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 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’

Debby Bezzina and Lisa Losada Rojas in front of a poster at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting
CCAT Researcher, Lisa Lorena Losada Rojas, and Managing Director, Debby Bezzina, and the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting

Research from CCAT consortium member, Purdue University, has been published in the Transportation journal. ‘A multi‑group analysis of the behavioral intention to ride in

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Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award

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

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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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 hosted its 3rd annual Global Symposium on Connected and Automated Vehicles. Twenty-nine speakers from across the United States, working in a variety of areas within the mobility and transportation sector, came together

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