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Dr. Huaizhu (Oliver) Gao

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Transportation systems, the environment (especially air quality), and sustainable development are the research interests of Oliver Gao. He addresses various issues in urban/regional transportation planning, engineering, air-quality impact and conformity, and related transportation policies. Most of Gao’s research involves the intensive application of mathematical and probability theories, statistical/econometrical methods (estimation, inference, hypothesis testing, forecasting), scientific computing, and information technology (GIS, temporally and spatially indexed transportation/environment database).

Education
  • BS (Civil Engineering/Environmental Science), Tsinghua University, 1996
  • MS (Civil Engineering), Tsinghua University, 1999
  • Ph D (Civil Engineering), University of California- Davis, 2004
  • MS (Statistics), University of California, Davis, 2004
  • MS (Agriculture and Resource Economics), University of California- Davis, 2004
Projects
Title Sponsor(s)
Diesel Retrofit Assessment New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Evaluating the Role of Private Investment in Life Cycle Management of New York State’s Infrastructure Assets University Transportation Research Center (UTRC)
Hot-Spot Analysis of Fine Particles for Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Transportation Emissions in South Bronx Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA), Cornell University
Investment Planning for Optimized Decisions in Cleaning Up the Legacy Diesel Fleet Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Modeling Air Quality and Energy Impacts of NYSDOT Highway ROW Management New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
Modeling high-emitting events of vehicular ultrafine PM number emissions Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)
NYMTC Post-Processor Software Development New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC)
The diesel retrofit puzzle extended: optimal fleet owner behavior over multiple time periods Research and Innovative Technology Administration / USDOT (RITA)


Publications
Title Publication Type
Diesel Retrofit Assessment for NYS DOT to Retrofit its Existing Engine Fleet Final Report
Diesel Ultrafine/Fine Particle Emissions in Numbers:Statistical Modeling and Evaluation of Engine Operating Variables Final Report
The retrofit puzzle: optimal fleet owner behavior in the context of diesel retrofit incentive programs Final Report
Evaluating the Role of Private Investment in Infrastructure Assets Final Report
In “The Retrofit Puzzle: Optimal Fleet Owner Behavior in the Context of Diesel Retrofit Incentive Programs” (1) an integer program was developed to model profit-maximizing diesel fleet owner behavior when selecting pollution reduction retrofits. Fleet o Final Report
UTRC Faculty Development Mini-grants
Year Title
2009 Modeling high-emitting events of vehicular ultrafine PM number emissions
2007 Investment Planning for Optimized Decisions in Cleaning Up the Legacy Diesel Fleet
UTRC Research Initiative
Year Title
2009 The diesel retrofit puzzle extended: optimal fleet owner behavior over multiple time periods
2009 Hot-Spot Analysis of Fine Particles for Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Transportation Emissions in South Bronx
2014 NYMTC Post-Processor Software Development
2015 Evaluating the Role of Private Investment in Life Cycle Management of New York State’s Infrastructure Assets

Personal Information

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Huaizhu (Oliver)
Gao
Cornell University
hg55@cornell.edu
(607) 254-8334
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