MPC Region Info
Meet Our Researcher

Pan Lu, Ph.D.
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
Associate Professor
Associate Research Fellow
Phone: (701)212-3795
pan.lu@ndsu.edu

In 2010, Dr. Lu became a Research Analyst with Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute focusing in the area of asset management, freight transportation, smart transportation, rail transportation, and transportation safety. She became an assistant professor of transportation in 2015 and has been promoted as associate professor since 2017.

Final Reports (View All)

• Regional Emergency Evacuation Analysis in Traffic with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (Dec 2023, MPC-23-509)
• Knowledge-Based Machine Learning for Freeway COVID-19 Traffic Impact Analysis and Traffic Incident Management (Aug 2023, MPC-23-502)
• Safety Support System for Highway Rail Grade Crossings (Feb 2023, MPC-23-493)

Research Projects

• MPC-685 — MPC Regional Emergency Evacuation Analysis in Traffic with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
• MPC-673 — Multimodal, Multistate Corridor Modeling for Long-Distance Movements of Food and Containerized Goods
• MPC-657 — Knowledge-Based Machine Learning for Freeway COVID-19 Traffic Impact Analysis and Traffic Incident Management
• MPC-601 — Sensitivity and Accuracy Assessment of Vehicle Weigh-in-Motion System Measurement Errors Using In-Pavement Strain-Based Sensors
• MPC-551 — Automated Track Geometry Monitoring System
• MPC-550 — Safety Support System for Highway-Rail Grade Crossing
• MPC-549 — Benefit Cost Analysis of Railroad Track Monitoring Using Sensors On-Board Revenue Service Trains
• MPC-547 — Infrastructure Safety Support System for Smart Cities with Autonomous Vehicles