我院海天学者、新加坡国立大学（NUS）孟强教授于6月15日至21日访问我院，开展多次学术讲座。作为我院首位获聘的海天学者，孟强博士在交通网络建模分析、货运交通和物流网络分析、以及交通设施计量风险评估等三个领域的研究得到全世界的瞩目和认可，近年来在航海运输线路优化等新兴学术方向也走到全世界的前沿。
访问期间，孟教授分别于17日上午、18日上、下午为我院师生带来了三场精彩的学术讲座，
1）新加坡的智能交通系统（Intelligent Transportation System of Singapore）
2）交通网络设计问题和方法概要（Overview of Transportation Network Design）
3）结合距离与时间的拥堵收费系统最优设计（Optimal Joint Distance and Time Toll Design）。
三场高质量的学术讲座，受到师生的一致好评，让同学们对新加坡智能交通系统的顶层设计和架构、实施效果有了更深刻的理解；了解了交通网络设计相关研究的发展历程和主要方法，以及未来的发展方向，结合新加坡道路收费公平性问题，提出了结合距离与时间的拥堵收费系统最优设计思想并巧妙的给出了优化解。
孟教授为我院师生进行讲座
与学生讨论科研方法和养成良好习惯
孟教授与我院师生合影
在讲座期间，同学们就讲座内容及自己研究领域中遇到的问题与孟教授进行深入的交流。孟教授还从如何做好研究的角度给同学们平常的学习研究提供了宝贵的经验和建议，鼓励大家“天道酬勤，至于至善”，令参与讲座的同学们受益匪浅。
此外，孟强教授就交通网络的可靠性评价和设计、电动汽车充电站选址和网络设计问题展开学术讨论。孟强教授来访之前与我院刘锴副教授一同访问了国内多家高校的交通学院，协助我院开展兄弟院校之间的学术交流。
附：孟强简介。
Biography – Dr. Qiang Meng
Dr. Qiang MENG is an Associate Professor in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore. He was as an Assistant Professor in the department from September 2003 to July 2010. Prior to this, he was a Research Fellow in the department. Dr. Meng received his Bachelor of Science (Major in Mathematics) from East China Normal University in 1989 and Master of Science (Major in Operations Research) from Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China in 1989. He has served as an Assistant professor at Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China from July 1989 to July 1997. He went to The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in August 1997 for pursuing PhD study and acquired his PhD in Civil Engineering in November 2000. After the three-year PhD study in HKUST, he returned to Shandong Normal University and was appointed as a Professor in the Information and Management School of the university.
Dr. Meng has several areas of technical expertise and interests, including methodologies, models and algorithms, and applications in transportation and logistics network analysis. In particular, his research in the areas of transportation network modeling and optimization, shipping and intermodal freight transportation analysis and quantitative risk assessment of transport infrastructures have received wide attention. He has authored or co-authored over 120 articles in a variety of international SCI/SSCI journals including Transportation Research Part A, Transportation B, Transportation Research Part C, Transportation Research Part E, Transportation Science, Risk Analysis and Accident Analysis & Prevention.
He is an Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part E and Journal of Transportation Engineering (ASCE), an editorial board member of Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part C, Journal of Advanced Transportation, Transportmetrica, Asia Transport Studies and Analytical Methods in Accident Research. He has been serving Scientific Committee of the World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) Society, Freight Transportation Planning and Logistics Committee of Transportation Research Board (TRB). He has clinched a number of research awards and prizes, including 13th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR) Society Prize for the best paper (2013), Best Paper Award for Methodological Development in the 9th EASTS (East Asia Society for Transportation Studies) International Conference (2011), Best Paper Award of AHB40 - Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee - in the 90th TRB Annual Meeting (2011) and Singapore MOT (Ministry of Transportation) Minister’s Innovation Award 2009.
