Journal Papers

* indicates graduate students under supervision of Dr. Yu Zhang
" indicates other researchers working under supervision of Dr. Yu Zhang for this specific research 
^indicates corresponding author
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)/ Urban Air Mobility (UAM):
  1. Hualong Tang, Yu Zhang^, Hualong Vahid Mohmoodian, Hadi Charkhgard (2021). Automated Flight Planning of High-Density Urban Air Mobility. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 131, October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2021.103324.
  2. Zhiqiang Wu, Yu Zhang^ (2021). Integrated Network Design and Demand Estimation of on-Demand Urban Air Mobility. Engineering, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2021, Pages 473-487, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2020.11.007.
  3. Yang Liu", Yu Zhang, Xuejun Zhang, Xiangmin Guan, Daniel Delahaye (2019). Collision Free 4D Path Planning for Multiple UAVs Based on Spatial Refined Voting Mechanism and PSO Approach, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 32(6), June 2019, pps 1504-1519, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2019.03.026.
  4. Yang Liu", Xuejun Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xiangmin Guan, and Daniel Delahaye (2018), Safety Assessment and Risk Estimation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Operating in National Airspace System”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol 2018, Article ID 4731585, 11 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4731585. [safety_assessment_and_risk_estimation.pdf]
Emerging Travel Modes and Technologies in Urban Mobility and Transportation Equity:
  1. Vahid Mahmoodian*, Yu Zhang^, Hadi Charkhgard (2021). Hybrid Rebalancing with Dynamic Hubbing for Free-Floating Bike Sharing Systems, International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtst.2021.08.002. 
  2. Yujie Guo, Yu Zhang^ (2021). Understanding Factors Influencing Shared e-Scooter Usage and its Impact on Auto-Mode Substitution, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 99, October 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102991, Special Issue: Shared micro-mobility - Understanding and planning shared micro-mobility. 
  3. Natalia Barbour*, Yu Zhang^, and Fred Mannering (2020). Individuals’ willingness to rent their personal vehicle to others: An exploratory assessment of peer-to-peer carsharing, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Volume 5, May 2020, 100138, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100138.
  4. Natalia Barbour*, Yu Zhang^, Fred Mannering (2020). An exploratory analysis of the role of socio-demographic and health-related factors in ridesourcing behavior, Journal of Transport and Health. Volume 16, March 2020, 100832, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100832.
  5. Nikhil Menon*, Yu Zhang^, Abdul Pinjari, and Fred Mannering (2020). A statistical analysis of consumer perceptions towards automated vehicles and their intended adoption, Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 43, No. 3. Pages 253-278, https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2020.1735740. 
  6. Yujie Guo*, Zhiwei Chen, Amy L. Stuart, Xiaopeng Li, Yu Zhang^ (2020), A systematic overview of transportation equity in terms of accessibility, traffic emissions, and safety outcomes: From conventional to emerging technologies, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspective, Available online Feb. 5, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100091.
  7. Zhiwei Chen, Yujie Guo*, Amy L. Stuart, Yu Zhang, Xiaopeng Li (2019), Exploring the equity performance of bike-sharing systems with disaggregated data: A story of southern Tampa, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 130, Dec. 2019, pages 529-545, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2019.09.048.
  8. Yuan Wang, Yu Zhang^ (2019). Impacts of Automated Vehicles on Airport Landside Terminal Planning, Design, and Operations, Transportation Research Record: The Journal of Transportation Research Board, May 21, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119850473.
  9. Natalia Barbour*, Nikhil Menon*, Yu Zhang^, Fred Mannering (2019), Shared Automated Vehicles: A Statistical Analysis of Consumer Use Likelihoods and Concerns, Transport Policy, Vol. 80: 86-93, 2019,  ​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.05.013.
  10. Natalia Barbour*, Yu Zhang^, Fred Mannering (2019). A Statistical Analysis of Bikesharing Use and Its Potential as an Auto-Trip Substitute, Journal of Transport and Health, Volume 12, March 2019, Pages 253-262, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2019.02.004. 
