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Urban Sustainability Modeling & Analysis Research Team

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Published/accepted papers

  1. Hardaway, K., Cai, H. (2025) “Reviewing Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Literature: Policy Insights for Transportation”, Transport Reviews, 1-27.
  2. Liu, Y., Yin, Z., Cai, H. (2025) “Enhanced Global Oil Spill Dataset from 1967 to 2023 Based on Text-form Incident Information”, Scientific Data, 12(1):1394
  3. He, H., Brush, T., Cai, H., Thakkar, D., Dunlop, S., Biller, S. (2025) “Developing A Strategic Supply Chain Resiliency Index: An Assessment of the Global Lithium Supply for U.S. Automotive EV Battery Production”, International Journal of Production Research, 1-23.
  4. Wen, R., Jiang, Z., Liang, C., Telenko, C., Broaddus, A., Wang, B., Fu, Y., Cai, H. (2025) “A Trip-Chain-based Approach to Generate Travel Demands for Shared Autonomous Vehicle Systems Modeling”, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 31:101425
  5. Hardaway, K., Teran, O.A., Cai, H. (2025) “Silent Emissions: The Cyber-Infrastructure Environmental Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles”, Applied Energy, 392: 125949
  6. Li, L., Zhang, X., Zhang, R., Wang, J., Cai, H., 2025. “Quantifying the impacts of energy sharing program on enhancing the resilience of buildings in renewable microgrid from a long-period perspective”. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 17(1).
  7. Hardaway, K., Genc, U., Cai, H., Nateghi, R. (2025) “Electric Vehicle Adoption and Planning: The Increasing Importance of the Built Environment”, Journal of Transport Geography, 123, 104115.
  8. Macdonald, A., McDonald, J., Schmitt, T., Cai, H., Ceponis, J., Cullen, C., Dutta, P., McVoy, G., & Ruiz, A. C. (2024). “New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 09: Transportation”, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1–60. 
  9. Li, L., Zhang, R., Yuan, Y., Harris, M., Cai, H., Chen, B., Zhang, X., Wang, J., Peng, Z. (2025) “Connections can make a difference: Understanding EV owners’ motivations for agreeing to share their HCSs in megacities through a mixed methods approach study”, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 109: 180-210
  10. Zhang, R., Zhou, T., Jing, R., Cai, H., Lin, T., Wang, K., He H, Zhang G, Wu X, Ye, H. (2024). “Granular Insights into Occupant Behaviours and CO2 Emissions in the UK”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143923.
  11. Li, L., Deng, S., Xiong, Y., Wang, J., Cai, H., Zhang, J., Guo, S., Zhang, J., Liu, F., Li, T. (2024). “Combining an improved Apriori algorithm and social network analysis to identify the unique sequential features of individual household electricity consumption behaviours”. Advances in Building Energy Research, 18:4, 353-383
  12. Chahine, R., Luo, H., Cai, H., Gkritza, K., (2024) “A Comparative Analysis of Bike-sharing and E-scooter Sharing Users and Services in a College Town during COVID-19”, Case Studies on Transport Policy, 15, 101130
  13. Li, Z., Wang, X., Cai, H., Xu, H., “Novel hybrid spatiotemporal convolution neural network model for short-term passenger flow prediction in a large-scale metro system”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 150 (5), 04024016
  14. Li, Z., Lokhandwala, M., Al-Abbasi, A.O., Aggarwal, V., Cai, H. (2023) “Integrating reinforcement-learning-based vehicle dispatch algorithm into agent-based modeling of autonomous taxis”, Transportation, 1-27
  15. Yin, Z., Hardaway, K., Feng, Y., Kou, Z., Cai, H., (2023) “Understanding the demand predictability of bike share systems: a station-level analysis”, Frontiers of Engineering Management, 10(4), 551-565
  16. Luo, H., Chahine, R., Gkritza, K., Cai, H., (2023) “What motivates the use of shared mobility systems and their integration with public transit: evidence from a choice experiment study”, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 155:104286
  17. Wang, J., Wang, R., Cai, H., Li, L., Zhao, Z. (2023) “Smart Household Electrical Appliance Usage Behavior of Residents in China: Converging the theory of planned behavior, Value-belief-Norm theory and External Information”, Energy & Buildings, 296, 113346
  18. Schweizer, V., Jamieson-Lane, A., Cai, H., Lehnere, S., Smerlak, M. (2023) “Pathways for socio-economic system transitions expressed as a Markov chain”, PLOS One, 18 (7), e0288928
  19. Li, Y., Luo, H., Cai, H., (2023) “Photovoltaic-battery powered bike share stations are not necessarily energy self-sufficient”, Applied Energy, 348:121505 [pdf] (received 2024 CAPEES Founding President Best Paper Award)
  20. Li, L., Li, T., Cai, H., Zhang, J., Wang, J., (2023) “I will only know after using it: The repeat purchasers of smart home appliances and the privacy paradox problem”, Computers & Security, 128:103156
  21. Bozeman, J.F., Chopra, S.S., James, P., Muhammad, S., Cai, H., Tong, K., Carrasquillo, M., Rickenbacker, H., Nock, D., Ashton, W., Heidrich, O., Derrible, S., and Bilec, M., (2023) “Three research priorities for just and sustainable urban systems: now is the time to refocus”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1–13.
