I am a transportation researcher with vast interests including planning, operations and management of all modes of transportation. I particularly like to work in a multidisciplinary team to bring technologies from other fields into transportation engineering.

• Top 2% Researchers - PLOS Biology Journal (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
• F. J. Gerstner Medal - Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University (01/24/2018)
• Best Associate Editor 2014 - Transportation Research Part C, An International Journal. Elsevier. (01/01/2015-12/31/2015)
• Best Masster Thesis - Czech Republic State Fund for Transportation Infrastructure (09/01/2013-09/30/2013)
• Certificate of Appreciation for Service in Editorial Board - Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systens. Tayor & Francis. (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
• Certificate of Appreciation - Transportation Research Board, The National Academies, U.S. (01/25/2012)
• 2011 Greg Harrington Award for Excellence in Visualization Research - Transportation Research Board, The National Academies, U.S. (01/26/2011)
• Mondialogo Engineering Award (Bronze Medal), Faculty Advisor - UNESCO & Daimler (11/01/2009-11/30/2009)
• Best Senior Design Award, Faculty Advisor - Dept. of Civil Engineering, UTEP (05/01/2009-05/31/2009)
• Best Senior Design Award, Faculty Advisor - Dept. of Civil Engineering, UTEP (12/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Most Dedicated Professor - Voted by Civil Engineering Undergraduate Students (12/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Research and Sponsored Programs Award - ORSP, UTEP (04/01/2007-04/30/2007)
• Best Senior Design Award, Faculty Advisor - Dept of Civil Engineering, UTEP (12/01/2006-12/31/2006)
• Overseas Graduate Scholarship - National University of Singapore (08/01/1989-08/31/1989)
• Faculty of Engineering Book Prize - National University of Singapore (07/01/1986-07/31/1986)
• Undergraduate Scholarship - Kuok Foundation (07/01/1983-07/31/1983)
• Undergraduate Study Grant - Lee Foundation (07/01/1983-07/31/1983)
• ASEAN Pre-University Scholarship - Government of Singapore (01/01/1981-01/31/1981)

• Ph D in Transportation Systems Engineering, University of California, Irvine (1994)
• M.Eng. in Transportation Engineering, National University of Singapore (1990)
• B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore (1987)

• Fault tolerance analysis of an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for mandatory lane changing decisions in automated driving International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology 12 2 (2023), Matthew Vechione, Ruey Cheu.
• Methodology to Determine Faculty and Staff Parking Permit Fees on University Campuses Journal of Transportation Engineering 194 4 (2023), Ridigo Garcia, Okan Gurbuz, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Damielle Madrid.
• The Use of Technology by Older Adults in El Paso, Texas during COVID-19: Purposes, Challenges, and Opportunities 2022 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) (2022), Ashley S. Bangert, Christian Ruiz, Diana L. Becerra, Guillermina G. Nunez-Mchiri,, Daniel E. Calvo, Oscar A. Mondragon Campos, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• Using Technology to Teach Older Adults during the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022) (2022), Ashley S. Bangert, Guillermina G. Nunez-Mchiri,, Oscar A. Mondragon Campos, Daniel E. Calvo, Christian Ruiz, Edgar J. Escobedo, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Transportation Engineering FE2+ Bookbaby (2022), Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Using Vision-Based Methodology to Create a Traffic Network Asset Inventory for a University Campus for Integration in a Digital Twin 2022 ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development (in press), Lauren Brown, Jeffrey Weidner, Adeeba A. Raheem, Ruey Cheu.
• Efficient Procedure of Building University Campus Models for Digital Twin Simulation IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification (2022), Talha Azfar, Jeffery Weidner, Adeeba A. Raheem, Ruimin Ke, Kelvin Cheu.
• Allocation of student parking permits across a university campus based on course registration and schedule Journal of Transportation Engineering 148 1 (2022), Okan Gurbuz, Ruey Long K. Cheu, .
• Comparative evaluation of adaptive fuzzy inference system and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for mandatory lane changing decisions on freeways Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (2021), Matthew Vechione, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Transportation Engineering FE+ Bookbaby (2021), Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• A Safety Index for Smart Mobility using Real-Time Crowdsourced Data 6th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2020) (2020), Neale A. Smith, Adriana C. Camacho, Edgar J. Escobedo, Jonathan M. Contreras, Oscar A. Mondragon Campos, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Victor M. Larios.
• Management of Real-Time Data for a Smart Flooding Alert System 6th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2020) (2020), Victor M. Garcia, Ruth P. Granados, Mario E. Medina, Luis E. Ochoa, Oscar A. Mondragon Campos, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Victor M. Larios.
• Estimating total demand and benchmarking base price for student parking on university campus Journal of Transportation Engineering 146 10 (2020), Okan Gurbuz, Ruey Long Cheu, Carlos M. Ferregut.
• Simulation model to support security screening checkpoint operations in airport terminals Transportation Research Record – Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674 2 (2020), Emilliano Ruiz, Ruey Long Cheu, .
• Towards Smart Mobility During Flooding Events in Urban Areas using Crowdsourced Information 5th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2019) (in press), Ubaldo Castro , Jonathan Avila, Cynthia V. Sustaita, M. A. Hernandez, Victor Larios, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar A. Mondragon Campos, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Rocio Maciel.
• Comparative evaluation of measures for urban transportation network resilience due to traffic incidents International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology 8 3 (2019), Esmaeil Balal, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Jessica Miramontes.
• Health screening strategies for international air travelers during an epidemic or pandemic Journal of Air Transport Management 79 (2019), Lukas Gold, Esmaeil Balal, Tomas Horak, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Tugba Mehmetoglu, Okan Gurbuz.
• Smart Mobility for Seniors through the Urban Connector 5th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2019) (2019), Raul A. Vargas-Acosta, Diana L. Becerra, Okan Gurbuz, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Guillermina Nunez-Mchiri, Ruey Long K. Cheu.