  11. Nikhil Menon*, Natalia, Barbour*, Yu Zhang^, Abdul Pinjari, Fred Mannering (2018), Shared Autonomous Vehicles and their Potential Impacts on Household Vehicle Ownership: An Exploratory Empirical Assessment, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2018.1443178. [shared_autonomous_vehicles.pdf]
  12. Aritral Pal* and Yu Zhang^ (2017), Free-Floating Bike Sharing: Solving Real-life Large-scale Static Rebalancing Problems, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 80, July 2017, Pages 92-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2017.03.016 [free-floating_bike_sharing.pdf] 
Air Traffic Management, Disruption Management, Air Transportation and High Speed Rail (HSR):
  1. Fang Sun, Hong Liu, Yu Zhang^ (2021). Integrated Aircraft and Passenger Recovery with Enhancements in Modeling, Solution Algorithm, and Intermodalism, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2021.3090329. 
  2. Yuan Wang, Yu Zhang^ (2021). Prediction of Runway Configurations and Airport Acceptance Rates for Multi-Airport System Using Gridded Weather Forecast, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 125, April 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2021.103049. 
  3. Rong Hu", Jialin Zhu, Yu Zhang, Junfeng Zhang", and Frank Witlox (2020). Spatial characteristics of aircraft CO2 emissions at different airports: Some evidence from China, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 85(2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102435.
  4. Xiangling Zhao", Yu Zhang (2020). Modeling and Optimizing Flight Diversion due to Destination Airport Closure, Transport, In press.
  5. Yafei Li", Yu Zhang^, Lili Wang, Xudong Guan (2020). Research on potential ground risk regions of aircraft crashes based on ADS-B flight tracking data and GIS, Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, April 2020, DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2020.1754981.
  6. Junfeng Zhang", Pengli Zhao, Yu Zhang, Ximei Dai, and Dong Sui (2020), Criteria Selection and Multi-Objective Optimization of Aircraft Landing Problem, Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 82, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2019.101734. 
  7. Wen-Bo Du, Ming-Yuan Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xian-Bin Cao, Jun Zhang (2018), Delay Causality Network in Air Transport Systems, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Volume 118, October 2018, Pages 466-476. [delay_causality_network_in__air_transport_systems.pdf]
  8. Wenzhe Ding", Yu Zhang^, Mark Hansen (2018), Downstream Impact of Flight Rerouting, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 88 March 2018, pages 176-186. [downstream_impact.pdf]
  9. Xiaoqian Sun, Weibin Dai, Yu Zhang and Sebastian Wandelt (2017), Finding P-Hub Median Locations: An empirical study on problems and solution techniques, Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 2017, Article ID 9387302, 23 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/9387302. [finding_p-hub_median.pdf] 
  10. Xiaoqian Sun, Yu Zhang, and Sebastian Wandelt^ (2017), Air Transport vs. High Speed Rail: An Overview and Research Agenda, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol. 2017, Article ID 8426926, 18 pages. [air_transport_vs._high-speed_rail.pdf]
  11. Yu Zhang^ and Qing Wang* (2017), Methods for Determining Unimpeded Aircraft Taxiing Time and Evaluating Airport Taxiing Performance, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 30(2), April 2017, Pages 523 537. [methods_for_determining_uimpeded.pdf]
  12. Xinmin Tang", Yu Zhang, Ping Chen, Bo Li, and Songchen Han (2016), Strategic Deconfliction of 4D Trajectory and Perturbation
    Analysis for Air Traffic Control and Automation System, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Vol. 2016, Article ID 7028305, 18 pages. [strategic_deconfliction_of_4d.pdf]
  13. Makrand Gawade* and Yu Zhang^ (2016), Synthesis of Remote Air Traffic Control System and Air Traffic Controllers’ Perceptions, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2600, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2016, pp. 49–60. DOI: 10.3141/2600-06. [synthesis_of_remote_atc_system.pdf]
  14. Lisa Jo Elliott, Yu Zhang, Reza Ehsani (2015), Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Use for Agriculture, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics, Vol. 11, Issue. 5, Sep. 2015.
