Dr. Zejiang Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas and leads the Applied Research for Mobility Systems Lab. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Dipl. Ing from ENSTA ParisTech (now Institut Polytechnique de Paris), MS degree in Cyber Physical Systems from Paris Saclay University, and BE degree (with Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Prior to joining UTD, he was an R&D staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), where he led and contributed to multiple projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. He received additional industrial training from Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, French Institute of Petroleum, and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). His research focuses on intelligent vehicle and transportation systems. Dr. Wang was the recipient of the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Team Award from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Best Dissertation Award from the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, the Supplementary Performance Award from ORNL, the Cyber-Physical Systems Rising Stars Award from the University of Virginia, the George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship from UT-Austin, and three best paper awards from IEEE and ASME.

Ph.D. Students

Tianyang Cui
M.S. in Transportation Engineering, Southeast University
Awards: MECC 2025 student grant, UT Dallas GSA Fall 2025 Travel Award
Muhammad Waleed Khan
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, PIEAS & Ohio State University
Awards: MECC 2025 student grant, MECC 2025 Best Conference Paper Finalist,
US Department of Energy VTO Team Award

Master Students

Wafee Mohammed Choudhury, Computer Engineering, UT Dallas
Josh Andrew Elma Ramos, Mechanical Engineering, UT Dallas
Bimlendra Ray, Mechanical Engineering, UT Dallas
Nhi Thanh Tu Le, Mathematics, UT Dallas

Alumni