Prof. Pan Lu

Department of Transportation, Logistics, and Finance

North Dakota State University, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2011 Ph.D., Department of Transportation and Logistics, North Dakota State University, USA

2002 B.Sc., Engineering Economics, North China Electric Power University (Beijing), China

Publications (selected)

1. Ahmed, T., Lu, P., & Huang, Y. (2026). Assessing low autonomous vehicle penetration effects on mobility and safety at a rural signalized intersection under adverse weather conditions. Vehicles, 8(4), Article 76.
2. Ansarinejad, M., Ansarinejad, K., & Shi, F. L., et al. (2026). Automated vehicle integration in rural transportation infrastructure: Mobility and safety evaluation for emergency evacuation systems. Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2026.
3. Badshah, I., Ali, A., & Lu, P., et al. (2026). Evaluating the impact of road user actions on crash severity at highway–rail grade crossings: A data-driven analytics approach. Infrastructures, 11(3), Article 89.
4. Thompson, E. A., Motuba, D., & Lu, P., et al. (2026). Decision-support systems in container terminal automation: A systematic review of digital twin-expert system integration. Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, 1–32.
5. Ahmed, T., Ali, A., & Huang, Y., et al. (2025). Evaluating the impact of human-driven and autonomous vehicles in adverse weather conditions using a Verkehr in Städten—SIMulationsmodell (VISSIM) and surrogate safety assessment model. Electronics, 14(10), Article 2046.
6. Ansarinejad, M., Ansarinejad, K., & Lu, P., et al. (2025). User experience of navigating work zones with automated vehicles: Insights from YouTube on challenges and strengths. Smart Cities, 8(4), Article 120.
7. Jones, R., Lu, P., & Tolliver, D. (2025). The market potential of autonomous trucks in the United States: An industry review. Transportation Research Record, 2679(9), 1–49.
8. Thompson, E. A., & Lu, P. (2025). Determinants of rail freight transportation impact on port competition in West Africa. Journal of Transport Geography, 127, Article 104286.
9. Thompson, E. A., Lu, P., & Alimo, P. K., et al. (2025). Revolutionizing railway systems: A systematic review of digital twin technologies. High-speed Railway, 3(2), 100015.
10. Thompson, E. A., Mattson, J., & Lu, P., et al. (2025). How can autonomous truck systems transform North Dakota’s agricultural supply chain industry? Future Transportation, 5(3), Article 100.
11. Yang, X., Ren, Y., & Huang, Y., et al. (2025). Enhancing driver safety on unpaved roads with smartphone-based road roughness index and wavelet denoising. Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation 2025.
12. Ahmed, H. U., Ahmad, S., & Yang, X., et al. (2024). Safety and mobility evaluation of cumulative-anticipative car-following model for connected autonomous vehicles. Smart Cities, 7(1), 518–540.
13. Ali, A., Guo, M., & Huang, Y., et al. (2024). Evaluating autonomous vehicles’ impact on emergency evacuation clearance time: A comparative study. International Conference on Transportation and Development 2024, 573–582.
14. Gao, L., Yu, K., & Lu, P. (2024). Considering the spatial structure of the road network in pavement deterioration modeling. Transportation Research Record, 2678(5), 153–161.
15. Gong, Y., Isom, T., & Lu, P., et al. (2024). Modeling the impact of COVID-19 on transportation at later stage of the pandemic: A case study of Utah. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 28(4), 544–554.
16. Huang, Y., Ansarinejad, M., & Lu, P. (2024). Assessing mobility under inclement weather using VISSIM microsimulation—A case study in US. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Civil Structural and Transportation Engineering.
17. Yang, X., Wang, X., & Podolsky, J., et al. (2024). Addressing wander effect in vehicle weight monitoring: An advanced hybrid weigh-in-motion system integrating computer vision and in-pavement sensors. Measurement, 234, Article 114870.
18. Ahmad, S., Ali, A., & Ahmed, H. U., et al. (2023). Evaluating traffic operation conditions during wildfire evacuation using connected vehicles data. Fire, 6(5), Article 184.
19. Lu, P., Yang, X. T., & Gong, Y., et al. (2023). Knowledge-based machine learning for freeway COVID-19 traffic impact analysis and traffic incident management [Research Brief]. Transportation Research Board.
20. Wang, X., Liu, J., & Long, F., et al. (2023). Life-cycle cost model of high-speed railway considering carbon emissions. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 29(3), Article 05023006.

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