lee, D-H. and Cheu, R. (2011). “Microscopic traffic simulation based dispatch modeling for taxi
booking service.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials, Modeling and Simulation,
January 27-28, Shenzhen, China, 677-682.
IC-74. Cheu, R. L. and Duran, C. (2011). “Entry capacity adjustment factors for pedestrians at U.S. roundabouts.”
3rd International Conference on Roundabouts, May 18-20, 2011, Carmel, IN. Transportation Research
Board.
IC-75. Cheu, R. L., Valdez, M., Duran, C., Archuleta, M., Ibarra, I., Cheu, D. (2011). “Performance evaluation of
an intersection with roundabout and signalized control.” 3rd International Conference on Roundabouts, May
18-20, 2011, Carmel, IN. Transportation Research Board.
IC-76. Lan, W., Chen, X., Cheu, R. L. and Galicia, L. D. (2011). “System dynamics model for coordinated
planning of bus rapid transit and transit oriented development.” The 11th International Conference of
Chinese Transportation Professionals, August 14-17, 2011, Nanjing, China.
IC-77. Martinez, J. and Cheu, R. L. (2012). “Double crossover diamond interchange with frontage roads.”
Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 22-26, 2012, DVD.
IC-78. Duran, C. and Cheu, R. L. (2012). “Effect of crosswalk location and pedestrian volume on entry capacity of
roundabouts.” Proceedings of the 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 22-
26, 2012, DVD.
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IC-79. Bina, L., Novakova, H., Horak, T., Novak, A., Ferregut, C. and Cheu, R. L. (2012). “Transatlantic Dual
Masters Program in Transportation Sciences and Logistic Systems (ATL).” EU-U.S. Atlantis Program
Project Directors Meeting, March 21-23, 2010, Brussels.
IC-80. Li, W-W., Sosa, T. M., Cheu, R. L. and Ramirez, A. (2012). “Evaluation of transportation mitigation
measures on air quality and traffic congestion at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry.” Health Impacts
of Border Crossings Conference 2012, May 3-4, 2012, San Ysidro, CA.
IC-81. Sosa, T. M., Cheu, R. L., Li, W-W. and Ramirez, A. (2012). “Air pollution reduction at the Bridge of the
Americas.” 105th Annual Conference of Air & Waste Management Association, June 19-22, San Antonio,
TX.
IC-82. Valenzuela, V. H., Yang, H., Fitzgerald, R, Cheu, R., Yang, H., Olvera, H., Li, W-W. and Pinal, G. (2012).
“Conceptual model for ozone reduction in El Paso, Texas.” 105th Annual Conference of Air & Waste
Management Association, June 19-22, San Antonio, TX.
IC-83. Cheu, R. L., Blejcharova, N. and Bina, L. (2013). “Analysis framework for designing two-device checked
baggage inspection systems at airports.” Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, January 13-17.
IC-84. Romo, A., Hernandez, S. and Cheu, R. L. (2013). “Identifying pre-crash factors between cars and trucks on
interstate highways: mixed logit model approach.” Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, January 13-17, 2013.
IC-85. Sosa, T., Yang, H., Cheu, R., Romo, A., Li, W-W., Pinal, G. and Valenzuela, V. (2013). “A methodology
for generating emission factors at an international port of entry.” 106th Annual Conference of Air & Waste
Management Association, June 25-28, Chicago, IL.
IC-86. Rendl, T., Cheu, R. L., Bina, L. and Horak, T. (2013). “Multicriteria framework for evaluation of
transportation policies and traffic management solutions in large urban areas.” 11th European Transport
Congress, Sept. 19-20, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic.
IC-87. Hovakova, H., Ferregut, C., Cheu, R. L., Bina, L. and Horak, T. (2013). “Transportation and logistics
systems in the framework of Transatlantic Program EU-U.S. Atlantis.” 11th European Transport Congress,
Sept. 19-20, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic.
IC-88. Strelcova, K., Bina, L. and Cheu, R. L. (2013). “Development of demand forecasting model for
Transatlantic Air Transportation.” International Conference on Air Transport (INAIR 2013), November 7-
8, 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia.
IC-89. Wang, Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2013). “Operational impacts of implementing auxiliary lanes at isolated freeway
off-ramps.” 17th International Road Federation World Meeting, November 10-14, 2013, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
IC-90. Wang, Y., Cheu, R., Qi, Y. and Chen, C. (2014). “Operational impacts of auxiliary lanes at freeway
weaving segments.” Proceedings of The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
January 12-16, 2014.
IC-91. Balal, E., Cheu, R. L., Sarkodie-Gyan, T. and Miramontes, J. (2015). “Analysis of Discretionary Lane
Changing Parameters on Freeways.” The 94th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
January 11-15, 2015.
IC-92. Umlauf, T., Galicia, L. D., Cheu, R. L., Horak, T. and Perez, S. (2015). “Ridership Estimation for an
Existing Transit Corridor with New Bus Rapid Transit Service.” The 94th Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, January 11-15, 2015.
