Transportation Innovation Speaker Series

Transportation Innovation Speakers Series: Previous Speakers
Date	Event	Presenter	Organization
5/2/18	Improving Bridge Assessment, Prognosis, and Interventions through Emerging Technology	Frank L. Moon, Ph.D.	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4/11/18	From Transportation to Air Pollution and Public Health—Are We Doing the Right Thing, and Doing it Right?	H. Oliver Gao, Ph.D.	Cornell University
10/18/17	Smart Infrastructure for Future Urban Mobility	Stephen F. Smith, Ph.D.	Carnegie Mellon University
03/15/17	Simulation: A multi-use tool for transportation safety	Dawn Marshall, Director of SAFER-Sim University Transportation Center	University of Iowa
02/05/17	Advanced On-Board Condition Monitoring System for Freight Railcar Applications	Dr. Constantine Tarawneh, Director of the UTC for Railway Safety	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
11/16/16	Connecting Communities to Opportunities: A UTC Perspective on Placemaking with Big Data and Smart Cities Technologies	Dr. Lei Zhang, Director of the National Transportation Center	University of Maryland
10/19/16	Traditional and Emerging Approaches for Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety and Mobility	Professor Shashi Nambisan, Education Director for the Southeastern Transportation Center	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
06/22/16	Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center Strategic Goal: State of Good Repair	Dr. Atorod Azizinamini, P.E.	Florida International University
05/18/16	Marine Engine Testing and Emissions Laboratory Strategic Goal: Environmental Sustainability	Dr. Richard Kimball	Maine Maritime Academy
04/20/16	How Intelligent Vehicle Will Deal with All Those Human Drivers	Dr. Umit Ozguner, Professor Emeritus	The Ohio State University
03/16/16	(CANCELED): Transportation Modeling in the Era of Big Data, Sharing Economy and Smart Cities	Dr. Lei Zhang, Director of the National Transportation Center	University of Maryland
09/16/15	Reducing Driver Distraction for Young Connected Drivers with Voice Enabled Technologies	Dr. Juan E. Gilbert	University of Florida
08/19/15	Transit Value Capture Coordination - Best Practices and Recommendations	Stephen E. Schlickman	University of Illinois at Chicago
07/15/15	PV, EV, and Your Home	Dr. James M. Fenton	University of Central Florida, Electric Vehicle Transportation Center
06/17/15	Emergency Evacuation and Response	John L. Renne, Ph.D	University New Orleans
04/15/15	Are Adaptive Signal Control Systems a Solution to Urban Congestion?	Dr. Zong Tian	University of Nevada Reno
03/18/15	Connected Motorcycle Research at VTTI and the Virginia Connected Corridors	Dr. Zachary Doerzaph	Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
02/18/15	Enabling Better Mobility Through Innovations For Mobile Devices	Dr. Sean J. Barbeau	University of South Florida
11/19/14	Characterization Of Unpaved Road Conditions Through The Use Of Remote Sensing	Colin Brooks	Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University
09/17/14	Transportation Sustainability - What Can Intelligent Transportation Systems Offer?	Hesham Rakha, Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering	Charles E. Via, Jr. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
08/20/14	The Impact on Mode Choice of Activities Conducted while Commuting: Testing Transit-Advantage and Autonomous-Vehicle Scenarios	Patricia Mokhtarian, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Georgia Institute of Technology
07/16/14	Unmanned Aerial Systems for Disaster Response and Recovery	Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne	Spatial Analysis Laboratory, University of Vermont
05/21/14	Enhancing Driver Focus - The Challenge of Optimizing the Driver-Vehicle Interface in an Increasingly Complex and Automation-Rich Operating Environment	Dr. Bryan Reimer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
04/16/14	Putting the Implementation Back in Innovation: Reflections on the Future of Transportation Research and Education	Professor Robert Bettini	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University
03/19/14	Developing Freight Performance Measures and Evaluating Freight Policies via GPS Truck Data	Dan Pallme	Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute, University of Memphis
02/19/14	Big Data to Big Discoveries and Big Decisions: Challenges and Opportunities for Transportation Professionals	Professor Yinhai Wang	Pacific Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), University of Washington
09/18/13	Strategies for Reducing Vehicle-miles Traveled (VMT)	Dr. Susan Handy	Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Director of Education for the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
08/21/13	Autonomous Automobiles - On the Road to Reality	Raj Rajkumar, George Westinghouse Professor	Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
07/17/13	Transportation Technologies in DOE’s Critical Materials Strategy	Diana Bauer, Ph.D, Director of the Office of Economic Analysis	Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy
06/19/13	Expanding Transportation Education Across the Academy and Catalyzing Community Change in the Process: The University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program	Marc Schlossberg, Ph.D.	University of Oregon
02/20/13	"As State DOTs take on more responsibility, how will they pay for future investments?"	John Collura, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering	Director of the University of Massachusetts Transportation Center
11/21/12	The Expanding and Accelerating Universe of Ground Transportation Tech Innovation	Matthew W. Daus, Esq., Distinguished Lecturer	City University of New York
10/17/12	Why Measure Transportation Infrastructure Performance?	Sue McNeil	University of Delaware
09/19/12	Long-Term Bridge Performance Program - An Update	Ali Maher	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
08/15/12	California High-Speed Rail and Why It's Important for the Nation	Rod Didiron	San Jose State University, Minenta Transportation Institute
07/18/12	The Car of the Future: Do Drivers Know How to Adapt to New Technology?	Linda Ng Boyle	University of Washington
03/21/12	Freeway Traffic Management Strategies and Travel Time Reliability (LC)	Lily Elfteriadou	University of Florida
01/18/12	Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies: the Case of California (EC)	Betty Deakin	University of California, Berkeley
12/21/11	Transforming Our Traffic Safety Culture - A necessary condition for Toward Zero Death	Nicholas Ward	Montana State University, Western Transportation Institute
11/16/11	Human-Centered Systems are not Driverless - Augmented Reality Allows Humans "In the Loop" to See and Feel the Road	Max Donath	University of Minnesota
10/19/11	Innovations in Travel Time Reliability Monitoring	George List, PhD, PE	North Carolina State University
09/23/11	From Generation Gap to Mobility Gap: Preparing for New Transportation Policy challenges in an Aging America	Joseph Coughlin	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
08/17/11	Challenge and Opportunities for Transit in Rural America	Linda K. Cherrington	Texas Transportation Institute
07/20/11	Making Data Matter for Transportation Decision Making	Joseph L. Schofer	Northwestern University
05/18/11	State of Good Repair: Can We Really Achieve It In Today's Environment?	Michael Meyer	Georgia Institute of Technology
04/20/11	Managing During Hard Times: Lessons Learned in Transit Efficiencies and Non-Traditional Revenue Generation	Joel Volinski	University of South Florida
03/18/11	Reflections on Transportation Policy and Planning: Looking Back, Looking Forward	Genevieve Giuliano, Ph.D.	University of Southern California
02/16/11	How Will Planet Earth Accommodate A Projected Two Bllion Vehicles – Twice As Many As There Are Today – Within 20 Years?	Daniel Sperling	University of California Davis

Last updated: Thursday, August 16, 2018

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