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CCAT Director’s Research Published in Nature Communications
CCAT Director’s Research Published In Nature Communications In 2015, Elon Musk guessed that the industry should expect fully autonomous vehicles by 2018—that never happened. In 2014, Nissan promised multiple, commercially-viable driverless vehicles on the market by 2020. While the COVID-19 pandemic did not help the situation, this is another unmet promise. Why do auto manufacturers…
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CCAT Managing Director visits the University of Akron to present on CAV Technology
CCAT Managing Director visits the University of Akron to present on CAV Technology CCAT Managing Director, Debby Bezzina, visited the University of Akron…
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CCAT Associate Director joins USDOT-funded Build America Center
CCAT Associate Director joins USDOT-funded Build America Center Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a $5 million award to the University of…
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CCAT Director Joins PAVEcast to Discuss AVs
CCAT Director Joins PAVEcast to Discuss AVs CCAT Director, Dr. Henry Liu, was recently a guest on the PAVEcast, a show all about…
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Dr. Miralinaghi Receives Certificate of Appreciation at 2022 TRB Annual Meeting
Dr. Miralinaghi Receives Certificate of Appreciation at 2022 TRB Annual Meeting Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Principal Investigator, Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi, has…
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CCAT Research on Traveler Intention to Ride in Autonomous Vehicles Published in ‘Transportation’
CCAT Research on Traveler Intention to Ride in Autonomous Vehicles Published in ‘Transportation’ Research from CCAT consortium member, Purdue University, has been published…
Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award
Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award Neda Masoud, CCAT PI and Assistant Professor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering…
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Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022
Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022 Every year, each USDOT-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) selects a Student…
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CCAT Announces Joint Funding Opportunity with Mcity, Deadline Moves to January 17th
CCAT Announces Joint Funding Opportunity with Mcity, Deadline Moves to January 17th The deadline for the 2022 funding opportunity from the Center for…
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WCC Student Panelist at National Intelligent Transportation Systems Webinar
WCC Student Panelist at National Intelligent Transportation Systems Webinar Washtenaw Community College student Trevor Clayton was selected as a panelist for the National…
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CCAT Director Named Director of Mcity
CCAT Director Named Director of Mcity Henry Liu, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) and the Michigan Traffic…
CCAT Director Receives ITS Outstanding Paper Award from INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society
CCAT Director Receives ITS Outstanding Paper Award from INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society On October 18th, the Transportation Science & Logistics (TSL)…
CCAT Principal Investigator Appointed Interim Chair of U-M CEE Department
CCAT Principal Investigator Appointed Interim Chair of U-M CEE Department Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. has been appointed to be the interim chair at the…
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Faculty Position in Mobility and Transportation Systems Opening at U-M
Faculty Position in Mobility and Transportation Systems Opening at U-M The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Michigan…
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CCAT Announces 2022 Funding Opportunity
CCAT Announces 2022 Funding Opportunity The Center for Connected and Automated Transportation has announced its 2022 funding opportunity, with $1,000,000 allocated. The USDOT…
SAFE TEST Implemented at the American Center for Mobility (ACM)
SAFE TEST Implemented at the American Center for Mobility (ACM) The road to autonomous vehicle (AV) deployment just got much shorter. Over the…
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CCAT Research Published in Journal of Transportation & Health
CCAT Research Published in Journal of Transportation & Health The deployment of automated vehicles (AVs) may have a profound impact on mobility and…
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WCC adds Ford Mustang Mach-E to prepare next-generation workforce
WCC adds Ford Mustang Mach-E to prepare next-generation workforce Washtenaw Community College (WCC) continues to be a leader in training the future transportation…
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Kumares Sinha Selected as Editor’s Choice by ASCE Journal
Kumares Sinha Selected as Editor’s Choice by ASCE Journal CCAT Researcher, Dr. Kumares Sinha, was recently selected as the Editor’s Choice by the…
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Mohammad Miralinaghi and Srinivas Peeta Awarded with ASCE Karlaftis Best Paper Award
Mohammad Miralinaghi and Srinivas Peeta Awarded with ASCE Karlaftis Best Paper Award Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi, a post-doctoral researcher at Purdue University and a…
Bortiorkor Alabi Receives 2021 Edward J. Cox Memorial Transportation Scholarship Award
The annual award aims to encourage students to consider transportation engineering and planning in their studies and career aspirations.
