Expertise

Dr. Kang’s research interests are in transportation engineering and safety, which include: i) advanced traffic operations and congestion management; ii) artificial intelligence in traffic management and transportation infrastructure design; iii) accident analysis and modeling; iv) transportation system evaluation.

He has expertise in quantitative methods in transportation engineering involving mathematical modeling and optimization; Artificial Intelligent (AI)-based optimization techniques. He also has extensive experience in simulation-based traffic safety and operation of highways and intersections.


Expertise:

  • Advanced traffic operations and congestion management
  • Highway safety analysis and modeling
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) in transportation, geometric design, and optimization
  • Driver behavior studies: distracted driving, fatigued driving, and dilemma zone
Communities
Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering
Degrees
PhD, University of Maryland, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2008
MS, University of Maryland, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007
MS, Hanyang University, South Korea, Transportation System Engineering, 2003
BS, Hanyang University, South Korea, Transportation System Engineering, 2001