Pei-Sung Lin, Ph.D., P.E., PTOE

 

 

Home Address                                                                                         Office Address

11216 Blue Sage Place                                                                               CUTR, Univ. of South Florida

Bradenton, FL 34202                                                                                 4202 E. Fowler Ave., CUT 100

Telephone: (941) 755-4477                                                                        Tampa, FL 33620

            Telephone: (813) 974-4910

            Email: lin@cutr.usf.edu

AREA OF EXPERTISE

·        Signal Timing Design and Implementation

·        Traffic Signal Operations

·        Intelligent Transportation Systems

·        Freeway Management Systems

·        Traffic Incident Management and Interstate Route Diversion

·        Highway Capacity Analysis

·        Elder Road Users

·        Pedestrian Safety

·        Traffic Safety

·        Transportation Planning

·        Traffic Impact Study and Concurrency Analysis

·        Traffic Studies

·        Survey Design and Statistical Analysis
 
WORK EXPERIENCE

2006                          Program Director of ITS, Traffic Operations and Safety, Center for Urban Transportation

                                                  Research (CUTR), University of South Florida

                     Duties Assigned:    Develop research projects, seek project funding, supervise project teams, manage program budget, develop innovative methodologies, apply ITS technologies, improve safety, traffic operation and mobility, play active roles in national professional organizations, publish and present papers,  and supervise graduate students’ research activities

 

2004-2006    Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR),

                                                  University of South Florida

                     Duties Assigned:    Manage research projects and funding, publish and present research papers, develop and apply technologies to improve safety, traffic operation and mobility, play active roles in national professional organizations, and supervise graduate students’ research activities

 

2004             Principal Engineering Specialist, Sarasota County Public Works, Florida

                     Duties Assigned:    Management of ITS projects on signal system software procurement and

                                                  adaptive signal control, supervision of countywide incident management

                                                  project, supervision of engineering technician and interns, management

                                                  of traffic signal system and traffic control center, and development of

                                                  traffic safety and congestion strategies.

 

1998-2004    Professional Engineer, Sarasota County Public Works, Florida

                     Duties Assigned:    Development of Sarasota County Intelligent Transportation Systems,

                                                  evaluation of signal system software and adaptive control algorithms,

                                                  deployment of signal timing plans on I-75 alternative route, supervision

                                                  of technicians and interns, management of traffic signal system and

                                                  traffic control center, review of traffic impact studies, development of

                                                  traffic safety and congestion strategies.

 

1997-1998    Senior Engineer, Sarasota County Transportation Department, Florida

                     Duties Assigned:    Assistance on traffic signal timing design & maintenance, operation of

                                                  Sarasota County computerized signal systems, review of traffic impact

                                                  study, Intelligent Transportation System planning for Sarasota County.

 

1996-1997    Senior Engineer, Sarasota County Transportation Department, Florida

Duties Assigned:    Intersection capacity analysis, review of regional traffic impact analysis,

                             review of development plan & rezone petition and construction plan.

 

1994-1995    Graduate Research Assistant, Transportation Research Center, University of Florida.

Research Topic:  Capacity Analysis for Traffic-Actuated Intersections.

                     Duties Assigned:    Literature review, model development, model implementation and

                                                  model evaluation for traffic-actuated operation associated with the

                                                  National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) project

                                                  3-48 concerning capacity of traffic-actuated signalized intersections.

 

1993             Technical Assistant, McTrans Center, University of Florida.

Duties Assigned:    Transportation software testing and maintenance.

 

1993             Graduate Assistant, Technology Transfer Center, University of Florida.

Duties Assigned:    Videotape review and publication management for the T2 Library.       

 

1991-1992    Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin.

Duties Assigned:  Emission test design and analysis for natural gas vehicles.

 

1990             Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin.

Duties Assigned:    Tax allocation analysis and design for the Texas state vehicles.

 

EDUCATION

 

1995             Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of Florida.

Graduate Course Work:  Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00.

Dissertation Topic:     Development of a Traffic-Actuated Signal Timing Prediction Model.

 

1991             M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), University of Texas at Austin.

M.S. Report Title:  Emissions Analysis for Dual-Fuel Natural Gas Vehicles.