  22. Song, L., Cai, H., Zhu, T. (2021) “Large-scale Micro-analysis of U.S. Household Food Carbon Footprint and Reduction Potential”, Environmental Science & Technology, 55(22), 15323-15332 (received 2022 CAPEES Founding President Best Paper Award)
  23. Li, L., Zhang, J., Cai, H., Wang, J., Zhang, J., (2021) “Being ‘smart’ differently: implications of profiling the worldwide smart grids based on a two-dimensional smartness framework”, Energy Science & Engineering, 9(10), 1787-1806.
  24. Luo, H., Zhang, Z., Gkritza, K., Cai, H., (2021) “Are Shared Electric Scooters Competing with Buses? A Case Study in Indianapolis”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 97, 102877.
  25. Salazar T.M.B., Martín-González, M.F.S., Cai, H., Huang, J.Y. (2021) “Economic and environmental performance of instantaneous water heating system for craft beer production”, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 127, 472-481.
  26. Kou, Z., Cai, H., (2021) “Comparing the Performance of Different Types of Bike Share Systems”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 94, 102823.
  27. Chen, F., Cheng, G., Cai, H., (2021) Wan, H., “Machine Learning in/for Blockchain: Future and Challenges”, The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 49(4):1364-1382
  28. Liang, Y., Cai, H., Zou, G., (2021) “Configuration and system operation for battery swapping stations in Beijing.” Energy, 214: 118883
  29. Lokhandwala, M., Cai, H., (2020) “Understanding the impact of heterogeneous rider preferences on a shared autonomous vehicle system”, Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour, 75:120-133
  30. Luo, H., Zhao, F., Chen, W., Cai, H., (2020) “Optimizing bike sharing systems from the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions perspective”, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 117: 102705
  31. Wang, J., Li, L., Guo, S., Cai, H., Zhang, J., Ni, Y., “Can China's BEV market sustain without government subsidies?: an explanation using cues utilization theory”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 272(1): 122589
  32. Xiao, D., An, S., Cai, H., Wang, J., Cui, J. (2020) “An optimization model for electric vehicle charging infrastructure planning considering queuing behavior with finite queue length”, Journal of Energy Storage, 29:101317
  33. Lokhandwala, M., Cai, H., (2020) “Siting Charging Stations Considering Increasing Adoption of Electric Vehicles, Ride Sharing and Autonomous Driving using Simulation Optimization”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 80:102231
  34. Zhou, Y., Wen, R., Wang, H., Cai, H. (2020) “Optimal Battery Electric Vehicles Range: A Model Considering Heterogeneous Travel Patterns, Charging Behaviors, and Access to Charging Infrastructure”, Energy, 116945
  35. Pang, Y., He, Y., Jiao, J., Cai, H., (2020) “Power load demand response potential of secondary sectors in China: the case of western Inner Mongolia”, Energy, 192:116669
  36. Kou, Z., Wang, X., Chiu, A., Cai, H. (2020) “Quantifying the Environmental Benefits of Bike Share Systems”, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 153:1045347
  37. Zhang, B.Y., Tong, Y., Singh, S., Cai, H., Huang, J.-Y., (2019) “Assessment of life cycle environmental impacts of nano-packaging considering food waste reduction”, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 149:322-331
  38. Salazar, M. B., Cai, H., Bailey, R., Huang, J.-Y., (2019) “Defining nutritionally and environmentally healthy dietary choices of omega-3 fatty acids”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 228(10):1025-1033
  39. Pang, Y., He, Y., Cai, H., (2019) “Business model of distributed photovoltaic energy integrating investment and consulting services in China”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 218:943-965
