Wei Lu
Research Associate, Post Bachelor’s
Phone: 865-566-1535
Email: luw4@ornl.org
Education
PhD Civil Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (May 2013, expected)
MS Control Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (2010)
BS Electrical Engineering and Automation, China University of Mining and Technology (2007)
Professional Experience
June 2012 – Present, Research Associate in ASTRO program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
August 2010 - May 2012, Research Assistant, Intelligent Transportation System Lab, University of Tennessee
at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
March 2007 – July 2010, Research/Teaching Assistant, Intelligent Transportation System Lab, University of
Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
Awards
- UCGIS Symposium Student Paper Award. 2012
- Graduate Student Travel Award of the University of Tennessee. 2012
- The 4th Place in Tennessee Section ITE Student Paper Competition. 2011
- Extraordinary Undergraduate Thesis. 2007
- Extraordinary Scholarship of Outstanding Students. 2004-2006
Professional Interests
- Traffic Simulation and Modeling
- Intelligent Evacuation Modeling and Planning
- High Performance Computing
- Connected Vehicle Technology
