Yiheng Feng

Dr. Yiheng Feng is an assistant professor at Lyles School of Engineering, Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. from Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at University of Arizona in 2015. His research areas include connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and smart transportation infrastructure, with a focus on traffic control with CAVs. He has served as PI and Co-PI in many research projects funded by NSF, USDOT, and USDOE. He has published more than 50 research articles, which appeared in top journals, including Nature Communications, Transportation Research Part B/C, and IEEE Transactions on ITS. He is the co-chair of the Traffic Signal Systems Committee Simulation Subcommittee at Transportation Research Board and serves as an editorial board member of Transportation Research Part C. He is the recipient of the inaugural best dissertation award from Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) in 2015 and INFORMS ITS best paper award in 2021.