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Education
- BEng in Mech. Eng., Central South University (former ChangSha Railway University), China (1980 – 1984)
- PhD in Manufacturing Eng., University of Dundee, UK (1992 – 1995)
Employment History
- 08.2004 - date Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
- 08.2000 - 07.2004 Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
- 02.1996 - 07.2000 Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
- 11.1990 - 09.1992 Academic Visitor, Liverpool University
- 09.1984 - 10.1990 Assistant Professor and Lecturer, Wuhan Railway Technology University, China
Key Research Interests
- Modelling of traffic congestion, emissions, air pollution and personal exposure using advanced mathematical and statistical techniques, e.g. neural networks, fuzzy logic, data fusion and mining, wavelet, genetic algorithm
- Intelligent transport systems, e.g. incident detection and duration prediction, journey time estimation and variability analysis
- Quantitative analysis of transport sustainability using system dynamics
- Air pollution episodes and extreme value theory
- Applications of Grid computing and e-Science technologies in transport and environment
Research Projects and Experience
- More than eleven years research experience in applying advanced mathematical and statistical techniques in the broad field of modelling and analysing traffic, emissions and pollution data
- Conducted and managed a wide range of projects funded by various funding bodies, e.g. RETTIS: Real-time Traffic Information System (EPSRC, £126,116), Assessment of Transport Sustainability in Developing Countries (The Royal Society, £3,510), RUPERT: Reducing Urban Pollution Exposure from Road Transport (Department of Health, £200,281 with Michael Ashmore, Margaret Bell and Sani Dimitroulopoulou), Development of Emissions Information Systems (Bristol City Council, £28,843 with Margaret Bell)
- Co-applicant for MOSES: Modelling and Simulation for e-Social Science (ESRC, £574,772 with Mark Birkin and other 5 co-applicants)
- Co-investigator for MESSAGE: Mobile Environmental Sensing System Across a Grid Environment (EPSRC & DfT, £4.1 million with John Polak at Imperial and other 20 co-investigators)
- Other recent involvements including DAPPLE (Dispersion And Penetration of Air Pollution in local Environment) and RETEMM: REal-world Traffic Emissions Measurement and Modelling
- Currently supervising six PhDs on a number of research topics, e.g. analysis of air pollution episodes using extreme value theory, visual analytics in transport, evaluation of environmental impacts of transport using fuzzy logic, etc
Professional Engagements
- Life visiting professorship, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, since 2001
- Member of the editorial board, Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology, since 28/02/2003
- Member of the editorial board, Journal of Railway Science and Engineering, since 06/07/2004
- Visiting professorship, Central South University, Changsha, China, since 01/05/2007
- Council member, The Transport Systems Engineering Committee of the Systems Engineering Society of China, since 01/07/2007
Teaching
- TRAN5020 Principles of Transport Modelling, module leader
- TRAN5700 Modelling Traffic Pollution
- Maths Foundation Skills, module leader
- Supervised several MSc dissertations
Selected Recent Publications
- Chen H., Namdeo A. and Bell M. (2007), “Classification of Road Traffic and Roadside Pollution Concentrations for Assessment of Personal Exposure”, Journal of Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol. 23/3, pp. 282-287, DOI information: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.04.006
- Hao X., Wardman M. and Chen H. (2006), “A Study on Public Transport Fare Payment Choice with RP/SP Survey in China”, in Traffic and Transportation Studies (Eds. Mao B., Tian Z., Gao Z. and Huang H.), Science Press, Beijing, ISBN 7-03-017444-5, pp.697-708
- Bell M.C., Chen H., Hackman M., McCabe K. and Price S. (2006), "Using ITS to Reduce Environmental Impacts", Proc. of 13th world congress on Intelligent Transport systems, London, 9-12 October 2006
- Birkin M., Chen H., Clarke M., Dew P., Keen J., Rees P. and Xu J. (2005), “Moses: Modelling and Simulation for e-Social Science”, in Proc of the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2005, EPSRC (Eds. Cox S.J. and Walker D.W.), Nottingham, pp. 534-537. (ISBN 1-904425-53-4)
- Ashmore M.R., Bell M., Chen H., Dimitroulopoulou C., Namdeo A. and Terry A.C. (2005), “Modelling Human Exposure to Air Pollution in Urban Populations”, in Urban Air Quality – Monitoring and Modelling (Eds. Sokhi R.S., Millan M.M. and Moussiopoulos N.), University of Hertfordshire, pp. 53-56
- Mao B., Chen H., Guo J. and Bai L. (2005), “Urban Air Pollution in China”, in Urban Air Quality – Monitoring and Modelling (Eds. Sokhi R.S., Millan M.M. and Moussiopoulos N.), University of Hertfordshire, pp. 69-72
- Chen H., Wang X. and Mao B. (2006), “Sustainability Assessment of Urban Transport Policy in Urban Area - A Case Study of Beijing, China”, Journal of Transportation systems Engineering and Information Technology, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 100-112
- Wang W., Chen H. and Bell M.C. (2005), “Vehicle Breakdown Duration Modelling”, Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 75-84
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