Senator Gary Peters Calls for Bipartisan Action on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)

Henry Liu on stage at the 2025 UMTRI Symposium

Senator Gary Peters Calls for Bipartisan Action on Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)

Henry Liu on stage at the 2025 UMTRI Symposium
Henry Liu at the podium during the 2025 UMTRI Symposium
Photo credit: Calvin Tuttle/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, UMTRI

Gary Peters, Senior Senator from Michigan, has urged that the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill include a bipartisan framework for autonomous vehicles (AVs).

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CCAT Receives the 2026 Technology Transfer Leadership Award

Henry Liu and Debby Bezzina holding the 2026 CUTC Technology Transfer Leadership Award

CCAT Receives the 2026 Technology Transfer Leadership Award

Henry Liu and Debby Bezzina holding the 2026 CUTC Technology Transfer Leadership Award
Henry Liu and Debby Bezzina holding the Technology Transfer Leadership Award during the 2026 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Photo credit: Calvin Tuttle/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, UMTRI

Dr. Henry Liu, Director of the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), has accepted the Technology Transfer

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Zachary Jerome Honored with Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award for 2026

Slide featuring Dr. Zachary Jerome's headshot during the CUTC Awards Banquet

Zachary Jerome Honored with Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award for 2026

Zachary Jerome with Henry Liu at the CUTC Winter Banquet
Dr. Zachary Jerome with Dr. Henry Liu during the CUTC Award Banquet during the 2026 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Photo credit: Calvin Tuttle/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, UMTRI

Dr. Zachary Jerome, a former student and researcher affiliated with the Center for Connected and

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Richard Ajagu Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2026

Richard Ajagu with Henry Liu at the CUTC Winter Banquet

Richard Ajagu Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2026

Richard Ajagu with Henry Liu at the CUTC Winter Banquet
Richard Ajagu with Dr. Henry Liu during the CUTC Award Banquet during the 2026 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
Photo credit: Calvin Tuttle/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, UMTRI

Every year, each USDOT-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) selects a Student of the Year,

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Roesler, Talebpour develop high-precision, all-weather V2I sensing system

Research vehicles outside of the AV Smart Mobility Lab

Roesler, Talebpour develop high-precision, all-weather V2I sensing system

Adverse weather conditions such as snow, heavy rain and fog impact the performance of sensors that assist vehicles with tasks like staying in lanes, providing warnings and more.

Research vehicles outside of the AV Smart Mobility Lab
Research vehicles outside of the AV Smart Mobility Laboratory
Photo by: Apidej Sakulneya/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

CHAMPAIGN—An Illinois

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Faster commutes in Oakland County—rollout underway for U-M-designed traffic flow system

Birmingham movie theater at night

Faster commutes in Oakland County—rollout underway for U-M-designed traffic flow system

Harnessing vehicle GPS data, the system offers a cost-efficient alternative to conventional timed signals

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.
Signalized Intersection in Birmginham, MI, a city in Oakland County.
Photo by: Jeremy Little/Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing

ANN ARBOR—A new traffic signal timing system that uses vehicle GPS data

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Registration reopens for connected and automated certificate program

Attendees at the 2025 CCAT Student Poster Competition

Registration reopens for connected and automated certificate program

Attendees at the 2025 CCAT Student Poster Competition
Students present their posters during the 2025 CCAT Global Symposium on Mobility Innovation

Registration for the second cohort of students is open through June 30th, 2025.

Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies are among the most critical and exciting areas of research in all of engineering today,

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Motion sickness technology could alleviate symptoms for passengers in today’s cars, and tomorrow’s

Daniel and Nishant stand inside the motion sickness mitigation research van

Motion sickness technology could alleviate symptoms for passengers in today’s cars, and tomorrow’s

New technology offers hope for those who get carsick.

Daniel and Nishant stand inside the motion sickness mitigation research van
Daniel Sousa Schulman, a U-M PhD student in mechanical engineering, sits in the PREACT chair, next to recent U-M PhD graduate and former Precision Systems Design Lab member Nishant Jalgaonkar.
Photo by: Brenda
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Ouyang, Talebpour optimize next- generation transportation systems

Photo of Alireza Talebpour presenting during the CCAT Research Review

Ouyang, Talebpour optimize next- generation transportation systems

Photo of Alireza Talebpour presenting during the CCAT Research Review
Alireza Talebpour presents during the CCAT Research Review at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
Photo credit: Calvin Tuttle/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, UMTRI

Next-generation technologies, such as electric, connected and autonomous vehicles, will improve the safety and efficiency of our transportation network. Two Illinois

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Al-Qadi, Roesler prep infrastructure for emerging technologies

Dr. Henry Liu with Apidej Sakulneya during a visit from USDOT

Al-Qadi, Roesler prep infrastructure for emerging technologies

Dr. Henry Liu with Apidej Sakulneya during a visit from USDOT
Apidej Sakulneya presents to Drs. Firas Ibrahim and Henry Liu during a visit from the U.S. Department of Transportation in October 2023
Photo credit: Calvin Tuttle/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)

Infrastructure is key to effectively rolling out next-generation transportation technologies that could

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