Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Queensland University of Technology
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Bachelor of Engineering in Transportation Engineering, Tongji University
Teaching Area
Transportation and Traffic Engineering
Highway Design
Transport Modelling
Traffic Flow Theory
Transportation Networks
Operations Research
Optimization
Modern Control Theory
Research Area
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Traffic Operations and Control
Connected Automated Vehicles
Traffic Flow Theory
Traffic Safety
Professional Services
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
Reviewer, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
Reviewer, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations
Reviewer, Transportmetrica A: Transport Science
Reviewer, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Reviewer, Control Engineering Practice
Working Experience
Feb. 2025 ~ present, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST
Feb. 2023 ~ Nov. 2024, Supervisor, Department of Consultancy & Research, China Association of Intelligent Transportation Systems
Nov. 2021 ~ Dec. 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sept. 2019 ~ Sept. 2021, Postdoctoral Associate / Affiliated Researcher, C2SMART Center, New York University
Jan. 2008 ~ Jul. 2014, Senior Transportation Planner, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Aug. 2007 ~ Dec. 2007, Transportation Engineering Intern, DKS Associates
Aug. 2003 ~ Jul. 2004, Assistant Engineer, CHELBI Engineering Consultants
Academic Publication (selected)
1. Zhou, Y.*, Chen, J., Chung, E., Ozbay, K. (2023). CAV-Enabled Active Resolving of Temporary Mainline Congestion Caused by Gap Creation for On-Ramp Merging Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 25(7). 6873-6888.
2. Chen, J., Zhou, Y., Chung, E. (2023). An Integrated Approach to Optimal Merging Sequence Generation and Trajectory Planning of Connected Automated Vehicles for Freeway On-Ramp Merging Sections. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25(2). 1897-1912.
3. Zhou, Y.*, Kachroo, P., Ozbay, K. (2023). A note on the minimum-norm in dual space approach to some classical linear optimal control problems. The Journal of Engineering, 2023(6).
4. Zou, X., Chung, E., Zhou, Y., Long, M., Lam, W. H.K. (2023). A feature extraction and deep learning approach for network traffic volume prediction with detector failure. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
5. Long, M., Zou, X., Zhou, Y., Chung, E. (2022). Deep reinforcement learning for transit signal priority in a connected environment. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 142, 103814.
6. Chen, J., Zhou, Y.*, Chung, E., Ozbay, K. (2022). CAV-based active congestion resolving for improving mainline traffic flow efficiency of a freeway on-ramp merging section. In The 25th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). pp. 216-223.
7. Zhou, Y.*, Ozbay, K., Kachroo, P., Chung, E. (2021). A supervised switching-mode observer for traffic state and parameters and application to adaptive ramp metering. Transportmetrica A:Transport Science, 18(3). 1178-1206.
8. Zhou, Y.*, Ozbay, K., Kachroo, P., Zuo, F. (2020). Ramp metering for a distant downstream bottleneck using reinforcement learning with value-function approximation. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020. 1-13.
9. Zhou, Y.*, Ozbay, K., Cholette, M. E., Kachroo, P. (2020). A switching mode extended Kalman filter for real-time traffic state and parameter estimation. In Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). pp. 3512-3519.
10. Wang, S., Lu, C., Liu, C., Zhou, Y., Bi, J., Zhao, X. (2020). Understanding the energy consumption of battery electric buses in urban public transport systems. Sustainability, 12(23). 10007.
11. Zhou, Y.*, Chung, E., Bhaskar, A., Cholette, M. E. (2019). A state-constrained optimal control based trajectory planning strategy for cooperative freeway mainline facilitating and on-ramp merging maneuvers under congested traffic. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 109, 321-342.
12. Zhou, Y.*, Cholette, M. E., Bhaskar, A., Chung, E. (2018). Optimal vehicle trajectory planning with control constraints and recursive implementation for automated on-ramp merging. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20(9), 3409-3420.
13. Zhou, Y.*, Cholette, M. E., Bhaskar, A., Chung, E. (2018), Automated on-ramp merging and gap development with speed constraints – a state-constrained optimal control approach. In Proceedings of 2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 4975-4982.
14. Zhou, Y.*, Chung, E., Cholette, M. E., Bhaskar, A. (2018). Real-time joint estimation of traffic states and parameters using cell transmission model and considering capacity drop. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), pp. 2797-2804.
15. Jones, E. G., Franca, D., Zhou, Y., Forsberg, M. (2009). Estimating Train Speeds for Train Preemption using Multiple Sensor Data. In 16th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services.
16. Zhou, Y.*, Wang, J., Huang, D., Sun, S. (2009). Pedestrian simulation modeling for World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 9(2), 141-146.
17. Yu, C., Zhang, X., Wang, J., Huang, D., Zhou, Y. (2009). Traffic organization with simulation for vehicles on Beijing Olympic venues. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, 8(6), 25-31.
Research Grants (Selected)
2020.03 -- 2021.03 Development and tech transfer of an integrated robust traffic state and parameter
estimation and adaptive ramp metering control system (U.S. DOT)
2021.01 -- 2023.12 Integrated Cooperative On-Ramp Merging (InCoMe) (General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong)
Professional Certification and Awards
Senior Engineer (Specialty: Transportation): Certificate No. ZGB05070714
Conferred by Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau
ITE Australia & New Zealand SIDRA Solutions Postgraduate Award (2019)
QUT Postgraduate Research Award (2016–2019)
QUT International HDR Tuition Fee Sponsorship (2016–2019)
QUT Excellence Top Up Scholarship (2016–2019)
Professional Society Membership
Member, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, 2015 – Present