 

1986             B.S. in Civil Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University at Taichung, Taiwan.

 

1989-1995    Graduate Courses Taken in These Areas:                              

l Traffic Engineering   l Traffic Signal Systems            l Traffic Safety       l Geometric Design

l Transportation Planning l Traffic Flow Theory  l Public Transit       l Computer Simulation  l Pavement Design     l Statistical Analysis            l Operational Research

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

1999 -           Volunteer instructor for Professional Engineer (P.E.) license examination annual

Present          review class on transportation subjects for Sarasota County and ASCE Suncoast Branch

 

2006             Instructor for “Transportation Engineering I” class in Summer C, 2006, Civil &

                     Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa

                    

2005-2006       Guest Speaker for CGN 6933: “Computer Applications in Traffic Engineering”, Civil &

                     Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS

 

2006             Evaluation of Power Line Motor Carrier Rear Vision System, FHWA/FDOT, $640,000,

                     PI: Pei-Sung Lin

                     Student Supervised: Achilleas Kourtellis, Ph.D. Student

 

2006             Transportation Concurrency and Impact Assessment Study, Florida Department of Community Affairs, $196,045

 

2006             Real-time Video Data Collection Using Small Unmanned Helicopters for Traffic Monitoring, Analysis, Evaluation, Management and Network Planning, $100,000, PI: Pei-Sung Lin, and Kimon Valavanis

                     Students Supervised: Anuj Puri, Daniel Ernst, and Mike Kontits

 

2006             Traffic Signs Research Study for Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade MPO, $28,358, PI: Pei-Sung Lin

                     Student supervised: Aldo Fabregas, Ph.D. student

 

2006             Original/Destination Phase II, $37,490, FDOT, Subcontract to Wilbur Smith Associate

 

2005-2006       Model Ordinance for Proportionate Share Mitigation of Development Impacts on

                     Transportation Corridors, FDOT, $ 88,716

 

2005-2006    Development of Sarasota County Traffic Concurrency Database, Transportation Planning,

                     Sarasota County Public Works, $33,166, PI: Pei-Sung Lin, Co-PI: Larry Hagen

                     Students Supervised: Jabba Molinaired, Ph.D. Student

 

2004-2006    A Toolbox for Reducing Queues at Freeway Off-Ramps, FDOT, $240,000, PI: Larry

                     Hagen, Project Manager: Pei-Sung Lin

                     Students supervised: Aldo Fabregas, Ph.D. student, Luis Daniel Otero, Ph.D. student

 

2005                          Evaluation of Drive 4 Life for I-4, FDOT District Seven, Subcontract to Greenhorne &

                     O’Mara, Inc., $14,517, PI: Pei-Sung Lin, Co-PI: Huaguo Zhou

 

2005             Evaluation of the Conversion for Northbound Bus Route from 31st Road to 32nd Road,

                     Miami-Dade Transit, $17,414, PI: Larry Hagen, Co-PI: Pei-Sung Lin

                     Faculty supervised: Sachin Rai, E.I. Research Associate

 

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

 

2006-Present   Committee member representing academia, FDOT Traffic Signal Operations Committee

 

2005-Present   Chair, Intelligent Traffic Signal Operations Committee, Institute of Transportation

                        Engineers (ITE)

 

2005-Present   Executive committee member, Management & Operations/ITS Council, ITE

 

2005-Present   Traffic Engineering Council members, ITE

 

2002-Present   Member, Transportation Management Center (TMC) Committee, ITE

 

2002-2005       Member, Detection, Verification and Response Committee, Florida Statewide Traffic

                        Incident Management Team

 

2002-2004             Professional Capacity Building Committee, Intelligent Transportation Society of Florida  

 

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

 

l   Certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) by the Institute of Transportation Engineers in September 2006

l   Committee member representing academia, FDOT Traffic Signal Operations Committee since April 2006

l   Chair of Intelligent Traffic Signal Operations Committee, Institute of Transportation Engineers since October 2005

l   Executive committee member of Management & Operations/ITS Council, Institute of Transportation Engineers since October 2005

l   Assistant Soccer Coach for Youth Indoor Soccer League of YMCA at Lakewood Ranch Branch in the Manatee County, Florida from August to November, 2005

l   Reviewer for the draft Ramp Management and Control Handbook in May 2005

l   President of the Toast of the County Toastmaster Club in District 47, Area 21 from July

2004 to October, 2004

l   Committee member of Detection, Verification and Response in the Florida Statewide

