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Yafeng Yin(picture)
University of Florida
Civil and Coastal Engineering

Yafeng Yin

Assistant Professor
Division: Transportation

Office Phone: (352) 392-9537 x1455
Location: 512-D Weil Hall
Email Address: yafeng@ce.ufl.edu


Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo 2002
M.S. in Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University 1996
B.E. in Structural Engineering, Tsinghua University 1994
B.E. in Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University 1994


Years of Service on this Faculty

Appointment Date  August, 2005
Aug 2005-present  Assistant Professor


Research Interests

Transportation Network Modeling
Highway Traffic Operations
Transit Planning and Operations
Infrastructure Asset Management
Assessments and Evaluations of Intelligent Transportation Systems Technologies


Professional Experience

Assistant Research Engineer (Feb. 2005 - Jul.2005) California PATH, ITS, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher (Jul. 2002 - Jan. 2005) California PATH, ITS, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Lecturer (Aug. 1998 - Sept. 1999) Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China

Staff Research Assistant (Oct. 1998 - Feb. 1999) Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Transportation Consultant (Aug. 1996 - Sept. 1998) CHELBI Engineering Consultants, Beijing, The Louis Berger Group, Inc.

Assistant Lecturer (Aug. 1996 - Jul. 1998) Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China


Principal Publications

Yin, Y., Lam, W.H.K. and Ieda, H. (2004) New technology and the modeling of risk-taking behavior in congested road networks, Transportation Research, Part C, Vol.12, 171-192.

Yin, Y., and Yang, H. (2004) Optimal tolls with a multiclass, bicriteria traffic network equilibrium. Transportation Research Record, 1882, 45-52.

Yin, Y., Lam, W.H.K. and Mark, A.M. (2003) A simulation-based reliability assessment approach for congested transit network. Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol.38, No.1, 27-44.

Yin, Y., and Yang, H. (2003) Simultaneous determination of the equilibrium market penetration and compliance rate of advanced traveler information systems, Transportation Research, Part A, Vol.37, No.2, 165-181.

Yin, Y., Lam, W.H.K. and Ieda, H. (2002) Modeling risk-taking behavior in queuing networks with advanced traveler information systems, Proceedings of 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, (M.A.P. Taylor eds.), Pergamon, 309-328.

Yin, Y., and Ieda, H. (2002) An optimal improvement scheme for network reliability, Transportation Research Record, 1783, 1-6.

Yin, Y., and Ieda, H. (2001) Assessing performance reliability of road networks under non-recurrent congestion, Transportation Research Record, 1771, 148-155.

Lam, W.H.K and Yin, Y. (2001) An activity-based time-dependent traffic assignment model, Transportation Research, Part B, Vol.35, 549-574.

Yin, Y. (2000) Genetic-algorithm-based approach for bi-level programming models, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol.126, No.2, 115-120.

Lam, W.H.K. and Yin, Y. (2000) Chapter 7: genetic algorithm-based approach for transportation optimization problem. In The Practical Handbook of Genetic Algorithm Applications (Chambers, L. eds.), Chapman & Hall/CRC, Florida.