Director
Dengbo He, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Intelligent Transportation Thrust
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thrust
Systems Hub, HKUST(GZ)
Ph.D. Students
Chenglin Liu
Ph.D. Student (Feb 2025-)
Email: cliu549@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Yang Liu
Ph.D. Student (Jan 2024-)
Email: yliu068@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Feiqi Gu
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: fgu519@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Zhenyu WANG
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: zhenyuwang@hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Youyu SHENG
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: ysheng330@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Jiyao Wang
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2022-)
Email: jwanggo@connect.ust.hk
INTR, Systems Hub
Song Yan
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2022-)
Email: syan931@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Ange Wang
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2022-)
Email: awang324@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Weiyin Xie
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2022-)
Email: wxie593@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Genhao Wu
Ph.D. Student (Sep 2020-)
Email: genhao.wu@connect.ust.hk
ROAS, Systems Hub
MPhil Students
Tianyu Wei
MPhil Student (Sep 2024-)
Email: twei444@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Jiayin Zhu
MPhil Student (Sep 2024-)
Email: jzhu709@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Xiao Yang
MPhil Student (Sep 2024-)
Email: xyang856@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Boyu Jin
MPhil Student (Sep 2024-)
Email: bjin457@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Zhixiong Wang
MPhil Student (Sep 2024-)
Email: zwang477@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Haiyu Li
MPhil Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: hli942@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Hongling Sheng
MPhil Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: hsheng598@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Yanbin Yang
MPhil Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: yyang723@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Jiahao Zhang
MPhil Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: jzhang012@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Huawei Lin
MPhil Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: hlin040@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Jing Yan
MPhil Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: jyan856@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
INTR, Systems Hub
Xiaoyu Zhou
MPhil Student (Sep 2023-)
Email: xzhou174@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn
ROAS, Systems Hub
Research Assistant
Xu Wen
Research Assistant (Dec 2024-)
Email: s1157942@s.eduhk.hk
The Education University of Hong Kong
Zhijie ZHOU
Research Assistant (May 2024-)
Email: yzj@mail.bnu.edu.cn
Beijing Normal University
RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Driving Automation and Traffic Safety
Motion Sickness
Mixed Traffic
Driver Monitoring Systems
Motion simulator with 6 Degree-of-Freedom platform
View from 6-DOF simulator
Fixed-base driving simulators
VR walking simulators
Smart Eye DX Pro eye-tracking systems with 4 cameras
Dikablis 3 eye-tracking systems
32-Channel EEG system & 8-Channel EEG system
Ergoneers physiological data collection systems
Cooperations
Government-Supports
2024 Education Bureau of Guangzhou Municipality Scientific Research Projects for the Higher-educational Institutions - Postgraduate Research Projects
Title: Design and validation of car-following controller of autonomous vehicles with the characteristics of following vehicles considered
2024 Nansha District Key Area S&T Scheme, Science and Technology Bureau of Nansha District
Title: Human-machine cooperation system in complex scenarios of mixed traffic
2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program
Title: Environment-Task” semantic fusion based location recognition and navigation of mobile intelligent agents
2024 Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong, General Program
Title: High cognitive load monitoring and management of drivers in vehicles with SAE L2/L3 automation
2023 Guangzhou Basic and Applied Basic Research Program
Title: Understanding and mitigating distracted driving behaviors among delivery person
2023 Guangzhou-HKUST(GZ) Joint Funding Scheme
Title: In-vehicle human machine interface design based on the investigation of motion sickness mechanism
2023 National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science Fund for Young Scholars
Title: Understanding and improving defensive driving behaviors in vehicles with GB/T Level-2 driving automation
2024 HKUST(GZ) Research on HKUST(GZ) Practices
Title: Course Development and Evaluation: Managing Emotions under Uncertainty and Stress
2024 HKUST(GZ) Research on HKUST(GZ) Practices
Title: Development of Student Mental Health Status Assessment System under the Interdisciplinary Education Model
Internal-Funding
2024 HKUST(GZ) LASERi Seed Project
Title: Optimizing Piloting and Flight Control of eVTOL with Human Factors Considerations
2024 HKUST(GZ) Undergraduate Summer Basic Research Training Funding Program (UBRTP)
Title: Alleviation of Motion Sickness in Smart Cabins Through Interface Design
2024 HKUST - HKUST(GZ) Collaborative Research Scheme
Title: Towards a human-centric smart cabin: System design integrating thermal comfort and air quality
Partners
University of Leeds
Institute of Psychology
Guangzhou Mantuoluo Education Company
Pony AI
Plus AI
NinoArtech
University of Toronto
Xpeng Aeroht
DF Nissan
Courses
Analytical Methods in Human Factors Research
Academic Unit: INTR & ROAS Available every Fall semester
Engineering Psychology and Transportation Applications
Academic Unit: INTR & ROAS Available every Spring semester
Want to Know More About HIS?
We are looking for one Research Assitants and three Ph.D. students for 2025 Fall intake. Please contact the director: Dr. Dengbo HE for more information.
- Room: W3-307, No. 1 Duxue Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou
- (020) 8833-5799
- dengbohe@hkust-gz.edu.cn
For MPhil position application, please follow the university-wide procedures.
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