   Traffic Incident Management Program since January 2002 to December 2005

l   Committee member of Professional Capacity Building of ITS Florida 2002 – 2004

l   Moderator of Sarasota County Weekly Traffic Signal Meeting from 1997 to 2004

l   Volunteer as an instructor for Professional Engineer (P.E.) license examination annual

   review class on transportation subjects for county and local engineers since 1999

l   Vice President-Education of the Toast of the County Toastmaster Club in District 47,

   Area 21 from January 2004 to June 2004

l   Award of Notably Outstanding Work (NOW) from Sarasota County Public Works in May 2004

l   Award of Notably Outstanding Work (NOW) from Sarasota County Public Works in February 2004

l   Moderator of Sarasota County Traffic Engineering and Operation Work Director

   Meeting from November 2002 to February 2004.

l   Sarasota County Public Works Quality Service Award (Q.S.A.) on January 6, 2004

l   Vice President-Membership of the Toast of the County Toastmaster Club in District 47,

   Area 21 from July 2003 to January 2004

l   Judge for FSITE Past Present’s Student Paper Competition in November 2003

l   Nomination for 2003 FPEG Government Engineer of the Year Award in February 2003

l   Sarasota County Public Works Quality Service Award (Q.S.A.) on January 29, 2003

l   Committee member of Sarasota County Professional Engineer Development Program

   (PEDP) from October 2002 to December 2003.  (Sarasota County PEDP has won 2003

   Florida Professional Engineers in Government Professional Development Award

   sponsored by Florida Engineering Society)

l   Graduation from the seventh class of the Sarasota County Leadership Development

   Program on June 4, 2002

l   Committee member of ITE Transportation Management Center (TMC) in April, 2002.

l   Team leader for a 2002 NACo Achievement Award for the program entitled, University

   Parkway Leading and Lagging Operation, from National Association of Counties.

l   Award of Sarasota County Exceptional Value Added Performance in September 2001

l   Award of Performance Recognized as Outstanding (PRO) for individual accomplishment presented by the Board of Sarasota County Commissioners on July 10, 2001

l   Service Award in recognition of 5 years of loyal and dedicated service to Sarasota

   County presented by Sarasota County Public Works on June 6, 2001 

l   Award of Notably Outstanding Work (NOW) from Sarasota County Public Works in

   June 2001

l   Award of Notably Outstanding Work (NOW) from Sarasota County Public Works in

   April 2001

l  Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Florida on August 17, 1998

l  Registered Engineer Intern in the State of Florida on October 10, 1997

l  Nominee for Sarasota County Employee of the Month in June, 1997

l  Employee of the Month in Sarasota County Transportation Department in April, 1997

l  Associate member of Institute of Transportation Engineers on November 4, 1996.

l  Award of a Ph.D. Degree from University of Florida in December, 1995

l   Award of Academic Achievement (a cumulative 4.0 Grade Point Average) at the                   

   University of Florida in 1995                                                                                                 

l  The first place of 1993 Florida ITE Past President papers competition.

l  Award of a Master Degree from University of Texas at Austin in August, 1991

l  Award of Outstanding Academic Achievement (Top 5%) at the National Chung-Hsing

   University in 1986


PUBLICATIONS

 

2006

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Integration of Traffic Signal Systems across Multiple Jurisdictions", ITE 2006 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., August 2006

l   Hsu, Peter, Huaguo Zhou, Pei-Sung Lin, Larry Hagen, and Harkanwal Singh, "Drive 4 Life: An Innovative Safety Program", ITE 2006 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., August 2006

l   Zhou, Huaguo, Larry Hagen and Pei-Sung Lin, “CORSIM-Based Simulation Approach to Evaluate Route Diversion Plans in Sarasota County”,  Conference Proceedings, The Fifth International Conference on Traffic & Transportation Study, August, Xi’an, China, August 2006

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Huaguo Zhou, and Larry Hagen, “Incident Management Strategies to Alleviate Traffic Congestion in the United States”, The 6th Asia-Pacific Transportation Development Conference & the 19th ICTPA Annual Meeting, Conference proceedings, Hong Kong and Macau, May 29 – June 1, 2006

