Current Professional Societies

1. The director of Beijing Traffic Engineering Association of Beijing, China

2. The secretary-general of China Communications & Transportation Association: Sharing Mobility Sub-committee

3. The secretary-general of Beijing Standardization Technical Committee

4. The executive deputy editor of the Journal of Transportation Engineering.

Research Areas

Traffic capacity, traffic flow theory, driving behavior, traffic information analysis, the novel traffic formats

Honors

1. The 9th Beijing Nova project of science and technology.

2. The excellent education teaching achievement prize of Beijing University of technology", 2004.

3. The course of "Introduction to Traffic Engineering" was designated the National elaborate course, 2010.
   

4. "Engineering demand-oriented intelligent traffic control autonomous training platform and interdisciplinary talent training mode" won first prize of "Beijing Advanced Education Teaching Achievements", 2018.

Publications

1. Wang Y, Rong J, Zhou CJ, Chang X, Liu SY. An Analysis of the Interactions between Adjustment Factors of Saturation Flow Rates at Signalized Intersections. Sustainability, 2020, 12(2), 665. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020665

2. Wang Y, Rong J, Zhou CJ, Gao YC. Dynamic Estimation of Saturation Flow Rate at Information-Rich Signalized Intersections. Information, 2020, 11(4), 178. https://doi.org/10.3390/info11040178

3. Chang X, Li H, Rong J, Zhao X, Li A. Analysis on Traffic Stability and Capacity for Mixed Traffic Flow with Platoons of Intelligent Connected Vehicles[J]. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2020, 557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2020.124829

4. Xu C, Wu Y, Rong J, Peng Z. A driving simulation study to investigate the information threshold of graphical variable message signs based on visual perception characteristics of drivers[J]. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 2020, 74:198-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2020.08.023

5. Liu S, Zhou C, Rong J, Ma J, Wang Y. Measuring the Length of a Two-Lane Curbside Based on Traffic Features. Transportation Research Record. 2020;2674(12):590-599. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120957317

6. Huang H, Rong J, Lin P, Weng J. Understanding Daily Travel Patterns of Subway Users – An Example from the Beijing Subway[J] Promet - Traffic&Transportation. 2020, 32(1):13-23. https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v32i1.3052

7. Chang X, Li H, Rong J, Chen X, Wang Y. Determining the appropriate lane width at urban signalized intersections – a case study in Beijing[J]. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 2019, 13(12):1785-1791. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2018.5401

8. Xu D, Bian Y, Rong J, Wang J, Yin B. Study on Clustering of Free-Floating Bike-Sharing Parking Time Series in Beijing Subway Stations[J]. Sustainability, 2019, 11(19):5439. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195439

9. Shu S, Bian Y, Rong J, Xu D. Determining the Exact Location of a Public Bicycle Station—The Optimal Distance between the Building Entrance/Exit and the Station. PLoS ONE, 2019, 14(2): e0212478. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212478.

10. Chang X, Li H, Rong J, Huang Z, Chen X, Zhang Y. Effects of On-Board Unit on Driving Behavior in Connected Vehicle Traffic Flow. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2019, 2019(1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8591623.
    

Personal statement

Jian Rong, a professor and doctoral supervisor, has been engaging in teaching for 22 years. During the work period, Prof. Rong cultivated 5 excellent graduate theses in Beijing University of Technology, and won one excellent course of Beijing municipality and one national excellent course of Ministry of Education. Prof. Rong has presided one National Science and Technology Support Program and two National Natural Science Foundation of China projects. In terms of academic research, Prof. Rong has published an enormous number of research papers on mainstream international journals, and over 90 of the papers are included in SCI.