Research

UTRC Research Initiative

The UTRC Research Initiative is a competitive matching grant program for faculty-initiated research projects. Each spring, UTRC issues a Request for Proposals for projects to be funded in the following academic year. Proposals are evaluated by faculty at other University Transportation Centers outside Region II, as well as by UTRC's partner agencies within the region, and awarded on a competitive basis.

The objectives of the UTRC Research Initiative are to:

Promote excellent and innovative research projects on transportation problems relevant to U.S. DOT’s Region II.
Encourage multi-disciplinary and multi-university approaches to research on these problems.
Provide practical and workable contributions and solutions to the region’s transportation community.
Further the education of transportation students by involving them in scholarly research.
Encourage junior faculty in the UTRC consortium to compete for research funds.

Application Information

Request for Proposals for the 2009-10 Academic Year will be available soon.

Previous Grants

A list of past grants made under this program appears below.

Year	Grant Recipient	Project Title
2008	Dr. Catherine T. Lawson Dr. Cynthia Chen Dr. Hongmian Gong	Advanced Applications of Person-based GPS in an Urban Environment
2008	Dr. Zhang Guo Dr. Allison L. C. de Cerreño	Mode Shift in Transit Under-served Neighborhoods in New York
2008	Dr. John Pucher	Analysis of Bicycling Trends and Policies in Large American Cities: Lessons for New York
2008	Dr. Huaizhu (Oliver) Gao	The diesel retrofit puzzle extended: optimal fleet owner behavior over multiple time periods
2008	Dr. Mariana Figueiro	Light isn’t just for vision anymore: implications for transportation safety (Part 2)
2007	Dr. Ke Max Zhang Dr. Huaizhu (Oliver) Gao	Hot-Spot Analysis of Fine Particles for Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of Transportation Emissions in South Bronx
2007	Dr. M. Ala Saadeghvaziri	Controlled Composite Action Connectors: Proof of Concept
2007	Dr. Cynthia Chen Dr. Hongmian Gong	Development of a State of the Art Residential Relocation Model
2006	Dr. Satish V. Ukkusuri Dr. Didier M. Valdés-Díaz	Decision Support Tool to Assess Importance of Transportation Facilities
2006	Dr. Anil Agrawal	High-Precision Analysis of Blast Events on Highway Bridges
2006	Dr. Michael L. Lahr Martin E. Robins	Effects of Technological Change in the Aviation Industry on Spatial Development Patterns
2006	Dr. George C. Lee Dr. Ernest Sternberg	The Transportation Healthcare Connection During Disaster: Toward Improved Mitigation and Preparedness
2006	Dr. Yusuf Mehta Dr. Claude Villiers Dr. Neville A. Parker	Identification of Source of Rutting in a Flexible Pavement System
2005	Dr. Soulaymane Kachani Dr. Georgia Perakis	Collaborative Exploratory Research on the Anticipatory Route Guidance Problem
2005	Dr. Kaan Ozbay Martin E. Robins Dr. Nancy H. Mantell Pippa Woods	Freight Movement as an Economic Indicator for the New Jersey/New York Bi-State Area
2005	Dr. Cynthia Chen Dr. Hongmian Gong	Public Transit in New York City: Keeping Up with the Trend
2005	Dr. Sophia Hassiotis	Deformation of Cohesionless Fill due to Cyclic Loading
2005	Dr. Maria Boilé Dr. Sotiris Theofanis Dr. Kyriacos Mouskos Dr. Mohsen A. Jafari	Feasibility of Establishing a Virtual Container Yard to Optimize Empty Container Management

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