CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

Photograph of an automated research vehicle moving through the American Center for Mobility Test track.
Test vehicle at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, MI

As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the U.S. Department of Transportation has renewed the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) as the Region 5 University Transportation Center. It is the first time that

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Zachary Jerome Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2023

Zachary Jerome Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2023

Headshot of Zachary Jerome, President of the Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO) for 2022-2023.
Headshot of Zachary Jerome, the 2023 Student of the Year from the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

Every year, each USDOT-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) selects a Student of the Year which is awarded at the Council of University Transportation Centers

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CCAT Managing Director visits the University of Akron to present on CAV Technology

CCAT Managing Director visits the University of Akron to present on CAV Technology

Photo of Debby Bezzina at a podium at the University of Akron with a projector screen to her left.
CCAT Managing Director, Debby Bezzina, speaks at the University of Akron

CCAT Managing Director, Debby Bezzina, visited the University of Akron on April 19th to present the evolution and importance of connected and automated vehicle technology to the College of Engineering.

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CCAT Associate Director joins USDOT-funded Build America Center

CCAT Associate Director joins USDOT-funded Build America Center

Photo of CCAT Associate Director, Samuel Labi, presenting to the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Dr. Samuel Labi presents research to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)

Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a $5 million award to the University of Maryland to create the Build America Center. The Center will offer educational programs, information, and resources for transportation agencies in

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Dr. Miralinaghi Receives Certificate of Appreciation at 2022 TRB Annual Meeting

Dr. Miralinaghi Receives Certificate of Appreciation at 2022 TRB Annual Meeting

Photograph of Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi receiving an award a certificate of appreciation from Dr. Gregory Rowangould at the T-R-B Annual Meeting
Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi receives a certificate of appreciation from Dr. Gregory Rowangould

Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Principal Investigator, Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi, has received a certificate of appreciation from Dr. Gregory Rowangould, the paper review chair of the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas

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CCAT Research on Traveler Intention to Ride in Autonomous Vehicles Published in ‘Transportation’

CCAT Research on Traveler Intention to Ride in Autonomous Vehicles Published in ‘Transportation’

Debby Bezzina and Lisa Losada Rojas in front of a poster at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting
CCAT Researcher, Lisa Lorena Losada Rojas, and Managing Director, Debby Bezzina, and the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting

Research from CCAT consortium member, Purdue University, has been published in the Transportation journal. ‘A multi‑group analysis of the behavioral intention to ride in

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Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award

Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award

Photo of NEda Masoud in a striped shirt
Neda Masoud, Ph.D., Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Principal Investigator at the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

Neda Masoud, CCAT PI and Assistant Professor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan has received the CUTC –

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Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022

Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022

Headshot of Alexander Sundt
Alexander Sundt, the 2022 Student of the Year from the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

Every year, each USDOT-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) selects a Student of the Year which is awarded at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) banquet

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WCC Student Panelist at National Intelligent Transportation Systems Webinar

WCC Student Panelist at National Intelligent Transportation Systems Webinar

Trevor Clayton speaking during the Intelligent Transportation Systems webinar
Trevor Clayton, WCC Student, presenting during the National Intelligent Transportation Systems webinar

Washtenaw Community College student Trevor Clayton was selected as a panelist for the National Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) webinar discussion held December 3. Clayton joined peers from four other community colleges throughout the nation

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