  15. Yu An*, Yu Zhang^, Bo Zeng (2015), The reliable hub-and-spoke design problem: Models and algorithms, Transportation Research Part B: Methodoligical, Vol. 77, July 2015, Pages 103–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2015.02.006 [the_reliable_hub-and-spoke.pdf]
  16. Xinming Tang", Ping Chen, Yu Zhang (2015), 4D trajectory estimation based on nominal flight profile extraction and airway meteorological forecast revision, Aerospace Science and Technology 45, June 2015. [4d_trajectory_estimation.pdf]
  17. Lu Hao, Mark Hansen, Yu Zhang, and Joseph Post (2014), New York, New York: Two Ways of Estimating the Delay Impact of New York Airports, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 70 (2014) 245–260. [new_york_new_york.pdf]
  18. Rui Guo*, Yu Zhang^ and Qing Wang* (2014), Comparison of Emerging Ground Propulsion Systems for Electrified Aircraft Taxi Operations, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 44(2014) 98-109. [comparison_of_emerging_ground_propulsion_systems.pdf]
  19. Nagesh Nayak* and Yu Zhang^ (2011). “Estimation and Comparison of the Impact of Single Airport Delay on the National Airspace System using Multivariate Simultaneous Models”, Special Issue for ACRP Graduate Research Award, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2206, pp52-60, 2011. [estimation_and_comparison.pdf]
  20. Yu Zhang^ and Nagesh Nayak* (2010). “Macroscopic Tool for Measuring Delay Performance in National Airspace System”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2177, 2010, pp. 88–97. This paper received 2010 Fred Burggraf Award, Aviation, presented by Transportation Research Board of National Academies. [macroscopic_tool.pdf]
  21. Yu Zhang^ and Mark Hansen (2008). “Real-time Inter-modal Substitution (RTIMS): A Strategy for Airline Schedule Perturbation Recovery and Airport Congestion Mitigation”, Transportation Research Record: The Journal of Transportation Research Record, National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2052, pp90-99 2008. [real-time_inter-modal_substitution__rtims_.pdf]
  22. Mark Hansen and Yu Zhang^ (2005). “Operational Consequences of Alternative Airport Demand Management Policies: the Case of LaGuardia Airport”, Transportation Research Record: The Journal of Transportation Research Record 1915, pp 95-104, 2005. [operational_consequences.pdf]
  23. Mark Hansen and Yu Zhang^ (2004). “The Safety of Efficiency: the Link between Operational Performance and Operational Errors in the National Airspace System”, Transportation Research Record: The Journal of Transportation Research Record 1888, pp95-104, 2004. [the_link_between_operational_performance.pdf]
  24. Yu Zhang^, Monica Menendez and Mark Hansen (2004). “Analysis of De-peaking Strategies Implemented by American Airlines”, with, special featured by Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 26, 2004 with title “De-Peaking’s Dark Side”. [2004-analyais depeaking.pdf]
Transportation Resilience and Safety:
  1. Tingting Zhao", Yu Zhang^ (2020). Transportation Infrastructure Restoration Optimization Considering Mobility and Accessibility in Resilience Measures, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 117, August 2020, 102700, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2020.102700.
  2. Shima Mohebbi, Qiong Zhang, E. Christian Wells, Tingting Zhao, Hung Nguyen, Mingyang Li, Noha Abdel-Mottaleb, Shihab Uddin, Qing Lu, Mathews J. Wakhungu, Zhiqiang Wu, Yu Zhang, Anwesh Tuladhar, Xinming Ou (2020). Cyber-physical-social interdependencies and organizational resilience: A review of water, transportation, and cyber infrastructure systems and processes, Sustainable Cities and Society, 62 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102327. 
