Alison Conway is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the City College of New York and the Associate Director for New Initiatives at UTRC. Previous to this position, she was a graduate research assistant at the University of Texas at Austin. At CCNY, Dr.
On September 19, 2012, the three NYMTC/UTRC September 11th Memorial Program Academic Initiative participants from this past year discussed their research in fi nal presentations at a NYMTC Brown Bag lunch program. The three speakers were former UTRC students Cyrus Naheedy, Shuai Ren, and Maxwell Sokol.
Four students have recently been selected to be 2012-13 participants in the NYMTC/UTRC September 11th Memorial Program Academic Initiative, a program which began in 2005 to honor three NYMTC staff members who died in the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001: Ignatious Adanga, Charles Lesperance and See Wong Shum.
Dr. William Lam, a Chair Professor of Civil and Transportation Engineering and Associate Head of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, delivered a presentation on the Hong Kong ITS Systems at the NYU on August 6th, 2012. Dr. Lam pointed out that various data collection methods and advanced techniques have been developed in the past decade for estimation of real-time traffic information in freeway and/or expressway corridors.
UTRC and the NYC Department of City Planning are co-ordinating with NYMTC staff to hold the open-houses to continue the public involvement process for the development of the 2040 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). These open-houses will be held in each of the counties and boroughs in the NYMTC region. The information gathered at these open-houses will be used in conjunction with feedback received from the other outreach eff orts to help shape the 2040 RTP.
The 14th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase will be held on October 18th, 2012 at the Conference Center at Mercer. The NJDOT showcase is an opportunity for NJDOT customers to experience the broad scope of ongoing research initiatives, technology transfer activities, and academic research being conducted by university research partners and their associates. Research is highlighted in presentations, poster sessions, and displays. Continental breakfast and lunch are included in the program.
University Transportation Research Center will host a Book Talk with Dr. Zimmerman for her new book on “transport, the Environment and Security – Making the Connection”. Rae Zimmerman is a Professor of Planning and Public Administration, Director of the Urban Planning Program and the Director of the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS) at NYU-Wagner. In her presentation, she will provide a brief synopsis of the book.
UTRC proudly announces the 2012 recepients of its distiguished schoarship program series . Advanced Institute of Transportation Education (AITE)’s purpose is to increase the knowledge and capabilities of transportation professional through education in transportation and related fi elds.
UTRC co-sponsors the Livable Cities of the Future/A SYMPOSIUM HONORING THE LEGACY OF GEORGE BUGLIARELLO, on Friday, October 26, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Pfi zer Auditorium, 5 at MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201.
Registration is free.
The 2012 IATR Conference will be held November 14-17, 2012 at Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC. The three days conference will capture government, industry and regulator’s perspective on various transportation issues. The focus areas on each day are:
NEWLY FUNDED PROJECTS AT UTRC
The following table provides a list of the most recent projects awarded by UTRC. The details of these projects will be available on our website soon.