Linjun Lu received his BSc in transportation engineering from Southeast University in 2004, his MSc in transportation planning and management from Southeast University in 2007, and his PhD in transportation from the University of South Florida in 2011. He is an associate professor in the Department of Transportation Engineering at the School of Naval Architecture, Ocean, and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is the director of the Transportation Research Center. His research interests include transportation safety and security, intelligent transportation systems, traffic simulation, and infrastructure performance monitoring. He is a member of the ASCE and ITE.