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29-09-23
Smart Mobility Connection featuring Swarun Kumar
September 29, 2023 Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Safety21/Mobility21 UTC researcher Swarun Kumar. He discussed his UTC work, “Next Generation Radars: Toward Smart Vehicles That See What the Eye do whatever you want to update
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29-09-23
Traffic21 Executive Director Moves to Federal Service
September 1, 2023 Congratulations to former Traffic21 Executive Director Stan Caldwell, who has transitioned into Director of the U.S. Department of Transportation SMART Grants Program. The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing do whatever you want to update
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22-09-23
Mobility21/Safety21 Researchers Meet with FARIA
September 22, 2023 A delegation of Finnish professionals from the FARIA (Finnish-American Research Innovation Accelerator) network visited Carnegie Mellon and interacted with Mobility21/Safety21 researchers Katherine Flanigan, Corey Harper, Chris Hendrickson, do whatever you want to update
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20-09-23
Governor Shapiro Comes to CMU
September 20, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 Interim Executive Director Karen Lightman was in attendance as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro visited the CMU campus to announce and sign an executive order that engages do whatever you want to update
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20-09-23
Michael Baker International Selected as Program Manager for Pennsylvania Safety Transportation and Research Track
September 20, 2023 Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that the firm has been selected as the program manager for the Pennsylvania do whatever you want to update
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20-09-23
City of Pittsburgh and UTC Researcher Project Presented During CMU Course
September 20, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 UTC researcher Sean Qian’s Smart Loading Zone project was presented by Rylan Siefert of the City of Pittsburgh Department of Mobility & Infrastructure to Professor Raelin do whatever you want to update
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19-09-23
Lunch and Learn Features Michael Madison from University of Pittsburgh
September 19, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21, along with Metro21: Smart Cities Institute and the Remaking Cities Institute at Carnegie Mellon University hosted a lunch and learn featuring Professor Michael Madison, who discussed do whatever you want to update
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13-09-23
Safety21 Partner Launches the Fall 2023 RoboLaunch Outreach Seminar Series
September 13, 2023 Safety21 partner, the CMU Robotics Institute Summer Scholars, launches the fall 2023 RoboLaunch Outreach Seminar Series! The CMU RISS RoboLaunch Initiative invites undergraduate students and the community do whatever you want to update
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13-09-23
Safety21 Attends Appalachian Regional Commission’s Annual Conference in Ashland, KY
September 13, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 Interim Executive Director Karen Lightman joined leaders from across Appalachia in Ashland, KY for the Appalachian Regional Commission’s 2023 Annual Conference, Appalachia Rises: Resilience, Strength and do whatever you want to update
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08-09-23
Gonzaga University Representatives Visit CMU Campus
September 8, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 Interim Executive Director joined members of Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College to host representatives from Gonzaga University, where they learned more about programs offered at CMU do whatever you want to update
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01-09-23
UTC Researcher Named Director of Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at CMU
September 1, 2023 Mobility21/Safety21 UTC researcher Costa Samaras has been named the next director for the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more here.
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30-08-23
US Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Visits Safety21
August 21, 2023 U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg joined researchers from the Mobility21 and Safety21 University Transportation Centers at Mill19 to learn more about the UTC program do whatever you want to update
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28-08-23
Safety21 Congratulates the 2023 Robotics Scholars
August 28, 2023 Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute Summer Scholars (RISS) community of mentors, sponsors, and alumni congratulate the 2023 cohort for their successful completion of the program! Each year, hundreds do whatever you want to update
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22-08-23
TRB Highlights Mobility21 UTC Summit in Newsletter
August 21, 2023 The Transportation Research Board highlighted the Mobility21 Fourth Annual National Mobility Summit held in Washington, DC in March 2023 in a recent newsletter, highlighting Equity in Transportation. Read do whatever you want to update
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21-08-23
Mobility21 and Safety21 UTC Researcher Discusses Alternative Fuels
August 21, 2023 Traffic21 Director and Mobility21/Safety21 UTC researcher Chris Hendrickson was featured in the trade journal Route One, discussing coach and bus alternative fuels with Paul Halford.
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15-08-23
Robotics in Rural Pennsylvania
August 15, 2023 Mobility21 UTC researcher Rachel Burcin curated a day of robotics and AI educator workshops in Venango, PA, as a kickoff for the 2023 educator conversations led by do whatever you want to update
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12-08-23
PennSTART Hosts Inaugural Training
August 12, 2023 PennSTART hosted their inaugural training class for the Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA) Traffic Incident Management Technical Specialist Certification. This is a free 8-hour training course do whatever you want to update
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11-08-23
UTC Researchers Submit Public Comments on EPA Standards
August 11, 2023 Mobility21 UTC researcher Jeremy Michalek submitted public comments on EPA’s proposed light-duty vehicle GHG standards through the Vehicle Electrification Group. Read the comments here.
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11-08-23
Architecture and Design Thesis Explores AVs
August 11, 2023 Mobility21 UTC researcher Stan Caldwell joined a masters thesis review panel for CMU Master of Science in Sustainable Design student Yi Zhao. Zhao’s research applied innovative design do whatever you want to update
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02-08-23
SURCOM Program Director Highlights Mobility21 Research at APTAtech
August 2, 2023 Dr. Jill Hough, Program Director at Small Urban and Rural Center On Mobility (SURCOM) recently shared Mobility21 UTC research from Sarah Fox and Nik Martelaro at APTAtech, do whatever you want to update
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27-07-23
Mobility21 Director Participates in Autonomy Debate
July 27, 2023 Mobility21 Director Raj Rajkumar participated in a debate, “Autonomy: Coasting or Crashing” which sought to answer whether or not AVs will be mainstream in the next 10 do whatever you want to update
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27-07-23
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Graduate Fellowship Awarded to CMU Ph.D. Student
July 27, 2023 Ph.D. candidate Sofia Martinez has been awarded the prestigious Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Graduate Fellowship by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration. Co-advised by Mobility21 do whatever you want to update
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27-07-23
Mobility21 Researchers Investigate Impacts of Online Grocery Delivery on Energy Use
July 27, 2023 Mobility21 UTC and CMU researchers Destenie Nock, Corey Harper, Jeremy Michalek and CMU faculty affiliate Greg Lowry have been investigating the impacts of online grocery delivery on do whatever you want to update
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27-07-23
UTC Program Manager Departs
July 27, 2023 While we are sad to lose Lisa Kay Schweyer as Program Manager at CMU’s Traffic21 Institute and Mobility21 National University Transportation Center (UTC), we are pleased that do whatever you want to update
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26-07-23
PennDOT Secretary and FHWA Regional Administrator Lead STIC Meeting
July 26, 2023 Stan Caldwell, Mobility21 Executive Director and founding member of the Pennsylvania State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC), participated in the meeting today to provide insight on how UTC do whatever you want to update