Personnel Profile
Dazhi Sun, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Director of Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Regional Division at TAMUK
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
M.S., Tongji University, 1999
B.S., Tongji University, 1996
Research Area and Interests
Transportation Planning, Design, Operations and Management
Traffic Engineering and Traffic Safety
Sustainable Transportation Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Travel Demand and Behavioral Modeling
Artificial Intelligence Implementation: Genetic Algorithms, Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic
Teaching Interests
Transportation Engineering
Traffic Engineering
Transportation Planning
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Surveying
Engineering Economics
Funded Research Projects
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Project Title |
Starting |
Total Budget |
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Utilizing the Data Collected at Traffic Management Centers for Planning Purposes Through Non-Traditional Sources and Improved Equipment (TxDOT project)
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Sep. 2006 |
$267,834 |
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Updated Highway Work Zone Capacity (TxDOT project)
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Sep. 2006 |
$237,873 |
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In-service Evaluation of Cable Median Barrier Performance (TxDOT project)
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Sep. 2006 |
$258,516
|
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Feasibility of Speed Harmonization and Peak Period Shoulder Use to Manage Urban Freeway Congestion (TxDOT project)
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Sep. 2007 |
$267,001 |
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Assessment of Need and Feasibility of Truck-mounted Changeable Message Signs for Unscheduled Operations (TxDOT project) |
Sep. 2008 |
$209,270 |
| Improved Positive Protection Guidance for Work Zones (TxDOT project) | Sep. 2008 |
$298,576 |
| Development of a Performance Measurement Based Methodology to Objectively Compare Operational Improvements with Capacity Additions | Sep. 2009 |
$304,889 |
| Development of Guidelines for Implementation of Roundabouts in Texas | Sep. 2009 |
$281,558 |
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Safety Implications of Using Active Traffic Strategies on TxDOT Freeways |
Sep. 2009 |
$278,435
|
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A Predictive Model Integrating Traffic Demand Prediction and Microscopic Simulation to Improve Hurricane Evacuation Operations |
Sep. 2010 |
$70,000
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Solar Power Based Sustainable Intelligent Intersection Safety System |
Sep. 2011 |
$20,000
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|
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Sep. 2011 |
$49,909
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Honors and Awards
TAMUS Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University System, 2012
Dean's Award for Outstanding Research, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, 2011
University Research Award, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, 2010
The First Place Award, Science and Technology Awards of China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS), for the research entitled " The Guidelines for Road Safety Audit" , as one of the PIs, 2006
Best Paper Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) District 4, for the paper entitled "How do drivers follow each other in highway work zones", 2005
Best Paper Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Illinois Section, for the paper entitled "How do drivers behave when they drive through highway work zone - An in-depth analysis on platooning and gap characteristics", 2004
Graduate Conference Travel Grant, Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Nov. 2003
Travel Grant, the American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), for the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2003) in Chicago, IL, July, 2003
Paper Award, the Fourth National University Student Paper Competition, Shanghai, P.R. China, Dec. 1995
Publications
Ullman, B. R., N. Trout, and D. Sun, "Truck-Mounted Changeable Message Signs with Symbols for Work Zone Operations", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2272, pp78-86, 2012
Vadde R., D. Sun, et.al., "A Simulation Study of Using Active Traffic Management Strategies on Congested Freeways", Journal of Modern Transportation, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp 178-184, 2012
Sun, D. , R. Dela Rosa, and J. Sai, "Effective Use of Traffic Control Devices on Highways with Work-Zones at Texas-Mexico Border Regions" , 90th National TRB Conference, TRB paper #11-1326, Washington D.C. January, 2011
Sun, D., P. Ravoola, M. Faruqi and B. Ullman, TxDOT/FHWA Report 0-6167-1: Assessment of Need and Feasibility of Truck-Mounted Changeable Message Sings for Scheduled and Unscheduled Operations, March, 2011
Ullman, G., V. Iragavarapu, and D. Sun, TxDOT/FHWA Report 0-6163-1: Improved Positive Protection Guidance for Work Zones, March, 2011
Faruqi, M. A., Shah, S., Agarwala, R., Sun, D., and Sai, J., Neural Networks Based Prediction of Periodontal Disease Using Non-Intrusively Obtained Data, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 1: 6-9, January 2011.
