Areas of Concentration and Expertise

• Control Systems
• Robotics and Automation
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Dynamic Vehicle Routing

Education

• University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California
  Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering - Systems,2002
• University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1994
• Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering,1991

Research Experience

• Brake-throttle control system
• Multivariable PID controller
• Agile container terminal
• Automated highway systems
• Vehicle route planning in dynamic and stochastic networks

Teaching Experience

Conducted discussion and/or laboratory sessions for:

• 1996 - 1998: "Microprocessor based systems", and "Digital systems", USC.
• 1995 - 1996, "Optimal control", University of Tehran.
• 1990 - 1991, "Linear control" and "Digital systems", Sharif University

Publications

Journal papers:

• H. Jula, E. Kosmatopoulos, and P. Ioannou, "Lane change/merge crash avoidance analysis," IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 2295-2308, Nov. 2000.
• C. I. Liu, H. Jula, and P.A. Ioannou, "Design, simulation, and evaluation of automated container terminals," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 12-26, March 2002.
• C. I. Liu, H. Jula, K. Vukadinovic, and P.A. Ioannou, "Automated guided vehicle system for two container yard layouts," To appear in Transportation Research – Part C.
• H. Jula, M. Dessouky, P. Ioannou, and A. Chassiakos, "Container movement by trucks in metropolitan networks: modeling and optimization" To appear in Transportation Research – Part E.
• H. Jula, M. Dessouky, and P. Ioannou, "An approximate solution for the TSPTW with stochastic travel and service times," Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2004
• H. Jula, A. Chassiakos, and P. Ioannou, "Modeling and Optimization of Dynamic Empty Container Reusing in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Area," ,To appear in Transportation Research – Part E.

Conference papers:

• A. Khaki-Sedigh, and H. Jula, "Online tuning of PID controllers parameter using neural networks," 3rd Intl. Conf. e on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, Nov. 1994, vol. 3, pp. 1596-1600.
• C. I. Liu, H. Jula, K. Vukadinovic and P.A. Ioannou, "Comparing different technologies for containers movement in marine container terminals," Proceedings of the 3rd Intl IEEE Conf. on ITS, Dearborn, MI, Oct. 2000, pp. 488-493.
• H. Jula, C.I. Liu, E. B. Kosmatopoulos and P.A. Ioannou, "Container terminals using automated shuttles driven by linear motors," 9th IFAC Sym. Control in Transportation Systems, Braunschweig, Germany, June 2000.
• C. I. Liu, H. Jula, and P.A. Ioannou, "A simulation approach for performance evaluation of proposed automated container terminals," Proceedings of the 4th Intl IEEE Conf. on ITS, Oakland, CA, Aug. 2001, pp. 563-568.
• C. I. Liu, H. Jula, and P.A. Ioannou, " Design and simulation of container terminal using AGVs," European Control Conference, Portugal, Sept 2001.
• H. Jula, C.I. Liu, and P.A. Ioannou, "Design, analysis, simulation, and evaluation of advanced container terminals," dg.o 2002 conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 2002.
• H. Jula, "Container movement optimization in stochastic transportation networks", presented in the Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Jan 2003.
• H. Jula, M. Dessouky, P. Ioannou, and R. Hall, "Full-truck-load assignment and route planning in deterministic and stochastic environments," NSF Design, Service, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation Research Conference, Birmingham, AL., Jan 2003, pp. 2957-2971.

Technical reports:

• H. Jula, E. Kosmatopoulos, and P. Ioannou, "Collision Avoidance Analysis for Lane Changing and Merging" California PATH Research Report, UCB-ITS-PRR-99- 13, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, May 1999.
• P. Ioannou, E. B. Kosmatopoulos, H. Jula, A. Collinge, C.I. Liu, A. Asef-Vaziri, and Ed Dougherty Jr., "Cargo handling technologies," CCDoTT Technical Report, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Oct. 2000.
• P. Ioannou, H. Jula, C. I. Liu, K. Vukadinovic, H. Pourmohammadi, and Ed Dougherty Jr., "Advanced Material Handling: Automated Guided Vehicles in Agile Ports," CCDoTT Technical Report, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, University of Southern California, Jan. 2001.
• P. Ioannou, A. Chassiakos, A. Bose, H. Jula, H. Pourmahammdi, and K. Vukadinovic, "Modeling and Route Guidance of Trucks in Metropolitan Areas," Metrans Technical Report, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, University of Southern California, Feb. 2001.
• P. Ioannou, A. Chassiakos, H. Jula, and R. Unglaub, "Dynamic optimization of cargo movement by trucks in metropolitan areas with adjacent ports, " Metrans Technical Report, Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies, University of Southern California, June 2002.
• H. Jula, A. Chassiakos, P. Ioannou, "Methods for Modeling and Routing of Empty Containers in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Port Area", CCDoTT Technical Report, University of California at Long Beach, July, 2003.
• M. Dessouky, P. Ioannou, H. Jula, "A Novel Approach to Routing and Dispatching Trucks Based on Partial Information in a Dynamic Environment," Metrans Technical Report, University of Southern California, August 2004.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Member of SIAM, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Member of TRB, Transportation Research Board
• Affiliate of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control