  40. Li, L., Wang, J., Zhang, J., Gallachoir, B.O., Cai, H., (2019) “Energy-intensive industries in China: Policy priorities for achieving climate mitigation and energy conservation targets”, Climate Policy, 19(5):598-610
  41. Luo, H., Kou, Z., Zhao, F., Cai, H. (2019) “Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Station-based and Dock-less Bike Sharing Systems”, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 146:180-189
  42. Cai, H., Wang, X., Adrianes, P., Xu, M. (2019) “Environmental implications of ride sharing”, Energy, 174:503-508
  43. Song, L., Lim, Y., Chang, P., Guo, Y., Zhang, M., Wang, X., Yu, X., Lehto, M., Cai, H. (2019) “Ecolabel’s Role in Informing Sustainable Consumption: A Naturalistic Decision Making Study”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 218:685-695
  44. Chapa, J., Salazar, M. B., Kipp, S., Cai, H., Huang, J.-Y., (2019) “A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Fresh Imported and Frozen Domestic Organic Blueberries Consumed in Indiana”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 217:716-723
  45. Shi, X., Pan, J., Wang, H., Cai, H. (2019) “Battery Electric Vehicles: What are the Minimum Ranges Required?”, Energy, 166:352-358
  46. Kamyabniyaa, A., Lotfia, M. M.,*, Cai, H., Hosseininasab, H., Yaghoubib, S., Yih, Y. (2019) “A two-phase coordinated platelets logistics planning for humanitarian relief operations”, IISE Transactions 51(1):1-21
  47. Kou, Z., Cai, H. (2019) “Understanding Bike Sharing Travel Patterns: An Analysis of Trip Data from Eight Cities”, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 515:785-797
  48.  Sun, W., Cai, H., Wang, Y. (2018), “Refined Laspeyres Decomposition Based Analysis of Relationship between Economy and Electric Carbon Productivity from the Provincial Perspective”, Energies,  11(12), 3426
  49. Liu, J., Xu, F., Lin, S., Cai, H., Yan, S. (2018) “A multi-agent based optimization model for microgrid operation using dynamic guiding chaotic search particle swarm optimization”, Energies, 11(12), 3286
  50. Lokhandwala, M., Cai, H., (2018) “Dynamic Ride Sharing using Traditional Taxis and Shared Autonomous Taxis: A Case Study of NYC”, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 97:45-60
  51. Li, L., Gu, Y., Ge, X., Yang, Y., Cai, H., Hang, J., Zhang, J. (2018) “Exploring the residents' intention to separate MSW in Beijing and understanding the reasons: An explanation by extended VBN theory”, Sustainable Cities and Society, 37:637-648.
  52. Sun, J.-Q., Xu, L., Liu, X.-Y., Zhao, G.-F., Cai, H., Nie, Y., Wu, X.-L., (2018) "Functional genetic diversity and culturability of petroleum-degrading bacteria isolated from oil-contaminated soils", Frontiers in Microbiology, section Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation, 9(1332)
  53. Rao, R., Cai, H., Xu, M. (2018) “Modeling charging behavior for electric vehicles”, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 0(0):1-9.
  54. Wang, X., Cai, H., H. Keith Florig (2016) “Energy-Saving Implications from Supply Chain Improvement: An Exploratory Study on China's Consumer Goods Retail System”, Energy Policy, 95: 411–420.
  55. Cai, H.*, Zhan, X., Zhu, J., Chiu, A., Jia, X., Xu, M. (2016) “Understanding taxi travel patterns”, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 457:590-597.
  56. Shahraki, N., Cai, H.*, Turkay, M., Xu, M. (2015) “Optimization of Public Charging Station Locations based on Big-Data Informed Travel Patterns”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 41:165-176
  57. Xu, M., Cai, H., Liang, S. (2015) “Big Data and Industrial Ecology”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 19(2): 205-210.
  58. Pontaua, P., Hou, Y., Cai, H., Zhen, Y., Jia, X., Chiu, A., Xu, M. (2015)  “Assessing Land Use Impacts by Clean Vehicle Systems”, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 95:112–119.
