A research project led by Dr Sunliang Cao supported by Smart Traffic Fund

A research project led by our Assistant Professor, Dr Sunliang Cao (PI), with our Professor, Prof. Hongxing Yang, Dr Yang Xu (LSGI/FCE) and Dr Kai Pan (LMS/FB) as Co-Is, was successfully supported by the HKSAR Government’s Smart Traffic Fund during the fourth batch out of three awarded projects. Dr. Cao’s project is also the only “Pure Research Project” being supported during the fourth batch. The total funding of this research project is around HK$ 2.5 million.

The Smart Traffic Fund aims to provide competitive funding to support both “Pure Research Project” and “Research and Application Project” in the fields of smart traffic with the objectives of enhancing commuting convenience, enhancing efficiency of the road network or road space, and improving driving safety.  For more details about the Fund, please click HERE.

Dr Cao’s project is entitled “The smart charging development of zero-emission autonomous electric vehicles by the X2V and V2X technologies with respect to the dynamic traffic, grid and energy information”. The primary objective of the project is to develop a smart charging energy management system and associated smart business models, which can guide the decision-making process to optimally determine where, when and how to charge the electric vehicles. The Department and the Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE) will be continuously dedicated to the high-level research in the field of smart traffic and smart transportation.