  3. Chen, Yikai; Wang, Kai; Zhang, Yu; Luo, Renjia; Yu, Shujun; Shi, Qin; Hu, Wenting (2020). Investigating Factors Affected Road Freight Overloading Through the Integrated Use of BLR and CART: A Case Study in China, Transport 35(3), 2020, https://doi.org/10.3846/transport.2020.12635.
  4. Rui Guo, Zhiqiang Wu*, Yu Zhang, Zhengyu Wang, Pei-Sung Lin (2020). Insights from Integrated Geo-Location Data for Pedestrian Crashes, Demographics, and Land Uses, Journal of Transportation Research Record, https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120920267.
  5. Yikai Chen, Kai Wang, Yu Zhang, Qin Shi (2019), Identification of Black Spots on Highways Using Fault Tree Analysis and Vehicle Safety Boundaries, Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2019.1605639.
  6. Pei-Sung Lin, Rui Guo*, Elzbieta Bialkowska-Jelinska, Achilleas Kourtellis, Yu Zhang (2019), Development of countermeasures to effectively improve pedestrian safety in low-income areas, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 6(2): 162-174, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2019.02.001.
  7. Yujie Hu, Yu Zhang, Kyle S. Shelton (2018), Where are the Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists: A Colocation-Based Approach, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Volume 95, October 2018, Pages 431-441. [where_are_the_dangerous_intersections.pdf]
  8. Shiqiang Liu, Erhan Kozan, Mahmoud Masoud, Yu Zhang, Felix T.S. Chan(2018), Job shop scheduling with a combination of four buffering constraints, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 56, No. 9, 3274–3293, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1401240. 
  9. Rui Guo* and Yu Zhang^ (2014), Exploration of correlation between environmental factors and mobility at signalized intersections, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 32 (2014) 24–34. [exploration_of_correlation.pdf]
  10. Jacob Mirabella* and Yu Zhang^ (2014), Understanding Pedestrian and Bicyclist Compliance and Safety Impacts of Different Walk Modes at Signalized Intersections for a Livable Community, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2464, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2014, pp. 77–85. DOI: 10.3141/2464-10. [understanding_pedestrian_and_bicyclist.pdf]
  11. Bing Huang*, Yu Zhang, Jian Lu and Linjun Lu (2014), A New Access Density Definition and Its Correlation with Crash Rates by Microscopic Traffic Simulation Method, Accident Analysis and Prevention, 64 (2014) 111–122. (Accepted in 2013) [a_new_access_density_definition.pdf]
  12. Rui Guo* and Yu Zhang^ (2014), Identifying Time-of-Day Breakpoints Based on Non-intrusive Data Collection Platforms, Journal of Intelligent Transportation System, Vol. 18, Iss. 2, 2014 pp 164-174. (Accepted in 2013) [identifying_time_of_day_breakpoints.pdf]
  13. Zhenyu Wang, Bing Huang*, Jian Lu, Jianyu Zhao, Yu Zhang (2014), Exploring Impact of Access Designs on Crash Injury Severity on Multi-lane Highways, Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol. 15 Iss. 1 pp 102-109, 2014. (Accepted in 2012) [exploring_the_impact_of_access_designs.pdf]
  14. Hongyun Chen*, Yu Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, John Lu (2011). Identifying Crash Distributions and Prone Locations by Lane Groups at Freeway Diverge Areas, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences,Vol. 2237, pp88-97, 2011. [identifying_crash_distributions.pdf]
​Others:
  1. Vahid Mahmoodian*, Hadi Charkhgard^, Yu Zhang (2021). Multi-objective Optimization Based Algorithm for Solving Mixed Integer Linear Minimum Multiplicative Programs, Computers & Operations Research, Volume 128, April 2021, 105178, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105178.  
