Yu Zhang

Job title: 
Professor
Department: 
Alumni
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of South Florida
Bio/CV: 

Dissertation: Real-time Inter-modal Strategies for Airline Schedule Perturbation Recovery and Airport Congestion Mitigation Under Collaborative Decision Making (CDM)

Advisor: Mark Hansen

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2008

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2003

BS Transportation Engineering, Southeast University, China, 1997

University of South Florida - Present

  • Director, Advanced Air Mobility Program

An expert in air transportation (including advanced air mobility), shared mobility, multimodal transportation systems, and transportation resilience. Experienced researcher and educator in the higher education industry. Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated history of serving in TRB, WTS, and other professional organizations.

Research interests: 

ACES Transportation

Air Traffic Management

Advanced Air Mobility/Urban Air Mobility