Dr. Jun Liu
Associate Professor
Contact
- 2013 SCIB Building
- phone (205) 348-9569
- fax (205) 348-6862
Research Areas
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee, 2015
- M.S., Statistics, University of Tennessee, 2015
- M.S., Transportation Planning & Management, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 2011
- B.S., Transportation Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 2008
Dr. Jun Liu is an Associate Professor (with tenure) of Civil Engineering at the University of Alabama (UA), and the Director of the NextGen Transportation Lab at UA. He received his PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Liu worked as a transportation planner at the Virginia Department of Transportation and as a post-doc researcher at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Liu’s areas of research interests include shared mobility, travel behavior, road safety, responder safety, transportation planning, intelligent transportation systems, connected and/or automated vehicles, and sustainable transportation. Dr. Liu has over 200 publications, including book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports.
Since joining UA in 2018, Dr. Liu has made significant contributions to securing $17 million in funding. He has been awarded a total of 23 projects, with 14 of them as the Principal Investigator (PI) and 9 as a Co-PI. The funding sources include prestigious organizations such as the NSF, US DOT, US DOE, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, State DOTs (Alabama and Georgia), and local agencies. Dr. Liu currently serves as a Managing Editor for the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, an Associate Editor for IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, and an Editorial Board Member for Accident Analysis & Prevention and the Journal of Safety Research. He also serves as a TRB Paper Review Coordinator for two committees: ASC10 and AED50. Dr. Liu is a member of the TRB AKD80 and a member/friend of TRB ACS10.
Affiliated Areas
Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Center for Transportation Operations, Planning and Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Selected Publications
(*my student or postdoc trainee at the time of work)
- Zhang*, Z., Liu, J., Peña-Bastidas, J. & Jones, S., 2024. Charging Infrastructure Assessment for Shared Autonomous Electric Vehicles in 374 Small and Medium-Sized Urban Areas: An Agent-Based Simulation Approach. Transport Policy,155, pp. 58-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2024.06.017
- Pena-Bastidas*, J., Liu, J. and Jones, S., 2024. Measuring Traffic Speed Change After the Reallocation of Road Space for Cycling: A Data-Driven Analysis for Bogotá. Cities, 153, p.105296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105296
- Zhang*, Z., Xu*, N., Liu, J. & Jones, S., 2024. Exploring spatial heterogeneity in factors associated with injury severity in speeding-related crashes: An integrated machine learning and spatial modeling approach. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 206, p.107697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2024.107697
- Xu*, N., Liu, J., Zhang*, Z. and Jones, S., 2024. Injury severity of police officers involved in traffic crashes: A spatial analysis of Alabama. Safety Science, 172, p.106406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106406
- Yang*, C., Liu, J., Li*, X. and Barnett, T., 2023. Analysis of First Responder-Involved Traffic Incidents by Mining News Reports. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 192, p.107261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2023.107261
- Liu, J., Xu*, N., Shi, Y., Rahman, M., Barnett, T. and Jones, S., 2023. Do First Responders Trust Connected and Automated Vehicles? A National Survey. Transport Policy, 140, pp.85-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.06.012
- Liu, J., Fu*, X., Hainen, A., Yang*, C., Villavicencio, L. and Horrey, W.J., 2023. Evaluating the impacts of vehicle-mounted Variable Message Signs on passing vehicles: implications for protecting roadside incident and service personnel. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15472450.2023.2227968
- Liu, J., Xu*, N., Shi, Y., Barnett, T. and Jones, S., 2023. Are first responders prepared for electric vehicle fires? A national survey. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 179, p.106903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106903
Awards and Honors
- Inaugural Editorial Board Member, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board
- 2018 Small Grants Program Award, The University of Alabama
- Distinguished Scientific Paper – Americas, Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, 2016
- Best Reviewer, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)
Dr. Liu's Impact
UA Kick-Starts Six Projects Related to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
The University of Alabama has several research projects they hope can prevent the next pandemic. The school plans to invest $100,000 into six UA based research projects involving covid-19. They say...
UA Kick-Starts Six Projects Related to COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
Six projects designed to deepen understanding of the coronavirus pandemic and future pandemics and positively influence society will receive seed funding from The University of Alabama.
University of Alabama researchers to design next-gen transportation system in west central Alabama
Researchers at the University of Alabama are embarking on a $16.8 million project to transform the roads and highways in the Tuscaloosa area into a smart transportation network that is...