Dr. Runfa Wu is a lecturer at the School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University. Prior to this appointment, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Wu received his PhD and B.Eng. in Transportation Engineering from Central South University in 2022 and 2016, respectively. During his doctoral studies, he spent two years as a visiting researcher at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research focuses on mathematical modeling and optimization for the efficient planning, operation, and management of complex transportation systems, with particular interests in capacity-constrained resource allocation, passenger choice behavior, service planning, and pricing strategies in railway, urban rail transit, and emerging air transportation systems.
Public Publication Profiles: Google Scholar.
Working Experience
2026 - present: Lecturer, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, China
2023 - 2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Education
2016 - 2022: Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering, Central South University, China
2021 - 2023: Visiting PhD Student, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2012 - 2016: Bachelor of Engineering (Transportation Engineering), Central South University, China
Selected Research Works
[1] Wu R., Liu W. *, Feng Y. (2026). Joint optimization of seat allocation and pricing with multi-ride season tickets in high-speed railway services. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 207, 103446. (SCI, JCR-Q1)
[2] Wu R., Shi F., Zhao S.*, Xu G.*, Yang H. (2022). A Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition-based algorithm for capacitated passenger assignment problem with time-varying demand in high-speed railway networks. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 145, 103909. (SCI, JCR-Q1)
[3] Wu R., Xu G.*, Wang D. Z.*, Liu W. (2026). Managing the spatial and temporal unbalance of demand with multi-strategies in urban rail transit system: an integrate way to optimize the train operation plan. Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics. 14(1), 2645179. (SCI, JCR-Q2)
[4] Xu G., Zhong L., Wu R.*, Hu X., Guo J. (2022). Optimize train capacity allocation for the high-speed railway mixed transportation of passenger and freight. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 174, 108788. (SCI, JCR-Q1)
[5] Liu W., Wu R., Xu G., Gao Y. (2025). A double time-scale passenger assignment model. Reference Module in Social Sciences, Elsevier.
Service
Referee for Transportation Research Part C/D/E
Contact Information
Email: wurunfa@csu.edu.cn
Mailing Address: School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410075, China
