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UC Berkeley, Oliver Wyman Forum Tackles the Future of Urban Mobility in Virtual Event

October 9, 2020

Eleni Kounalakis and Alexandre Bayen

COVID-19 has forever changed smart cities and urban mobility, and the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Berkeley and the ...

2020-21 CPA Scholarship Recipients

September 29, 2020

CPA LogoCongratulations to the 2020-2021 California Planning Foundation Scholarship recipients, including ITS Berkeley affiliated transportation students!

Outstanding Student Award, Runner-Up: Kevin Dumler

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Shaheen to Lead TRB Executive Committee in 2021

September 29, 2020

Susan ShaheenCongratulations to ITS affilate Susan Shaheen, who has been appointed as chair of the 2021 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee by Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council. Her term will begin in January 2021 during the virtual TRB Annual Meeting.

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Tomizuka awarded the 2020 IEEE ITS Lifetime Achievement Award

September 18, 2020
tomizuka masayoshCongratulations to ITS affilate and Mechanical Engineering Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka who is the recipient of the 2020 IEEE ITS Lifetime Achievement Award ​for exemplary contributions to Intelligent Transportation Systems over his career.

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Carpio Receives Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship

September 4, 2020

Joy CarpioPhD student Joy Carpio is a recipient of the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future 2020-21 fellowship. The program recognizes women from developing countries who are pursuing post-graduate studies in various STEM disciplines, with the goal of accelerating gender equality in STEM.

Carpio works in the...

“Every Day is Saturday”: Alex Skabardonis’ Active Retirement and Eventful 38-Year Career

August 27, 2020

Alexander Skabardonis behind the wheel of an AVKittelson and Associates features ITS affiliate Alexander Skabardonis on his retirement: https://www.kittelson.com/ideas/alex-skabardonis-eventful-38-year-career/

Skabardonis Selected to Work with National Technical University of Athens, Greece

August 23, 2020

Alex SkabardonisCongratualtins to ITS and Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) affiliate, and Civil and Envitonmental Engineering Professor Alexander Skabardonis! He has been awarded a fellowship by the Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program (GDFP) to travel to Greece to work with the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Professor Eleni Vlahogianni on cooperative research in connected and...

CED and DCRP Partner in Self-Estem's Virtual STEM Exploration Camp for Young Girls

August 20, 2020

This article orignally appeared at the College of Environmental Design's website

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ALEXIS “LEXI” HOUSE, A SELF-ESTEM PARTICIPANT, WALKING THROUGH DESIGNING AN APP IN A "PIN-UP."

On July 13, Self-eSTEM kicked off their first Virtual STEM Exploration Camp in an...

Vayalamkuzhi appointed to JTTE Young Academic Editors

August 6, 2020

Praveen VayalamkuzhiCongratulations to ITS Berkeley/SafeTREC postdoctoral researcher Praveen Vayalamkuzhi, and the 68 members from 11 countries and 45 institutes for their appointment as Young Academic Editors to the Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (JTTE)! http://jtte.chd.edu...

Light Shows the Way to Build “Smart” Infrastructure

July 7, 2020
By: Wallace Ravven
Mark Joseph Hanson) (This article orignally appeared on the Berkeley Research website)

Last January, in the face of a public outcry, New York Governor Cuomo abandoned plans for a 15-month shutdown of the Canarsie Tunnel, part of the subway line between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

The 95-year-old...