Bio

Qing Lu is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida and a Director of the Resilient Transportation Infrastructure Systems (R-TIS) Program at the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR). His research focuses on transportation infrastructure engineering, with expertise in pavement engineering, transportation safety, machine learning, and infrastructure asset management. 

Dr. Lu has served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on many research projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation, Florida Department of Transportation, and industry partners. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment and is actively involved in national transportation research committees and professional societies. Dr. Lu earned his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an M.A. in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California.

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