Lillian (Chunliang) Wu is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at The University of Western Australia. Prior to this role, she served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Kongju National University in South Korea. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University in Australia.

Research interests

Her current research interests include intelligent transport systems, sustainable transport, transport modelling, urban planning, urban mobility, and urban big data analytics. Specifically, she focuses on leveraging AI techniques to develop efficient, robust, and scalable transport systems for the future mobility. Additionally, she excels in utilizing spatial analysis methods and big data analytics to explore the interrelationship between the built environment and transportation and human mobility. Her research contributions have been acknowledged by many leading journals, and she was invited to present her work at various research institutions and international conferences, including KTH and the University of Seoul.

Research opportunities

PhD applications:

Prospective students interested in intelligent transport systems, learning-based control, machine learning, and traffic simulation, with strong programming skills, are welcome to apply for UWA PhD programs. Please reach out to her at [email protected] with your CV, transcripts, and a brief cover letter.

Admission requirements can be found here.

UWA scholarships and application deadlines can be found here.

Final-year projects:

Undergraduate or postgraduate students in the School of Engineering at UWA who wish to undertake their final-year projects under her supervision are also welcome to reach out.

Beyond her research pursuits, Lillian serves as a reviewer for more than ten academic journals and was honored as an outstanding reviewer for Multimodal Transportation in 2024. She also actively participates as a young academic committee member for World Transport Convention. As a member of Women in STEM, she is passionate about encouraging young women to pursue careers in STEM fields, advocating for inclusivity and diversity within the community.

CIVL4430 Transportation and Pavement Engineering, Unit Coordinator

CIVL5550 Civil Infrastructure Design Project

GENG5511 MPE Engineering Research Project Part 1

GENG5512 MPE Engineering Research Project Part 2

Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Jan 2023-Jul 2023)

Researcher, Kongju National University (Oct 2022-Dec 2022)

Visiting Doctoral Researcher, Kongju National University (Apr 2022-Sept 2022)

Teaching Assistant, Monash University (Mar 2020-Oct 2021)

Research Assistant, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Mar 2018-May 2018)

Research Assistant, Southeast University (Jul 2017-Feb 2018)