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PUBLICATIONS – THESES & DISSERTATION
T-1. Cheu, R. L. (1989). “An application of traffic conflict technique for on-ramp merging at an expressway in
Singapore.” M.Eng. Thesis, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
T-2. Cheu, R. L. (1994). “Neural network models for automated detection of lane-blocking incidents on
freeways.” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California at Irvine, California. Advisor and Committee Chair:
Stephen G. Ritchie.
PUBLICATION – BOOK CHAPTER
BC-1. Cheu, R. L. (2005). “Highway geometric design.” In Handbook of Highway Engineering. CRC Press.
PUBLICATION – BOOKLET
BL-1. Novakova, H., Bina, L., Svitek, M., Sedleckova, A. N., Ferregut, C., Cheu, R. L. and Aguirre-Covarrubias,
S. (2013). Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation and Logistics Systems – History
and Three Years of Implementation. LIBRA-IMPORT, s.r.o., Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
PUBLICATIONS – REPORTS AND WORKING PAPERS
RR-1. Ritchie, S. G. and Cheu, R. L. (1993). Neural Network Models for Automated Detection of Non-Recurring
Congestion. Research Report UCB-ITS-PRR-93-5, Program for Advanced Transit and the Highway,
California.
RR-2. Liong, S. Y., Ibrahim, Y., Chan, W. T., Shreeram, J., Cheu, R. L. and Khu, S. T. (1998). A Catchment
Model for Bukit Timah Drainage Scheme. Research Report RP930649, Department of Civil Engineering,
National University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-3. Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D., Jin, X., Ng, K. C., Ng, Y L. and Lee, K. H. (1998). Development of New
Incident Detection Methodologies for Expressways. Research Report GR6453, Department of Civil
Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-4. Cheu, R. L., Chan, W. T., Chew, E. P., Ong, C. J. and Agarwal, P. (1999). New Concepts in Urban Traffic
Control. Research Report RP3972797, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore,
Singapore
RR-5. Cheu, R. L. and Srinivasan, D. (1999). “Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Fault Detection and Network
Re-Routing. Research Report RP3970644, Department of Civil Engineering, National University of
Singapore, Singapore.
RR-6. Liong, S-Y., Lim, W. H., Chan, W. T., Liaw, C. Y. and Cheu, R. L. (2000). Flood Forecasting Models for
Bangladesh: Conventional, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic Approaches. Research Report RP950685,
Department of Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-7. Lee, D-H. and Cheu, R. L. (2002). A Microscopic Simulation Platform for the Advanced Transportation
Management and Information Systems. Research Report RP264-000-106-112, Department of Civil
Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-8. Chan, W. T., Cheu, R. L., Lee, D. H. and Fwa, T. F. (2003). Traffic Monitoring Systems for Tactical
Logistics Planning. Research Report RP264-000-054-112, Department of Civil Engineering, National
University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-9. Cheu, R. L., Chan, W. T., Lee, D. H. and Fwa, T. F. (2003). An Intelligent Pavement Maintenance
Scheduling and Monitoring System. Research Report RP264-000-116-112, Department of Civil
Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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RR-10. Cheu, R. L., Huang, B. and Lee, D H. (2003). A Laboratory Platform for Container Security Route Planning
and On-Route Tracking. Research Report 264-000-150-305, Department of Civil Engineering, National
University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-11. Cheu, R. L., Lee, D-H., Meng, Q. and Zhang, L. (2005). Multi-Objective Route Planning Models for
Military Vehicles. JAGUAR EL2 Research Report 385-000-009-232, The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific
and National University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-12. Cheu, R. L., Xu, J., Lee, D-H., Meng, Q and Kek, A. G. H. (2005). Demand Forecasting Models for
Intelligent Community Vehicle System. Research Report 264-000-164-592, Department of Civil
Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
RR-13. Pesti, G., Wiles, P., Cheu, R. L., Songchitruksa, P., Shelton, J. and Cooner, S. (2007). Traffic Control
Strategies for Congested Freeways and Work Zones.” Research Report 0-5362-2, Texas Transportation
Institute.
RR-14. Cheu, R. L., Lei, H., Roldan, V. M. and Murga, B. (2007). Models to Allocate Emergency Resources to
Cover Critical Infrastructures during a Large-Scale Disaster. Research Report, Regional Geospatial Service
Center, The University of Texas at El Paso.
RR-15. Cheu, R. L., Duran, C., Arroniz, D., De La Cruz, V., Francis, D. and Wang, M. (2008). Evaluation of
Alternative Designs for US62/SH20 Intersection. Final Report for TxDOT Contract 247XXIA-001 Task
1.C.2., Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems, The University of Texas at El Paso.
RR-16. Cheu, R. L., Kreinovich, V., Chiu, Y-C., Pan, R., Gang, X., Bhupathiraju, S. V. and Manduva, S. R. (2008).
