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• New Executive Director to Lead Alabama Transportation Institute

  January 29, 2025 The Alabama Transportation Institute at The University of Alabama will build on its successes in transportation research, policy and economic development with the selection of Dr. Steven Jones as its new executive director.

• ATI Hosts Inaugural Transportation Awareness Day at Hale County College and Career Academy

  April 26, 2024 ATI was thrilled to host the inaugural Transportation Awareness Day at the Hale County College and Career Academy in Greensboro, Alabama.

• Greensboro Middle School competes in the prestigious 2024 Future City Competition

  January 22, 2024 Led by Hope Drummonds-Whiteside, Ph.D., STEM Education Research Specialist at ATI, this is the first-ever STEM team formed at GMS and the first team from Hale County participating in the national event.

• ATI-Led Electric Vehicle Project Wins Initial National Award

  May 11, 2023 A proposal led by The University of Alabama to strengthen the Deep South’s role in production and support of electric vehicles was selected by the National Science Foundation to be developed further.

• Dr. Allen Parrish will serve as the interim vice president for research and economic development at The University of Alabama

  May 11, 2023 Currently the executive director of the Alabama Transportation Institute, Parrish was appointed by President Stuart R. Bell to oversee the Office of Research and Economic Development effective May 27.

• Driving Innovation

  September 27, 2022 Racing is in Cole Frederick’s blood. The Montevallo native grew up with his dad who did drag racing, and he and his father tinkered and toiled over many cars and trucks during Cole’s younger years.

• Low-Cost Solution for Self-driving Cars to Spot Hacked GPS

  September 27, 2022 A lot of hurdles remain before the emerging technology of self-driving personal and commercial vehicles is common, but transportation researchers at The University of Alabama developed a promising, inexpensive system to overcome one challenge: GPS…

• UA Awarded NSF Grant for HBCU Bridge Program

  August 25, 2022 The University of Alabama has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a bridge program for students from three Historically Black Colleges and Universities interested in opportunities in renewable energy.

• Engineering Professor, Automotive Pioneer Adds New R&D Role

  August 1, 2022 Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, professor in the UA College of Engineering and executive director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, will be the new chief mobility research and development officer for the Alabama Transportation Institute.

• Alabama Mobility & Power Center Joins 2022 Diverse Automotive & Mobility Summit July 26 in Birmingham

  July 20, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 20, 2022Contact: Mani Hairstonmhairston@srmsdc.orgBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The newly created Alabama Mobility & Power Center at the Alabama Transportation Institute at the University of Alabama will join the Southern Region Minority Supplier Development…