Q3 Project 3: Systems of Systems

July ’25 Updates

Project Leads: Patrick Singleton, Utah State University, & Sivaranjani Seetharaman, Purdue University

Fariba Soltani presenting at the International Conference on Transportation & Development.

Events:

International Conference on Transportation & Development

This June 8-11, the International Conference on Transportation & Development was hosted by ASCE and the Arizona Department of Transportation. At this international event, which was held in Glendale, Arizona, ASPIRE Student Leadership Council President Fariba Soltani presented her and ASPIRE faculty member Patrick Singleton’s research entitled “EV Adoption and Use in Rural and Urban Utah”.

Publications:

  • 2 Recent Journal Publications
    • Silberstein, J, Sasse, R, Harjamaki, M, Rhodes, M, Cooper, J, Downey, R, Ritsch, M, Hannigan, M, Argrow, B. “Deployment of a Fixed-Wing Small Uncrewed Aircraft System for Urban Traffic-Related Air Pollution Assessment.” Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. April 2025. 42: 353-367. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/42/4/JTECH-D-24-0042.1.pdf
    • Freymiller, K., Qin, J., Qian, S. “Joint Optimization of Transportation-Energy Systems Through Electric Vehicle Charging Pricing in the Morning Commute.” IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. 02 April 2025. 6: 465-483. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10947487
  • Accepted Presentation for the Euro Working Group on Transportation
    • Wijaya, K.C., Yu, D., Burra, L.T., & Gkritza, K. “Electric vehicles overstaying behavior in fast public charging station: System dynamics and evolutionary game theory approach”. To be presented at the Euro Working Group on Transportation, Edinburgh, Scotland. September 2025.
  • Submitted for Presentation at the US Association of Energy Economics Conference
    • Biswas, A., & Goodridge, J. “What Drives EV adoption? A Multi-Method Analysis of Policy, Infrastructure and Political Ideology in the United States.” To be presented at the US Association of Energy Economics Conference, Fort Worth, Texas. November 2025.
  • 2 journal papers have been written and ready for submission.

Tools & Technology Developments:

In addition to identifying external funding sources and developing proposals, key accomplishments this quarter include the added design to EV load scenarios for Utah. These scenarios create a computational pipeline that can then be replicated for other states.

Other successes include the downloading and cleaning of input data crucial for the health impact assessment. A data visualization pipeline, in addition to the dollar amount for health quantification, was added. The team also finished memo documenting the necessary tools, elements, and data to advance transportation system integrated modeling.