CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

Autonomous Vehicle Driving at the American Center for Mobility

CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

Autonomous Vehicle Driving at the American Center for Mobility
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

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

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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Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award

Photo of NEda Masoud in a striped shirt

Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award

Photo of NEda Masoud in a striped shirt
Neda Masoud, Ph.D., Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Principal Investigator at the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

Neda Masoud, CCAT PI and Assistant Professor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan has received the CUTC –

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Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022

Headshot of Alexander Sundt

Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022

Headshot of Alexander Sundt
Alexander Sundt, the 2022 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 (CUTC) banquet

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CCAT Director Receives ITS Outstanding Paper Award from INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society

Screenshot from the INFORMS Meeting Zoom call

CCAT Director Receives ITS Outstanding Paper Award from INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society

Screenshot from the INFORMS Meeting Zoom call
Screenshot of the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society meeting Zoom call

On October 18th, the Transportation Science & Logistics (TSL) society business meeting took place in a virtual setting. The group received a record number of best paper submissions from

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CCAT Principal Investigator Appointed Interim Chair of U-M CEE Department

Photograph of Professor Yafeng Yin.

CCAT Principal Investigator Appointed Interim Chair of U-M CEE Department

Dr. Yafeng Yin, Department Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan
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Yafeng Yin, Ph.D. has been appointed to be the interim chair at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the

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CCAT Director’s Research Published in Nature Communications

Photo of Henry Liu in the Michigan Traffic Lab

CCAT Director’s Research Published In Nature Communications

Photo of Henry Liu in the Michigan Traffic Lab

Why do auto manufacturers have to keep moving the goalposts on driverless vehicles? According to a research paper recently published in Nature Communications by Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) Director and Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Henry Liu, one of

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