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About Pei-Sung Lin

Dr. Lin the program director of ITS, Traffic Operations and Safety within CUTR. He leads a very energetic and innovative group of faculty, staff and students to conduct objective research projects and grants for our sponsors to develop technologies and improve our transportation safety and mobility.

Positions

Present Traffic Operations & Safety Program Director, University of South Florida ‐ Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR)
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Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2006 - Present Director, ITS, Traffic Operations and Safety Program, Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), University of South Florida
2004 - 2006 Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), University of South Florida
2004 - 2004 Principal Engineering Specialist, Sarasota County Public Works, Florida
1998 - 2004 Professional Engineer, Sarasota County Public Works, Florida
1996 - 1998 Senior Engineer, Sarasota County Transportation Department, Florida
1994 - 1995 Graduate Research Assistant, Transportation Research Center, University of Florida
1993 - 1993 Technical Assistant, McTrans Center, University of Florida
1993 - 1993 Graduate Assistant, Technology Transfer Center, University of Florida
1990 - 1992 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
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Honors and Awards

  • No. 3 rank, Top awardees with Research Awards Received during FY15–16, University of South Florida
  • 1st place, 2016 Florida Section ITE Student Traffic Bowl Competition, Florida Section ITE Summer Meeting, June 22–24, 2016, Daytona, Florida (faculty supervisor, USF ITE Student Chapter)
  • 1st place (Abhijit Vasili), 2015 Florida Section ITE Student Poster Competition, Florida Section ITE Annual Meeting, November 2–4, 2015, Tampa, Florida (faculty supervisor, USF ITE Student Chapter)
  • Organizer and technical committee chair, 2015 CUTR Student Poster Competition, November 2, 2015
  • No. 15 rank, Top awardees with Research Awards Received during FY14–15, University of South Florida
  • Invitation by USF President Judy Genshaft and Senior Vice President Paul Sanberg as USF’s preeminent research faculty to attend Researcher Dinner & Conversation on November 19, 2014
  • 1st place (Jodi Godfrey), 2014 Florida Section ITE Student Poster Competition, Florida Section ITE Annual Meeting, November 5–7, 2014, Boca Raton, Florida (faculty supervisor, USF ITE Student Chapter)
  • Organizer and technical committee chair, 2014 CUTR Student Poster Competition, October 22, 2014
  • Invitation as panel member to WEDU’s Florida Matters show to discuss wrong-way crashes, October 6, 2014
  • No. 2 rank, Top awardees with Research Awards Received during FY13–14, University of South Florida
  • Invitation to attend USDOT UTC Pedestrian and Bicycle Workshop, September 29, 2014, USDOT Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
  • Invitation to attend 9th SHRP 2 Annual Safety Research Symposium, July 10, 2014, National Academies, Washington, D.C.
  • Conference Chair, 10th Asia Pacific Transportation Development and 27th ICTPA Annual Conference, Beijing, China, May 25–27, 2014
  • Technical Committee Co-chair for the 10th Asia Pacific Transportation Development and the 27th ICTPA Annual Conference in Beijing, China, May 25–27, 2014
  • No. 2 rank, Top awardees with Research Awards Received during FY12–13, University of South Florida
  • Invitation by USF President, Dr. Judy Genshaft and Senior Vice President Paul Sanberg as USF’s preeminent research faculty to Researchers Dinner & Conversation on September 25, 2013
  • 2013 SMSA Outstanding State Award, National Association of State Motorcycle Safety Administrators, August 30, 2013, recognition of Florida’s Comprehensive Motorcycle Safety Program (headed up CUTR team)
  • Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award, Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), August 2013, recognition of Florida Department of Transportation for its “FDOT Bicycle/Pedestrian Focused Initiative” (headed up CUTR team)
  • Certification of Appreciation, International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association (ICTPA), May 25, 2013, recognition of an outstanding service as Conference Co-Chair and Organizing Committee Chair of the 26th ICTPA Annual Conference
  • Conference Co-Chair, 26th ICTPA Annual Conference, Tampa, May 24–26, 2013
