DRAFT Curriculum Vitae

Yanshuo Sun

Last Revised: December 29, 2025

General Information

University address:	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
2005 Levy Ave, MRB 241
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32310
Phone: (850) 645-8996

E-mail address:	ysun6@fsu.edu
	y.sun@eng.famu.fsu.edu

Web site:	https://sites.google.com/view/yanshuosun/home

Professional Preparation

2016	PhD, University of Maryland, College Park. Major: Civil Engineering. 

2012	M.S., Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Major: Transportation Engineering. 

2010	B.S., Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China. Major: Transportation Engineering. 

Professional Experience

2024–present	Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Florida State University. 

2018–2024	Assistant Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Florida State University. 

2016–2018	Research Scientist, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland. 

Language Proficiency

Chinese - native in speaking, reading, and writing.
English - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing.

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Developing Scholar Award (DSA), Florida State University (2025). ($10,000). 
First Year Assistant Professor Award, Florida State University (2019). ($20,000). 
Best Dissertation Award, 3rd place, Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (2016). 
ACI-NA Commissioners Scholarship, Airport Council International – North America (2016). 
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, China Scholarship Council (2016). 
Board Scholarship, American Public Transportation Foundation (2015). 
Electric Energy Utilization Scholarship, AREMA Educational Foundation (2015). 
Louis T. Klauder Scholarship, American Public Transportation Foundation (2014). 
Rail Transit Scholarship, AREMA Educational Foundation (2014). 
Fellowship for I-95 Corridor Coalition Mission, I-95 Corridor Coalition (2014). 

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

Chair of Committee on Younger Members, ASCE Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI)'s Aviation Planning and Operations Committee (APOC) 
Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 
Member, Standing Committee on Intermodal Freight Transport, Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 
Member, Standing Committee on Urban Rail Transit Systems, Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 

Teaching

Courses Taught

IE Dissertation (EIN 6980)
Master's Thesis (EIN 6901)
Advanced Topics in Optimization (Directed Individual Study, DIS) (EIN 5905)
Integer Programming (ESI 5440)
Big Data Analytics in Engineering (EGN 5444)
Big Data Analytics in Engineering (EGN 4060)
Managing Supply Chains for Resilience (ESI 4326)
Managing Supply Chains for Resilience (ESI 5324)
Honors Thesis (EIN 4934)

New Course Development

Introduction to Data Engineering (ESI 3608) (2025)
Managing Supply Chains for Resilience (ESI 4326) (2021)
Managing Supply Chains for Resilience (ESI 5324) (2021)
Integer Programming (ESI 5440) (2019)
Big Data Analytics in Engineering (EGN 4060) (2019)
Big Data Analytics in Engineering (EGN 5444) (2019)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Chen, S., graduate. (2024). Coordinated Decision-Making for Operational and Organizational Innovations in ADA Paratransit. 
Kirtonia, S., graduate. (2023). Integrated Optimization Models for Automobile Shipping. 
Adimonyemma, J., doctoral candidate. 
Okorie, C. J., doctoral candidate. 
Khan, M. I., doctoral student. 
Shaha, P. K., doctoral student. 
Lan, Z., doctoral student. 

Doctoral Committee Cochair

Adedeji, C., graduate. (2023). Developing Machine Learning-Based Frameworks and Similarity-Driven Transferability Criteria for Watershed-Scale Water Quality Predictions in Poorly Gauged Watersheds. 

Doctoral Committee Member

Nwodu, A., graduate. (2024).
Orpa, N. N., graduate. (2024).
Yan, Z., graduate. (2024). PREDICTION AND MITIGATION OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN BISCAYNE BAY USING ADVANCED NUMERICAL METHODS. 
Alzahrani, A., graduate. (2023).
Yhdego, T., graduate. (2023).
Brown, K., graduate. (2022). Implications of Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Applications on Pedestrian Safety in Urban Environments. 
Theophilus, O., graduate. (2021). Models and Solution Algorithms for Efficient Truck Scheduling at Cross-Docking Terminals with Time-Sensitive Products. 
Giroux, R., graduate. (2020). Spatiotemporal Monitoring of Count Data: Applications to Roadway Safety. 
Bsrat, H., doctoral candidate. 
Hammed, U., doctoral candidate. 
Adjetey, I. A., doctoral candidate. 
Ho Lee, A. E., doctoral student. 
Abazari, S., doctoral student. 

