Former MSL Ph.D. student, Dr. Zejiang Wang, received the 2022 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) Best Dissertation Award – First Prize for his dissertation titled, “Motion Control Considering Human Driver Characteristics for Driving Safety Enhancement of Connected and Automated Vehicles”.

This is a prestigious award competed by Ph.D. dissertations worldwide and judged by a committee of international experts.  The Award consists of a $2000 monetary prize and a plaque that will be presented at the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium to be held in Anchorage, Alaska, USA on 4-7 June. Congratulations Zejiang!

Zejiang graduated from MSL in Spring 2022, and is a R&D Associate Staff at Oak Ridge National Lab.