Yi QI, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Transportation Studies

• Office Location: AWS 123
• Telephone: 713-313-6809
• Fax: 713-313-1856
• E-mail: qiy@tsu.edu

Research Interests:

• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Traffic Safety and Crash Analysis
• Transportation Infrastructure Systems Performance measure
• Transportation Air Quality Analysis
• Transportation Data Analysis and Modeling
• GIS and GPS

Education:

• Ph.D., Transportation Planning and Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of New York, December 2002. Major Area:Transportation Planning and Engineering, Minor Area: Operation Research and Systems Engineering, Dissertation: Incident Delay Analysis and Estimation: Advanced Incident Delay Modeling

• M.S., Probability and Statistics, Department of Statistics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R. China, July 1999

• B.S., Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, P.R. China, July 1996

Teaching Assignments:

• TMGT 815 Computer Applications in Transportation
• TMGT 840 Quantitative Analysis of Transportation
• TMGT 865 Traffic Signals and Signal Control
• TMGT 882 Geographical Information Systems for Transportation
• TMGT 885 Quantitative Assessment of Transportation Environmental Impact

Selected Research Funding:

• PI: Development of Left-Turn Operations Guidelines at Signalized Intersections (TxDOT, Project No. 05840, $228,905, 2006-2008)
• PI: Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Based Road-Condition Warning System For Highway Collision Prevention (SWUTC, $41,704, 2006-2008)

Scientific Journal Papers:

• Qi, Y. and H. Teng, “An Information-Based Time Sequential Approach to On-Line Incident Duration Prediction”, Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, accepted for publication, 2007

• Qi, Y., L. Yu and M. Azimi, “Determination of Storage Lengths of Left-Turn Lanes at Signalized Intersections”, accepted for publication, Transportation Research Record, National Research Council, Volume 2023, pp 102-111, Washington, DC, 2007
• Qi, Y. and B. Smith, J. Guo “Freeway Accident Probability Prediction Using a Panel Data Analysis Approach,” ASCE’s Journal of Transportation Engineering, Volume 133, Number 3, pp. 149-156, 2007.
• Qi ,Y., Y. Tang and B. Smith, “Video-Based Automated Identification Of Freeway Shoulder Events”, Transportation Research Record, Volume 1972, pp 46-53, 2006
• Park, H., Y. Qi, and B. Smith, “A New Methodology for the Development of Regional Vehicle-Mapping Tables for the MOBILE Emission Model”, National Research Council, Transportation Research Record, Volume 1987, pp 92-102, 2006
• Qi, Y., H. Teng, D.R. Martinelli, P. Jian, “An Application of the CUSUM Algorithm to Freeway Incident Detection Based on Two Contiguous Detectors”, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol. 39, No. 2, Spring/Summer, pp. 221-240, 2005
• Qi, Y. and B. Smith, “Travel Time Data Quality Assessment Design for New Generation Traffic Monitoring Systems,” accepted for publication, Transportation Research Record, 2005
• Teng,  H., Y. Qi, J. H. Byun, Y. Nakanishi, and D. E. James, “Modeling Vehicle Emissions in Hot-Stabilized Conditions Using a Simultaneous Equations Model”,  ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Volume 131, Issue 10, pp. 762-770, 2005.
• Qi, Y. and H. Teng, “An Incident Delay Model for the Evaluation of Incident Management Strategies,” in E. Bekiaris and Y. J. Nakanishi (eds.), Economic Impacts of ITS: Innovations and Case Studies, Research in Transportation Economics Series, Elsevier Science Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 241-281,2004
• Qi ,Y., H. Teng and L. Yu., “Statistical Microscale Emission Models Incorporating Acceleration and Deceleration,” ASCE  Journal of Transportation Engineering, Volume 130, Number 3, pp. 348-360, 2004.
• Qi,Y. and H. Teng, “An Integrated Modeling Approach to Total  Incident Delay, ” Volume 1895, Transportation Research Record, pp 46-54, 2004
• Qi, Y. and B. Smith, “Identifying Nearest-Neighbors in a Large-Scale Incident Data Archive,” accepted for publication, Transportation Research Record, Volume 1879, pp 89-98, 2004.

