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Pan Lu, Ph.D.
Program Director – RISE-Freight Center
Professor
Advanced Research Fellow
North Dakota State University
Phone: (701)212-3795
Email: pan.lu@ndsu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-1640-3598

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Dr. Pan Lu is an accomplished academic and researcher specializing in transportation. She began her career as a research analyst with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute/ North Dakota State University (UGPTI/NDSU) in 2005. She is currently a professor, a center director for the Rural Innovations in Sustainable Economy and Freight (RISE-Freight) with UGPTI/NDSU, and an associate center director with the Tier one Center on Multi-Modal Mobility in Urban, Rural, and Tribal Areas (CMMM). Her research interests include Connected and Autonomous Trucking, Multimodal Freight Transportation, Geospatial Modeling, Transportation Safety, and Advanced Sensor Application in Transportation.

Final Reports (View All)

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  Sensitivity and Accuracy Assessment of Vehicle Weigh-In-Motion System Measurement Errors Using In-Pavement Strain-Based Sensors
  MPC-24-548
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  Regional Emergency Evacuation Analysis in Traffic with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
  MPC-23-509
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  Knowledge-Based Machine Learning for Freeway COVID-19 Traffic Impact Analysis and Traffic Incident Management
  MPC-23-502

Projects

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  Development of In-Pavement LFBG Sensors for Vehicle WIM System Measurement and Monitoring in Rural Low-Volume Road Conditions Phase One: Theoretical Research
  CTIPS-052
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  Assessing Condition of Rehabilitated Concrete Pavement with Slab Fracturing and Asphalt Overlay Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors
  CTIPS-002