  2. Yu An*, Bo Zeng, Yu Zhang and Long Zhao (2014), Reliable p-median Facility Location Problem: the Two-stage Robust Models and Algorithms, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 64 (2014) 54-72. [reliable_p-median.pdf]
  3. Yu Zhang^ and Chris Facanha (2014), Strategic Planning of Empty Container Repositioning in the Transpacific Market: A Case Study, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications: A Leading Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 17, Iss 5, 2014. (Accepted in 2013). [strategic_planning_of_empty_container.pdf]
  4. Qing Lu, Yu Zhang, and John T. Harvey (2009). “Estimation of Truck Traffic Inputs for Mechanistic–Empirical Pavement Design in California”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2095, pp 62-72, 2009. [estimation_of_truck_traffic.pdf]
  5. Qing Lu, Yu Zhang, and John T. Harvey (2008). “Growth of Truck Traffic Volume for Mechanistic-empirical Pavement Design”, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, July 2008, 1–12. [growth_of_truck_traffic_volume.pdf]
  6. Qing Lu and Yu Zhang, “Analysis of Stresses in the Asphalt Concrete Overlay on Old Cement Concrete Pavements”, Proceedings of the 8th National Highway Association Conference in China, 1999. Awarded the best paper of Nanjing Transportation Bureau in 1999.​
 

Papers Under Review

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  1. ​​​​​​​Tingting Zhao, Yu Zhang^. Restoration Sequencing of Multi-site Traffic Signal Failure with Bi-objective Simulation-based Optimization​.

Working Paper

  1. Zhiqiang Wu, Yu Zhang, The Development of a Simulation Tool for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operations. 
  2. Hualong Tang, Achilleas Kourtellis, Joseph Post, Brian Porter, Yu Zhang, Experimental Design and Performance Comparison of Object Detection with UAV Video
  3. Yu Zhang, Rui Dai, Tingting Zhao, Zhiqiang Wu, Multi-Objective Optimization of Integrated Design of Dynamic Wireless Inductive Charging Location and On-Board Battery Size for Electric Bus Systems. 
  4. ​Yujie Guo, Peng Chen, Yu Zhang, Size Identifying Mobility Deserts: A Multivariate Outlier Detection Approach. 
  5. ​Yuan Wang, Yu Zhang. ​​​Airport Efficiency Measurement using Two-Stage DEA Model.​

Referred Conference Proceedings

  1. Rocio Frej Vitalle, Bruce Normann, Ni Shen, Yu Zhang, A Model for the Integration of UAM operations in and near Terminal Areas, AIAA Aviation 2020 Forum, Published Online:8 Jun 2020https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2864. 
  2. Yu Zhang, Hualong Tang, Dave Knorr, and Almira Ramadani. "Measuring the Benefits of NextGen Metroplex in Convective Weather: Case Study of North Texas Metroplex", 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2018-4235), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2018-4235
  3. Yu Zhang, Yuan Wang, Implications of Autonomous Vehicles to Airport Land-side Terminal Planning and Design, 7th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT2016), June 20-24, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.  
  4. Qing Wang and Yu Zhang, Real-Time Integrated Airport Surface Operations Management, 6th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation (ICRAT 2014), May 26-30, Istanbul, Turkey. 
  5. Yu Zhang, Makarand Gawade, Pei-Sung Lin, Trenda McPherson, Educational Campaign for Improving Pedestrian Safety: A University Campus Study, Proceeding from the 13th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP2013), Shenzhen, China. 
  6. Yu Zhang, Makarand Gawade and Wei Da (2012), Where to Launch A New Passenger Air Route Between China and The U.S. The Proceeding of 5th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation — ICRAT 2012, Best Paper Award, Airline Operation, Quality of Service and Marking. 
  7. Yu Zhang, Makarand Gawade, and Da Wei (2011), Analysis of Air Passenger Demand between the U.S. and China, The proceedings of the 90th TRB annual meeting, January 2011, Washington DC.
