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Learn more about Athena's latest publications through research highlights, technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, and presentations.

Research Highlights

2025

Yanbo Ge, Monte Lunacek, Roberto Vercellino, Gustavo Campos, Devon Sigler, Juliette Ugirumurera, Margaret Mann. EVI-Rental: A Discrete-Event Simulation Tool for Rental Car Electrification (submitted).

Roberto Vercellino, Gustavo Campos, Monte Lunacek, Yanbo Ge, Juliette Ugirumurera, Devon Sigler, Margaret Mann. Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage and Generation in Support of Electrified Rental Car Centers (submitted).

2023

Liu, Zhaocai Liu, Qichao Wand, Devon Sigler, Andrew; Kenneth Kelly, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips, Venu Garikapati. Data-Driven Simulation-Based Planning for Electric Airport Shuttle Systems: A Real-World Case Study. Applied Energy, February 2023.

2022

Qichao Wang, Devon Sigler, Zhaocai Liu, Andrew Kotz, Kenneth Kelly, Caleb Phillips. ASPIRES: Airport Shuttle Planning and Improved Routing Event-Driven Simulation. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. December 2022.

2021

Juliette Ugirumurera, Joseph Severino, Karen Ficenec, Yanbo Ge, Qichao Wang, Lindy Williams, Junghoon Chae, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips. A Modeling Framework for Designing and Evaluating Curbside Traffic Management Policies at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. November 2021.

Devon Sigler, Zhaocai Liu, Qichao Wang, Yanbo Ge, Juliette Ugirumurera, Joseph Severino, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips. Transportation Hub Infrastructure Expansion: Decision Support Under Uncertainty. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. August 2021.

Devon Sigler, Qichao Wang, Zhaocai Liu, Venu Garikapati, Andrew Kotz, Kenneth J. Kelly, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips. Route Optimization for Energy Efficient Airport Shuttle Operations – A Case Study from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Journal of Air Transport Management. Volume 94. 2021.

Monte Lunacek, Lindy Williams, Joseph Severino, Karen Ficenec, Juliette Ugirumurera, Matthew Eash, Yanbo Ge, Caleb Phillips. A Data-Driven Operational Model for Traffic at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Journal of Air Transport Management. Volume 94. 2021.

Yanbo Ge, Alec Biehl, Srinath Ravulaparthy, Venu Garakapati, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips. Joint Modeling of Access Mode and Parking Choice of Air Travelers Using Revealed Preference Data. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Volume 2675, Issue 11. 2021.

Yanbo Ge, Alec Biehl, Srinath Ravulaparthy, Venu Garakapati, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips. " Joint Modeling of Access Mode and Parking Choice of Air Travelers Using Revealed Preference Data." Presented at 100th Transportation Review Board (TRB) Annual Meeting. January 2021.

Devon Sigler, Qichao Wang, Zhaocai Liu, Venu Garikapati, Andrew Kotz, Kenneth J. Kelly, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips. "Route Optimization for Energy Efficient Airport Shuttle Operations - A Case Study from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport." Presented at 100th TRB Annual Meeting. January 2021.

2020

Qichao Wang, Zhaocai Liu, Devon Sigler, Caleb Phillips. "ASPIRES: Airport Shuttle Planning and Improved Routing Event-Driven Simulation." Presented at Transportation Review Board Workshop on Traffic Simulation and Connected Autonomous Vehicle Modeling. November 16-18, 2020. Irvine, California.

Juliette Ugirumurera, Joseph Severino, Karen Ficenec, Yanbo Ge, Junghoon Chae, Lindy Williams, Qichao Wang, Monte Lunacek, Caleb Phillips. "An HPC-enabled SUMO Simulation Framework for Evaluating Future Travel Modes at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport." Presented at Transportation Review Board Workshop on Traffic Simulation and Connected Autonomous Vehicle Modeling. November 16-18, 2020. Irvine, California.

Lindy Williams, Monte Lunacek, Joseph Severino, Melissa Queen, Karen Ficenec, Juliette Ugirumurera, Matthew Eash, Yanbo Ge, Caleb Phillips. "A Data Driven Operational Model for Traffic and Freight Analysis at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport." Presented at Conference on Data Analysis. February 25-27, 2020. Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Monte Lunacek, Lindy Williams, Joseph Severino, Karen Ficenec, Juliette Ugirumurera, Matthew Eash, Yanbo Ge, Caleb Phillips. "A Data-Driven Operational Model for Traffic at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport." Presented at 99th TRB Annual Meeting. January 12-16, 2020.

H. M. Abdul Aziz, Xiaodan Xu, Yanbo Ge, Michael Hillard, Caleb Phillips. "Modeling Travel Mode Choices Near Transportation Hubs: The Case of Dallas-Fort Worth Airport using Revealed Survey Data." Presented at 99th TRB Annual Meeting. January 12-16, 2020.

2019

Michael Hilliard, Caleb Phillips et al. "New Data Visualizations Support Analysis of Vehicle Traffic at DFW Airport." INFORMS Annual Meeting. October 20-23, 2019.