Master's Committee Chair

Mneney, E. N., graduate. (2024). A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO BUS OCCUPANCY ESTIMATION USING WI-FI PROBE DATA. 
Zhang, C., graduate. (2023). Evaluating the Complementariness of Transportation Research Journal Series (Parts A – F) with Topic Modeling. 

Master's Committee Member

Steans, G. T., graduate. (2021).
Al Awad, N., graduate. (2020).

Bachelor's Committee Chair

Foster, S., graduate. (2020). Joint Optimization of Aircraft Holding and Cruise Speed Control Decisions Under Service Disruptions. 

Bachelor's Committee Member

Minor, K., graduate. (2023). Multi-step Optimization of Airport Staff Scheduling. 

Supervision of Student Research Not Related to Thesis or Dissertation

Olajide, O. E. (May–Aug 2024). 

Fulmer, W. (Jan–Sep 2022). 

Pasterin, R. (May–Aug 2022). 

Brown, C. (Dec 2021–Aug 2022). 

James, M. S. (May–Aug 2021). 

Villasmil, J. (Nov 2019–May 2020). 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Okorie, C., Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (submitted). ADA Paratransit Districting: A Discrete Optimization Approach. Transportation Research Part C. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Rahman, M. H., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., & Markovic, N. (submitted). Evolution of Fixed Transit to Microtransit Services: A Case Study in Annapolis, Maryland. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics for publication. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Chen, S., Zhao, M., & Sun, Y. (submitted). Real-Time Bus Occupancy Estimation Using Wi-Fi Sniffing Data: A Case Study in Florida. Public Transport. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Okorie, C., & Sun, Y. (submitted). Truck Route Optimization for Electrified Municipal Solid Waste Collection: Impacts of Network Representation and New Solution Algorithms. Transportation Research Part E. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Zhao, M., Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (submitted). Uncovering Thematic Correlations across Transportation Research Journal Series: Pitting Human Expertise against Machine Intelligence. Transportation Research Part A. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (submitted). Characterizing Transportation Research Funding Portfolios of Federal and State Departments of Transportation with Topic Modeling. Transport Policy. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Adimonyemma, J., Wang, H., & Sun, Y. (submitted). Inference of Causal Relations between External Factors and Transportation Performance Measures from Low-Frequency Time Series Data. Transportation. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Chen, S., Rahman, M. H., Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., Markovic, N., & Sun, Y. (submitted). Optimizing Demand Exchange for Independent ADA Paratransit Operators Considering Probabilistic Rider Responses. Transportation Science. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Chen, S., Rahman, M. H., Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., Markovic, N., & Sun, Y. (2025). Empowering MetroAccess Service with Nested Decomposition and Service Type Integration. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, 55(3), 179-278. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2024.0123 doi:10.1287/inte.2024.0123

Rahman, M. H., Chen, Y., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Younus Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., & Marković, N. (2025). Enhancing Underutilized Bus Routes with Advance Reservations and Semiflexible Routing. Transportation Science, 59(5), 883-1171. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2024.0123 doi:10.1287/inte.2024.0123

Sun, Y., Kirtonia, S., & Chen. Z.-L. (2025). Integrated Learning and Optimization for Joint Routing and Loading Decisions in Preowned Automobile Shipping. Transportation Science, 59(5), 883-1171. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2024.0712 doi:10.1287/trsc.2024.0712

Adimonyemma, J., & Sun, Y. (2025). Optimization Model for Large-Scale Long-term Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling and Station Assignment. Transportation Research Part E, 202, 104302. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2025.104302 doi:10.1016/j.tre.2025.104302

Kirtonia, S., Sun, Y., & Chen, Z.-L. (2025). Selection of Auto-Carrier Loading Policy in Automobile Shipping. IISE Transactions, 57(3), 288-307. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2023.2291469 doi:10.1080/24725854.2023.2291469

Chen, S., Park, C., Guo, Q., & Sun, Y. (2024). Advancing a Major U.S. Airline's Practice in Flight-level Checked Baggage Prediction. Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure (ITI), 3, liae001. Retrieved from https://academic.oup.com/iti/article/doi/10.1093/iti/liae001/7624064 doi:10.1093/iti/liae001

