| key | firstname | lastname | degreedate | description | degrees | image | site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
junyi | Junyi | Ji | 2026-05-01 | <p>Junyi Ji is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering and the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University. He is dedicated to the development and field control experiments of the I-24 MOTION freeway traffic testbed. His current research focuses on understanding the nature of traffic waves and developing a mathematical digital twin for the freeway testbed. His long-term research vision is to integrate advanced computational methods and CPS technology with transportation to create a sustainable system. </p> Junyi’s other interests include developing data analytical tools for sustainable transportation, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is actively involved in volunteering with Citipedia, a leading organization in China focused on sustainability, and MoveVU, an initiative aimed at transitioning Vanderbilt towards sustainable mobility. </p> He is the initiator of the workshop on vehicle trajectory data camp and serves as a member of the REproducible Research In Transportation Engineering (RERITE) working group. He is a strong advocate of open science.</p> | <li>Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University 2026 (expected)</li> <li>M.S., Transportation Engineering, Southeast University, China, 2022</li> <li>B.Eng., Traffic Engineering, Southeast University, China, 2019</li> | /images/people/junyi_25S_worklab.JPG |
