Xiang Liu
Research Interests
• AI-Aided Rail Transportation Safety and Risk Analysis
• Sensing and Machine Learning Technologies for Transportation Infrastructure Asset Management
• Connected Multimodal Transportation Technologies
• Emerging Transportation Technologies (IoT, AI, wireless communications and automation)
Honors
• Outstanding Paper Award, Hazardous Materials Transportation Committee (AT040) of Transportation Research Board, 2023
• Young Alumnus Achievement Award, Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
• Researcher of the Year Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Central New Jersey Section, 2018
• Walter Tyson Assistant Professorship Award, Rutgers School of Engineering, 2018
• Rising Star Award, Progressive Railroading Magazine, 2018
• Outstanding Paper Award, Hazardous Materials Transportation Committee (AT040) of Transportation Research Board, 2018
• Educator of the Year Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) New Jersey Section, 2017
• Best Paper Award for Young Member, Railroad Operational Safety Committee (AR070) of Transportation Research Board, 2017
• Outstanding Paper Award, Hazardous Materials Transportation Committee (AT040) of Transportation Research Board, 2017
• Outstanding Research Contribution Award, Hazardous Materials Transportation Committee (AT040) of Transportation Research Board, 2016
• Best Paper Award for Young Member, Railroad Operational Safety Committee (AR070) of Transportation Research Board, 2015
• Risk, Law & Policy Merit Award, International Society for Risk Analysis, 2013
• USDOT Dwight Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2012
Education
• Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2013
• M.S., Transportation Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2011
• B.S., Transportation Engineering (Maritime and Port Operations), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, May 2008
Summary
Dr. Xiang Liu is the Director of the Rutgers Rail and Transit Program. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers University. He is also affiliated with the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University. At Rutgers, he leads its rail-centric research, education, and workforce development initiatives. Dr. Liu's research focuses on the application of artificial intelligence, big data, and automation technologies to the improvement of rail operational safety and efficiency. Dr. Liu has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. Dr. Liu is currently the Executive Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Smart and Resilient Transportation and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management. Dr. Liu has received five “Best Paper” awards from the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the “Educator of the Year 2017” Award, and the “Researcher of the Year 2018”, both in New Jersey. In 2018, he received a “Rising Star” award from the Progressive Railroading magazine. In 2020, he received an “Outstanding Young Alumni Achievement” Award from the University of Illinois Civil and Environmental Department. Dr. Liu currently teaches several railroad courses at Rutgers University. Dr. Liu received a B.S. degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China, and an M.S. and Ph.D. both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Liu’s former students work at the University of Houston (assistant professor), Shanghai Jiaotong University (associate professor), Amazon, JD.com, New Jersey Department of Transportation, and many other transportation agencies or companies.