Yiheng Feng
Biography
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering – Purdue University
Assistant Director – Center for Road Safety (CRS)
Dr. Yiheng Feng is an assistant professor and assistant director of the Center for Road Safety (CRS) at Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona. His research areas include connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and smart transportation infrastructure, with a focus on cooperative driving automation and transportation system cybersecurity. He has served as PI and Co-PI in many research projects funded by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), state DOTs, and industrial companies. His work appeared in a number of top transportation journals and security conferences and is serving as an editor of multiple journals. He is a member of the Traffic Signal Systems Committee (ACP25) at TRB and co-chair of Simulation Subcommittee. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2024 and best paper and dissertation awards from multiple organizations.
Their Research
| Addressing Safety and Security Challenges in ML-based AV Software Stack – Remote Operation Support and Balancing Trade-offs |
| Principal Investigator(s): Z. Morley Mao & Yiheng Feng Research Focus: Safety, Cybersecurity, Mobility |
| Augmented Reality Testing Environment Development — Phase II |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng & Henry Liu Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Big Data Drive Deployment in a Connected Vehicle Environment |
| Principal Investigator(s): James Sayer & Yiheng Feng Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology |
| CAV Testing Scenario Design and Implementation Using Naturalistic Driving Data and Augmented Reality |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng, Shan Bao, & Henry Liu Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Human Factors, Modeling & Implementation |
| Cost Benefit Analysis of an Infrastructure-Vehicle Cooperative Perception System |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng, Ziran Wang, & Andrew Tarko Research Focus: Safety, Mobility |
| Development of A Cooperative Perception System |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng & Andrew Tarko Research Thrusts: Control & Operations, Enabling Technology, Infrastructure Design & Management, Modeling & Implementation |
| Development of An Augmented Reality Environment for Connected and Automated Vehicle Testing |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng & Henry Liu Research Thrusts: Enabling Technology, Modeling & Implementation |
| Hardening the CAV Ecosystem to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks – Year One |
| Principal Investigator(s): Zhi-Li Zhang, Z. Morley Mao, & Yiheng Feng Research Focus: Safety, Cybersecurity |
| Trajectory Based Traffic Control with Low Penetration of Connected and Automated Vehicles |
| Principal Investigator(s): Yiheng Feng & Henry Liu Research Thrusts: Control & Operations |