Chen, S., Sun, Y., Zhao, T., Jia, M., & Tang, T. (2024). Data-Driven Modeling of Hurricane Evacuee's Individual Decision-Making for Enhanced Hurricane Evacuation Planning: Florida Case Study in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Natural Hazards Review, 25(4), 04024032. Retrieved from https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1976 doi:10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1976

Chen, S., Rahman, M. H., Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., Markovic, N., & Sun, Y. (2024). Schedule Negotiations with ADA Paratransit Riders under Value of Time Uncertainty. Transportation Research Part B, 184, 102962. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191261524000869 doi:10.1016/j.trb.2024.102962

Rahman, M. H., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., & Markovic, N. (2023). Integrating Dial-A-Ride with Transportation Network Companies: A Maryland Case Study. Transportation Research Part E, 175, 103140. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2023.103140 doi:10.1016/j.tre.2023.103140

Guo, Q., Chen, S., Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. (2023). Investment Timing and Length Choice for a Rail Transit Line under Demand Uncertainty. Transportation Research Part B, 175, 102800. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2023.102800 doi:10.1016/j.trb.2023.102800

Zhao, T., Jia, M., Tang, T., & Sun, Y. (2023). Perception of Hurricane and COVID-19 Risks for Household Evacuation and Shelter Intentions. The Professional Geographer, 75(3), 396-414. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2022.2103722

Sun, Y., Chen, S., & Guo, Q. (2022). Evaluating the Environmental Benefits of Personalized Travel Incentives in Dynamic Carpooling. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 26, 3082–3093. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12205-022-1568-1

Adedeji, I. C., Ahmadisharaf, E., & Sun, Y. (2022). Predicting in-stream water quality constituents at the watershed scale using machine learning. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 251, 104078. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104078

Kirtonia, S., & Sun, Y. (2022). Quantification of Rail Transit's Comparative Advantages in Travel Cost and Time over Taxi. Transport Policy, 115, 75-87. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.11.003

Sun, Y., Kirtonia, S., & Chen, Z.-L. (2021). Automobile shipping optimization problem: A critique of literature and prospective research. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 149, 102302. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2021.102302

Sun, Y., Choi, J., Nickdoost, N., Kirtonia, S., & VanDenBogaert, J. (2021). Exploring Statistical Effects of External Factors on Performance Measures of the Multimodal Transportation System in Florida. Transportation Research Record, 2675(9), 1089-1105. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211006107

Jiang, Z., Wang, H., & Sun, Y. (2021). Improved Co-Scheduling of Multi-Layer Printing Path Scanning for Collaborative Additive Manufacturing. IISE Transactions, 53(9), 960-973. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1807076

Gu, J., Jiang, Z., Sun, Y., Zhou, M., Liao, S., & Chen, J. (2021). Space-Time Trajectory Estimation Using Incomplete Wi-Fi Probe Data in Urban Rail Transit Network. Knowledge-Based Systems, 211, 106528. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2020.106528

Guo, Q., Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2021). Time-dependent Transit Fare Optimization with Elastic and Spatially Distributed Demand. Transportation Research Part A, 148, 353-378. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.04.002

Sun, Y., & Kirtonia, S. (2020). Identifying Regional Characteristics of Transportation Research with Transport Research International Documentation (TRID) Data. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 137, 111-130. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.05.005

Sun, Y., Chen, Z.-L., & Zhang, L. (2020). Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Ridesharing Optimization. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 142, 102053. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102053

Sun, Y., Gong, H., Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2020). Regulating a Public Transit Monopoly under Asymmetric Cost Information. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 139, 496-522. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2020.07.009

Sun, Y., Jiang, Z., Gu, J., Zhou, M., Li, Y., & Zhang, L. (2018). Analyzing high speed rail passengers' train choices based on new online booking data in China. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 97, 96-113. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2018.10.015

Sun, Y., & Zhang, L. (2018). Microeconomic Model for Designing Public Transit Incentive Programs. Transportation Research Record, 0361198118775875. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118775875

Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P., & Guo, Q. (2018). Optimal extension of rail transit lines. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 12(10), 753-769. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2018.1436730

Sun, Y., & Zhang, L. (2018). Potential of Taxi-Pooling to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled in Washington, DC. Transportation Research Record, 0361198118801352. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118801352

Guo, Q., Sun, Y., Li, Zhi-Chun, & Li, Z. (2017). An integrated model for road capacity choice and cordon toll pricing. Research in Transportation Economics, 62, 68-79. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2017.04.002