Strategies for Improving Travel time Reliability.” Research Report FHWA/TX-08/0-5453-2, Center for
Transportation Infrastructure Systems, The University of Texas at El Paso.
RR-17. Machemahl, R. B., Cheu, R. L. and H. Liu. (2008). Comprehensive Planning and Design Guidelines for
Incorporating a Bus Rapid Transit Scenario to the Analysis of Texas Highway Corridors. Research Report
FHWA/TX-08/0-5668-1, Center for Transportation Research, The University of Texas at Austin.
RR-18. Bochner, B., Higgins, L., Frawley, W., Cheu, R. L., Fitzpatrick, K., Hard, E., Longmire, L., Middleton, D.,
Morgan, C. and Wimsatt, A. (2009). Guidance on Mitigating Impacts of Large Distribution Centers on
Texas Highways. Research Report FHWA/TX-09/0-5335-1, Texas Transportation Institute.
RR-19. Cheu, R. L., Aldouri, R., Ward, N., Valdez, M. and Kamatham, S. (2009). Effectiveness of Visualization in
Improving Public Participation in Transportation Planning, Final Report DTFH61-08-P-00201, Federal
Highway Administration, Center of Transportation Infrastructure Systems, The University of Texas at El
Paso.
RR-20. Cheu, R. L. (2009). Carsharing at the Border: Market Potential and Business Model. Final Report, Center of
Transportation Infrastructure Systems, The University of Texas at El Paso.
RR-21. Shelton, J., Aldrete-Sanchez, R. and Cheu, R. L. (2010). Integrating The Transportation Systems with a
University Campus Transportation Master Plan: A Case Study. Research Report FHWA/TX-10/0-6608-2,
Texas Transportation Institute.
RR-22. Middleton, D, Rajbhandari, R, Kraus, E., Brydia, B., Turner, S., Iragavarapu, V., Hernandez, S. and Cheu, R.
L. (2011). Synthesis of TxDOT Uses of Real-Time Commercial Traffic Routing Data. Research Report
FHWA/TX-11/0-6659-1, Texas Transportation Institute.
RR-23. Cheu, R. L., Hernandez, S., Cornejo, L. and Perez, S. (2012). Systematic Approach to Evaluate Potential
Park and Ride Facilities. Research Report, Center of Transportation Infrastructure Systems, The University
of Texas at El Paso.
RR-24. Hernandez, S., Cheu, R. L., Romo, A., Perez, A., Miramontes, J. L., Hernandez, J. L., Hernandez, L. A.,
Borrego, M. and Torres, E. J. (2013). Warehouse Location and Freight Attraction in the Greater El Paso
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Region. Research Report, Center of Transportation Infrastructure Systems, The University of Texas at El
Paso.
RR-25. Cheu, R. L., Hernandez, S., Miramontes, J. L., Colmenero, Y. and Balal, E. (2013). Warehouse Location
and Freight Attraction in the Greater El Paso Region. Research Report, Center of Transportation
Infrastructure Systems, The University of Texas at El Paso.
RR-26. Qi, Y., Chen, X., Cheu, R. L., Yu, L., Wu, J., Wang, Y., Liu, H. and Lu, Y. (2014). Design and Scope of
Impact of Auxiliary Lanes. Research Report 0-6706-1, Texas Southern University.
PUBLICATIONS – EDITORIAL WORK
E-1. Cheu, R. L., ed. (1996). Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 36(5), The Institution of
Engineers, Singapore.
E-2. Cheu, R. L., ed. (1997). Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 37(5), The Institution of
Engineers, Singapore.
E-3. Cheu, R. L., Fwa, T. F. and Lee, D. H., eds. (2000). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the
Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, Centre of Transportation Research,
National University of Singapore, in CD-ROM.
E-4. Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D. and Lee, D-H. eds. (2002). Proceedings of the IEEE 5th International
Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE.
E-5. Cheu, R. L. ed. (2003). Transportation Research Part C:Emerging Technologies - Special Issue on Traffic
Detection and Estimation, Pergamon/Elsevier Science, 11C(3-4).
E-6. Cheu, R. L., Srinivasan, D. And Lee, D-H. eds. (2003). IEEE Transactions in Intelligent Transportation
Systems, Special Issue Presenting Papers from the IEEE 5th International Conference on Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITSC2002), IEEE, 4(2).
E-7. Sinha, K., Fwa, T. F., Cheu, R. L. and Lee, D-H. eds. (2004). Proceedings of the 8th International
Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, ASCE.
SOFTWARES AND USER GUIDES
SW-1. Cheu, R. L., Prosser, N. A. and Ritchie, S. G. (1992). “A user guide to reading data tapes in the Los Angeles
freeway system.” Special Report UCI-ITS-SR-92-1, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of
California at Irvine, California.
SW-2. Cheu, R. L., Krienovich, V., Xiang, G. and Bhupathiraju, S. (2008). “User’s guide for travel time reliability
program suite.” Report 0-5453-2, Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems, The University of Texas
at El Paso.
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