• Older Adults’ Use of Modern Technology for Social Connectedness (2023), Volume San Marcos, TX, Miyah M. Ray-Morales, Christine Martinez, Genesis R. Aguirre, Valerie Fierro, Christian Ruiz, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Oscar Mondragon, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Ashley S. Bangert.
• Efficient procedure of building university campus models for digital twin simulation (2022), Talha Azfar, Jeffrey Weidner, Adeeba A. Raheem, Ruimin Ke, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Parking for Smart Cities: Level of Service and Performance Measurements Systems for Parkin (2021), Volume Virtual, Jeffrey Weidner, Okan Gurbuz, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Smart Parking Garage: Concept of Operations and User Benefits (2021), Volume Virtual, Fernie Briones, Jeffrey Weidner, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Okan Gurbuz.
• Impacts of COVID-19 on Transportation Engineering Education and Research in the United States (2020), Volume Virtual conference, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Rodolfo Rincones, Erick Ruiz.
• Towards Improving Safety in Urban Mobility With Crowdsourcing Incident Data Collection (2019), Volume Morocco, Casa Blanca, Carlos Chavez, Emiliano Ruiz, Adrian Gomez Rodriguez, Itzel Rivas Pena, Victor Manuel Larios, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Towards Smart Mobility During Flooding Events in Urban Areas using Crowdsourced Information. (2019), Volume Morocco, Casa Blanca, Ubaldo Castro, Sustaita Cynthia, Manuel Armando Hernandez, Larios Victor Manuel, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Smart Mobility for Seniors through Urban Connector (2019), Volume Morocco, Casa Blanca, Raul Alejandro Vargas-Acosta, Diana Becerra, Okan Gurbuz, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Guillermina Nunez-Mchiri, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Smart Mobility During Flooding Events utilizing Image Processing and Crowdsourced Data (2019), Volume Orlando, Florida, US, Cinthya Sustaita, Ubaldo Castro, Jonathan Avila, S Fuentes, Manuel A. Hernandez, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Victor Manuel Larios, Rocio Maciel.
• Towards Improving Mobility Safety With Crowdsourcing Data in Smart Cities (2019), Volume Orlando, Florida, Carlos Chavez, Emiliano Ruiz, Itzel Rivas Pena, Sandra Barba, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Victor Manuel Larios, Rocio Maciel.

• SCC-IRG Track 2: Smart Social Connector: An Interdisciplinary, Collaborative Approach to Foster Social Connectedness in Underserved Senior Populations
• Connected Cities for Smart Mobility towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation (C2SMART)
• CTECH: Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health