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. M. (2017). Coordinated Airport Facility Development Under Uncertainty. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2603, 78-88. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3141/2603-08

Sun, Y., Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2017). Evolution of public transit modes in a commuter corridor. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 75, 84-102. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2016.12.007

Shi, J., Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P., & Qi, J. (2017). Joint optimization of tram timetables and signal timing adjustments at intersections. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 83, 104-119. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2017.07.014

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. M. (2016). Capacity investment model for airport facilities under demand uncertainty. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 50(8), 1896-1911. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/atr.1435

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. (2016). Holding decisions for correlated vehicle arrivals at intermodal freight transfer terminals. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 90, 218-240. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2016.05.003

Sun, Y., Shi, J., & Schonfeld, P. M. (2016). Identifying passenger flow characteristics and evaluating travel time reliability by visualizing AFC data: a case study of Shanghai Metro. Public Transport, 8(3), 341-363. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-016-0137-8

Sun, Y., Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2016). Implications of the cost of public funds in public transit subsidization and regulation. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 91, 236-250. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.06.029

Fan, W., Jiang, X., Erdogan, S., & Sun, Y. (2016). Modeling and evaluating FAIR highway performance and policy options. Transport Policy, 48, 156-168. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.03.001

Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P. M., Lu, Y., & Zhou, M. (2016). Redesigning rail transit short-turn operations: Case study of line 2 of the Shanghai Metro in China. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2540, 46-55. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3141/2540-06

Sun, Y., Fan, W., & Schonfeld, P. (2016). Static Parking Choice Model with Consideration of Parking Duration. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2543, 134-142. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3141/2543-15

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. M. (2015). Optimization models for public transit operations under subsidization and regulation. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2530, 44-54. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3141/2530-06

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. M. (2015). Schedule-based rail transit path-choice estimation using automatic fare collection data. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 142(1), 04015037. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000812

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. (2015). Stochastic capacity expansion models for airport facilities. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 80, 1-18. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2015.06.009

Sun, Y., & Xu, R. (2012). Rail transit travel time reliability and estimation of passenger route choice behavior: Analysis using automatic fare collection data. Transportation Research Record, 2275(1), 58-67. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3141/2275-07

Presentations

Refereed Papers at Conferences

Rahman, M., Chen, Y., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., & Markovic, N. (presented 2025, October). Enhancing Underutilized Bus Routes with Semiflexible Routing. Paper presented at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA. (International)

Chen, S., Rahman, H., Markovic, N., & Sun, Y. (presented 2025, October). Joint Optimization of Driver Shift Assignment and Vehicle Routing in ADA Paratransit. Paper presented at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA. (International)

Adimonyemma, J., & Sun, Y. (presented 2025, October). Optimization Model for Large-Scale Long-Term Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling and Station Assignment. Paper presented at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA. (International)

Okorie, C., Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2025, October). Optimization Models for the ADA Paratransit Districting Problem. Paper presented at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA. (International)

Thapa, M., Chen, Y., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Ryzhov, I., & Markovic, N. (presented 2025, October). Probabilistic Models for Maximizing Service Area in Route Deviation Bus Transit Systems. Paper presented at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA. (International)

Okorie, C., & Sun, Y. (presented 2025, October). Route Optimization for Electric Trucks in Solid Waste Collection: Impacts of Network Representations and New Solution Algorithms. Paper presented at INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA. (International)

Adimonyemma, J., & Sun, Y. (presented 2025, August). Optimizing Aircraft Maintenance Plans for a Major Airline in the U.S. Paper presented at Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, BTR, Virtual. (International)

Okorie, C., & Sun, Y. (presented 2025, August). Route Optimization for Electric Trucks in Solid Waste Collection: Impacts of Network Representations & New Solution Algorithms. Paper presented at Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, BTR, Virtual. (International)

Mneney, E., Sun, Y., Kirtonia, S., Guo, Z., & Alam, M. (presented 2024, January). Estimating Bus Occupancy in Real-time from Wi-Fi Frames with Randomized MAC Addresses. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Adimonyemma, J., Wang, H., Sun, Y., & Alam, M. (presented 2024, January). Inference of Causal Relations between External Factors and Transportation System Performance Measures from Low-Frequency Time Series Data. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Chen, S., Sun, Y., & Guo, Q. (presented 2024, January). What Research Topics Do Federal and State Departments of Transportation Fund - An Empirical Study Based on Topic Modeling. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Kirtonia, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2023, October). Integrated Optimization of Auto-Carrier Loading and Routing Decisions in Automobile Shipping. Paper presented at INFORMS 2023 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Phoenix, AZ. (International)

