Dr. An received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong in 2014. She is currently professor with College of Transport Engineering Tongji University. Her research interests include sharing mobility (carsharing, ride-sharing, customized bus), driverless taxis, reliable transit network design, logistics and supply chain design, facility location problem, traffic operation and control.
Education
Ph. D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK 2014
B.S. in Transportation Engineering: Tongji University, Shanghai, China 2009
Experience
Senior Lecturer Feb 2018-Nov 2019 (tenured)
Department of Civil Engineering, the Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
Lecturer Mar 2016- Jan 2018
Department of Civil Engineering, the Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
Honors & Rewards:
Research Funding
Linkage Seed Fund, Monash University, Australia, Investigate the transport methods for the stability of blood samples, 2019
Lead CI, Fund: 27, 200 AUD
ARC DP18, Scalable urban traffic control framework driven by distributed information, 2018-2020
CI, with Hai Vu, Fund: 294, 139AUD
Discovery Seed Fund, Monash University, Australia, Sustainable charging infrastructure deployment for electric vehicles, 2017-2018
Lead CI, Fund: 29, 780 AUD
Publications:
Book Chapters
1. Kun An and Hong K. Lo. Chapter 10 “Transit Network Design with Stochastic Demand” in Multi-Modal Transit System Modeling. 2016.
2. Inhi Kim and Kun An. Chapter VIII in Traffic Engineering and Management by the Monash Institute of Transport Studies, pages 743-789, VIC 3800, Australia. 2017.
Journal Articles
Published
3. Kun An*. "Battery electric bus infrastructure planning under demand uncertainty." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 111: 572-587, 2020.
4. Wu, Zhongjun, Kun An, Wei Wang, Graham Currie, and Xiaojian Hu. "Comprehensive Approach to Transfer Synchronization in Public Transit." Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems 146, no. 4: 04020017, 2020.
5. Liang, Xiao, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Kun An, and Bart van Arem. "Automated taxis’ dial-a-ride problem with ride-sharing considering congestion-based dynamic travel times." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 112: 260-281, 2020.
6. Jin, Fanglei, Kun An*, and Enjian Yao. "Mode choice analysis in urban transport with shared battery electric vehicles: A stated-preference case study in Beijing, China." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 133: 95-108, 2020.
7. Jin, Fanglei, Enjian Yao, and Kun An. "Analysis of the potential demand for battery electric vehicle sharing: Mode share and spatiotemporal distribution." Journal of Transport Geography 82: 102630, 2020.
8. Kun An*, Wentao Jing and Inhi Kim, and, “Battery swapping facility planning for electric buses with local charging systems”. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 1-13, 2019.
9. Siyang Xie, Kun An and Y.F. Ouyang, “Planning of Facility Location under Correlated Disruptions”. Transportation Research Part B. 122, 115-139, 2019.
10. Mingtao Xu, Kun An*, Zhirui Ye, Le Hai Vu, and Chao Wang, “Optimizing Multi-agent Based Urban Traffic Control System”. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23 (4), 357-369, 2019.
11. Huang, K., Liu, Z., Zhu, T., Kim, I. and An, K., “Analysis of the acceptance of park-and-ride by users: A cumulative logistic regression approach”. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 12(1), 2019.
12. Mingtao Xu, Kun An, Zhirui Ye, Jinlong Luo and Wei Wang, “A Bi-Level Model to Resolve Conflicting Transit Priority Requests at Urban Arterials”. IEEE transactions on ITS. Issue: 99, 1-12. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2018.2853102. 2018.
13. Long T. Truong, Graham Currie, Mark Wallace, Chris De Gruyter and Kun An, “Coordinated Transit Signal Priority Model Considering Stochastic Bus Arrival Time”. IEEE transactions on ITS. Issue: 99, 1-9. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2018.2844199
14. Kai Huang, G. Correia and Kun An*, “Solving the Station-based One-way Carsharing Network Planning Problem with Relocations and Non-linear Demand,” Transportation Research Part C. 90, 1-17, 2018.
15. Wanjing Ma, Li Zou, Kun An, Nathan H. Gartner and Meng Wang, “A Partition-enabled Multi-mode Band Approach to Arterial Traffic Signal Optimization”. IEEE transactions on ITS. 1-10. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2018.2815520. 2018.
16. Wentao Jin, M. Ramezani, Kun An and Inhi Kim, “Battery Swapping Facility Location Problem with Localized Charging System Serving Electric Buses”. PLoS One, 13(3): e0194354. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194354.
17. Kun An, Siyang Xie and Y.F. Ouyang, “Reliable Sensor Deployment for Object Positioning and Surveillance Via Trilateration”. Transportation Research Part B. 117 (PB): 956-970, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2017.11.012, 2017.
18. Wentao Jing, Kun An, M. Ramezani, and Inhi Kim, “Location Design of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities: A Path-Distance Constrained Stochastic User Equilibrium Approach”. Journal of Advanced Transportation, vol. 2017, Article ID 4252946, 2017.
19. Wanjing Ma, Kun An*, and Hong K. Lo. “Multi-stage Stochastic Program to Optimize Signal Timings Under Coordinated Adaptive Control”. Transportation Research Part C. 72, 342–359, 2016.
20. Kun An and Y.F. Ouyang, “Robust Grain Supply Chain Design Considering Post-Harvest Loss and Harvest Timing Equilibrium”. Transportation Research Part E. 88, 110-128, 2016.
21.Kun An and Hong K. Lo. “Two-phase Stochastic Program for Transit Network Design under Demand Uncertainty”. Transportation Research Part B. 84, 157-181, 2016.
22 Kun An and Hong K. Lo. “Robust Transit Network Design with Stochastic Demand Considering Development density”. Transportation Research Part B. 81(3), 737-754, 2015.
23. Baoxin Han, Wanjing Ma, Kun An and Nan Zhang, “Investigating the Applicability of Exclusive Pedestrian Phase at Actuated Signalized Intersections”, Journal of Advanced Transportation. 49(6), 752-767, 2015.
24. Kun An and Hong K. Lo, “Service Reliability-Based Transit Network Design with Stochastic Demand”, Transportation Research Record. 2467, 101-109, 2014.
25. Kun An and Hong K. Lo, “Ferry Service Network Design with Stochastic Demand under Equilibrium Flows”, Transportation Research Part B. 66, 70-89, 2014.
26.Hong K. Lo, Kun An and Wei-hua Lin, “Ferry Network Design under Demand Uncertainty”, Transportation Research Part E, 59, 48-73, 2013.
27. Wanjing Ma, Yan Lu, Kun An and Jing Zhao, “Probabilistic Model for Signalized Intersection Capacity with Short Lanes”, Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science), 40 (11), 2012. (In Chinese)
28. Wanjing Ma, Hanzhou Xie and Kun An, “Methodological Review for Identification of the Oversaturated Condition of Signalized Intersections”, Journal of Transportation Information and Safety, 29(5), 2011. (In Chinese)
29.Kun An, Xiaoguang Yang, Yu Bai and Tong Zhu, “Safety Analysis and Simulation Evaluation of Urban Road Access Points”, Journal of Transportation Information and Safety, 28(1), 2010. (In Chinese)