Sharika Hegde Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2025

Photo of Henry Liu and Sharika Hegde at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) 2025 Winter Banquet

Sharika Hegde Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2025

Photo of Henry Liu and Sharika Hegde at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) 2025 Winter Banquet
Sharika Hegde and Henry Liu at the 2025 Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Winter Banquet in Washington, D.C.

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 Student Researcher Receives Purdue University Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award

Mohammadhosein Pourgholamali holds an award in their hands

CCAT Student Researcher Receives Purdue University Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award

Photo of Mohammadhosein Pourgholamali
Headshot of Mohammadhosein Pourgholamali
Photo credit: Purdue University Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering

Award is named after an international icon of pavement research.

CCAT student researcher Mohammadhosein Pourgholamali has received the 2024 Eldon Yoder departmental award of the Lyles School of Civil

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CCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Receives INFORMS TSL Best Dissertation Award

Photo of Dr. Xingmin Wang at the INFORMS TSL Business Meeting

CCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Receives INFORMS TSL Best Dissertation Award

Photo of Dr. Xingmin Wang at the INFORMS TSL Business Meeting
Dr. Xingmin Wang at the INFORMS TSL Business Meeting
Photo credit: Peisen Li

The Postdoctoral researcher working out of Dr. Henry Liu’s Michigan Traffic Lab received the prestigious award at the 2024 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual Meeting

Xingmin Wang, a Postdoctoral

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Former MiTSO President Receives Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award

Zachary Jerome with ITE Award in hands

Former MiTSO President Receives Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award

Zachary Jerome with ITE Award in hands
Zachary Jerome with Steve Kuciemba at the Institute of Transportation Engineers Annual Meeting
Photo credit: Institute of Transportation Engineers

The Ph.D. candidate advised by Dr. Henry Liu received the internationally recognized award at the 2024 ITE Annual Meeting & Exhibition

Zachary Jerome, a Ph.D. candidate

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Claudia Marovic Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2024

Headshot of Claudia Marovic standing in front of a white wall.

Claudia Marovic Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2024

Headshot of Claudia Marovic standing in front of a white wall.
Headshot of Claudia Marovic, the 2024 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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Student Chapters from University of Michigan and Purdue University Awarded at ITE Annual Meeting

MiTSO Team at the 2023 Great Lakes District Annual Meeting.

Student Chapters from University of Michigan and Purdue University Awarded at ITE Annual Meeting

The clubs will move on to compete at the international level in Portland, OR this August

MiTSO Team at the 2023 Great Lakes District Annual Meeting.
L to R: Kristen Kwan, Youwen Duan, Jacqueline Buford, Zachary Jerome, Lily Craighead, and Jisoon Lim at the 2023 Great Lakes District Annual Meeting in
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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.

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

Headshot of Alexander Sundt

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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Mohammad Miralinaghi and Srinivas Peeta Awarded with ASCE Karlaftis Best Paper Award

Headshot of Mohammad Miralinaghi

Mohammad Miralinaghi and Srinivas Peeta Awarded with ASCE Karlaftis Best Paper Award


Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi, a post-doctoral researcher at Purdue University and a researcher for CCAT, has been recognized with the 2020 Matthew G. Karlaftis Best Paper Award.

The award is given annually to the best paper that appears in the ASCE’s Journal of

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