June 1, 2021
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June 1, 2021

Mobility21 UTC academic partner, The Ohio State University, is forming their inaugural team to compete in the SAE AutoDrive Challenge II this fall, joining nine other universities who are taking on the challenge to develop and demonstrate an autonomous vehicle that can navigate urban driving courses.  Click here to learn more about the competition.

May 12, 2021
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May 12, 2021

Mobility21 academic partner and research professor Keith Redmill at The Ohio State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) was recently awarded the College of Engineering’s Lumley Research Award for his work focusing on intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles and mobile robots, advanced safety and driver assistance systems, and the control, sensing, and communication technologies that make those systems possible.  Read the full article here.

April 23, 2021
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April 23, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Ümit Özgüner.   He discussed his project, “Research on pedestrian vehicle interaction.” Watch his presentation here.

April 8, 2021
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April 8, 2021

Mobility21 UTC academic partner, the Ohio State University, has received $5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to optimize fuel economy in connected and automated vehicles.

This is Ohio State’s second project to be funded through ARPA-E’s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Research will be led by Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research. Learn more…

November 30, 2020
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November 30, 2020

Mobility21 academic partner, the Ohio State University, hosted a workshop today on Pedestrians on the Roadway: Autonomous Vehicles Encountering Pedestrians.  Mobility21 UTC researcher Dr. Umit Ozguner kicked off  the event.  He was followed by presenters sharing their research projects to understand how vehicles and pedestrians interact with each other.  Dr. Ozguner’s UTC research project, “Modeling and Simulating Collective Pedestrian Motion Influenced by Vehicle” was also presented by Dongfang Yang as part of the event.  Watch the presentations here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyqTShehRG5OmKAoRIXEpAQdjsDq9YOHg.

March 5, 2020
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March 4 & 5, 2020

Mobility21 UTC Program Manager Lisa Kay Schweyer met with UTC faculty and students during her semi-annual visit to the Mobility21 academic partner, the Ohio State University.  She visited and received updates from Umit Ozguner (OSU PI), Keith Redmill (researcher), Beth Snoke (Director, Transportation and Traffic Management), David Cooke (Senior Associate Director of the Center for Automotive Research), Danny Freudiger (Ph.D. candidate & outgoing Smart Campus Group Leader, and Anita Nti (student and incoming Smart Campus group leader).

December 4, 2019
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December 4, 2019

An exploratory research program at the Mobility21 UTC academic partner, the Ohio State University, through its Center for Automotive Research  aims to evaluate the feasibility of Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) which would allow electric vehicles to be recharged as fast as conventional vehicles are refueled. XFC promises to accelerate the adoption of battery electric vehicles by designing high-performance, cost-effective, safe and affordable energy-storage systems.  Learn more here.

April 5, 2019
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April 5, 2019

Industry, government and campus partners attended The Ohio State Center for Automotive Research (CAR) semiannual External Advisory Board meeting. The meeting opened with a state of the center presentation by CAR Director, Giorgio Rizzoni who shared research and facility updates with the audience.  In addition, faculty and researchers from across Ohio State presented on their work related to safety and cybersecurity, showing just how far reaching this topic is and the variety of work being done in this space all across campus. Learn more here.

March 13, 2019
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March 13, 2019

During her semi-annual visit to the Mobility21 academic partner the Ohio State University, Mobility21 UTC Program Manager Lisa Kay Schweyer participated in a tour of the Center for Automotive Research’s various electric racing vehicles. In addition she met with UTC faculty and students to learn more about their research activities.

February 1, 2019
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February 1, 2019

Maryn Weimer, director of mobility and senior associate director at The Ohio State Center for Automotive Research has been appointed to the Ohio Governor’s Advisory Committee on Transportation Infrastructure by Governor Mike DeWine.   This new committee will study the current conditions of Ohio’s roadways and recommend options for maintaining and enhancing the state’s transportation infrastructure.  Read more…