Jidong Yang,Associate Professor in Civil & Construction Engineering Director, Georgia Pavement and Traffic Research Center Kennesaw State University; Associate Professor in Civil &Construction Engineering Director, Georgia Pavement and Traffic Research Center Kennesaw State University

EDUCATION

12/2001 – 12/2004 Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Specialty: Transportation Engineering), University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

01/2000 – 12/2001 M.S., Civil Engineering (Specialty: Transportation Engineering), University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

08/1998 – 12/1999 M.S., Civil Engineering (Specialty: Structural Engineering), Tianjin University, China (Note: uncompleted due to transferring to the University of South Florida)

09/1992 – 07/1996 B.S., Hebei Agricultural University, China; Civil Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

08/2018 – present Associate Professor, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia 01/2016 – present Director, Georgia Pavement and Traffic Research Center, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia

01/2013 – 08/2018 Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, Georgia 08/2010 – 01/2013 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program Manager /Traffic Signal Systems Engineer, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

09/2008 – 08/2010 Senior Transportation Engineer, T.Y. LIN International, Tampa, Florida. 12/2008 – 05/2009 Adjunct Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

04/2008 – 09/2008 Project Engineer/Squad Leader, HNTB Corporation, Sarasota, Florida. 12/2005 – 04/2008 Senior Transportation Engineer, Tindale-Oliver and Associates, Inc., Tampa, Florida.

08/2002 – 12/2005 Transportation Engineer, Tindale-Oliver and Associates, Inc., Tampa, Florida.

01/2000 – 08/2002 Research Assistant, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Outstanding Research Award, 2017-2018, Kennesaw State University Sponsored Research Programs

2. 2018 Mentor of a Student Scholar of Research and Creative Activity

3. 2017 Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

4. Excellence in Teaching Award, 2015, National Society of Leadership and Success

5. Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award, 2015, Kennesaw State University & Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation

RESEARCH

Patents

1. International Application No. PCT/US2018/020767 filed March 2, 2018, Systems and Methods for Quantitatively Assessing Collision Risk and Severity (Inventor: Yang J.)

2. US Patent Application Serial No. 15/653,787 (Non-provisional), filed on July 18, 2017, Real-Time Video Analytics for Traffic Conflict Detection and Quantification (Inventor: Yang J.)

3. US Patent Application Serial No. 15/700,962 (Non-Provisional), filed on September 11, 2017, Identification and Classification of Traffic Conflicts Using Live Video Images (Inventors: Yang J., Wang Y., and Hung C.)

4. International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US17/47197 (Non-Provisional), filed on August 16, 2017, Vehicle with Non-Physically Coupled Sections (Inventers: Diong B., Wang Y., and Yang J.)

Grants and Contracts

1. PI, Deep Learning of Network-Level Traffic Congestion Patterns - Identification and Prediction, Seed Fund, Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, $9,500, 03/2018 ~ 12/2018

2. Co-PI, Full Depth Pavement Reclamation: Performance Assessment and Recommendations for Best Performance, Georgia Department of Transportation,

$89,998, August 2018 ~ December 2019

3. PI, Monitoring and Assessing Traffic Safety at Signalized Intersections Using Live Video Images, Georgia Department of Transportation, Research Project 14-29, $180,000, 01/2016 ~ 10/2018

4. Co-PI, A New Vehicle Concept to Provide Rapid Transit at Reduced Cost, Georgia Department of Transportation, Research Project 16-13, $174,999, 06/2016 ~ 04/2018

5. Co-PI, Road Roughness Measurement and Mapping Using a Smartphone-based Crowd Sourcing Technology, Start-Up Research Fund, Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, $27,500, 02/2017 ~ 06/2017

Internal GRA Funding

6. PI, Tier-III Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Support, $11,000 stipend and up to 12 hours of tuition waived for Fall 2018/Spring 2019, funded by the graduate college.

7. PI, Tier-III Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Support, $5,500 stipend and up to 12 hours of tuition waived for Summer 2018, funded by the graduate college.

8. PI, Two Tier-III Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Support, $22,000 stipend (two GRAs, $5,500 per semester and up to 12 hours of tuition waived per semester for Fall 2017 and Spring 2018), funded by the graduate college.

9. PI, Two Tier-II Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Support, $9,000 (two GRAs,

$4,500 each, and up to 9 hours of tuition waived for summer 2017), funded by the graduate college.

10. PI, Tier-II Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) Support, $7,000 ($3,500 per semester and up to 9 hours of tuition waived per semester for Fall 2016 and Spring 2017), funded by the graduate college.

