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.
April 3, 2023
This month we secured several new projects. We focus on three of them here: (a) a SMART grant in collaboration with the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham; (b) a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)…
November 9, 2022
This week, Alex Hainen, Associate Professor of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, implemented a GRIDSMART GS3 vehicle detection system on campus at the intersection of Peter Bryce Blvd. and Randall Way. This is the first…
August 19, 2022
The portion of faculty members engaged in externally funded research was the most in the history of The University of Alabama during the last academic year.
June 27, 2022
This month we are introducing our full Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Annual Report. Included this month are articles focusing on the ever growing EV opportunities in Alabama, along with what will be expected at the…
June 1, 2022
Our newsletter this month of May is full of achievements. Our faculty, researchers, and students received honors across the gamut for their achievements during the academic year.
March 23, 2022
The Annual Grant Program of the Rebuild Alabama Act (RAA) signed in March 2019 requires ALDOT to allocate at least $10 million annually from the state’s share of gas tax revenue for funding of eligible…
April 25, 2019
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded more than $8 million to ATI to fund the use of technology to improve traffic control systems in Alabama through the Advanced Connected Transportation Infrastructure and Operations Network…
April 16, 2019
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grants valued at $53.2 million to several projects on April 1.
March 31, 2019
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced on March 28 the ALDOT has awarded the University of Alabama with $8 million for a traffic project. The university will be spending $16 million, half of which comes from…