Chenfeng Xiong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Villanova University

Villanova PA

Dr. Xiong conducts AI and big-data research on human mobility and its relation to policy, the environment and public health.

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Areas of Expertise

Transportation Planning

Transportation Economics

Transportation Engineering

Transportation and Environment

Human Mobility

Electric and Hydrogen Vehicles

Big Data

Biography

Dr. Chenfeng Xiong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University. He specializes in Transportation Engineering and Planning. Dr. Xiong’s research is focused on transportation systems analysis using transportation big-data sources and computing techniques, and applications of advanced AI and Machine Learning algorithms on studies of human mobility, transportation policies, environmental impacts and public health. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal papers. In addition to his outstanding research accomplishments and publications, Dr. Xiong has profound experience in research projects, successfully leading and/or coordinating numerous studies funded by US DOE, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, NSF, NIH and Maryland DOT.

Affiliations

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) : Member, 2021 - Present
Transportation Research Board : Member, 2010 - Present
PLOS One : Academic Editor
Journal of Transportation Research Records : Handling Editor

Select Media Appearances

How the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Could Affect Philadelphia’s Port and Your Commute

The Philadelphia Inquirer online

2024-03-26

Just two tunnels remain for interstate traffic through Baltimore and its moatlike harbor to the Chesapeake Bay and south, said Chenfeng Xiong, an assistant engineering professor at Villanova University specializing in transportation. ”They’ll be swamped,” Xiong said, speaking of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, which carries I-95 traffic, and the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, which carries I-895 traffic. They can be clogged even in normal conditions.

”There’s going to be death-grip congestion there,” he said, delaying travel to and from Philadelphia, increasing costs for the trucks that supply the region and service its massive warehouses.

Ocean City Reopened, and Crowds Came. Now Experts Warn Coronavirus Outbreaks Could Follow

Delmarva Now online

2020-06-05

Ocean City welcomed about 456,000 visitors over the course of Memorial Day weekend, Xiong said. On Saturday and Sunday alone, 122,000 people came from areas outside Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

“Based on my research I’m quite concerned about Ocean City,” Xiong said. “I found a growing correlation between external travel and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in places that have reopened in the United States.”

Research Grants

Enhancing Mobility Innovation: A Software-Based Emissions and Equity Credits for Public Transportation System

Federal Transit Administration

2023-2025

Integrating Human Mobility Analysis with Epidemics Dynamics Modeling for Pandemic Tracking, Prediction, and Prevention

NIH

2022-2026

Select Academic Articles

Understanding factors influencing user engagement in incentive-based travel demand management program

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Songhua Hu, Chenfeng Xiong, Ya Ji Eric, Xin Wu, Kailun Liu, Paul Schonfeld

2024

Modeling the Frequency of Pedestrian and Bicyclist Crashes at Intersections: Big Data-driven Evidence From Maryland

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Jina Mahmoudi, Chenfeng Xiong, and Weiyu Luo

2023

A big-data driven approach to analyzing and modeling human mobility trend under non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 pandemic

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Songhua Hu, Chenfeng Xiong, Mofeng Yang, Hannah Younes, Weiyu Luo, Lei Zhang

2021

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