Ghahari Receives 2021 Purdue Civil Engineering Award
Ghahari Receives 2021 Purdue Civil Engineering Award Ali Ghahari, a CCAT Ph.D. student, has received the Spring 2021 Graduate Student Engagement Award from…
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Abdullah Nafakh Receives Purdue Professional Development Scholarship
Abdullah Nafakh Receives Purdue Professional Development Scholarship Abdullah J. Nafakh, a CCAT Ph.D. student, was part of a 3-person team that received a…
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CCAT Students Runner-Up in Climate Change Competition
CCAT Students Runner-Up in Climate Change Competition Two students under the CCAT grant, Abdullah Nafakh and Isaiah Mwamba, were recently awarded runner-up in…
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CCAT Sponsored Research Paper Selected as Editor’s Choice by ASCE Journal
CCAT Sponsored Research Paper Selected as Editor’s Choice by ASCE Journal Highway agencies continue to seek knowledge of the changes in infrastructure design…
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CCAT Director Guest on No U-Turn Podcast
CCAT Director Guest on No U-Turn Podcast CCAT Director, Dr. Henry Liu, was recently a guest on the No U-Turn Podcast, a show…
CCAT Director Participates in Talking Traffic Webinar
CCAT Director Participates in Talking Traffic Webinar Dr. Henry Liu was recently invited to participate in a webinar on Smart Infrastructure, organized by…
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CCAT in the News: Advanced Transportation Center in The Detroit News
CCAT in the News: Advanced Transportation Center in The Detroit News The Detroit News has covered the Advanced Transportation Center and the how…
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CCAT Partners with U-M, Cavnue, and more on ‘Road of the Future’
CCAT Partners with U-M, Cavnue, and more on ‘Road of the Future’ Announced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer this afternoon, The Center for Connected…
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University of Michigan Wins Transportation Technology Tournament
University of Michigan Wins Transportation Technology Tournament Under the guidance of CCAT PI, Neda Masoud, students at the University of Michigan won the Transportation…
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CCAT Managing Director on IEEE Spectrum
Debby Bezzina discussed the importance on connected vehicles
20/20 Global Symposium Delivers CAV Conversation to Over 600
20/20 Global Symposium Delivers CAV Conversation to Over 600 The Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) at the University of Michigan just…
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CCAT Researcher to Moderate Session at IEEE ITSC 2020
CCAT Researcher to Moderate Session at IEEE ITSC 2020 CCAT Researcher, Nadia Gkritza, will be moderating a session at the Institute of Electrical and…
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CCAT Director Presents at PACTrans
CCAT Director Presents at PACTrans CCAT Director Henry Liu spoke at the PacTrans University Transportation Center at the University of Washington. The title of his…
CCAT Student Bortiorkor Alabi to Receive WTS Chapter Scholarship
CCAT Student Bortiorkor Alabi to Receive WTS Chapter Scholarship CCAT student, Bortiorkor Alabi, has been selected to receive the WTS Chapter Helene M. Overly…
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CCAT Researcher Recipient of the 2019 Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award
CCAT Researcher Recipient of the 2019 Milton Pikarsky Memorial Award CCAT former student and current researcher, Dr. Sikai Chen, has been selected as the…
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CCAT Student has been awarded Civil Engineering Best Dissertation Award
CCAT Student has been awarded Civil Engineering Best Dissertation Award Our CCAT student Sikai “Sky” Chen has been awarded the Spring/Summer 2019 Civil…
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Augmented Reality Project in IEEE Spectrum
Augmented Reality Project in IEEE Spectrum As discussions around fully autonomous vehicles have become the norm in households, concerns regarding their integration on…
John Chung Selected as CCAT Student of the Year
Student is recognized for work in Computer Science and Engineering for 2020
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WCC to Host Self Driving Symposium November 2, 2019
Speakers feature CAR Group’s Carla Bailo and UMTRI’s Mary-Lynn Buonarosa
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Debby Bezzina leads Smart Cities Panel at ITS Michigan Annual Meeting
Debby Bezzina leads Smart Cities Panel at ITS Michigan Annual Meeting CCAT Managing Director Debby Bezzina moderating a panel on Smart City Deployments…
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CCAT Director Speaks at NGTS Seminar
Dr. Henry Liu focuses on DiDi, the Chinese ridesharing company
Roads Australia Delegation Visits U-M
The foreign delegation came to learn more about UMTRI/CCAT capabilities
CCAT Featured in MICHAUTO 2019 Automobility Report
CCAT Featured in MICHAUTO 2019 Automobility Report The Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment (AACVTE), American Center for Mobility (ACM), Advanced Transportation Center (ATC), Mcity, and UMTRI have all been featured…
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CCAT Director Testifies Before Congress
Dr. Liu illustrated the importance of the Fast Act program which funds UTCs
CCAT is Named UTC for Focused Research on Connected and Automated Vehicles
CCAT is Named UTC for Focused Research on Connected and Automated Vehicles In their 2018 annual report to Congress, University Transportation Centers Program…
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Automotive News Magazine Recognizes Washtenaw Community College
CCAT member prepares students to enter the mobility sector
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CCAT Principal Investigator Speaks with Michigan Radio
Cynthia Canty interviewed the researcher on CCAT research
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Mobility21 Discusses Increased Speed of Deployment of Driverless Cars with ‘Air traffic control’
Mobility21 Discusses Increased Speed of Deployment of Driverless Cars with ‘Air traffic control’ Mobility21 featured the CCAT research project Machine Learning, Human Factors and…
CCAT Establishes the Technology Advisory Board
The group of experts have selected research to be funded in 2019
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MLive on ‘Air traffic control’ for Autonomous Vehicles
CCAT Researcher Robert Hampshire discussed the project
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CCAT PI Discusses Research with TechXplore
CCAT PI Discusses Research with TechXplore CCAT researcher Robert Hampshire spoke with TechXplore about the project Machine Learning, Human Factors and Security Analysis for the Remote…
Michigan News Interviews Robert Hampshire
How CCAT project could speed up deployment of driverless vehicles
CCAT in the News: Dr. Rose Bellanca Featured in Crain’s Detroit Business
The WCC President discusses her beginnings and more
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CCAT in the News: Advanced Transportation Center
Washtenaw Community College photoshoot highlights automotive curriculum
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UMTRI to Expand the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment
By fall 2018, 3,000 connected vehicles are expected to deploy
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Illinois Center for Transportation Participates in Global Symposium
Consortium member participates in CAV event
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WCC Joins Academic Consortium at American Center for Mobility
WCC Joins Academic Consortium at American Center for Mobility Washtenaw Community College has joined the American Center for Mobility (ACM) Academic Consortium alongside…
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Mcity Named as Hub for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Michigan Test Facility Featured in New York Times article
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Debbie Dingell Announces Grant to Create CCAT
The U.S. Congresswoman made an announcement today regarding the newly formed University Transportation Center
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