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
Photo: Nickolas Giese, CCAT

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

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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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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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Free certificate in connected/automated transportation aims to bring more engineers into the field

Xintao Yan inside test vehicle

Free certificate in connected/automated transportation aims to bring more engineers into the field

Xintao Yan inside test vehicle
Dr. Xintao Yan and Haojie Zhu sit inside a research vehicle
Photo: Brenda Ahearn, Michigan Engineering

Courses offered to engineering students at CCAT partner universities in the Midwest.

Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies are among the most critical and exciting areas

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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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Washtenaw Community College Hosts U-M William Davidson Institute

Group from WCC and WDI at the College

Washtenaw Community College Hosts U-M William Davidson Institute

Group from WCC and WDI at the College
Group from Washtenaw Community College and U-M William Davidson Institute
Photo credit: Washtenaw Community College

Meeting could lead to partnerships aimed at training future electric vehicle workforce.

On October 7th, Diána Paez, Senior Director of Energy & Mobility at the William Davidson Institute (and CCAT Global Symposium

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NGTS 4th Annual Conference Held at Purdue University

Attendees at the 2024 NGTS Conference

NGTS 4th Annual Conference Held at Purdue University

Attendees at the 2024 NGTS Conference
Attendees of the 4th Annual Next-Generation Transport Systems Conference
Photo credit: Purdue University Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering

Conference returned to West Lafayette in a hybrid format with 16 universities participating.

Purdue University hosted the 4th Annual Conference on Next Generation Transportation Systems (NGTS-4) on

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