Center for Environmental Research & Technology

CE-CERT 2025 Publications

A Comparative Analysis of Time Series Forecasting Models and the Novel ELSTMD Approach for Renewable Energy Generation 

Alkhanafseh, Y., Akinci, T. C., Martinez-Morales, A. A. 

IEEE Access | doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3558120 | April 2025

A Cost-Effective Vehicle-Probe-Based Signal Management Technology with Microscopic Simulation Evaluation 

Liu, H., Hao, P., Matsumoto, S., Wu, G., Barth, M.

International Conference on Transportation and Development 2025 | doi: 10.1061/9780784486207.039 | June 2025

Activity and Performance of Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Port Equipment for Emissions Reduction in the Maritime Sector 

Frederickson, C., Vu, A., Makki, M., Johnson, K., Durbin, T., Burnette, A., Huang, E., Alvarado, E., Rao, L. 

SAE Technical Paper | doi: 10.4271/2025-01-8539 | April 2025

A hybrid approach to wind power intensity classification using decision trees and large language models

Akinci, T. C., Nogay, H. S., Penchev, M., Martinez-Morales, A. A., Raju, A.

Renewable Energy | doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.123388 | May 2025

Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation of Connected and Automated Trucks: State-of-the-Art and Identified Gaps 

Liao, Y., Liu, H., Yao, R., Wu, G., Barth, M. J., Huang, Z., Osman, O., Hourdos, J., McHale, G.

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board | doi: 10.1177/03611981241306750 | February 2025

An Enhanced Bilayer Long Short-Term Memory Method for Energy Consumption Estimation of Electric Buses with Real-time Passenger Load

Shan, X., Li, Q., Wan, C., Ouyang, M., Hao, P., Wu, G., Barth, M.

Energy | doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.138726 | October 2025

Asymmetric remediation of soot particles in a bipolar electrostatic precipitator using transient plasma discharge 

Zhang, B., Brown, L., Aravind, I., Rubio, M., Jung, H., Cronin, S. B.

Aerosol Science and Technology | doi: 10.1080/02786826.2025.2541631 | August 2025

Battery Electric Trucks Are Well-Suited for Regional Haul Operations and Offer Significant Environmental and Health Benefits to Communities

Boriboonsomsin, K., Vu, A.

SAE International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Energy, and Environment | doi: 10.4271/03-08-01-0004 | January 2025

Battery technologies In electrical power Systems: Pioneering secure energy transitions

Khaleel, M., Yusupov, Z., Kilic, H., Moftah, A., Hesri, A., Ahmed, A. A., Nassar, Y., Yilmaz, M., Martinez Moralez, A. A.

Journal of Power Sources | doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237709 | October 2025

CATS: A Framework for Cooperative Autonomy Trust & Security

Asavisanu, N., Khezresmaeilzadeh, T., Sequeira, R., Qiu, H., Ahmad, F., Psounis, K., Govindan, R.

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology | doi: 10.1109/TVT.2025.3546194 | March 2025

Characterization of Activity Data and Patterns of Agricultural Tractors in the San Joaquin Valley of California

Frederickson, C., Scora, G., Vu, A., Johnson, K. C., Tan, Y., Yoon, S., Crowder, M., Alexandrou, A., Durbin, T. D.

Transportation Research Record | doi: 10.1177/03611981251333719 | May 2025

Cloud Is Closer Than It Appears: Revisiting the Tradeoffs of Distributed Real-Time Inference

Sharma, P., Qiu, H., Srivastava, M2

IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) | doi: 10.1109/ICCCN65249.2025.11133852 | August 2025

Cmp: Cooperative motion prediction with multi-agent communication 

Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Wu, Z., Ma, H., Li, Z., Qiu, H., Li, J.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (LRA) | doi: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3546862 | March 2025

Derivation of atmospheric reaction mechanisms for volatile organic compounds by the SAPRC mechanism generation system (MechGen) 

Carter, W. P. L., Jiang, J., Orlando, J. J., Barsanti, K. C.

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | doi: 10.5194/acp-25-199-2025 | January 2025

Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Innovative Vehicle-Powertrain Eco-Operation System for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Buses 

Zhao, Z., Wu, G., Hao, P., Ye, F., Gao, Z., LaClair, T. J., Brown, D., Esaid, D., Boriboomsomsin, K., Barth, M. J.

IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Technologies (SusTech) | doi: 10.1109/SusTech63138.2025.11025593 | April 2025

Design and Characterization of a Modular Tunable Ring Electrode Aerosol Charge Conditioner Petters, M. D., Han, S., Mahant, S.

Journal of Aerosol Science | doi: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2025.106670 | August 2025

Direct measurement of the growth of small particles in ambient air using captive aerosol chambers 

Zhu, Z., Du, X., Collins, D. R.

Atmospheric Environment | doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120915 | January 2025

Dual LiDAR-Based Traffic Movement Count Estimation at a Signalized Intersection: Deployment, Data Collection, and Preliminary Analysis

Nayak, S. P., Wu, G., Boriboonsomsin, K., Barth, M. 2025

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) | doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.13073 | July 2025

Effects of lignin on properties and performances of polyurethane foam from lignin-castor oil synergistic bio-polyols

Jeong, S., Zhang, M., Meng, X., Wang, Y., Scheidemantle, B., Zhang, B., Min, H., Ji, A., Crovella, P., Cai, C. M., Ragauskas, A. J., Yoo, C. G.

Chemical Engineering Journal | doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.166159 | July 2025

Electric Truck Fleet Management under Limited and Uncertain Charging Infrastructure Availability

Peng, D., Boriboonsomsin, K., Barth, M. J., Ioannou, P. A., Liu, X., Waqas, M.

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems | doi: 10.1109/TITS.2024.3468840 | January 2025

Epitaxial Growth Control of Crystalline Morphology and Electronic Transport in InSb Nanowires: Competition Between Axial and Radial Growth Modes 

Zhong, J., Lin, J., Penchev, M., Ozkan, M., Ozkan, C.

Nanomaterials | doi: 10.3390/nano15181436 | September 2025

Evaluating the Impacts of Connected Eco-Driving Technologies on Electrified Traffic System at the City Scale: A Simulation Approach 

Zhang, Z., Wu, G., Hao, P., Boriboonsomsin, K., Barth, M. J., Liu, Y., Farid, Y. Z.

IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) | doi: 10.1109/IV64158.2025.11097421 | June 2025

Experimental study on flame structure, stability, and emission characteristics of CH4-H2 swirl-induced inverse diffusion flame

Jeon, Y., Kim, M. Y., Jung, H., Lee, S.

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering | doi: 10.1016/j.csite.2025.106342 | May 2025

Field intercomparison of ice nucleation measurements: the Fifth International Workshop on Ice Nucleation Phase 3 (FIN-03) 

DeMott, P. J., Mirrielees, J. A., Petters, S. S., Cziczo, D. J., Petters, M. D., Bingemer, H. G., Hill, T. C. J., Garimella, S., Hallar, A., Levin, E. J. T., McCubbin, I. B., Perring, A. E., Rapp, C. N., Schievel, T., Schrod, J., Suski, K. J., Weber, D., Wolf, M. J., Zawadowics, M., Zenker, J., Mohler, O., Brooks, S. D.

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques | doi: 10.5194/amt-18-639-2025 | February 2025

Future Special Issues/Special Sections of the Proceedings

Alouini, M. S., Björnson, E., Tao, M., Mostofi, Y., Tsang, L., Johnson, J., Hajnsek, I., Dozier, J., Shi, J., Stiller, C., Vlacic, L., Barth, M., Amin, M.

Proceedings of the IEEE | doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2025.3587420 | March 2025

Hecofuse: Cross-modal complementary v2x cooperative perception with heterogeneous sensors 

Wei, C., Qin, Z., Zimmer, W., Wu, G., Barth, M. J.

ITSC 2025 | doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.13677 | July 2025

Ice nucleating activity of coastal seawater from the entrance to the Baltic Sea

Kjærgaard, E. R., Sejersen, A. S., Skov, M. F., Petters, M. D., Bilde, M.

Environmental Science: Processes and Impact | doi: 10.1039/D5EM00031A | July 2025

Integrating Multi-Modal Sensors: A Review of Fusion Techniques for Intelligent Vehicles 

Wei, C., Qin, Z., Zhang, Z., Wu, G., Barth, M. J.

IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) | doi: 10.1109/IV64158.2025.11097396 | June 2025

Investigating personalized driving behaviors in dilemma zones: Analysis and prediction of stop-or-go decisions 

Qin, Z., Li, S., Wei, C., Wu, G., Barth, M. J., Abdelraouf, A., Gupta, R., Han, K.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters | doi: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3597512 | October 2025

Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Sub-10 nm Particles in Raleigh, NC 

Hazelwood, J., Cai, L., Bachman, S., Meskhidze, N., Petters, M.

Atmospheric Pollution Research | doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2025.102748 | September 2025

Methods to Reduce Transmission of Airborne Viruses in a Bus Cabin 

Lopez, B., Swanson, J., Dover, K., Renck, E., Chang, M. C. O., Jung, H.

SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles | doi: 10.4271/02-18-04-0021 | August 2025

MS2 bacteriophage infectivity after exposure to RH, ozone, chlorine dioxide and solar radiation using an oxidation flow reactor and a rotating drum Klug, E. A., Rivera, D. N., Lucero, G. A., Herrera, V. L., Kinahan, S. M., Tezak, M., Xu, N., Sferrella, J. D., Ackerman, D. N., Ravnholdt, A. R., Collins, D. R., Reid, S. P., Santarpia, J. L. Aerosol Science and Technology | doi: 10.1080/02786826.2024.2443108 | March 2025

Real-World Particle Emissions from a Modern Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle during Normal Operation and DPF Regeneration Events: Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities 

Ma, T., Toumasatos, Z., Tang, T., Durbin, T. D., Johnson, K. C., Karavalakis, G. 

Environmental Science & Technology | doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c12448 | January 2025

Referential Integrity Framework for Lithium Battery Characterization and State of Charge Estimation 

Benmouna, A., Becherif, M., Ebrahim, M. A., Benchouia, M. T., Akinci, T. C., Penchev, M., Martinez-Morales, A., Raju, A. S. K. 

Batteries | doi: 10.3390/batteries11080309 | August 2025

Road grade and truck weight matter: Investigating link-level energy consumption uncertainty

Fan, P., Song, G., Zhai, Z., Boriboonsomsin, K.

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment | doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2025.104900 | September 2025

Sea Spray Aerosol Production Flux Retrieval Based on Doppler Lidar Measurements 

Pujiastuti, T. T., Meskhidze, N., Petters, M. 

Atmospheric Environment | doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121407 | July 2025

SEE-V2X: C-V2X Direct Communication Dataset: An Application-Centric Approach 

Mo, R., Wu, B., Tan, Z., Qiu, H. 

ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing (SEC) | doi: 10.1145/3715014.3722077 | May 2025

Shifting Gears to Sustainability: A Deep-Dive into Solar-Powered Bike Pathways

Lee, S., Mazarei Saadabadi, K., Martinez-Morales, A. A. 

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114755 | February 2025

Studying Aerosol, Clouds, and Air Quality in the Coastal Urban Environment of Southeastern Texas 

Jensen, M. P. et al. (including Collins, D. R. and Petters, M. D.)  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) | doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0331.1 | August 2025

Sustainable pathways for hydrogen Production: Metrics, Trends, and strategies for a Zero-Carbon future

Idriss, A. I., Mohamed, A. A., Atteye, H. A., Ahmed, R. A., Mohamed, O. A., Akinci, T. C., Ramadan, H. S.

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments | doi: 10.1016/j.seta.2024.104124 | January 2025

Teaching Science and Engineering undergraduates with a liquid droplet solidification tool

Hernandez, A., Bhattacharia, S., Petters, S., Petters, M. 

ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings | doi: 10.18260/1-2--55082 | March 2025

The effect of portable air purifiers and cabin air filters on particulate matter and nitrogen oxides concentrations in vehicle cabins 

Renck, E., Jung, H. 

Environmental Science: Processes and Impact | doi: 10.1039/D5EM00194C | September 2025

The impacts of improving heavy-duty internal combustion engine technology on reducing NOx emissions inventories going into the future 

Hurren, T., Durbin, T. D., Johnson, K. C., Karavalakis, G. 

Science of the Total Environment | doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179781 | July 2025

Vulnerable Road User Detection for Roadside-Assisted Safety Protection: A Comprehensive Survey. 

Zhang, Z., Wei, C., Wu, G., Barth, M. J.

Applied Sciences | doi: 10.3390/app15073797 | April 2025