Automated and Clean Vehicle Technologies
2025–2027 PI. Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), “TCRP A-52: An Assessment of Cybersecurity at Public Transportation Agencies” Link
2025–2026 Institutional PI. TCRP Transit IDEA Program, FTA, “Transit IDEA J-04/IDEA 110: Boosting Transit Service Customer Satisfaction with an AI-Enhanced Crowdsourcing Platform”; PI: Dr. Xiaodong Qian (Wayne State University) Link
2024–2025 PI. US DOT Tier-1 UTC CYBER-CARE, “Nationwide Study on Cybersecurity Risk Responses Among Public Transit Agencies”
2024–2025 Institutional PI. US DOT Tier-1 UTC CYBER-CARE, “Securing Pedestrian Safety in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Scenes: Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges at Connected Intersections”; PI: Dr. Zhixia (Richard) Li (University of Cincinnati)
2024–2025 PI. US DOT Tier-1 UTC CYBER-CARE, “Applying Spatiotemporal Models to Explore the Nexus of Automotive, Cybersecurity, and Transportation and Logistics Industries in the US: Implications for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency”
2023–2024 PI. US DOT Tier-1 UTC CYBER-CARE, “Incorporating Psychographic Factors to Assess the Impact of Cybersecurity Breaches on Connected and Automated Vehicles and Road Safety” Link
2023–2024 Co-PI. US DOT Tier-1 UTC CYBER-CARE, “Increasing the Resilience of Transportation Systems under a Combination of Cybersecurity Attacks and Extreme Events”; PI: Dr. Ariel Silva (Rice University) Link