WORK EXPERIENCE
Office address: 413A, School of Transportation Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, 1550 Haigang Avenue, Pudong District, Shanghai, China, 201306
Telephone: (+8621) 3828-2342
E-mail: ghiltong [at] 126.com
EDUCATION
☆Ph.D. - Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, China, May 2007
☆M.S. - Transportation Engineering, Chang’an University, China, April 2002
☆B.S. - Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China, July 1997
EMPLOYMENT/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
☆Assistant Professor - School of Transportation Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, China, April 2011 - present
☆Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow - School of Electronics and Information, Tongji University, China, April 2009 -April 2011
☆Traffic Analyst - Shanghai Seari Intelligent Transportation Systems Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China, May 2007 - April 2009 ☆Research Assistant - School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, China, March 2004 - May 2007
☆Traffic Analyst - Hisense Transtech Co., Ltd., Qingdao, China, April 2002 - March 2004
☆Research Assistant - School of Highway, March 1999 - April 2002
HONORS AND AWARDS
☆The Second-class Award of Science and Technology Progress, China Ports and Harbors Association, China, May 2012
☆The First-class Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai Maritime University, China, April 2012
☆The Third-class Award for outstanding postdoctoral Faculty Fellow, Tongji University, China, December 2011
☆Research Assistant Scholarship, School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, China, April 2007
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Traffic operation, traffic signal control, bus transit priority control
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
☆Principal Investigator, “Control of container truck’s emissions at signalized intersection”, January 2013 - December 2015, Funded by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, ¥80,000
☆Principal Investigator, “Multi-objective coordinated signal control method for urban road intersection group”, January 2011 - December 2013, Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, ¥200,000
☆Principal Investigator, “Multi-objective optimization of acyclic urban traffic signal control parameters”, April 2011 - April 2012, Funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, ¥100,000
☆Principal Investigator, “Dynamic multi-objective optimization of coordinated urban traffic signal control”, October 2009 - December 2010, Funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, ¥30,000
☆Principal Investigator, “Multi-objective optimization and simulation of traffic flow under coordinated control in downtown area”, October 2009 - December 2010, Funded by Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, ¥40,000
☆Co-Principal Investigator, “Framework of Shanghai Intelligent Transportation Systems”, October 2009 - October 2011, Funded by Shanghai Urban Construction and Communication Commission, ¥500,000
PAPERS PUBLISHED IN RECENT 3 YEARS
☆GAO Y., Hu H.. A simple two-dimensional cell transmission model: a dynamic representation of traffic at multiphase signals. System Engineering – Theory & Practice (Forthcoming).
☆GAO Y., HU H., 2013. Inter-green time interval of signalized intersection with a countdown indication. Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, 30(2): 99-103.
☆GAO Y., HU H., et. al., 2012. A multi-objective optimization and simulation method for network-wide traffic signal control. China Journal of Highway and Transport, 25(6): 129-135.
☆GAO Y., et. al., 2011. Multi-objective optimization method for fixed-time signal control. China Journal of Highway and Transport, 24(5): 82-88.
☆GAO Y., et. al., 2011. Dynamic estimation model on performance indexes of signalized intersection. Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science), 39(6): 837-841.
☆GAO Yunfeng, HU Hua, et. al., 2011. A multi-objective optimization Method for coordinated control. Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation: 942-946.