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2025 Students of the Year

April 29, 2025

Congratulations to the ITS Students of the Year! We had a really good group of nominees this year and are thrilled to announce Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate Ziad Yassine will receive the PhD Student of the Year Award and dual degree Master in City and Regional Planning and Master of Science students Jacob Champlin and Ameen DaCosta will receive the Master Student of the Year Co-Award.

PhD Student of the Year

Ziad Yassine

Ziad advances equity, sustainability, and policy through impactful transportation research

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Gonzalez’s Award-Winning Research Harnesses Digital Data to Improve Cities

February 6, 2025

College of Environmental Design

Data from mobile devices offers insights into diverse needs and enables cities to allocate resources more fairly.

In October, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning Marta Gonzalez traveled to Turin, Italy...

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Fu Receives Second Place, Saw Competes in UC Berkeley Grad Slam

April 14, 2025

Zhe Fu and Jaewon Saw headshots Congratulations to Civil and Environmental Engineering doctoral candidate and ITS student Zhe Fu, who placed second in the UC Berkeley Grad Slam with her project. “Stop-and-go No More: How a Few Smart Cars Can Fix Traffic Jams!”

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Bayen Receives Honorary Degree TU Delft

February 6, 2025

Alexandre Bayen receives honorary degree

Congratulations to Associate Provost for the Berkeley Space Center and Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) Director Alexandre Bayen, ITS affiliate, who was named Doctor Honoris Causa by ...

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Remembering Carl L. Monismith: Paving a Legacy of Learning and Kindness

January 17, 2025

Carl Monismith in his office We are deeply saddened to announce the death of a great man, mentor, researcher, and teacher. Carl L. Monismith died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Missoula, Montana, at the age of 98. Services will be held this spring in California.

“Carl’s impact and legacy at the Institute of Transportation Studies will be felt for generations to come,” says ITS...

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University-Industry Partnership to Find Prescriptions for Aviation System Meltdowns in New Resilience-Focused Aviation Research

March 19, 2024

Good news is on the horizon for airline passengers who dread delays and cancellations disrupting their travel plans, thanks to a new round of funding from NASA focusing on resilience.

“Air travel is usually convenient and often enjoyable when Mother Nature cooperates, but can turn into a nightmare when she doesn’t,” says Mark Hansen, University of California Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor. “I’m really excited to bring this group together, collaborate, and see what innovations can be implemented to make the nightmares...

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Wiley Joins ITS Berkeley

November 29, 2024

The Institute of Transportation Studies Berkeley (ITS Berkeley) and Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) are pleased to announce that UC Berkeley alum Justin Wiley (’09) has joined as the new Strategy and Development Director, effective November 22, 2024.

“This new position is a great fit for Justin and a valuable addition to ITS...

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Macfarlane Publishes New Book Chapter

November 14, 2024

Digital Twins Book cover Congratulations to Smart Cities Research Center Director Jane Macfarlane and recent Civil and Environmental Engineering alum Ismaeel Barbur (MS , ’24) on publishing the chapter, “Mobiliti: A Digital Twin for Regional Transportation Network Design and Evaluation, in the book “Digital...