  8. Yu Zhang, Qing Wang (2011, Qing Wang (2011), "Methods for Determing Airport Unimpeded Taxi Time", the proceesing of 90th TRB annual meeting, January 2011, Washington DC.
  9. Bing Huang, Yu Zhang, Linjun Lu, John Lu (2011), “Proposed New Access Density Definition and Its Correlation with Crash Rates”, The proceedings of the 90th TRB annual meeting, January 2011, Washington DC.
  10. Yu Zhang, Arjun Chauhan, and Xing Chen (2010), “Modeling and Predicting Taxi out Times at Airports, The Proceeding of 4th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, June 01-04, 2010, Budapest, Hungary.
  11. Yu Zhang, Nagesh Nayak, and Tony Diana (2010), “Estimation and Comparison of the Impact of Single Airport Delay to the National Airspace System using Multivariate Simultaneous Models”, The Proceeding of 4th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, June 01-04, Budapest, Hungary.
  12. Bo Zeng, Yu An, Yu Zhang (2010), “A Reliable Hub-Spoke Model in Transportation Systems”, International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability, July 22-23, 2010, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  13. Yu Zhang, Mark Hansen (2009), “Regional GDP — Extending Ground Delay Programs to Regional Airport Systems”, 8th Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, 2009. Online publication is available on ATMseminar.org.
  14. Yu Zhang, Cristiano Facanha (2009), “Repositioning of Empty Containers in the Transpacific Market: A Case Study”, The Proceeding of International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP) 2009, August 4-10, 2009, Herbin, China.
  15. Jasenka Rakas, Yu Zhang, and Vivek Ramamurthy, “Airport Performance Predictability Model”, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Sep. 2009, South Carolina.
  16. Yu Zhang, Jasenka Rakas, and Mark Hansen (2006), “Methodology for Estimating Airport Capacity and Throughput Performance with PDARS”, The Proceeding of 8th World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, Nagoya, Japan, May, 2006.
  17. Yu Zhang, Mark Hansen (2005), “The Link between Operational Performance and Operational Errors in the National Airspace System”, 6th Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, 2005. Online publication is available on ATMseminar.org.
  18. Yu Zhang, Monica Menendez and Mark Hansen (2004), “Analysis of De-peaking Strategies Implemented by American Airlines”, referred by Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 26, 2004 with title “De-Peaking’s Dark Side”.
  19. DianHai Wang and Yu Zhang (2003) “The Study of Platoon Dispersion”, the Proceeding of Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2003, Washington D.C.

Presentations

  1. ​Yu Zhang, Makarand Gawade, Pei-Sung Lin, Trenda McPherson (2013), Educational Campaign for Improving Pedestrian Safety: A University Campus Study, 93rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., Jan. 13-17, 2013. 
  2. Yu Zhang, Tony Diana (2012), "Evaluation of the Incremental Benefit of NextGen Programs", presented at INFORMS2012, October 14-17, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ.
  3. Yu Zhang, Dipasis Bhadra (2012), "Airport Capacity Benchmarking and Terminal Performance Evaluation using Data Envolopment Analysis", presented at INFORMS2012, October 14-17, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ.
  4. Qing Wang, Yu Zhang (2012), "Real-Time Integrated Airport Surface Movement Controlling", presented at INFORMS2012, October 14-17, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ.
  5. Yu An, Bo Zeng, Yu Zhang (2012), "Robust Hub-and-Spoke System Design with Congestion", presented at INFORMS2012, October 14-17, 2012, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ.
  6. Yu Zhang, Makarand Gawade, and Da Wei (2011), "Analysis of Air Passenger Demand between the U.S. and China", presented in the 90th TRB annual meeting, January 2011, Washington DC.
  7. Yu Zhang, Qing Wang (2011), "Methods for Determing Airport Unimpeded Taxi Time", presented at the 90th TRB annual meeting, January 2011, Washington DC.
