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UTC(s): The Southeastern Transportation Center
Publication Date: June, 2015
Did you ever hope to meet the President of the United States and share your research? Taylor Lochrane, Ph.D., had just that opportunity in July 2014, when he gave President Barack Obama a...
UTC(s): Florida State University
Publication Date: July, 2015
In the aftermath of disasters, evacuating aging victims and maintaining an optimal flow of critical resources to affected areas to serve victims’ needs becomes problematic. For example, with Hurricane Katrina,...
UTC(s): University of California, Berkeley
Publication Date: December, 2015
Expanding the Nation’s transportation workforce is a primary goal of the University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program. Jack Reilly, a former UTC supported Ph.D. student at the University...
UTC(s): Maine Maritime Academy
Publication Date: November, 2015
The Marine Engine Testing and Emissions Laboratory (METEL) is a DOT University Transportation Center located at the Maine Maritime Academy (figure 1). METEL was developed to address environmental sustainability...
UTC(s): The University of Maryland
Publication Date: October, 2015
The USDOT University Transportation Center (UTC) Program has established itself as a champion for promoting university-based transportation research and technology transfer. Over the past 28 years, the focus...
UTC(s): The Southern Plains Transportation Center
Publication Date: September, 2015
The Southern Plains Transportation Center (SPTC) is a consortium of eight universities in U.S. Department of Transportation Region VI: the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State...
UTC(s): Michigan State University
Publication Date: August, 2015
The National Center for Pavement Preservation was established in 2003 by Michigan State University (MSU) and the Foundation for Pavement Preservation as the national pavement preservation clearinghouse for...
UTC(s): Harvard
Publication Date: January, 2016
A new, two-part, teaching case study, Sinking of the Sewol: South Korea’s 2014 Ferry Disaster, was developed through Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The case study may prove useful in courses that cover safety...
UTC(s): Texas A&M University
Publication Date: February, 2016
A major focus of the Center for Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS Center) is to support the development of a transportation workforce capable of designing, deploying, operating, and...
UTC(s): Mid-America Transportation Center
Publication Date: March, 2016
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the current science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce comprises only 26 percent women, 7 percent Hispanics, and 6 percent African Americans...