• Dr. Yunpeng (Jack) Zhang
• Center Director
• University of Houston

• Dr. Lu Gao
• Interim Center Manager
• University of Houston

• Dr. Zhu Han
• Associate Director of Research
• University of Houston

• Dr. Kailai Wang
• Associate Director of Executive
• University of Houston

Site Directors

• Dr. Yongxin Liu
• Associate Director of Proposal / Project Review
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

• Dr. Arlei Silva
• Associate Director of Leadership
• Rice University

• Dr. Carlos Rubio-Medrano
• Associate Director of Education & Workforce Development
• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• Dr. Zhixia (Richard) Li
• Associate Director of Technology Transfer
• University of Cincinnati

• Dr. Guohui Zhang
• Associate Director of Outreach
• University of Hawai'i at Manoa

External Advisory Board

• Dr.Wei Zhang
• The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) liaison
• Research Highway Engineer/Program Manager
• Intersection Safety R&D

• Dr.Zeb Bowden
• Division Director of Technology Development & Deployment
• Virginia Tech

• Dr.Jakub Szefer
• Associate Professor
• Yale University

• Dr.Jianming Ma
• Traffic Management Section Director
• Texas Department of Transportation

• Dr. Hossein Sarrafzadeh
• Director of the Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research, Education and Outreach (CREO)
• North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University