
Zejiang Wang

zejiang.wang@utdallas.edu
Phone: +1 (972) 883-5144
Office: ECSW 3.355H
800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: ECW31
Richardson, TX 75080-3021
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Education
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2022
MS, Design, Modeling, and Architecture of Complex Industrial Systems, École Polytechnique, University of Paris-Saclay (Double Degree), 2017
Dip. Ing, ENSTA Paris – Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 2017
BE, Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2014
Research Interests:
Dynamic Systems Modeling, Estimation, Control, and Optimization with applications on
- Automation Driving
- Advanced Driving Assistance Systems
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books
- Wang, Zejiang, Xingyu Zhou, and Junmin Wang. “Cyber-Physical Systems for Human-Centric Automated Vehicles.” Smarter Cyber Physical Systems: Enabling Methodologies and Applications (2025): 273.
- Wang, Zejiang, Anye Zhou, Adian Cook, Jianfei Chen, Guanhao Xu, and Yunli Shao. “Cooperative Merging via Online Speed Replanning: A Model-Free Approach With Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Packet Drop Compensation.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2025).
- Wang, Zejiang, Guanhao Xu, Ruixiao Sun, Anye Zhou, Adian Cook, and Yuche Chen. “Online energy consumption forecast for battery electric buses using a learning-free algebraic method.” Scientific Reports 15, no. 1 (2025): 1931.
- Zhou, Anye, Srinivas Peeta, Hao Zhou, Jorge Laval, Zejiang Wang, and Adian Cook. “Implications of stop-and-go traffic on training learning-based car-following control.” Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 168 (2024): 104578.
- Wang, Zejiang, Xingyu Zhou, Adrian Cosio, and Junmin Wang. “Ground vehicle lane-keeping assistance system via differential flatness output feedback control and algebraic derivative estimation.” Control Engineering Practice 137 (2023): 105576.
Major Honors and Awards
- U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Team Award, 2025
- NSF Cyber-Physical Systems Rising Stars, University of Virginia, 2024
- Supplemental Performance Award, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2023
- IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Best Dissertation Award – First Prize, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society, 2022
- MECC Automotive and Transportation Systems Best Paper Award, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2022
- George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
- DSCC Automotive and Transportation Systems Best Paper Award, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2020