Kirtonia, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2023, October). Integrated Optimization of Auto-Carrier Loading and Routing Decisions in Automobile Shipping. Paper presented at INFORMS 2023 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Phoenix, AZ. (International)

Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2023, August). An Optimization Model for Schedule Negotiations with Riders in ADA Paratransit. Paper presented at Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, BTR, Virtual. (International)

Chen, S., Park, C., & Sun, Y. (presented 2023, January). Predicting Flight-level Checked Baggage for a Major U.S. Airline. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 102nd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2022, October). Negotiating Travel Schedule and Mode in Mobility Services for Transportation-disadvantaged Individuals. Paper presented at INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Indianapolis, IN. (International)

Kirtonia, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2022, August). Auto-Carrier Loading Optimization in Automobile Shipping: A Space-State Network Formulation. Paper presented at Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, BTR, Virtual. (International)

Chen, S., Sun, Y., & Guo, Q. (presented 2022, August). Characterizing Transportation Research Funding Portfolios of Federal and State Departments of Transportation with Topic Modeling. Paper presented at Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, BTR, Virtual. (International)

Sun, Y. (presented 2022, April). Measuring Emerging Mobility Services in Florida using Publicly Available Data. Paper presented at Bridging Resilience Divides: Technology, Transportation & Communications (2022), FSU. (Regional)

Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2022, January). Analyzing Research Funding Portfolio of  TRB's Cooperative Research Programs and State Departments of Transportation. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Chen, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2021, October). Data-Driven Learning of Hurricane Evacuee's Individual Decision Making in a Pandemic. Paper presented at INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Anaheim, CA. (International)

Kirtonia, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2021, October). Selection Of Auto-carrier Loading Policy In Automobile Distribution. Paper presented at INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Anaheim, CA. (International)

Oh, J., Tang, T., Zhao, T., Jia, M., & Sun, Y. (presented 2021, June). Getting Together or Distancing Each Other: Compliance to Hurricane Evacuation Orders Amid COVID-19. Paper presented at Korean Public Administration International Conference, Korean Public Administration International Conference, Bushan, Korea (virtual). (International)

Jia, M., Zhao, T., Sun, Y., & Tang, T. (presented 2021, June). Impact of Covid-19 on Household Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making. Paper presented at National Hurricane Conference, National Hurricane Conference, New Orleans, LA. (National)

Zhao, T., Jia, M., Tang, T., & Sun, Y. (presented 2021, April). Perceived Hurricane Risk and Evacuation Intention under COVID-19. Paper presented at 2021 AAG Annual Meeting, American Association of Geographers, Online. (International)

Zhao, T., Jia, M., Tang, T., Gaozhao, D., & Sun, Y. (presented 2020, August). Hurricane Evacuation Decisions under COVID-19. Paper presented at Delivered at Florida Housing Coalition, Florida Housing Coalition, Tallahassee, FL. (State)

Kirtonia, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2020, January). Quantification of Rail Transit's Comparative Advantages in Travel Cost and Time over Taxi: An Empirical Study in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, IL. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Ning, Y., & Sun, Y. (presented 2020, January). Time-dependent Public Transit Pricing with Consideration of Elastic and Spatially Distributed Demand. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Kirtonia, S., & Sun, Y. (presented 2019, January). Exploring Correlations between Transportation Research Topics and Geographical Regions: Evidence from 2010-2017 TRB Publications. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Jiang, Z., Zhou, M., Liao, S., Chen, J., & Sun, Y. (presented 2019, January). Space-Time Trajectory Estimation Using Incomplete Wi-Fi Probe Data in Urban Rail Transit Network. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., & Zhang, L. (presented 2018, January). Microeconomic Model for Designing Public Transit Incentive Programs. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., & Zhang, L. (presented 2018, January). Potential of Taxi-pooling in Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled in Washington, D.C. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., Chen, Z., & Zhang, L. (presented 2017, October). Energy-efficient peer-to-peer ridesharing optimization. Paper presented at 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Houston, TX. (International)