Publications

Working Manuscripts

1. Pablo G. C. and Yang J. (2019) The Effectiveness of Barrier Materials on Traffic Noise Reduction, Journal of Transportation Engineering – Part A

2. Yang J., Chen K., Wang Y., and Hung C. C. (2019) Improving video-based detection and tracking for practical traffic analytics, Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

3. Yang J. (2019) A Novel Analytical Framework for Detecting and Characterizing Traffic Conflicts for Proactive Road Safety Analysis, Transportation Research – Part C

4. Kim Y., Yang J., Diong B., and Yee T. (2019) Feasibility of a Novel Transit Vehicle Concept - Slim Modular Flexible Electric Bus Rapid Transit (SMFe-BRT), Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

Refereed Journal Articles

5. Kim S., Yang J., and Etheridge A. R. (2018) Effects of Mix Design Variables on Flexibility Index of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2018.1538514.

6. Yang J. and Zuo B. (2018) Performance of Wireless Magnetometers for Stop Bar Detection at Signalized Intersections, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies, https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118796068.

7. Yang J., Pe-Tseskme L., and Kim S. (2018) Use of Conditional Inference Trees for Evaluating Effects of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Content and Binder Grade on the Dynamic Modulus of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures, International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijprt.2018.02.002.

8. Raessler A. and Yang J. (2017) Derivation of Decision Boundaries for Left-Turn Treatments at Signalized Intersections, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies, DOI: 10.3141/2620-01.

9. Yang J. and Zuo B. (2017) Performance of Smart Sensor Detectors for Stop-Bar Detection at Signalized Intersections, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 143(6), DOI: 10.1061/JTEPBS.0000045.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Ginn M., Amuna F., Colmenares J.E. Stewart, A, Diong B., Wang Y., and Yang J. Conceptual Design and Prototyping of a Slim Semi-autonomous Bus Rapid Transit Vehicle, IEEE SoutheastCon Conference 2017, Charlotte NC.

2. Raessler A. and Yang J. Derivation of Decision Boundaries for Left-Turn Treatments at Signalized Intersections, , Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Paper No. 17-2491, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (January 2017)

3. Yang J., Kim S., and Zuo B. Exploring Variation in Detection Errors of Wireless Magnetometers and Span Wire Cameras Using Conditional Inference Trees, Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Paper No. 16-4690, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (January 2016)

4. Yang J., Zuo B., and Kim S. Understanding the Factors Underlying Variation in Detection Errors of Video and Thermal Imaging Cameras, Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Paper No. 16-4646, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (January 2016)

Technical Reports

1. Yang J., Wang Y., and Hung C. Monitoring and Assessing Traffic Safety at Signalized Intersections Using Live Video Images, Final Report, Grant No. RP 14-29, October 2018

2. Diong B., Wang Y., and Yang J. A New Vehicle Concept To Provide Better Rapid Transit At Reduced Cost (Phase 1), Final Report Grant No. RP16-13, October 2018

3. Kim S., Johnson C., Chorzepa M. G., Durham S. A., and Yang J. Evaluation of NCHRP 747 Pavement Forensic Guide for GDOT’s Adoption, Final Report, Grant No. RP 14-13, April 2018

4. Kim S., Kim Y., Yang J., Norouzi A., and Kim D. Effects of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Contents and Sources on Dynamic Modulus (|E*|) and Fatigue Performance of Asphalt Mixtures in Georgia, Final Report, Grant No. RP 14-12, December 2016

5. Yang J., Kim S., and Zuo B. Evaluation of Vehicle Detection Technologies for Applications in Georgia, Final Report, Grant No. RP 13-26, October 2015

Presentations

Refereed Conference Presentations

1. Kwon J., Seo Y., Oncul F., and Yang J. Full Depth Pavement Reclamation: Performance Assessment and Recommendations for Best Performance, ASCE International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference, Chicago Illinois (July 2019)

2. Yang J. Implementing Deep Neural Networks for Video-based Vehicle Detection andTracking, ASCE International Conference on Transportation & Development (ICTD), Alexandria, Virginia (June 2019)

3. Yang J. Toward Vision Zero – A Novel Framework for Detecting, Classifying, and Logging Live Traffic Conflict Events, ASCE International Conference on Transportation & Development (ICTD), Alexandria, Virginia (June 2019)

SERVICE

Professional Registration, Membership, and Activities

Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Tennessee and Florida Member, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Member, Georgia Section ITE

Invited Panel Member, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Committee on Transportation System Operations (CTSO)-French Ministry Delegation Roundtable, 2018.

Technical Committee, Georgia ITE Summer Seminar Programs, 2016, 2017, and 2018