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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CCAT Organizes and Participates in Inaugural USDOT Future of Transportation Summit

Organizers of the USDOT Future of Transportation Summit stand on stage

CCAT Organizes and Participates in Inaugural USDOT Future of Transportation Summit

Organizers of the USDOT Future of Transportation Summit stand on stage
Organizers of the USDOT Future of Transportation Summit including Dr. Henry Liu and Debby Bezzina
Photo credit: U.S. Department of Transportation

The inaugural event was organized by the five national University Transportation Centers as well as the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

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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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CCAT Calls for Proposals for Certificate Program

Aerial Photo of U-M's North Campus

CCAT Calls for Proposals for Certificate Program

Proposals should come from qualified instructors within the CCAT consortium and are due May 15th, 2024

Aerial Photo of U-M's North Campus
The summer sun rises on North Campus of the University of Michigan just weeks before fall classes begin.
Photo by: Levi Hutmacher/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

The Center for Connected and Automated

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Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.

Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles

Communities could reduce costs and cut vehicle emissions—all in the name of shortening your trip

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.
Traffic drives through one of the 34 intersections that was part of the connected vehicle data study in Birmingham, MI on Friday, December 8th, 2023.
Photo by: Jeremy Little/Michigan Engineering,
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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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