Faculty Profile for Dr. Feng Wang

profile photo for Dr. Feng Wang
Dr. Feng Wang
Professor — Ingram School of Engineering
RFM 5200
phone: (512) 245-5258

Biography Section

Biography and Education

PhD in Transportation Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
MS in Systems Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin China, 1994
BS in Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing China, 1987

Teaching Interests

Transportation Engineering and Civil Engineering courses

Research Interests

Automated data collection technologies for Pavement Management Systems
Simulation and data analysis for Emergency Evacuation

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Luo, X., Wang, F., Wang, N., Tao, J., Qiu, X., & Amini, F. (2019). Rebuilding the Distress Thresholds for Pavement Warranty Program in Mississippi. Transportation Research Record, Journal of TRB, Vol. 2673(2), 323–334. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/0361198118823497
  • Bu, L., Wang, F., & Gong, H. (2018). Spatial and factor analysis of vehicle crashes in Mississippi state. Natural Hazards, 94(3), pp 1255-1276. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3475-9
  • Bu, L., Wang, F., Zhou, X., & Yin, C. (2018). Managed gating control strategy for emergency evacuation. Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 14(10). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/23249935.2018.1552336
  • Gong, H., Luo, X., Tao, J., & Wang, F. (n.d.). Study of Key Factors in Pavement Distress Segmentation Using Deep Learning Techniques.
  • Tao, J., Luo, X., Wang, F., Faieq, A., Gong, H., & Qiu, X. (n.d.). Achieving Quality Assurance in Receiving Automated Pavement Condition Data: Threshold Development and Error Pattern Analysis. Transportation Research Record.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Reviewer Award, International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology. January 9, 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding paper title “Editor’s Choice Paper” selected by Journal of Materials for paper “Molecular dynamic investigations on the adhesion behaviors of asphalt mastic-aggregate interface” as coauthor, MDPI. November 26, 2020 - November 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Top 3% TRB paper in 6,000+ submission, as research supervisor and corresponding author, Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Science. January 13, 2019 - December 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Epps/Dart Award, Deep South Institute of Transportation Engineers. August 2017 - August 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Founding director for Mississippi Summer Transportation Institute (MSTI) program at JSU, VP in Research Office of Jackson State University. April 29, 2011 - August 2018

Selected Grants

  • Kulesza, Stacey Elizabeth (Principal), Wang, Feng (Co-Principal), Shi, Xijun (Co-Principal). University Transportation Center: Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity, US Department of Transportation, Federal, $10000000. (Submitted: August 2022, Funded: June 2023 - June 2028). Grant.
  • Wang, Feng (Principal), Jimenez, Jesus (Co-Principal), Luo, Xiaohua (Co-Principal), Das, Subasish (Supporting), Hong, Feng (Supporting). Administration of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Local Competition at Texas State University, Federal Highway Administration, Federal, $25500. (Funded: December 2022 - August 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Wang, Feng (Principal), Jimenez, Jesus (Co-Principal), Luo, Xiaohua (Co-Principal). Administration of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Local Competition at Texas State University, Federal Highway Administration, Federal, $25500. (Funded: December 2021 - August 31, 2022). Grant.
  • Wang, Feng (Principal), Luo, Xiaohua (Co-Principal), Minifie, Jana Roberta (Co-Principal), Gong, Haitao (Supporting), Tao, Jueqiang (Supporting). StarImage: cost-effectiveness improved automated pavement condition survey system, NSF, Federal, $50000. (Submitted: August 27, 2020, Funded: January 2021 - March 2023). Grant.
  • Wang, Feng (Principal), Luo, Xiaohua (Co-Principal). Improve Data Quality for Automated Pavement Distress Data Collection, Texas Department of Transportation, State, $449720. (Funded: September 2020 - August 2024). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Personnel Committee
May 6, 2019-Present
University representative for TRB at TXST
Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-Present
Member
Emergency Evacuation Committee (AMR20) of the Transportation Research Board, NAS
January 2018-Present
Member
Pavement Management Systems Committee (AKT10) of the Transportation Research Board, NAS
January 2017-Present
Member
Faculty search committee for Endowed Professor in Structures/Materials
November 2022-July 2023