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Huaguo Zhou, Larry Hagen, and Winters L. Philip, “Effective Telworking to Reduce Traffic Demand and Energy Consumption”, The 6th Asia-Pacific Transportation Development Conference & the 19th ICTPA Annual Meeting, Conference proceedings, Hong Kong and Macau, May 29 – June 1, 2006

l   Zhou, Huaguo, Larry Hagen, Harkanwal Singh and Pei-Sung Lin, “An Unconventional Design for Bus U-turns at Signalized Intersections”, The 6th Asia-Pacific Transportation Development Conference & the 19th ICTPA Annual Meeting, Conference proceedings, Hong Kong and Macau, May 29 – June 1, 2006

l   Fabregas, Aldo, Grisselle Centeno, and Pei-Sung Lin, “Extension of Queuing Models for Signalized Traffic Intersections to Manufacturing and Service Environments”, Compendium of Technical Paper, 2006 Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference and Exhibit, Orlando, Florida, May 2006

2005

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Larry Hagen, Kimon Valavanis, and Huaguo Zhou, “Vision of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based Traffic Management for Incidents and Emergencies, 12th World Congress on ITS, Compendium of Technical Paper, San Francisco, CA, November 2005

l   Zhou, Huaguo, Larry Hagen, Pei-Sung Lin, and ZongZhong Tian, “Development of Delay Models for Multi-lane Two-Way Stop-Controlled Intersections”, ITE 2005 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Compendium of Technical Paper, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., August 2005

l   Larry Hagen, Pei-Sung Lin, Aldo D. Fabregas, and Luis Daniel Otero, A Toolbox for Reducing Queues at Freeway Off-Ramps”, Interim Report, Prepared for the Florida DOT, Prepared by CUTR, University of South Florida, Tampa, June 2005

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Larry Hagen, Huaguo Zhou and Cheng-Chen Kou, “ A Leading Practice

   to Handle Interstate Route Diversion", ITE 2005 Technical Conference and Exhibit,

   Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington

   D.C., February 2005

2004

l   Lin, Pei-Sung and Cheng-Chen Kou, “The Effects of Left-turn Lane Queue Lengths on

   Intersection Delay”, ITE 2004 Annual Meeting and Exhibit,       Compendium of Technical

   Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., August 2004

l   Kamiya, Sage, Phuoc M. Hoang and Pei-Sung Lin, “Application of GIS for Crash Data

   Management in Sarasota County, Florida”, ITE 2004 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington

   D.C., August 2004

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Phuoc M. Hoang and Sage Kamiya, “Using AIMS for Accident

   Information Management: Sarasota County, Florida Experience”, ITE 2004 Technical

   Conference and Exhibit Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of Transportation

   Engineers, Washington D.C., March 2004

2003

l   Lin, Pei-Sung and Cheng-Chen Kou, "Is an Alternative Route More Effective During a

   Freeway Incident?" ITE 2003 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Compendium of Technical

   Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., August 2003

l   Lin, Pei-Sung and Alexander J. Boudreau, "Walk Versus Don’t Walk – Improving the

   Pedestrian Experience", ITE 2003 Technical Conference and Exhibit Compendium of

   Technical Papers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., March 2003

2002

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Signal Timing and Incident Management in Small Urban Areas",

   ITE 2002 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Compendium of Technical Papers, Institute of

   Transportation Engineers, Washington D.C., August 2002

1996

l   Lin, Pei-Sung and K. G. Courage, "Phase Time Prediction for Traffic-Actuated

   Intersections", Transportation Research Record 1555, TRB, National Research Council,

   Washington D.C., 1996, pp. 17-22

l   Courage, K. G., D. B. Fambro, R. Akçelik, P-S. Lin, M. Anwar, "Capacity Analysis of

   Traffic-Actuated Intersections", NCHRP 3-48 Final Report, TRB, National      Research

   Council, Washington D.C., July 1996

l   Courage, K. G., D. B. Fambro, R. Akçelik, P-S. Lin, M. Anwar, "Capacity Analysis of

                        Traffic-Actuated Intersections", NCHRP 3-48 Interim Report #2, TRB, National

                        Research Council, Washington D.C., February 1996

1995

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Development of a Traffic-actuated Signal Timing Prediction Model,

   Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, December 1995             

l   Courage, K. G., D. B. Fambro, R. Akçelik, P-S. Lin, M. Anwar, "Capacity Analysis of

   Traffic-Actuated Intersections", NCHRP 3-48 Draft Interim Report, TRB, National

   Research Council, Washington D.C., January 1995

1991

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Emissions Analysis for Dual-Fuel Natural Gas Vehicles, Master

