{"id":38,"date":"2014-02-17T15:05:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/otc\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2014-02-24T17:06:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:06:18","slug":"about-the-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/otc\/about-the-director\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h1>About The Director<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42 alignleft\" style=\"line-height: 1.5\" alt=\"Yi\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/otc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1026\/2014\/02\/about-the-director.jpg\" width=\"137\" height=\"138\" \/>The Director of the Ohio Transportation Consortium is Dr. Ping Yi, Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Akron. Dr. Yi has been involved in transportation education and research for more than twenty years. His engineering experiences include serving in public, private, and academic sectors. From 1991-1995 he was actively involved in the UTC committees at The University of Minnesota while working as a Principle Engineer and Senior Scientist for the Minnesota Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>EDUCATION<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Ph.D &#8211; Traffic Engineering &#8211; Feb 1992, Civil &amp; Mineral Eng Dept, University of Minnesota<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"justify\">\nEMPLOYMENT HISTORY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">University of Akron, August, 1996 \u2013 Present<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Chair of Undergraduate Committee<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Dept. of Civil Engineering Chair of Graduate Committee<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Dept. of Civil Engineering<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Member of College Undergraduate and Graduate Committees<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Advisor of Institute of Transportation Engineers Student Chapter<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee Technological University, 1994-1996<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT), 1991-1994<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Guidestar Program Research Scientist, Principal Engineer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"justify\">\nPROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND AFFILIATIONS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">TRB Committee and Task Force<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">National Research Council, ITS \u2013 IDEA Program<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Institute of Transportation Engineers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">American Society of Civil Engineers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Intelligent Transportation Society<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">American Society of Highway Engineers<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">American Society of Engineering Education<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"justify\">\nACADEMIC RESEARCH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Travel Time Estimation from Limited Detector Data<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Real-Time Traffic Signal Coordination and Optimization<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Deer-Vehicle and Run Off Road Crash Studies<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Smart Sign Ordering System<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Incorporating New Crash Data Format and Software Development Standard in AVADIT Implementation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Development of Accident Visual Analysis and Data Integration Tool<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Safety Study for Elderly Drivers at Unsignalized Intersections<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Development of Intelligent Transportation System Logic Architecture<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Development of Freeway Macroscopic Traffic Flow Models<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Field Testing and Verification of Traffic Detection Systems for Monitoring Urban Traffic Operations<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"justify\">\nPROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">Detection Technology for ITS, funded by FHWA to Field testing of image sensing, microwave, infrared, radar, ultrasonic, and laser traffic detection systems, 1992.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">Saint Paul Incident Management, funded by Minnesota DOT and FHWA<br \/>\nDevelopment of an incident detection and response system for I-94 in downtown Saint Paul, 1993.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">Advanced Urban Signal Control and Integration, funded by Minneapolis and FHWA Implementation of the Split Cycle Offsets Optimization Technique (SCOOT) traffic control system over fifty intersections in downtown Minneapolis, 1994<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div align=\"justify\">Saint Paul Advanced Parking Information System, funded by Minnesota DOT and FHWA Development of a parking advisory system to provide traffic congestion and parking availability information to motorists during special events, 1994<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The Director The Director of the Ohio Transportation Consortium is Dr. Ping Yi, Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Akron. Dr. Yi has been involved in transportation education and research for more than twenty years. 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