Joyoung Lee
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
274 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
About Me
Dr. Joyoung Lee is an associate professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before he joined NJIT, he served as laboratory manager in the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Saxton Transportation Operations Laboratory (STOL) at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. Dr. Lee’s major research interest lies in Connected Vehicle (CV) and its applications to (1) traffic management, i.e. CV-based route guidance system; (2) traffic signal controls, i.e., CV-based real-time intersection control; and (3) cooperative vehicle intersection control (CVIC) for autonomous cars. Dr. Lee has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceeding papers since 2008. Dr. Lee is the recipient of the Best Paper Award at the 2019 IEEE Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVS) Vehicular Technology Society Conference and the Honorable Mention from the ASCE Grand Challenge Innovation Contest in 2017. He also received the best paper awards at the 14th and 10th PTV VISSIM/VISSUM User Group Meetings in 2012 and 2008 and Excellence in Research Award from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Virginia in 2011.
Education
Ph.D. ; University of Virginia ; Transportation Engineering/Civil ; 2010

M.S. ; University of Virginia ; Transportation Engineering/Civil ; 2007

B.S. ; Hanyang University ; Transportation Engineering ; 2000

2025 Fall Courses
TRAN 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III

TRAN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT

CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

CE 350 - TRANSPORTATION ENGR

CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

TRAN 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

CE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

TRAN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS

CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR

TRAN 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

Teaching Interests
- Transportation Engineering
- Traffic Operations
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Advanced Transportation Modeling
Past Courses
CE 307: GEOMETRC DGN FOR HIGHWAY

CE 350: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

CE 350: TRANSPORTATION ENGR

CE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR

TRAN 755: INTELLIGENT TRANS SYSTEM

TRAN 755: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

Research Interests
- Connected and Automated Vehicles
- Intersection Control and Traffic Operations
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Vehicular Wireless Communications
- Transportation Data Analytics and Deep Learning
- Advanced Transportation Modeling and Stochastic Optimization
Journal Article
Mahmoud Nazzal, Abdallah Khreishah, Joyoung Lee, Shaahin Angizi, Ala Al-Fuqaha, Mohsen Guizani. 2024. "Semi-decentralized inference in heterogeneous graph neural networks for traffic demand forecasting: An edge-computing approach." IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology .

Joyoung Lee, Ravi Jagidar, Min-Wook Kang, Chaitanya Pathak. 2023. "Development and Evaluation of Intersection-Based Turning Movement Counts Framework Using Two Channel LiDAR Sensors." Journal of Transportation Technologies/Scientific Research , vol. 13 , no. 4 , pp. 524-544.

Ardeshir Mirbakhsh, Joyoung Lee, Dejan Besenski, Ravi Jagirdar, Hyun Kim. 2023. "Collective assessments of active traffic management strategies in an extensive microsimulation testbed." Engineering Applications/Atlas Akademi , vol. 2 , no. 2 , pp. 146–153.

Ardeshir Mirbakhsh, Joyoung Lee, Dejan Besenski. 2023. "Development of a Signal-Free Intersection Control System for CAVs and Corridor Level Impact Assessment." Future Transportation/MDPI , vol. 3 , no. 2 , pp. 552-567.

Ardeshir Mirkahsh, Joyoung Lee, Dejan Besenski. 2023. "A Spring-Mass-Damper-Based Platooning Logic for Automated Vehicles." Transportation Research Record/SAGE , vol. 2667 , no. 5 , pp. 1264-1274.

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Conference Proceeding
"Assessing High-Resolution Connected Vehicle Data for Transportation System Management and Operations Applications"
Transportation Research Board, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2023.

"Performance Evaluation of Transit Station Park and Ride Facility with Connected Vehicle Data"
Transportation Research Board, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2023.

"A Spring-Mass-Damper-Based Platooning Logic for AVs"
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2022.

"Statistical Analysis of Inter-Crash Time Under the Impact of a Long-Term Work Zone "
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2022.

"Segment-Level Crash Risk Analysis for New Jersey Highways Using Advanced Data Modeling"
The 100th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board , January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2021.

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Conference Paper
"Assessing Connected Vehicle Data Coverage on New Jersey Roadways"
2022 IEEE 7th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering/IEEE, November, 2022.

"Framework for Highway Traffic Profiling Using Connected Vehicle Data"
2022 IEEE 7th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering/IEEE, November, 2022.

"High-Fidelity Teleoperated Scaled Vehicles for Research and Development of Intelligent Transportation Technologies"
ASME 2020 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2020.

Conference Abstract
"Development of Low-Cost Traffic Sensors Using 2-Dimensional LiDAR for Smart City"
ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD), July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2018.

"Flow Rate Estimation Method Using Car-Following Theory and WiFi MAC Address Matching Technique"
ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD), July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2018.

"Development of Low-Cost Traffic Sensors Using 2-Dimensional LiDAR for Smart City"
18th Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C) Conference, May, 2018.

"Virtual Guide Dog: Next Generation Pedestrian Signal for the Visually Impaired"
ASCE Innovation Contest, May, 2017.

"Smart Arrival Notification System for ADA Passenger Paratransit Service Using Consumer Mobile Device"
Transportation Technology Summit, December, 2016.

"Virtual Guide Dog: Next Generation Pedestrian Signal for the Visually Impaired"
Transportation Technology Summit, December, 2016.

"Smart bus system under connected vehicle environment"
PTV VISSIM/VISUM User Group Meeting, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2016.

Chapter
Qingfeng Liu, Yukhe Lavinia, Abhishek Verma, Joyoung Lee, Lazar Spasovic, Chengjun Liu. "Feature Representation and Extraction for Image Search and Video Retrieval." Springer, 2017.

Ajit Puthenputhussery, Shuo Chen, Joyoung Lee, Lazar Spasovic, Chengjun Liu. "Learning and Recognition Methods for Image Search and Video Retrieval." Springer, 2017.

Kitae Kim, Slobodan Gutesa, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Joyoung Lee, Lazar Spasovic, Wasif Mirza, Jeevanjot Singh. "Performance Evaluation of Video Analytics for Traffic Incident Detection and Vehicle Counts Collection." Springer, 2017.

Kitae Kim, Slobodan Gutesa, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Joyoung Lee, Lazar Spasovic, Wasif Mirza, Jeevanjot Singh. "Performance evaluation of video analytics for traffic incident detection and vehicle counts collection." "Intelligent Systems Reference Library," pp. 213-231. 2017.

Slobodan Gutesa, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Joyoung Lee, Yuchuan Zhang, Cecilia Feeley, Lazar Spasovic. "Smart arrival notification system for americans with disabilities act passenger paratransit service with a consumer mobile device." "Transportation Research Record," pp. 33-40. 2017.