Author Archive: Scott Richards

Electricity

Male and female electrical plugs, close-up, side view

Male and female electrical plugs, close-up, side view

Production methods, total grid capacity, and time-of-day charging impacts on the utility sector are studied in this research area. Vehicle-to-grid recharging methods and policies are evaluated and optimized, and research is conducted on consumer behavior and preferences for electric drive attributes, including all-electric range and charging time. This research area has a strong collaboration with the UC Davis Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Research Center.

Research Leaders: Tom Turrentine, Ken Kurani, Gil Tal, Chris Yang

Yang, Christopher

Christopher Yang
Research Scientist, ITS-Davis
Research Interests:Infrastructure analysis of hydrogen and electricity for vehicle fuels; Role of transportation alternative fuels and advanced vehicles in reducing energy system greenhouse gas emissions; Energy system modeling for policy analysis
Contact Info
1715 Tilia Street (West Village
(510) 545-2293
ccyang@ucdavis.edu

Tal, Gil

Gil Tal
Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
Research Interests:Travel behavior, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Travel Demand Modeling, Transportation Planning, Environmental Policy ; Non motorized transportation; Creation and use of data in transportation planning process
Contact Info
1715 Tilia Street (West Village)
(530) 752-2570
gtal@ucdavis.edu

Sperling, Daniel

  • Sperling, Daniel


    Daniel Sperling
    Founding Director, ITS-Davis
    Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
    Faculty Director, Policy Institute for Energy,
    Environment and the Economy
    Research Interests:Transportation technology assessment; Energy and environmental aspects of transportation; Transportation policy
    Contact Info
    1715 Tilia Street
    (530) 752-7434
    dsperling@ucdavis.edu

    • Ogden, Joan

    Joan Ogden
    Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
    Director, NextSTEPS (Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways)
    Research Interests:Technical and economic assessment of new energy technologies; Modeling hydrogen infrastructure development
    Contact Info
    1715 Tilia Street
    (530) 752-7659
    jmogden@ucdavis.edu

    Kurani, Ken

    Ken Kurani
    Associate Researcher, ITS-Davis
    Graduate Adviser, Transportation Technology and
    Policy Graduate Group
    Research Interests:
    Household response to alternative fuel and electric-drive vehicles; Energy, climate, and environment in household travel choices; Behavioral theory in transportation and energy
    Contact Info
    1605 Tilia St. (West Village), Rm 100
    knkurani@ucdavis.edu

    Kleeman, Michael

    Michael Kleeman
    Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Research Interests:
    Study of urban and regional air quality problems; Composition of atmospheric particles and gas-to-particle conversion processes
    Contact Info
    3125 Ghausi Hall
    (530) 752-8386
    mjkleeman@ucdavis.edu

    Kendall, Alissa

    Alissa Kendall
    Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental
    Engineering
    Graduate Adviser, Transportation Technology and
    Policy Graduate Group
    Research Interests:
    Life cycle modeling applied to transportation systeM.S.; Energy systeM.S.; Construction materials, and buildings, with the goal of developing sustainable systeM.S..
    Contact Info
    3167 Ghausi Hall
    (530) 752-5722
    amkendall@ucdavis.edu

    Handy, Susan L.

    Susan L. Handy
    Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
    Interim Director, Urban Land Use and
    Transportation Center (ULTRANS)
    Associate Director for Education, Institute of
    Transportation Studies
    Director, National Center for Sustainable
    Transportation
    Chair, Transportation Technology and Policy
    Graduate Group
    Research Interests:
    Relationships between transportation and land use; The impact of land use on travel behavior; Factors influencing bicycling as a mode of travel; Strategies for reducing automobile dependence
    Contact Info
    2130 Wickson Hall
    (530) 752-5878
    slhandy@ucdavis.edu

    Fan, Yueyen

    Yueyue Fan
    Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental
    Engineering
    Graduate Adviser, Transportation Technology and
    Policy Graduate Group
    Research Interests:
    Transportation and renewable energy infrastructure system modeling and optimization; Critical transportation and energy system protection; Adaptive network routing and research allocation processes; Stochastic and dynamic system modeling and computational methods
    Contact Info
    (530) 754-6408
    Ghausi Hall
    yyfan@ucdavis.edu