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. (presented 2017, January). Coordinated Airport Facility Development under Uncertainty. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., Guo, Q., & Schonfeld, P. (presented 2017, January). Effects of costly public funds on public transit subsidization and regulation. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. (presented 2016, October). Developing interrelated airport facilities under uncertainty: a network flow formulation. Paper presented at 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting, INFORMS, Nashville, TN. (International)

Sun, Y., Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (presented 2016, July). Subsidizing and regulating public transit firms considering costly public funds. Paper presented at 14th World Conference on Transport Research, WCTRS. (International)

Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P., Lu, Y., & Zhou, M. (presented 2016, January). Redesigning rail transit short turn operations. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., Fan, W., & Schonfeld, P. (presented 2016, January). Static parking choice model with consideration of parking duration. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. (International)

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. (presented 2015, January). Optimization models for public transit operations under subsidization and regulation. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., & Schonfeld, P. (presented 2014, January). Schedule-based route choice estimation with automatic fare collection data for rail transit passengers. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Sun, Y., & Xu, R. (presented 2012, January). Rail transit travel time reliability and estimation of passenger route choice behavior: Analysis using automatic fare collection data. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C. (International)

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Sun, Yanshuo (PI), & Guo, Z. (Co-PI). (Jun 2025–Nov 2026). Enhancing Transit Demand Estimation with Emerging Data-as-a-Service (DaaS). Funded by Florida Department of Transportation. Total award $230,000. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI), Guo, Q. (Co-PI), Zhou, X. (Co-PI), Smith-Colin, J. (Co-PI), & Markovic, N. (Co-PI). (Jan 2025–Dec 2017). Advancing Community-Centric Transportation Systems (ACTS), a USDOT-funded Research Center. Funded by USDOT. Total award $2,970,000. 

Sando, Thobias (PI), & Sun, Yanshuo (Co-PI). (Jun 2024–Jun 2027). Research Lab - Fare Capping. Funded by Jacksonville Transportation Authority. Total award $200,000. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI), & Ren, Moses (Co-PI). (May 2024–Apr 2025). Operational Innovations for Efficiency and Accessibility of On-demand Mobility in Rural Areas. Funded by USDOT. Total award $150,000. 

Sun, Yanshuo  (PI), & Park, Chiwoo (Co-PI). (Oct 2023–Sep 2025). Planning: HBCU-UP: Strengthening Data Science Research Capacity and Education Programs through Academia-Industry Partnership. Funded by National Science Foundation. (2332161). Total award $200,000. 

Alamdari, N. (PI), & Sun, Yanshuo  (Co-PI). (Aug 2022–Jul 2025). Excellence in Research: Understanding the interactions of terrestrial and freshwater systems for developing a data-driven decision-making framework to manage Algal Blooms. Funded by National Science Foundation. (2200384). Total award $415,694. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI), Guo, Q. (Co-PI), Guo, Z. (Co-PI), & Gan, A. (Co-PI). (May 2022–Oct 2023). Evaluating and Validating Technology Options for Estimating Transit Vehicle Occupancy in Real Time. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation. Total award $225,208. 

Choi, Juyeong (PI), Moses, Ren (Co-PI), Horner, Mark W (Co-PI), Sun, Yanshuo (Co-PI), Smith, Dennis J (Co-PI), & Ventimiglia, Billie M (Co-PI). (Mar 2022–Mar 2024). Robustness Assessment of Florida Index for Transportation (FIT) as a Decision-Making Tool in Transportation Planning – Phase 2. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation. (BED30-977-01). Total award $269,196. 

Alamdari, Nasrin (PI), & Sun, Yanshuo (Co-PI). (Jan 2022–Dec 2024). Prediction and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms in Biscayne Bay using Advance Numerical Methods. Funded by Environmental Protection Agency. (02D21822). Total award $252,915. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI), Celeste, C. (Co-PI), & Markovic, N. (Co-PI). (Sep 2021–Aug 2024). Excellence in Research: Interoperable Transportation Service Roaming System for Transportation Disadvantaged Populations. Funded by National Science Foundation. (2055347). Total award $789,942. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI). (May 2021–Apr 2024). Research Initiation Award: Automated Distribution of Autonomous Vehicles. Funded by National Science Foundation. (2100745). Total award $300,000. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI). (Jan 2021–Jan 2022). Optimizing Large-Scale Autonomous Truck Platooning for Energy Efficiency. Funded by Faculty Research Awards Program, Florida A&M University. Total award $5,000. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI), Zhao, T. (Co-PI), Jia, M. (Co-PI), & Tang, T. (Co-PI). (Jun 2020–Jun 2021). Improving Hurricane Evacuation Planning by Addressing Evacuees' Partial-Compliance with Mandatory Orders. Funded by FSU Multidisciplinary Support (MDS). Total award $25,000. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI), Zhao, T. (Co-PI), Jia, M. (Co-PI), & Tang, T. (Co-PI). (May 2020–Aug 2020). Data-Driven Modeling and Learning of Hurricane Evacuee's Individual Decision Making under COVID-19 Pandemic. Funded by FSU COVID-19 Collaborative Collision Seed Fund. Total award $20,000. 

