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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World’s first realistic simulated driving environment based on ‘crash-prone’ Michigan intersection

Photograph of the State Street Ellsworth Road Roundabout.

World’s first realistic simulated driving environment based on ‘crash-prone’ Michigan intersection

Real-time data collected at the two-lane roundabout will be used to efficiently test the safety of autonomous vehicles

Photograph of the State Street Ellsworth Road Roundabout.
Photograph of the State Street/Ellsworth Road roundabout which serves as the data collection site for U-M research in Ann Arbor on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
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CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

Photograph of an automated research vehicle moving through the American Center for Mobility Test track.
Test vehicle at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, MI

As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the U.S. Department of Transportation has renewed the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) as the Region 5 University Transportation Center. It is the first time that

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Zachary Jerome Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2023

Zachary Jerome Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2023

Headshot of Zachary Jerome, President of the Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO) for 2022-2023.
Headshot of Zachary Jerome, the 2023 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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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

Photo of Debby Bezzina at a podium at the University of Akron with a projector screen to her left.
CCAT Managing Director, Debby Bezzina, speaks at the University of Akron

CCAT Managing Director, Debby Bezzina, visited the University of Akron on April 19th to present the evolution and importance of connected and automated vehicle technology to the College of Engineering.

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CCAT Associate Director joins USDOT-funded Build America Center

CCAT Associate Director joins USDOT-funded Build America Center

Photo of CCAT Associate Director, Samuel Labi, presenting to the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Dr. Samuel Labi presents research to the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT)

Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a $5 million award to the University of Maryland to create the Build America Center. The Center will offer educational programs, information, and resources for transportation agencies in

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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

Photograph of Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi receiving an award a certificate of appreciation from Dr. Gregory Rowangould at the T-R-B Annual Meeting
Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi receives a certificate of appreciation from Dr. Gregory Rowangould

Center for Connected and Automated Transportation Principal Investigator, Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi, has received a certificate of appreciation from Dr. Gregory Rowangould, the paper review chair of the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas

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