淫妻社

淫妻社

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Eddie Y. Chou, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Eddie Chou

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EDDIE CHOU, PhD, PE

Professor of Civil Engineering and
Director, Transportation Systems Research Laboratory
淫妻社, Toledo, Ohio 43606
Phone: 419-530-8123
E-mail: eddie.chou@utoledo.edu

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University
Post Graduate Study, Civil and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S., B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

Professional Registration

Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Ohio

Research Areas

Transportation systems design, analysis, and modeling; transportation asset management; smart transportation systems; traffic simulation; decision support systems; multi-criteria decision-making and optimization

Selected Research Experience (Awarded ~ $7 million total research funding at UT, including ~ $4.2 million from external sponsors)

  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淭ransportation Asset Management Task Orders鈥�, U.S. Department of Transportation & Ohio Department of Transportation, $509,730 total, $400,000 external, 8/2017-8/2019
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淒evelopment of Transportation Asset Management Decision Support Tools,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $1,221,745 total, $718,541 external, 2/2012-8/2017
  • Co-Investigator, 鈥淒evelopment of an Overlay Design Procedure for Composite Pavements,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $370,433 total, $214,597 external, 9/2013-9/2016
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淏enefit Cost Models to Support PMS Decisions,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $619,093 total, $380,950 external, 2/2008-6/2012
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淒evelopment and Operation of a Pavement Management Information System, Phases III, IV & V,鈥� $667,038 total, $357,476 external, The City of Toledo, 1/2006-12/2015
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淧avement Forecasting Models,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $629,823 total, $372,677 external, 11/2003-12/2007
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淓ffectiveness of Hot-Mix Thin Overlay on Pavement Ride and Condition Performance,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $285,733 total, $179,974 external, 2/2002-12/2007
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淪tructural Support of Lime and Cement Stabilized Subgrade Used with Flexible Pavements,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $302,326 total, $137,351 external, 4/2000-10/2004
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淓valuation of the Pavement Performance Variations between Districts,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $345,084 total, $218,251 external, 1/2001-9/2004
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淓valuation of Guidelines for Subgrade Treatments, 鈥漊.S. DOT & Ohio DOT,, 12/2001-3/2004
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淒evelopment of a Pavement Management Information System for the City of Toledo, Phases I & II鈥� The City of Toledo, $520,572 total, $288,077 external, 5/2001-12/2005
  • Principal investigator, 鈥淩ational Determination of Pavement Layer Structural Coefficients,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $306,710 total, $131,944 external, 1/1994鈥�9/1999
  • Principal Investigator, 鈥淰erification of the ODOT Overlay Design Procedure,鈥� U.S. DOT & Ohio DOT, $79,785 total, $67,077 external, 8/1992鈥�2/1995

Selected Publications

  • Subedi, R., P. Shrestha, M. Pujari and E. Chou, 鈥淰ehicle Classification, Rumble Strip Detection and Mapping Using Artificial Intelligence鈥�, in Proceedings of ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development 2022, August 2022.
  • Subedi, R, E. Chou, and A. Williams, 鈥淕IS-based Integrated System for Analysis, Planning and Visualization of Transportation Infrastructure, Safety and Equity in Urban Areas鈥�, in Proceedings of ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development 2022, August 2022.
  • Chou, E. and A. Williams, 鈥淐ommunicating Municipal Asset Management Results to the Public: City of Columbus Example鈥�, presented at the Transportation Research Board 13th National Conference on Transportation Asset Management, August 2021.
  • Wang, S. and Chou, E. 鈥淐ross-Asset Transportation Project Coordination with Integer Programming and Constraint Programming鈥�, in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2482, p.117-125, 2015.
  • Wang, S., Chou, E. and A. Williams. 鈥淒evelopment and Implementation of a Network-level Pavement Optimization Model for Ohio DOT,鈥� refereed, presented at the 93rd TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1/2014.
  • Chou, E. 鈥淏enefit Cost Models to Support Pavement Management Decisions鈥�, final research report reviewed and published by FHWA and Ohio DOT, Report No. FHWA/O H-2012/10, 6/2012.
  • H. Pulugurta, Q. Shao, and E. Chou "Pavement Condition Prediction Using Markov Process"听Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, Vol. 12, Issue No. 5, 9/2009, pp. 853-871.
  • J. Yu, E. Chou, and J-T. Yau, 鈥淓stimation of the Effects of Influential Factors on Pavement Service Life with Cox Proportional Hazards Method,鈥� in ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Volume 14, Number 4, pp. 275-282, 12/2008.
  • Chou, E, D. Datta, H. Pulugurta, 鈥淓ffectiveness of Thin Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay on Pavement Ride and Condition Performance,鈥滷HWA and Ohio DOT, Report No. FHWA/OH-2008/4, 4/2008.
  • Chou, E., H. Pulugurta, D. Datta, 鈥淧avement Forecasting Models,鈥滷HWA and Ohio DOT, Report No. FHWA/OH-2008/3, 3/2008.
  • J. Yu, E. Chou, and Z. Luo, 鈥淒evelopment of Linear Mixed Effect Models for Predicting Individual Pavement Conditions,鈥� in ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 133 Issue 6, p347-354, 6/2007.
  • Z. Luo and E. Chou, 鈥�Pavement Condition Prediction Using Cluster wise Regression,鈥� Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 1974, p.70-77, 12/2006.听
  • J. Yu, E. Chou, and J-T. Yau, 鈥淒evelopment of Speed-Related Ride Quality Thresholds using International Roughness Index,鈥� Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 1974, p.47-53, 12/2006.
  • Chou, Y. and Lytton, R. L. 鈥淎ccuracy and Consistency of Back Calculated Pavement Layer Modulus,鈥� in Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1293, p.72-85, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D. C.,听 October, 1991.

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