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Horvath Appointed as TSRC Faculty Director

September 14, 2017
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Arpad Horvath distinctly remembers the Institute of Transportation Studies meeting eight years ago that resulted in the birth of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center(TSRC). It only seems fitting he accepted the role of Faculty Director, starting mid-January 2015.

“We are delighted...

Michael Cassidy Appointed to Robert Horonjeff Chair

December 10, 2014

Chancellor Dirks has approved the appointment of Professor Michael Cassidy as the Robert Horonjeff Professor in Civil Engineering, effective July 1, 2014-June 30, 2019. This is a well-deserved honor and recognition of Cassidy's outstanding record in teaching, research and service.

Full article: https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/940

https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/940

PATH’s Zhang Appointed IEEE Fellow

September 14, 2017

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Joining an elite group of engineers, California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) Research Engineer and Program Manager Wei-Bin Zhang has been elevated to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. Less than 0.1 percent of IEEE voting members are...

Pavement Research Center Builds on Strong Foundation

September 14, 2017

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CEE’s Juan Pestana Tapped to Lead Center

New Pavement Research Center Director Juan Pestana knows how important a good foundation is. As his expertise lays in geoengineering and constitutive modeling of soil response, he is keen to provide a strong foundation for pavement and the...

Former ITS Director Samer Madanat Honored

August 27, 2014
Transportation students, faculty, researchers, staff, friends and family celebrated Professor Samer Madanat’s nine years as Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies in UC Berkeley’s Banatao Auditorium on Monday,

August 25. Madanat, who stepped down as director on June 30, was praised by Vice Chancellor of Research Graham Fleming, as well as Professor Alexandre Bayen who succeeded Madanat in the director’s position. Fleming opened the program by...

Three UC Berkeley Students Receive Eisenhower Fellowships

October 8, 2014

Three UC Berkeley graduate students, Jesus Barajas, Frank Proulx and Lisa Rayle, have won coveted 2014 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships for their research in transportation planning.

The Eisenhower Fellowship is a competitive program administered by the Federal Highway Administration for the Department of Transportation. Winners receive a financial award and are invited to attend the annual Transportation Research Board meeting held in January....

Robert Harley Appointed to Carl W. Johnson Chair

August 27, 2014

Robert Harley, an affiliated ITS faculty member and an expert on air quality and air pollution modeling, has been appointed the Carl W. Johnson Professor in Civil Engineering Chair by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks.

Full article: https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/866

https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/866

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Profiles SafeTREC's David Ragland

June 17, 2014

SafeTREC founder and director David Ragland is profiled in an article entitled "Safe Routes to School Examined: How Structural Changes Around Schools Affect Children's Mobility and Safety," published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Full article: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2011/07/active-living-research.html

https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2011/07/active-living-research.html

Francesco Borrelli joins ITS Affiliated Faculty

October 8, 2014
The newest ITS affiliated faculty member, Francesco Borrelli, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, first ventured into the automobile business while in Switzerland. Borrelli, who specializes in advanced control systems, received his doctorate from the Automatic Control Laboratory of the Swiss Federal...

UCTC's Robert Cervero and Donald Shoup Named Top City Innovators Worldwide

January 8, 2014

Two of the 11 people named in the Transportation sector for UBM's Future Cities top 100 innovators worldwide for 2013 are affiliated with UCTC: Robert Cervero, Director, and Donald Shoup, Editor of ACCESS.

Full article: http://uctc.net/

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