What happens when two passions collide in a single graduate student? Well, in this case the result is an Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship awarded to the dynamic Hailey Richardson, a doctoral student in the UA Department of Geography. Hailey combined her childhood passion for maps – including hand drawing maps – with her family heritage of…
November has been a rewarding month for ATI, as we gain new projects and continue work in those ongoing. We’re proud to share that DRIVE-SMART, a newly funded project will lay the groundwork to develop an integrated transportation network connecting rural residents to the city of Tuscaloosa and assess technology needs for the new transportation…
If you’re a creative high school, community or technical college, or university student in Alabama, Mississippi, or Georgia, you’re invited to participate in the MAGNET logo design contest.
The Alabama Transportation Institute and The Center for Advanced Public Safety coordinated and hosted the Southeast CMV Safety Research Summit August 28-29, 2024.
This month, we’re excited to announce that ATI has received new grant awards! First, ATI will be examining tow truck operator safety, thanks to a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The grant totals almost $2 million and researchers are ready to get started. The…
We had several major events over the last month that we will recap in the newsletter this month. ATI was proud to participate in the inaugural USDOT Future of Transportation Summit in Washington D.C. on August 13 -15. As a member of the TraCR UTC focused on Cybersecurity, ATI conducted an outdoor live demo and…
ATI is proud to have participated in the inaugural 2024 Future of Transportation Summit in Washington, DC on August 13 – 15, 2024.
The University is a natural fit for the TRIP Lab and human-centered driving research in part because of the opportunities for collaboration offered by the Alabama Transportation Institute and other transportation-centered research on campus.
As we embark on a new semester, there is already a lot of activity. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Research Summit is August 28-29 right here on campus at the BCC. Just a week later on September 5, the TRIP Lab is having a grand opening of their driving simulator facility. This state of the…
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Air University K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Outreach Program has made another investment in Alabama with a second Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Lab at Greensboro Middle School, August 27, 2024. The AR/VR Lab, featuring ten advanced workstations, will immerse over 200 students in grades six through eight, in virtual…