Choi, Juyeong (PI), Moses, Ren (Co-PI), Crute, Jeremy Paul (Co-PI), Horner, Mark W (Co-PI), Sun, Yanshuo (Co-PI), & Smith, Dennis J (Co-PI). (Jun 2019–Jan 2021). Florida Index for Transportation: A SoS Approach to Understanding the Changing Nature of Transportation. Funded by Florida Department of Transportation. (BDV30 TWO 977-28). Total award $149,992. 

Sun, Y. (PI), & Yang, Jie (Co-PI). (Jun 2019–Jun 2020). Enhancing Transportation Accessibility for Aging Population through Mobile Computing and Service Optimization. Funded by Institute for Successful Longevity, Florida State University. Total award $15,500. 

Sun, Y. (PI). (May 2019–Aug 2019). FYAP: An Incentive Mechanism to Enable Flexible Peer-to-Peer Ridesharing. Funded by FSU CRC. Total award $20,000. 

Sun, Yanshuo (PI). (Jul 2018–Jul 2021). Startup - Y. Sun. Funded by FSU. Total award $29,271. 

Service

Florida State University

FSU Department Service

Member, Faculty Annual Evaluation Committee (2024–present).

Member, Graduate Committee (2019–2024).

Member, Faculty Search Committee (2023–2024).

Member, Ad-hoc Committee on New Core Course Development (2023).

Judge, 2023 Engineering Senior Design Day (2023).

Member, Faculty Search Committee (2022–2023).

Member, Ad-hoc Committee on Engineering Data Analytics Certificate (2020–2022).

Member, Faculty Search Committee (2021–2022).

The Profession

Editorial Board Membership(s)

Urban Rail Transit (2024–present).

Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure (ITI) (2022–present).

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

Computers & Operations Research (Feb 2022–present).

IISE Transactions (May 2021–present).

Scientific Reports (May 2021–present).

Transportation Science (Apr 2019–present).

Journal of Air Transport Management (Oct 2017–present).

Transportation Research Part B (Aug 2017–present).

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation (May 2017–present).

Journal of Advanced Transportation (Nov 2016–present).

IET Intelligent Transport Systems (Sep 2016–present).

Transportation Research Part A (Apr 2016–present).

European Journal of Operational Research (Feb 2016–present).

Public Transport (Jan 2016–present).

Transportation Research Part E (2016–present).

Transportation Research Part C (Nov 2015–present).

Transportation (Jul 2015–present).

ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering (Sep 2014–present).

Transportation Research Record (Oct 2013–present).

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Aug 2012–present).

Reviewer or Panelist for Grant Applications

Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation Center (2024).

National Institute for Congestion Reduction (2023).

Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) University Transportation Center (2022).

National Institute for Congestion Reduction (2022).

NSF Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) Program in Civil, Mech and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) (2022).

Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) University Transportation Center (2021).

Service to Professional Associations

Chair of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Special Interest Group (SIG), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (2023–present).

Secretary, ASCE Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI)'s Aviation Planning and Operations Committee (APOC) (2021–present).

Member, Standing Committee on Intermodal Freight Transport, Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2017–present).

Member, Standing Committee on Urban Rail Transit Systems, Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2017–present).

Vice Chair of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Special Interest Group (SIG), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (2021–2023).

Reviewer, Railway Applications Section (RAS) Student Paper Competition, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2022, INFORMS (2022).

Cluster Chair, Railway Applications Society (RAS), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2022, INFORMS (2022).

Judge, Poster Competition, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2022, INFORMS (2022).

Session Chair, Advanced Modeling Techniques for Urban Rail Operations, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2022, INFORMS (2022).

Session Chair, Innovations in Crowdsourced Urban Delivery, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 2019, POMS (2019).