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Argote to Give Fall CEE Distinguished Lecture

August 27, 2019

Juan ArgoteJuan Argote (CEE MS '10; PhD '14) will give the fall CEE Distinguished Lecture on Monday, Oct. 21. Argote is the Transportation Research Lead within the Uber Advanced Technologies Group.

He will speak on "The Pathway towards the Deployment of Self-Driving Vehicle Technology."

The lecture will take place at 4-5pm (NEW TIME) in Sutardja Dai's Banatao Auditorium with a reception...

Watch Alum Juan Argote's Distinguished Lecture

October 21, 2019
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Argote and Uber carJuan Argote (CEE MS '10; PhD '14) gave the CEE Fall Distinguished Lecture on Monday, Oct. 21. As the Transportation Research Lead at Uber Advanced Technologies Group, Dr.. Argote leads a team of data scientists with backgrounds in Transportation Engineering and Econometrics to inform Uber's self-driving vehicle strategies.

His lecture provided an overview of the current...

Mountsambote, Vazquez Attend CTF Transportation Education Symposium

December 17, 2019

CTF Class

As Department of City and Regional Planning seniors Flore Mountsambote andEdgardo Vazquez are exploring their next steps, participating in the 26th Annual CTF Transportation Education Symposium helped them gain a better sense of the transportation world, leadership and graduate school with...

Levine Becomes SLA Fellow

June 27, 2019

ITS Library Director Kendra Levine is presented with an SLA FellowCongratulations to ITS Library Director Kendra K. Levine on being named a Special Libraries Association (SLA) Fellow. SLA is an international association for library professionals founded more than 100 years ago....

Shaheen Named in Top 19 of 2019 Influential Women in Mobility

July 18, 2019
Congratulations to Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co-Director Susan Shaheen on being named in Vulog’s Top 19 of 2019 Influential Women in Mobility.

Soga Named Bakar Fellow

September 10, 2019

Kenichi SogaITS affiliate Kenichi Soga is one of seven UC Berkeley faculty scientists with novel ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit who have been named to the 2019-20 cohort of Bakar Fellows, an honor that gives the fellows the money and time to translate their laboratory breakthroughs into technologies ready for the marketplace.

The awards foster a culture that led Forbes magazine to rank Berkeley the No. 3...

Center for Cities + Schools: Y-PLAN Wins at First Ever Bay Area Metro Award

September 10, 2019

Students presenting project

This story originally appeared at College of Environmental Design

Y-PLAN is...

McMillan, Davis Inducted to CEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni

September 24, 2019

Therese McMillan and Harmer DavisThe Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni recently announced the Class of 2019, which features two illustrious Institute of Transportation Studies alumni: Therese McMillan (MS/MCP ’84), Executive Director of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission/Association of Bay...

Shaheen Appointed as VP of TRB's Executive Committee

October 8, 2019

Susan ShaheenCongratulations to Transportation Sustainability Research Center Co- Director Susan Shaheen, who has been named Vice Chair of the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee.

Dr. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, recently...

Tomizuka Awarded Honda Medal

October 17, 2019

Masayosh TomizukaCongratulations to Cheryl and John Neerhout, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Masayoshi (Tomi) Tomizuka, who was recently awarded The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Soichiro Honda Medal at the 2019 Dynamic...