A/Professor Nan Zheng
A/Professor Nan Zheng
A/Prof. Nan Zheng is specialised in traffic flow operation and control, planning and operation for autonomous vehicles, transport big data, and mobility applications in smart cities.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy in Traffic Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL)
- Master of Science in Transport and Planning, Delft University of Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Traffic Engineering, Southeast University
Expertise
- Modelling and Optimization of Complex Systems
- Intelligent and Automated Transport Systems
- AI- and Data-driven Analytics for Transport Systems
- Digital-Twin and Virtual-Reality Enabled Solutions
Research Interests
I am a motivated and internationally recognized researcher on traffic flow theory, intelligent transport systems modeling which include traffic big data, connected and autonomous vehicles, advanced technology enabled simulations, and network optimization and control.
I am Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Vehicles (Q1), Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics (Q1), Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (new journal); an editorial board member of Transportation Research Part C (Q1): Emerging Technologies.
I am an assessor for prestigious grants of countries and regions, such as the Australian ARC (DECRA, Discovery, Future Fellow, Linkage, LIEF) the Chinese NSF (QingNian, MianShang), the Marie Curie Postdoctoral Awards by European Commission.
I have been working closely with the local agencies such as the Department of Transportation Victoria (V-DOT) and Australia Road Research Board (ARRB), as well as industry partners such as PTV AG, Aurecon, Safe System Solutions, Clarity Consulting on various projects.
At Monash, I am a research theme leader on Mobility Digital Twin and Smart Manufacturing Precinct.
Research Projects
Current projects
Autonomous truck driving systems: sensing and control technologies, control platform and service applications in open-pit mines
Chief Investigator: Nan Zheng
Principal Investigators: Zheng Xu, Yinfei Xi
This project was granted and developed under the Monash-JITRI (Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute) R&D scheme. Partnered with JITRI and Tsingunited Corp., we developed autonomous transportation solutions for the operation of autonomous vehicles in open-pit mining sites.
Past projects
Integrated information and control cloud platform for autonomous and shared vehicle technology enabled mobility systems
Chief Investigator: Nan Zheng
Principal Investigators: Zheng Xu, Yinfei Xi
This project was granted and developed under the Monash-JITRI (Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute) R&D scheme. Partnered with JITRI and Suzhou Automobile Research Institute, we developed new-generation autonomous vehicles, multi-source data platform, software and model solutions for planning and operation of autonomous vehicles. The project ran from 2020 until 2023, a total amount of AUD 927K, one of the largest-scale international research project. I was the leading CI of the project, and Monash benefited from 4 PhD researcher recruitment (2 in Clayton, 2 in Monash), more than 10 research publications and a few patents with Monash IP are under preparation.
Figure: Professor Margaret Gardner AC (President and Vice-Chancellor), Professor Liu Qing (President of JITRI), Professor Aibing Yu (Pro Vice-Chancellor and President – Suzhou) presented at the signing ceremony
My main publication goes to the Transportation Research series such as Part A, Part B and Part C, and IEEE Transaction series such as T-ITS. Please see more up-to-date list at my GoogleScholar page.
Up to date, I have been focusing on international collaboration projects (some selected projects are listed below). The future objective is the prestigious Australia Research Council grants.
2019-2022, Leading CI, AUD 921K, Monash-JITRI Research and Development Fund Scheme, Integrated information and control cloud platform for autonomous and shared vehicle technology enabled mobility systems
2020-2022, PI, AUD 160k, Discovery Funding Scheme by the Yunnan Provincial Science Foundation, Optimal planning and operation of the charging stations for electrical mobility systems
2018-2019, Leading CI, AUD 40k, QingNian Grant – National Science Foundation China (NSFC), Macroscopic modeling and operation of large-scale multimodal urban networks: Theory and Optimization
2017-2019, Leading CI, AUD 60K, Beijing Municipal Science Foundation Grant, Development of embedded control systems on connected vehicles: Information, Security and Demonstration
Supervision
PHD
Mohan Kumar (Monash IITB, main supervisor)
Highway design for autonomous vehicle enabled road systems
2022 to ongoing
Zheng Xu (Monash, main supervisor)
VR-enabled research on autonomous vehicles
2021 to ongoing
Fotios Spiridonos (Monash, main supervisor)
Road design and social licensing
2021 to to industry
Junlan Chen (SEU-Monash, main supervisor)
Data-driven analytics in crash analysis under limited data
2020 to ongoing
Yinfei Xi (Monash, main supervisor)
Optimal deployment of road side units
2020 to ongoing
Dong XIAO (Monash, supervisor)
Built environment and road traffic research
2019 to ongoing
Ruyang YIN (Monash, main supervisor)
Multimodal network design and optimization
2019 to graduated in 2022
Arash Mohammadipasikhani (Monash, main supervisor)
Machine learning in medical resource supply problems
2019 to to industry
Yifan CHEN (Monash, co-supervisor)
Large-scale traffic flow modeling and control
2019 to graduated in 2021
Wenhua JIANG (Monash, co-supervisor)
Short-term passenger demand prediction and crowd management for special events
2017 to graduated in 2021
Helamini Gamage
BIM-based mixed reality for construction management
2022 to ongoing
Tanghan Jiang (Monash, co-supervisor)
VR-enabled safety research for construction
2021 to ongoing
Qishen Ye (Monash, co-supervisor)
Work zone safe design and driving behaviour analysis
2021 to ongoing
Bingkun Chen (Monash, co-supervisor)
Simulation-based MaaS research
2021 to ongoing
Xingchen Du (Monash, co-supervisor)
Underground sensing and autonomous inspection
2020 to ongoing
Yutong SHEN (Beihang, co-supervisor)
Modeling and optimization of ride-sharing operation systems
2016 to ongoing
Teaching Commitments
- CIV3283 Road Engineering (Monash program, delivered in Australia and Malaysia) - 3rd year undergraduate core unit (200+ students)
- CSU Road Engineering (Monash-CSU 2+2 program, delivered in China or online) - 3rd year undergraduate core unit (80+ students)
- CIV5177/6177 Advanced Road Engineering - Master of Professional Engineering core unit Transport stream
- CIV2282 Transport and Traffic Engineering (Monash program, delivered in Australia and Malaysia) - 2nd year undergraduate core unit (200+ students)
- CSU Transport and Traffic Engineering (Monash-CSU 2+2 program, delivered in China or online) - 2nd year undergraduate core unit (80+ students)
- CIV5301/6301 Advanced Traffic Engineering - Master of Professional Engineering elective unit Transport stream
Research Opportunities
If you are interested in doing a PhD
I am happy to assist any interest in applying the central scholarship by Monash. I have open positions for hosting other funded students, such as the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) or exchange students. If you are an professional, Monash also has industrial PhD scholarships and please contact me for more details.
If you are interested in short-term research
In each semester, I supervise final year student (FYP) projects for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
If you are a student and passionate about transport engineering, for ENG4701 please check the FYP portal, for ENG5005 please contact the unit coordinator, for the Faculty’s Summer Research Program please contact the Faculty Graduate Research office, and look for my projects!
If you are a professional and (you or your team) interested in setting up research projects for your amazing practical needs, please contact me directly at nan.zheng@monash.edu.