• Teng, H. and Y. Qi, “Application of Wavelet Technique to Freeway Incident Detection,” Transportation Research, Part C, Volume 11, Issues 3-4, pp. 289-308, 2003.
• Teng, H. and Y. Qi, “Detection-Delay-Based Freeway Incident Detection Algorithms,” Transportation Research, Part C, Volume 11, Issues 3-4, pp. 256-287, 2003.
• Teng, H., Y. Qi and D.R. Martinelli, “Developed Incident Detection Algorithm in Comparison with Neural Network Algorithms,” Transportation Research Record, 1836, pp. 83-92, 2003.
• Teng, H., Y. Qi and P. Yi, “Parking Search Time and Parking Information Identification for Off-Street Spaces in the CBD,” Transportation Research Record, 1800, pp 44-52, 2002.
• Qi, Y. “The Probability of Ruin in Generalized Compound Poisson Process Model,” Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics (in Chinese), Volume 15, No. 4, 1999.
• Qi, Y., J.  Wang and R. Wang, “The Probability of Ruin in the Model with Adjusted Insurance Rate,” Journal of Communication on Applied Mathematics and Computation (in Chinese), Volume.13, No. 4, 1999.
• Qi, Y. and J.  Wang, “The Set-Valued Stochastic Integrals of Bounded Predictable Processes, W.r.t. Square Integral Martingales,” Communication on Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 12, No. 2, 1998.

Presentations:

• Qi ,Y., C. Guo and L. Yu, “Impacts of Signal Phasing Sequence on Left-Turn Operation”, 87st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, 2008.
• Teng, H. and Y. Qi, “Usage, Preference and Need for Traffic Information Sources in Long Island,” 8th Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, 2004.
• Teng, H, Y. Qi, J.C. Falcocchio, K. Kim, R. Patel and E. Athanailos, “Simulation Testing of Adaptive Control, Bus Priority and Emergency Vehicle Preemption in New York City,” 82st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, 2003.
• Teng, H. and Y. Qi, “An Investigation of Incident Frequency, Duration and Lanes Blockage for Determining Traffic Delay,” 81st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, 2002.
• Teng, H. and Y. Qi, “A Feasibility Study of a Parking Information System in NYC,” 80th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, 2001.
   

Technical Reports Published:

• Yu L., Y. Qi, M. Azimi, L. Guo and C. Guo., “Left-turn Lane Design and Operation”, Report No. TxDOT 0-5290-2, final report to Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), 2007.
• Smith B., Y. Qi and Park, H., “A Methodology to Estimate (VMT) Fractions as an Input to the Mobile Emission Model”, final project report to Virginia Transportation Research Council, 2005.
• Smith B., Y. Qi and Y. Tang., “Phase III Autotrack: Integrated CCTV/VIVDS Prototype Field Test”, project report to Virginia Transportation Research Council, 2005.
• Teng, H., Y. Qi, J.C. Falcocchio, K.B. Kim and R. Patel, “Evaluation Study to Measure the Effectiveness of Adaptive Traffic Signal Control with Vehicle Priority and Preemption in the New York City Environment,” final report to the New York City Department of Transportation, 2002.
• Teng, H., L. Yu, and Y. Qi, “Analytical Tool for Measuring Emission Impact of ACCEL/DECEL,” final report to the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the University Transportation Research Center and the Federal Highway Administration, 2002.
   

Other Services and Memberships:

• Member on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) ABE40 Committee - Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection.
• Member on the Transportation Research Board (TRB) ABJ70 committee - Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications.
• Secretary for the TRB TETT subcommittee (Training, Education, and Technology Transfer) Subcommittee.
• Member in Gala Steering College Committee
• Reviewer for paper submitted for publication in following journals: ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Transportation Research Record and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Chair for the sessions in the IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2004