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Last published 2026
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Sarah Hernandez

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Federal Grant PI

Associate Professor

Also affiliated: California Department of Transportation (2013–2015); Sam Houston State University (2024); University of California, Irvine (2013–2014); Korea Transport Institute (2009); University of Florida (2009); Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2011); New College of Florida (2007–2010); French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments (2011–2012); Irvine University (2015); ORCID (2020); Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des Milieux Aquatiques (2011–2012); University of California, Davis (2025)

Faculty Researcher

12 h-index 81 pubs 449 cited

  • Adult
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychometrics
  • Breeding
  • Genetic Testing
  • Horse Diseases
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Young Adult
  • Self Report
  • Stakeholder Participation

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Sarah Hernandez investigates freight transportation systems, focusing on the analysis of large datasets to understand operational characteristics and inform planning. Her work has involved developing methods to classify truck industry patterns and identify multimodal freight transportation catchment areas using mobile sensor data and machine learning techniques. She has also explored the application of these methodologies to inland waterway networks, mapping AIS data for freight planning and assigning commodity dimensions to disaggregated freight flows.

Hernandez has secured significant federal funding to support her research. She is the Principal Investigator on an NSF CAREER award focused on unbiased long-range freight planning through passive sensors and workforce diversity, and an NSF I-Corps grant for advanced truck detection with lidar technology. Additionally, she serves as a Co-PI on two NSF SCC-CIVIC awards aimed at developing shared micromobility frameworks for affordable and accessible housing. Her scholarly output includes 81 publications, with an h-index of 12 and over 433 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 12
  • Publications: 81
  • Citations: 449

Selected Publications

  • Data-driven workforce forecasting for transportation infrastructure: A comparative analysis of deep learning and statistical time series models (2026)
    Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review DOI OpenAlex
  • Highway-Transportation-Asset Criticality Estimation Leveraging Stakeholder Input Through an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) (2025)
    Sustainability 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Highway Transportation Asset Criticality Estimation Leveraging Stakeholder Input through an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Prediction of waterborne freight activity with Automatic identification System using Machine learning (2024)
    Computers & Industrial Engineering 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Data-Driven Methods to Assess Transportation System Resilience: Case Study of the Arkansas Roadway Network (2024)
    Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A Systems 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Real-Time Barge Detection Using Traffic Cameras and Deep Learning on Inland Waterways (2024)
    Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Prediction of Waterborne Freight Activity with Automatic Identification System Using Machine Learning (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Electric Vehicle Usage Patterns in Multi-Vehicle Households in the US: A Machine Learning Study (2024)
    Sustainability 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Unraveling Electric Vehicle Preference: A Machine Learning Analysis of Vehicle Choice in Multi-Vehicle Households in the United States (2024)
    Preprints.org 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Board 37A: Driving Simulators as Educational Outreach for Freight Transportation (2024)
  • Unraveling Electric Vehicle Preference: A Machine Learning Analysis of Vehicle Choice in Multi-Vehicle Households in the United States (2023)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Driving Simulators as Educational Outreach for Freight Transportation (2023)
    Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) DOI OpenAlex
  • A two-stage stochastic optimization model for port infrastructure planning (2023)
    Maritime Economics & Logistics 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Freight Operational Characteristics Mined from Anonymous Mobile Sensor Data (2023)
    Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Two Stage Stochastic Optimization Model for Port Infrastructure Planning (2023)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 4 $1,614,641 total

NSF Co-PI Nov 2021 - Oct 2025

SCC-CIVIC-FA Track A: A Community-Based Framework to Develop Shared Micromobility for Affordable-Accessible Housing (SMILIES)

S&CC: Smart & Connected Commun, S&CC: Smart & Connected Commun $1,000,000
NSF PI Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

I-Corps: Advanced Truck Detection with Lidar Technology

I-Corps $50,000
NSF PI May 2021 - Apr 2025

CAREER: Towards Unbiased Long-Range Freight Planning Through Passive-Sensors and Workforce Diversity

EPSCoR Co-Funding, CIS-Civil Infrastructure Syst, CAREER: FACULTY EARLY CAR DEV, GOALI-Grnt Opp Acad Lia wIndus $514,641
NSF Co-PI Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

SCC-CIVIC-PG Track A: Shared MicromobIlity for affordabLe-accessIblE houSing (SMILIES)

S&CC: Smart & Connected Commun $50,000

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