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Our group brings together researchers with backgrounds in engineering, planning, spatial analytics, economics, and transportation systems to study human-centered infrastructure and mobility challenges.

LEADERSHIP

Principal Investigator

Kailai Wang

Kailai Wang

Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Director
Interdisciplinary Transportation & Society Laboratory (ITS Lab)

Associate Director
USDOT Tier-1 UTC Transportation Cybersecurity Center for Advanced
Research and Education (CYBER-CARE)

Affiliated Faculty
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute,
C. T. Bauer College of Business

Affiliated Faculty
Energy Transition Institute, Division of Energy and Innovation

RESEARCH TEAM

Current PhD Students

Yuhao Wang

Yuhao Wang

PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering

B.S., Remote Sensing Science and Technology
Shandong University of Science and Technology, China, 2014

M.S., Applied GIS & Remote Sensing
University of Southampton, UK, 2016

Yixuan Huang

Yixuan Huang

PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering

B.S., Economics (Minor: Mathematics)
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, US, 2021

M.S., Economics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, US, 2022

Chuyue Wang

Chuyue Wang

PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering

B.Eng., Civil Engineering (Urban and Rural Planning)
Beijing University of Technology, China, 2023

M.S., Urban Spatial Science
University College London, UK, 2024

Jinghang Gao

Jinghang Gao

PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering

B.M.S., Land Resources Management
Zhejiang University, China, 2023

M.Phil., Intelligent Transportation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Guangzhou), China, 2025

FORMER GROUP MEMBERS

Alumni

Yeswanth Reddy Yannam

Yeswanth Reddy Yannam

MS in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology

Behnam Sabzi

Behnam Sabzi

PhD in Industrial Engineering

Rohith Reddy Depa

Rohith Reddy Depa

MS in Computer Science

Suhaib Kaissi

Suhaib Kaissi

MS in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology

Hima Naga Sai Srikar Bolisetty

Hima Naga Sai Srikar Bolisetty

MS in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award,
Cullen College of Engineering, 2023-2024

Bethel Mbakaogu

Bethel Mbakaogu

MS in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology

Graduate Student Excellence,
Technology Division, Cullen College of Engineering, 2022-2023

Raja Gopal Pamula

Raja Gopal Pamula

MS in Supply Chain and Logistics Technology

Additional Alumni
Manoj M Paliwal
Aakash Gireesh
Lakshmi Narasimha Sai Narne
Noel George Varghese