   Professional Report, University of Texas at Austin, August 1991

 

ARTICLES

 

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Application of Dynamic Traffic Assignment Models into ITS Deployments, Florida DOT SunGuide DISSEMINATOR, July 2005

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, and Larry Hagen, "How to Achieve a Successful Access Limited Route Diversion", CUTRlines, Vol 16, No 3, 2005, CUTR, University of South Florida, Tampa, July 2005

 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

 

2006

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Integration of Traffic Signal Systems across Multiple Jurisdictions", ITE 2006 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Milwaukee, WI, August 6 – August 9, 2006  

l   Lin, Pei-Sung Huaguo Zhou, and Larry Hagen, “Incident Management Strategies to Alleviate Traffic Congestion in the United States”, The 6th Asia-Pacific Transportation Development Conference & the 19th ICTPA Annual Meeting, Hong Kong and Macau, May 29 – June 1, 2006

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, Huaguo Zhou, Larry Hagen, and Winters L. Philip, “Effective Telworking to Reduce Traffic Demand and Energy Consumption”, The 6th Asia-Pacific Transportation Development Conference & the 19th ICTPA Annual Meeting, Hong Kong and Macau, May 29 – June 1, 2006

2005

l   Lin, Pei-Sung. “Vision of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based Traffic Management for Incidents and Emergencies”, Enabling Choices in Transportation, 12th World Congress on ITS, San Francisco, CA, November 8, 2005

l   Lin, Pei-Sung. “Applications of Variable Speed Limit Systems to Improve Traffic Safety

   and Mobility”, FDOT Annual ITS Working Group Meeting, Miami, FL March 16, 2005

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, “ A Leading Practice to Handle Interstate Route Diversion", ITE 2005

   Technical Conference and Exhibit, Las Vegas, NV, February 28 – March 2, 2005

2004  

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, “Lessons Learned from Integrating Multi-jurisdictional Traffic Signal

   Systems”, TRANSPO 2004 – Border Wars, Building Bridges to Overcome Barriers,

   Jacksonville, FL, December 5-8, 2004

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, “The Present and Future Traffic Signal Systems in Sarasota County”,

   Guest Speaker, Sarasota County Leadership 2004 Quarterly Meeting, Sarasota, FL,

   August 7, 2004

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, “The Effects of Left-turn Lane Queue Lengths on Intersection Delay”,

   ITE 2004 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Lake Buena Vista, FL, August 1-4, 2004

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, “How I-75 Traffic Diversion Was Handled After a Tanker Truck

                        Explosion in North Port, Florida?” FDOT Beginning-of-the-Year ITS Working Group

                        Meeting, Clearwater, FL, March 10, 2004

2003

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Is an Alternative Route More Effective During a Freeway Incident?”

   ITE 2003 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Seattle, WA, August 24-27, 2003

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Evaluation of Traffic Adaptive Signal Control for Sarasota County",

   Sarasota County Public Works, Sarasota, FL, April 21, 2003

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Walk Versus Don’t Walk – Improving the Pedestrian Experience", ITE

   2003 Technical Conference and Exhibit, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 23-26, 2003


2002

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Signal Timing Strategies for Interstate Route Diversion", TRANSPO

                        2002, Orlando, FL, December 9-11, 2002

l  Lin, Pei-Sung, "Signal Timing and Incident Management in Small Urban Areas",

   ITE 2002 Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA, August 4-7, 2002

2001

l  Lin, Pei-Sung, "Overview of Sarasota County Coordinated Traffic Signal System",

   Sarasota County Public Works, Sarasota, FL, September 18, 2001

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Simulation: A Practical Tool for Transportation Professionals", Florida

   ITE Spring Meeting, Altamonte Springs, FL, February 22, 2001

1997

l   Lin, Pei-Sung, "Application of ITS Technologies in Sarasota County", Sarasota County

   Department of Transportation, Sarasota, FL, December 1997

 

TRANSPORTATION SOFTWARE SKILLS

 

HCS, SYNCHRO, SimTraffic, TRANSYT-7F, PASSER II, CORSIM, TSIS Package,

DYNASMART-P, AIMS, SIDRA, WHICH, AAP, EVIPAS, TEXAS Model, FSUTMS,

ArcView, ArcMap and SAS