Welcome to my website!
My name is Pingfan Hu, a PhD candidate in EMSE at George Washington University, advised by professor John Helveston. I do development and data science researches in sustainable transportation. I develop websites and webapps using Quarto and Shiny. I write moderate Python, HTML, and CSS code as well.
Research Focus:
Open-Source Software: I develop open-source tools for survey construction and data science. surveydown is an open-source, feature-packed package for programmable and reproducible surveys, combining a Quarto UI, a Shiny web framework, and a PostgreSQL backend. sdstudio is a companion package as GUI and SQL support for surveydown.
Transportation Research: I study human behavior in sustainable transportation using discrete choice models. My work focuses on smart charging adoption and economy analysis, providing insights to help policymakers and utilities design better systems that benefit both the grid and EV owners.