Faruqi, M. A., Bhadra. S, Sun, D and Sai, J., An Improved Creep and Shrinkage Based Deflections of Concrete Members Reinforced With Carbon Fiber Reinforced Bars, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 9: 74-78, September 2010
Sun. D., L. Sun, P. Ravoola, and S. Zhao, A Microscopic Simulation-Based Decision Support System to Develop Changeable Message Sign Alternatives, the Proceedings of 12th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, St. Louis, MO, 2009
Sun, D., J. Lv and C. Chen, Is Heavy Vehicle Percentage (HVP) a Necessary Factor for Predicting Highway Work Zone Capacity?, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ASCE, pp. 231-240, 2008
Sun, D., R. Benekohal, and H. Estrada, Comparative Analysis of the Attitude and Behavior of Young Drivers' Use of Two-way Two-lane Highways, Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies, 15(B), pp.75-84, 2008
Sun, D., J. Lv and S. T. Waller, Theoretical and Practical Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Approach to Transportation Studies: Shockwaves, Queue/Platoon Distribution, and System Performance Monitoring, the 87th Annual Conference of Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council, No. 08-1107, CD-ROM, Washington DC. January 2008
Sun, D., J. Lv and L. Paul, Calibrating Passenger Car Equivalent (PCE) for Highway Work Zones using Speed and Percentage of Trucks, the 87th Annual Conference of Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council, No. 08-1115, CD-ROM, Washington DC. January 2008
Borchardt, D. W., G. Pesti, D. Sun and L. Ding, Capacity and Road User Cost Analysis of Selected Freeway Work Zone in Texas, Technical Report No. FHWA/TX-09/0-5619-1 for FHWA and TxDOT, published in 2008
Cooner, S. A., Y. Rathod, D. C. Alberson, R.P. Bligh, S. E. Ranft and D. Sun, Performance Evaluation of Cable Median Barrier Systems in Texas, Technical Report No. FHWA/TX -08-5609-1 for FHWA and TxDOT, published in 2008
Sun, D. and R. Benekohal, A Study on Logit-based Route Choice Models for Stochastic User Equilibrium Problem, Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies , 11(A), pp. 33-48, 2007
Sun, D., R. Benekohal and W. Arya, An In-depth Analysis on Vehicle Following Gaps in Highway Work Zones: The Direct and Interdependent Impact of Leading Vehicle, the 86th Annual Conference of Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council, No. 07-1990, Washington DC. January 2007)
Sun, D., J. Lv, and A. Jia, Sustainable Transportation Planning and Project Evaluation using Multiple Criteria Decision Making, the proceedings of the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research, Berkeley, CA, 2007
Sun, D., R. Benekohal and S.T. Waller, Bi-level Programming Formulation and Heuristic Solution Approach for Dynamic Traffic Signal Optimization, Journal of Computer-aid Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 21 (5), pp 321-333, 2006
Sun, D., S. Ukkusuri, R. Benekohal. and S. T. Waller, Modeling of Pedestrian Gap Acceptance for Improving Safety at Uncontrolled Mid-block Crosswalks , International Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies, 5(B), pp 57-68, 2005
Sun, D., and R. Benekohal, Analysis of Work Zone Gaps and Rear-End Collision Probability, Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 8 (2), pp71-86, 2005
Sun, D., R. Benekohal, and M. Girianna, GIS-based Intersection Inventory System (GIS-IIS) - Integrating GIS, Traffic Signal Data and Intersection Images, technical report for Illinois Department of Transportation, Civil Engineering Studies -Transportation Engineering Series No.136 -Traffic Operation Lab Series No.15, February 2005
Sun, D., S. Ukkusuri, R. Benekohal, and S.T. Waller, Fuzzy Logic based Online Collision Prediction System for Signalized Intersections, International Journal of Advances in Transportation Studies, 3(B), pp 71-87, 2004
Sun, D., R. Benekohal, and S. T. Waller, Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Intersection Signal Timing Optimization, the 83rd Annual Conference of Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council, No. 04-5156, CD-ROM (Washington DC. January 2004)
Sun, D., R. Benekohal, Analysis of Car Following Characteristics for Estimating Work Zone Safety, the 83rd Annual Conference of Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council, No.04-4883, CD-ROM (Washington DC, January 2004)
Sun, D., R. Benekohal, and S. T. Waller, Traffic Signal Multi-objective Optimization Using Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II, Lectures Notes in Computer Science 2724, Part II. pp 2420-2421, Springer, 2003
Sun, D., S. Ukkusuri, R. Benekohal, and S.T. Waller, Modeling Driver-Pedestrian Interaction at Uncontrolled Mid-block Crosswalks, the 82nd Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council, No. 03-3340, CD-ROM (Washington DC. January 2003)
Sun, D., R. Benekohal, and S. T. Waller, Multi-objective Traffic Signal Optimization Using Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithms, the proceedings of 2003 IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium, pp 198-203 (Columbus, OH, June 2003)
Sun, D., R. Benekohal, Modeling and Simulation of Pedestrian-Motorist Interaction at Uncontrolled Mid-Block Crosswalks, the proceedings of ITE 2003 Technical Conference, CD-020 (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March 2003)
Sun, D., et al., Road Safety Audit-An Efficient Method for Transportation Safety Improvement, Journal ofShandong Transportation Science and Technology, in Chinese, 99(3), pp. 56-59, 1999
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Architectural Engineeringg, Texas A&M University -Kingsville
Director, Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Regional Division, Texas A&M University -Kingsville
Assistant Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M University System , 2005
Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000- 2005 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant (Summer Intern), Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002
Research Assistant, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 2000, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant, Tongji University, Shanghai, P. R. China
1997 - 1999 ,Department of Traffic and Roadway Engineering, School of Civil Engineering
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2002 - 2004 ,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professional Affiliations
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Texas Department of Transportation Technical Assistance Panel (TAP)
Texas Faculty Association (TFA)
Senator of Texas A&M University-Kingsville Faculty Senate
Contact Information
Civil and Architectural Engineering
Room 376C, Engineering Complex
MSC 194 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: (361) 593-2270
fax: (361) 593-2069
email: dazhi.sun@tamuk.edu
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