  • No. 4 rank, Top awardees with Research Awards Received during FY11–12, University of South Florida
  • 1st Place, ITE District 10 Traffic Bowl Competition (faculty Supervisor, USF ITE Student Chapter), June 2012
  • No. 10 rank, Top 25 PIs with Research Awards Received during FY10–11, University of South Florida
  • Excellence in Teamwork Award, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida’s Motorcycle Safety Coalition, September 2011
  • Excellence in Teamwork Award, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida’s Minority Task Force on Occupant Protection, September 2011
  • Excellent Paper Award, ICTPA 24th Annual Conference & NACGEA International Symposium on GeoTrans, Los Angeles, May 27–29, 2011, “Development of an Integrated MOT Training Program for Incident Responders to Improve Traffic Safety and Mobility”
  • Invitation from ITS America to participate in planning and preparation for Student Day at 18th ITS World Congress in Orlando (2011)
  • Best Project of the Year Award, Comprehensive Motorcycle Safety Program Project, Tampa Bay Institute of Transportation Engineer (TBITE), December 2010
  • No. 22 rank, Top 25 PIs with Research Awards Received during FY09–10, University of South Florida
  • Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award to Florida Motorcycle Safety Coalition from Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), September 2010
  • 2010 National Transportation Public Affairs Workshop (NTPAW) Skills Award for Best Public Awareness Event, “Ride Straight State to State,” Florida Motorcycle Safety Coalition
  • 2010 ITE Coordinating Council Award, August 2010, “Management and Operation of Intelligent Transportation Systems–An ITE Informational Report” (authored Chapter 9: Performance Monitoring)
  • Florida ITE Newsletter/Magazine Outstanding Paper Award, November 2009, “The Effect of Detection and Communication Failures on Traffic Signal Performance”
  • Florida Section Student Chapter of the Year Award, USF Chapter (faculty advisor), November 2009
  • Reviewer, Manual of Transportation Studies Chapters 9 and 11, August 27, 2009
  • Reviewer, University of California Transportation Center Proposal, March 11, 2009
  • Reviewer, University of Florida Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS) Proposal, December 22, 2008
  • Project of the Year Award, Tampa Bay Institute of Transportation Engineers, “Transportation Concurrency Best Practices Guide,” December 10, 2008
  • 2008 Transportation Planning Council Best Project Award to Florida Department of Community Affairs, Institute of Transportation Engineers, August 19, 2008, recognition of the “Transportation Concurrency Best Practices Guide” (project Co-PI)
  • Technical review panel, “A Guide for the Creation and Evaluation of Transportation Concurrency Exception Areas,” University of Florida, 2007
  • Reviewer, draft Ramp Management and Control Handbook, May 2005
  • Award of Notably Outstanding Work (NOW), Sarasota County Public Works, May 2004
  • Award of Notably Outstanding Work (NOW), Sarasota County Public Works, February 2004
  • Sarasota County Public Works Quality Service Award, January 6, 2004
  • Nomination, 2003 FPEG Government Engineer of the Year Award, February 2003
  • Sarasota County Public Works Quality Service Award, January 29, 2003
  • 2002 NACo Achievement Award, National Association of Counties, recognition of “University Parkway Leading and Lagging Operation” project (project manager)
  • Graduate, Sarasota County Leadership Development Program, June 4, 2002
  • Award, Sarasota County Exceptional Value Added Performance, September 2001
  • Award of Performance Recognized as Outstanding (PRO), individual accomplishment, Board of Sarasota County Commissioners, July 10, 2001
  • Award of Notably Outstanding Work (NOW), Sarasota County Public Works, April and June 2001
  • 1st Place, 1993 Florida ITE Past President papers competition
  • Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Top 5%), National Chung-Hsing University, 1986

Courses

  • ITS and Traffic Management
  • Performance Monitoring of ITS Projects
  • Transportation Engineering I
  • Traffic Systems Engineering

Education

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1995 Ph.D., University of Florida ‐ Civil Engineering (Transportation)
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1991 M.S., University of Texas ‐ Civil Engineering (Transportation)
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1986 B.S., National Chung-Hsing University ‐ Civil Engineering
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Conference Proceeding (43)