Connected and Automated Transportation Certificate Program
The Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), the USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center, is excited to open registration for the Connected and Automated Transportation (CAT) certificate program. The CAT certificate program was built in response to the educational gaps found in transportation engineering by Neda Masoud, CCAT Associate Director of Education and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. In 2022, Professor Masoud held a workshop with experts in connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) to discuss how these gaps could be filled and to develop a white paper.
The certificate program consists of five, 20-hour modules that explore different facets of CAV technologies and are led by faculty from the University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Registration is free and open to all senior-level undergraduate and graduate engineering students who are currently enrolled at one of the CCAT consortium schools including:
- The University of Akron
- Central State University
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities
- Northwestern University
- Purdue University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
The program will begin Monday, January 6th, 2025 and students will have until the end of the Fall 2025 semester to complete at least four of the five modules. Coursework includes videos, discussion boards, and quizzes and faculty have set aside online office hours to engage with participating students. The next round of registration will open in May 2025.
Meet the Instructors
Name: Xiaopeng Li
Role: Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Course Title: Fundamentals for Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Modeling
Assistant Instructor: Keke Long, Research Assistant in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Name: Z. Morley Mao
Role: Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
Course Title: Cybersecurity for CAVs: Safety and Security Assurance Against Cyber-Physical Attacks
Name: Neda Masoud
Role: Associate Director of Education, Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Course Title: Machine Learning Methods for Connected and Automated Transportation
Name: Gabor Orosz
Role: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Course Title: Dynamics and Control of Connected Vehicles
Name: Tifani Sadek
Role: Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Director of Law and Mobility Program, University of Michigan Law School
Course Title: Automated Vehicles and the Law
Name: Andre Weimerskirch
Role: Chief Operating Officer, Block Harbor Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Working Group Co-Lead, Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)
Course Title: Cybersecurity for CAVs: Safety and Security Assurance Against Cyber-Physical Attacks