Seminars

Thank you to Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, who presented Separation of Learning and Control in Emerging Mobility Systems at the Transportation Seminar on May 3, 2024.

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss the challenges of supervised learning and model-based control approaches in transportation-related applications. Then, I will present a theoretical framework founded at the intersection of control theory and learning that circumvents these challenges in deriving optimal strategies. In this...

Thank you to Alex Pan, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Meiqing Li, Department of City and Regional Planning, and Fangyu Wu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, who presented their doctoral research at the Transportation Seminar on Apr. 26, 2024.

Alex Pan: Shared dreams, unshared burdens: Exploring complexities of housing and transportation for low- and moderate-income residents of Contra Costa County

Abstract: Suburban poverty in the United States has been growing since the end of the twentieth century, yet understanding of...

Thank you to Juan Alonso, Professor and Director of the Aerospace Design Laboratory at Stanford University, who presented So You Want to Be an eVTOL Designer? Fundamentals of Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft and Current Challenges at the Transportation Seminar Nov. 3, 2023.

Abstract: Recent concerns over the sustainability, efficiency, and safety of our transportation systems have led to the idea of Urban Air Mobility (UAM): connected networks of point-to-point air transportation services that are served by aircraft that can take-off and...

Thank you to Ken Alex, director of Project Climate at the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and Environment, who presented Land Use and Transportation at the Transportation Seminar on Mar. 15, 2024.

Abstract: SB 743 became law in 2013, enabling a significant change in how the transportation impacts of development projects are evaluated under the California Environmental Quality Act. Environmental review that once focused on “level of service” impacts, must now determine how development projects impact vehicle miles...