Dr. Zejiang Wang has 10+ years of experience in Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA), Human-Centric Driving Assistance Systems, Vehicle Dynamics and Control, Automotive Embedded Systems, and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from ENSTA ParisTech, a dual M.S. in Cyber-Physical Systems from Université Paris-Saclay, and a B.E. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University in China. Dr. Wang began his tenure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as a Postdoctoral Fellow in July 2022 and was promoted to R&D Associate Staff in February 2023. His professional experience also includes research internships with the French Institute of Petroleum, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL). Dr. Wang has received numerous prestigious awards, including the 2024 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Best Application Paper Award, the 2024 CPS Rising Stars Award, the 2023 ORNL Supplemental Performance Award, and the 2022 IEEE ITS Society Best Dissertation Award. He has also been honored with the 2021 UT Austin George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship and multiple best paper awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). An active contributor to his field, Dr. Wang serves as an Associate Editor for the SAE International Journal of Connected and Automated Vehicles and has reviewed over 60 leading journals and conferences. His reviewing portfolio includes prominent publications such as IEEE L-CSS, IEEE Trans. Autom. Sci. Eng., IEEE Trans Comput., IEEE Trans. Control Syst., IEEE Trans. Intel. Transp. Syst., IEEE Trans. Intell. Veh., IEEE Trans. Sustain. Energy., IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Syst., IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., and top-tier conferences like ACC, CDC, ICRA, ITSC, and IV.

Ph.D. Students

Tianyang Cui
M.S. in Transportation Engineering, Southeast University

Master Students

Abinaya Srikanth
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UT Dallas
Hayden Hayes
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UT Dallas
Gemmy Thomas
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UT Dallas

Undergraduate Students

Dillon Saulsberry
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UT Dallas
Ajay Alluri
B.S. in Computer Science, UT Dallas
Le Nguyen
B.S. in Computer Science, UT Dallas