Project Civil Engineering

Wenteng Ma, Ph.D.

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Qualification

. Over 10 years professional experiences in transportation planning,

traffic engineering, ITS, micro-simulation modeling, and public transit;

. Principal investigator for over ten transportation projects;

. Ability to work independently and as the lead of a research team;

. Strong conceptual, organizational, problem solving and research

abilities;

. Proficient in various transportation software: Paramics, Vissim, HCS,

Synchro, Cube, TransCAD, ArcGIS and AutoCAD;

. Proficient in computer languages: C / C++ / C# and .NET;

. Certified as an E.I.T. in California, ability to obtain a P.E. license in

the near future;

Education

. Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Aug 2008;

. M.E., Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, July 2003;

. M.S., Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, July 2002;

. B.S., Civil Engineering, Southeast University, China, July 1999.

Professional Experience

. Principal Research Scientist, Citilabs, 05/2008 ~ 08/2010

> Research lead in intersection modeling, signal optimization, micro-

simulation modeling and traffic information system;

> Developer of transportation planning tools and ArcGIS modeling

extensions;

> Implement and test new freeway models with micro-simulation (NGSIM

project):

. Cooperative/Forced Freeway Merging with Acceleration Model (MIT),

. Oversaturated Freeway Flow Model (UC Berkeley).

. Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, 07/2005 ~ 05/2008

> SMART-Signal: Systematic Monitoring of Arterial Road Traffic and

Signals;

. MN/DOT, U of Minnesota ITS, Minnesota Local Road Research Board &

NCHRP project

> Development of an Integrated Microscopic Traffic Simulation and Signal

Timing Optimization Tool;

. Caltrans & PATH project

> California SR41 Corridor Traffic Simulation Study;

. Caltrans & CCIT project

. Research Assistant, Utah State University, 08/2003 ~ 07/2005

> Adaptive Control Based Real Time Dynamic Traffic Management for

Emergency Evacuation;

. U of Arizona ATLAS center project

> Development of Simulation Tools for Large-Scale Traffic Simulation;

. Caltrans & UC-Irvine ITS project

> Development of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) Simulation and Paramics/VS-

PLUS Integration;

. Caltrans & PATH project

> Embedding Micro-simulation with Equilibrium Traffic Assignment.

. Utah State project

Professional Affiliations

. Associate Editor, IEEE Conference 2009 on Intelligent Transportation

Systems;

. Session Chair, INFORMS 2009 Annual Meeting;

. Member, TRB TSSC Best Paper Committee;

. Member, ISO/TC204 Intelligent Transport Systems - US Technical Advisory

Group;

. Reviewer, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies;

. Reviewer, 2010 Highway Capacity Manual.

US Patent

. Liu, H., Ma, W., and Wu, X. Traffic Flow Monitoring for Intersections

with Signal Control, Provisional Patent No. 61100436. Formal Patent

Application No. 12/567449, Filed by the University of Minnesota on Sept.

25, 2009.

Honors and Awards

. CTS Research Partnership Award, University of Minnesota, 2009;

. Graduate Student Research Award, ITS-Minnesota, 2007.

Selected Papers

. Ma, W. (2010). An integrated optimization model for signal timing plan

and lane allocation design. The proceedings of the 2010 World Conference

on Transport Research, July 11 - 15, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.

. Ma, W. (2010). A Multi-objective Optimization Model at Signalized

Junctions. Abstract accepted for the 2010 European Transport Conference,

October 11 - 13, 2010, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

. Ma, W. (2009). An optimization model for the integration design of signal

timing plan and lane allocation pattern at signalized intersections.

Proceedings of the 2009 European Transport Conference, Netherlands.

. Liu, H., and Ma, W., Wu, X. and Hu, H. (2009). Real-Time Estimation of

Arterial Travel Time under Congested Conditions. Proceedings of the 18th

International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT),

Transportation Research Part C, in press.

. Liu, H., and Ma, W. (2009). A distributed modeling framework for large-

scale microscopic traffic simulation. World Review of Intermodal

Transportation Research, 2 (2/3), 107-126.

. Liu, H., Wu, X., Ma, W., and Hu, H. (2009). Real-Time Queue Length

Estimation for Congested Signalized Intersections. Transportation

Research Part C, 17 (4), 412-427.

. Liu, H., Ma, W. (2008). A virtual vehicle probe model for time-dependent

travel time estimation on signalized arterials. Transportation Research

Part C, 17 (1), 11-26.

. Liu, H., Ban, J., Ma, W., and Mirchandani, P. (2007). Model Reference

Adaptive Control Framework for Real-Time Traffic Management under

Emergency Evacuation. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 133(1),

43-50.

. 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.

. Yang, X., Wang, W., and Ma, W. (2000). GIS-based public transit passenger

route choice model. Journal of Southeast University (Natural Science

Edition), 30 (6).

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