Key Personnel
Dr. Yunpeng (Jack) Zhang
Center Director
University of Houston
Dr. Lu Gao
Assistant Center Director
University of Houston
Dr. Shumon Alam
Interim Center Manager
University of Houston
Dr. Zhu Han
Associate Director of Research
University of Houston
Dr. Kailai Wang
Associate Director of Executive
University of Houston
Site Directors
Dr. Yongxin Liu
Associate Director of Proposal / Project Review
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Dr. Guohui Zhang
Associate Director of Outreach
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Dr. Arlei Silva
Associate Director of Leadership
Rice University
Dr. Carlos Rubio-Medrano
Associate Director of Education & Workforce Development
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Dr. Zhixia (Richard) Li
Associate Director of Technology Transfer
University of Cincinnati
External Advisory Board
Dr. Wei Zhang
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) liaison
Research Highway Engineer/Program Manager
Intersection Safety R&D
Dr. Hossein Sarrafzadeh
Director of the Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research, Education and Outreach
(CREO)
North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University
Dr. Zeb Bowden
Division Director of Technology Development & Deployment
Virginia Tech
Dr. Jakub Szefer
Associate Professor
Yale University
Dr. Jianming Ma
Traffic Management Section Director
Texas Department of Transportation