Faster commutes in Oakland County—rollout underway for U-M-designed traffic flow system

Birmingham movie theater at night

Faster commutes in Oakland County—rollout underway for U-M-designed traffic flow system

Harnessing vehicle GPS data, the system offers a cost-efficient alternative to conventional timed signals

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.
Signalized Intersection in Birmginham, MI, a city in Oakland County.
Photo by: Jeremy Little/Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing

ANN ARBOR—A new traffic signal timing system that uses vehicle GPS data

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Registration reopens for connected and automated certificate program

Attendees at the 2025 CCAT Student Poster Competition

Registration reopens for connected and automated certificate program

Attendees at the 2025 CCAT Student Poster Competition
Students present their posters during the 2025 CCAT Global Symposium on Mobility Innovation

Registration for the second cohort of students is open through June 30th, 2025.

Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies are among the most critical and exciting areas of research in all of engineering today,

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Motion sickness technology could alleviate symptoms for passengers in today’s cars, and tomorrow’s

Daniel and Nishant stand inside the motion sickness mitigation research van

Motion sickness technology could alleviate symptoms for passengers in today’s cars, and tomorrow’s

New technology offers hope for those who get carsick.

Daniel and Nishant stand inside the motion sickness mitigation research van
Daniel Sousa Schulman, a U-M PhD student in mechanical engineering, sits in the PREACT chair, next to recent U-M PhD graduate and former Precision Systems Design Lab member Nishant Jalgaonkar.
Photo by: Brenda
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Free certificate in connected/automated transportation aims to bring more engineers into the field

Xintao Yan inside test vehicle

Free certificate in connected/automated transportation aims to bring more engineers into the field

Xintao Yan inside test vehicle
Dr. Xintao Yan and Haojie Zhu sit inside a research vehicle
Photo: Brenda Ahearn, Michigan Engineering

Courses offered to engineering students at CCAT partner universities in the Midwest.

Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies are among the most critical and exciting areas

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CCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Receives INFORMS TSL Best Dissertation Award

Photo of Dr. Xingmin Wang at the INFORMS TSL Business Meeting

CCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Receives INFORMS TSL Best Dissertation Award

Photo of Dr. Xingmin Wang at the INFORMS TSL Business Meeting
Dr. Xingmin Wang at the INFORMS TSL Business Meeting
Photo credit: Peisen Li

The Postdoctoral researcher working out of Dr. Henry Liu’s Michigan Traffic Lab received the prestigious award at the 2024 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual Meeting

Xingmin Wang, a Postdoctoral

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Washtenaw Community College Hosts U-M William Davidson Institute

Group from WCC and WDI at the College

Washtenaw Community College Hosts U-M William Davidson Institute

Group from WCC and WDI at the College
Group from Washtenaw Community College and U-M William Davidson Institute
Photo credit: Washtenaw Community College

Meeting could lead to partnerships aimed at training future electric vehicle workforce.

On October 7th, Diána Paez, Senior Director of Energy & Mobility at the William Davidson Institute (and CCAT Global Symposium

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Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.

Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles

Communities could reduce costs and cut vehicle emissions—all in the name of shortening your trip

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.
Traffic drives through one of the 34 intersections that was part of the connected vehicle data study in Birmingham, MI on Friday, December 8th, 2023.
Photo by: Jeremy Little/Michigan Engineering,
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