  8. Bing Huang, Yu Zhang, Linjun Lu, John Lu (2011), “Proposed New Access Density Definition and Its Correlation with Crash Rates”, presented in the 90th TRB annual meeting, January 2011, Washington DC.
  9. Yu Zhang, Arjun Chauhan, and Xing Chen (2010), “Modeling and Predicting Taxi out Times at Airports, presented at the 4th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, June 01-04, 2010, Budapest, Hungary.
  10. Yu Zhang, Nagesh Nayak, and Tony Diana (2010), “Estimation and Comparison of the Impact of Single Airport Delay to the National Airspace System using Multivariate Simultaneous Models”, presented at the 4th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, June 01-04, Budapest, Hungary.
  11. Bo Zeng, Yu An, Yu Zhang (2010), “A Reliable Hub-Spoke Model in Transportation Systems”, presented at the International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability, July 22-23, 2010, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  12. Yu Zhang, Mark Hansen (2009), “Regional GDP — Extending Ground Delay Programs to Regional Airport Systems”, presented at the 8th Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, 2009. Online publication is available on ATMseminar.org.
  13. Yu Zhang, Cristiano Facanha (2009), “Repositioning of Empty Containers in the Transpacific Market: A Case Study”, presented at the 9th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals (ICCTP) 2009, August 4-10, 2009, Herbin, China.
  14. Jasenka Rakas, Yu Zhang, and Vivek Ramamurthy, “Airport Performance Predictability Model”, presented at 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Sep. 2009, South Carolina.
  15. Yu Zhang, Jasenka Rakas, and Mark Hansen (2006), “Methodology for Estimating Airport Capacity and Throughput Performance with PDARS”, presented at the 8th World Conference of Air Transport Research Society, Nagoya, Japan, May, 2006.
  16. Yu Zhang, Mark Hansen (2005). “Inter-modal Substitution for Airline Collaborative Decision Making”, presented at INFORMS annual meeting, Nov. 14-16, 2005, San Francisco and NEXTOR Research Seminar, Jan. 21, 2006, FAA, Washington D.C.
  17. Mark Hansen, Yu Zhang, (2005), “The Link between Operational Performance and Operational Errors in the National Airspace System”, presented at 6th Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, 2005. Online publication is available on ATMseminar.org.
  18. Mark Hansen, Yu Zhang (2004). “The Safety of Efficiency: the Link between Operational Performance and Operational Errors in the National Airspace System”, presented at the TRB 83th Annual Meeting, January 11-15, 2004 in Washington D.C. pPresented at Moving Metrics Workshop, January 27 – 30, 2004 at Asilomar in California.
  19. Yu Zhang, Monica Menendez and Mark Hansen (2004), “Analysis of De-peaking Strategies Implemented by American Airlines”, presented at 83th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2003, Washington D.C.
  20. DianHai Wang and Yu Zhang (2003) “The Study of Platoon Dispersion”, presented at 82th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2003, Washington D.C.

Invited Talks

  1. Planning Future On-Demand Urban Air Mobility, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Workshop: Reimagining the Future of Transportation with Personal Flight: Preparing and Planning for Urban Air Mobility, January 12, 2020.
  2. Empirical Analysis on how Emerging Automated Vehicles and Shared Automated Vehicles affect Future Travel Behavior (International Conference on Transportation Innovation), University of Alberta, September 2018.  
  3. Symposium of Complexity Science in Air Transportation (Beihang University, Beijing, China), April 2016. 
  4. Transportation Research Seminar (Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China), July 2014.
  5. Transportation Research Seminar (Tongji University, Shanghai, China), July 2014. 
  6. 2014 International Workshop on Operational Technologies for Air Traffic Control and Management, (Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin, China), June 2014. 
  7. Transportation Research Seminar, (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland), May 2014. 
  8. Georgia Tech DCL/SIAC Seminar (Atlanta, GA, USA), September 2012.
  9. UMD Transportation Research Seminar (College Park, MD, USA), March 2012.