  59. Cai, H., Jia, X., Chiu, A., Hu, X., Xu, M. (2014) “Siting Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations using Big-Data Informed Travel Patterns”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 33:39-46.
  60. Pan, X.C., Geng, S., Mei, R., Wang, Y.N., Cai, H, Liu, X.Y., Tang, Y.Q., Nie, Y., Ye, S.Y., Wu, X.L. (2014) “Nitratireductor shengliensis sp. nov., isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil”, Current Microbiology, 69(4):561-566.
  61. Choudhary, S., Liang, S., Cai, H., Keoleian, G.A., Miller, S.A., Kelly, J., Xu, M. (2014) "Reference and functional unit can change bioenergy pathway choices", The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 19:796-805.
  62. Wang, Y., Wang, W., Mao, G., Cai, H., Zuo, J., Wang, L., Zhao, P. (2013) “Industrial CO2 Emissions in China Based on the Hypothetical Extraction Method: Linkage Analysis”.  Energy Policy, 62:1238–1244.
  63. Cai, H, Xu, M. (2013) “Greenhouse Gas Implications of Fleet Electrification based on Big Data-Informed Individual Travel Patterns”. Environmental Science and Technology, 47(16): 9035-9043.
  64. Cai, H., Hu, X., Xu, M. (2013) “Impact of Emerging Clean Vehicle System on Water Stress”. Applied Energy, 111: 644–651.
  65. Cai, M., Wang, L., Cai, H., Li, Y., Tang, Y.Q., Wu, X.L. (2011) " Rubrimonas shengliensis sp. nov. and Polymorphum gilvum gen. nov., sp. nov., novel members of Alphaproteobacteria from crude oil contaminated saline soil." Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 34(5):321-7. 
  66. Cai, M., Wang, L., Cai, H., Li, Y., Wang, Y.N., Tang, Y.Q., Wu, X.L. (2011) " Salinarimonas ramus sp. nov. and Tessaracoccus oleiagri sp. nov., isolated from a crude oil contaminated saline soil." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61(8):1767-75.
  67. Cai, H., Eramo, A.G., Evans, P.J., Fricke, R., Brennan, R.A. (2010) "In situ bioremediation of perchlorate in vadose zone soil using gaseous electron donors: microcosm treatability study." Water Environment Research, 82 (5): 409 - 417.
  68.  Wang, Y.-N., Cai, H., Yu, S.-L., Wang, Z.-Y, Liu, J., Wu, X.L. (2007) “Halomonas gudaonensis sp. nov., isolated from a saline soil contaminated by crude oil”. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57(5):911-915.
  69.  Gu, J., Cai, H., Qu, R., Yin, B., Guo, Y.-F., Zhao, J.-Y., Wu, X.L.(2007) “Marinobacter gudaonensis sp. nov., isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil in a Chinese oilfield”, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.57(2):250-254.
  70. Wang, Y.-N., Cai, H., Yu, S.-L., Lu, A-H, Lin, X-G, Jiang, Z-F., Wu, X.L. (2007) “Halomonas shengliensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, denitrifying, crude-oil-utilizing bacterium”. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57(6):1222-1226.

 

Technical reports

  1. Verma, R., Luo, H., Deodhar, S., Ka, E., Chahine, R., Natu, P., Malhotra, H., & Polisetty, V., Thakkar, D. J., Ukkusuri, S. V., Cai, H., Dunlop, S. R., Iyer, A. V., & Gkritza, K. (2023). “Forecasting shifts in Hoosiers’ travel demand and behavior”, Joint Transportation Research Program, Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2023/28. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. 
  2. Luo, H., Chahine, R., Rambaram, A., Rosenzweig, E.T., Gkritza, K., Cai, H. (2022) “Assessing the Travel Demand and Mobility Impacts of Transformative Transportation Technologies in Indiana”, Joint Transportation Research Program, Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2022/11. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. 
  3. Whelton, A. J., Gill, J., Song, L., Froderman, B., Teimouri, M., Cai, H.* (2016) “Lack of Data for Predicting Storm Water Pollutant Removal by Post-Construction Best Management Practices”, Joint Transportation Research Program Publication, No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2016/09
  4. Evans, P., Cai, H.*, Hopfensperger, K., Oppitz, E., Titus, T., Brennan, R. (2009) “In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Vadose Zone Soil Using Gaseous Electron Donors”. ESTCP Project ER-0511 Final Report, Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, November.