Linxuan is awarded the PhD Student Travel Grant supported by NSF to attend the INFORMS TSL Second Triennial Conference in Chicago on July 23 – 26, 2023. His paper, Dine in or Take out? Trends on Restaurant Service Demand amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, has been selected for oral presentation at the conference. Congratulations to Linxuan, and look forward to seeing many colleagues in Chicago!
2023.04: NSF Workshop on cyber-enabled carbon-neutral electricity and mobility
Dr. Xu attended the NSF Workshop on Cyber-Enabled Carbon-Neutral Electricity and Mobility held at Texas A&M University. He gave a lightning talk and made a poster presentation for his collaborative research on An Empirical Analysis of Electric Vehicles’ Charging Patterns [URL].
A critical path towards carbon-neutrality relies on decarbonizing electric power generation and electrifying of a large portion of the transportation sector. This shift requires combined efforts from various disciplines as it will fundamentally change the way energy is utilized in the country. For the research community, there are unique characteristics associated with transportation and electric power sectors, respectively. The goal of this workshop is to establish the critical cyber infrastructure for research and education towards carbon-neutral electricity and mobility with the focus on the four major challenges.
2023.04: Dr. Xu gave an invited talk at CavHack 2023
Dr. Xu was invited to deliver a talk at CavHack held at Woodson High School. It was a wonderful opportunity to engage with a group of enthusiastic high school participants and share his views on the status quo of urban mobility. During the event, Dr. Xu discussed the various opportunities and challenges involved in advancing transportation system management to achieve goals such as efficiency, safety, equity, and sustainability.
CavHack is Woodson High School’s very own hackathon hosted by the Woodson Cybersecurity and Robotics 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. At CavHack, over 200 high school students from Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern VA come together to build mobile applications, websites, electronic devices, and more to address this year’s theme, Sustainability.
2023.02: Dr. Xu hosted the visit of high school students from Texas
Dr. Xu hosted a group of high school seniors from the International School of the Americas in San Antonio, TX. The students are on a task to research, collaborate, and draft a paper on policies that will benefit our community. As a part of the project, they are visiting Washington, D.C. to conduct field research through local organizations, meet with congress persons, and speak with an NGO.
On the trip to GW, the group of students attended a lecture provided by Dr. Xu on transportation engineering and the current advances being made in the field of transportation. After the lecture, the team had a tour of GW transportation laboratories learning about the research done at GWTP.
2023.02: Linxuan’s paper accepted for presentation at TSL 2023
Linxuan’s paper, titled “Dine in or take out? Trends on restaurant service demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic” [URL], is accepted for presentation at the TSL Conference 2023, that will be held in Chicago the upcoming July 2023. Well done, Linxuan!
The Transportation Science and Logistics Society Conference has been created to provide an opportunity for all members to gather on a triennial basis to present and to discuss the state-of-the-art in transportation science and logistics.
2023.01: Linxuan had a poster presentation at 2023 TRBAM
Linxuan presented his research work, titled “An Integer L-shaped Method for Dynamic Order Dispatching in Autonomous Last-Mile Delivery with Demand Uncertainty” [URL], at the TRB Annual Meeting. Great job, Linxuan!
2022.12: The SUM Lab receives GW SEAS Collaboration Seed Funding
The SUM Lab received a seed grant from the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The grant will support the initialization of early research investigations into the path of infrastructural transition as the transportation system electrifies. Ultimately, we aim to draw for the societal implications for different evolving trajectories of how charging stations expand and gas stations phase out.
2022.11: Bhagyashree won the 2022 WTS-DC Scholarship Award
The SUM Lab member Ms. Bhagyashree Panda has been selected as a recipient of a 2022 Women’s Transportation Seminar DC Chapter (WTS-DC) Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations, Bhagyashree!
2022.10: The SUM Lab’s presence at 2022 INFORMS Annual Meeting
Linxuan presented his independent research work “An Integer L-shaped Method for Dynamic Order Dispatching in Autonomous Last-Mile Delivery with Demand Uncertainty” [URL] at an invited session on the Challenges and Innovations in Urban Logistics organized by Dr. Xu. Well done, Linxuan!
In addition, Dr. Xu made a flash talk titled “Empirical analysis of electric vehicles’ charging patterns: Case study from Shanghai” [URL] at Smart Cities Cluster Session. This work is in collaboration with colleagues at NYU Shanghai and Tongji University.
2022.10: Linxuan’s paper accepted for presentation at TRBAM 2023
Linxuan’s paper, titled “An Integer L-shaped Method for Dynamic Order Dispatching in Autonomous Last-Mile Delivery with Demand Uncertainty” [URL], is peer-reviewed by the TRB Standing Committee on Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics and recommended for presentation at the TRB Annual Meeting in January 2023. Congrats, Linxuan!