Hossein Jula, Ph.D.

Penn State Harrisburg Campus
Middletown, PA 17057
717-948-6382
huj2@psu.edu

AREA OF CONCENTRATION & EXPERTISE

  • Control Systems
  • Robotics and Automation
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Dynamic Vehicle Routing

EDUCATION

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Brake-throttle control system
  • Multivariable PID controller
  • Agile container terminal
  • Automated highway systems
  • Vehicle route planning in dynamic and stochastic networks

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Conducted discussion and/or laboratory sessions for:

PUBLICATIONS

Journal papers:
  1. H. Jula, E. Kosmatopoulos, and P. Ioannou, "Lane change/merge crash avoidance analysis," IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 2295-2308, Nov. 2000.


  2. C. I. Liu, H. Jula, and P.A. Ioannou, "Design, simulation, and evaluation of automated container terminals," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 12-26, March 2002.


  3. C. I. Liu, H. Jula, K. Vukadinovic, and P.A. Ioannou, “ Automated guided vehicle system for two container yard layouts,” To appear in Transportation Research – Part C.

  4. H. Jula, M. Dessouky, P. Ioannou, and A. Chassiakos, “ Container movement by trucks in metropolitan networks: modeling and optimization, ” To appear in Transportation Research – Part E.

  5. H. Jula, M. Dessouky, and P. Ioannou, "An approximate solution for the TSPTW with stochastic travel and service times," Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2004

  6. H. Jula, A. Chassiakos, and P. Ioannou, “Modeling and Optimization of Dynamic Empty Container Reusing in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Area,” ,” To appear in Transportation Research – Part E.
Conference papers:
  1. A. Khaki-Sedigh, and H. Jula, "Online tuning of PID controllers parameter using neural networks," 3rd Intl. Conf. e on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, Nov. 1994, vol. 3, pp. 1596-1600.


  2. C. I. Liu, H. Jula, K. Vukadinovic and P.A. Ioannou, "Comparing different technologies for containers movement in marine container terminals," Proceedings of the 3rd Intl IEEE Conf. on ITS, Dearborn, MI, Oct. 2000, pp. 488-493.


  3. H. Jula, C.I. Liu, E. B. Kosmatopoulos and P.A. Ioannou, "Container terminals using automated shuttles driven by linear motors," 9th IFAC Sym. Control in Transportation Systems, Braunschweig, Germany, June 2000.


  4. C. I. Liu, H. Jula, and P.A. Ioannou, "A simulation approach for performance evaluation of proposed automated container terminals," Proceedings of the 4th Intl IEEE Conf. on ITS, Oakland, CA, Aug. 2001, pp. 563-568.


  5. C. I. Liu, H. Jula, and P.A. Ioannou, " Design and simulation of container terminal using AGVs," European Control Conference, Portugal, Sept 2001.


  6. H. Jula, C.I. Liu, and P.A. Ioannou, "Design, analysis, simulation, and evaluation of advanced container terminals," dg.o 2002 conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 2002.


  7. H. Jula, "Container movement optimization in stochastic transportation networks", presented in the Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan 2003.


  8. H. Jula, M. Dessouky, P. Ioannou, and R. Hall, "Full-truck-load assignment and route planning in deterministic and stochastic environments," NSF Design, Service, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation Research Conference, Birmingham, AL., Jan 2003, pp. 2957-2971.


Technical reports:
  1. H. Jula, E. Kosmatopoulos, and P. Ioannou, "Collision Avoidance Analysis for Lane Changing and Merging" California PATH Research Report, UCB-ITS-PRR-99- 13, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, May 1999.


  2. P. Ioannou, E. B. Kosmatopoulos, H. Jula, A. Collinge, C.I. Liu, A. Asef-Vaziri, and Ed Dougherty Jr., "Cargo handling technologies," CCDoTT Technical Report, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Oct. 2000.


  3. P. Ioannou, H. Jula, C. I. Liu, K. Vukadinovic, H. Pourmohammadi, and Ed Dougherty Jr., "Advanced Material Handling: Automated Guided Vehicles in Agile Ports," CCDoTT Technical Report, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, University of Southern California, Jan. 2001.


  4. P. Ioannou, A. Chassiakos, A. Bose, H. Jula, H. Pourmahammdi, and K. Vukadinovic, "Modeling and Route Guidance of Trucks in Metropolitan Areas," Metrans Technical Report, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, University of Southern California, Feb. 2001.


  5. P. Ioannou, A. Chassiakos, H. Jula, and R. Unglaub, "Dynamic optimization of cargo movement by trucks in metropolitan areas with adjacent ports, " Metrans Technical Report, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, University of Southern California, June 2002.


  6. H. Jula, A. Chassiakos, P. Ioannou, "Methods for Modeling and Routing of Empty Containers in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Area", CCDoTT Technical Report, University of California at Long Beach, July, 2003.


  7. M. Dessouky, P. Ioannou, H. Jula, "A Novel Approach to Routing and Dispatching Trucks Based on Partial Information in a Dynamic Environment," Metrans Technical Report, University of Southern California, August 2004.


AFFILIATIONS

  • Member of IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Member of SIAM, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • Member of TRB, Transportation Research Board
  • Affiliate of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control

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