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Yiqi Zhang is an Associate Professor at The Pennsylvania State University's Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, with affiliation at the Larson Transportation Institute. Her interdisciplinary research bridges human factors engineering and transportation systems.
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Human-Vehicle Interaction
- Autonomous Vehicle Design
- Computational Cognitive Modeling
Recent research focuses on driver behavior in automated environments, including takeover requests, cognitive modeling of response times, and human-AI collaboration dynamics. Her work spans both transportation safety and AI applications in healthcare. Awards include the Center for Socially Responsible AI Big Ideas Grant (2023) and recognition for contributions to human factors engineering (2022). She has collaborated on studies involving bus operator workstations and chronic disease management systems.
Her publications reveal trends in multimodal takeover interfaces, mixed traffic adaptation, and safety-critical human performance modeling across connected vehicle systems. Current projects investigate trust dynamics in automated driving styles and AI-based homecare solutions.
Scientific Awards:
- Center for Socially Responsible AI Big Ideas Grant (2023)
- Recognition for contributions to human factors engineering in transportation (2022)
As a leading researcher in transportation-human interaction, she contributes to advancing equitable built environments through her work at Penn State's College of Engineering. Her laboratory investigates driver performance metrics and develops computational models for safer autonomous systems.
