Electric vehicles would be a breath of fresh air for Houston
By Blaine Friedlander June 10, 2019 The American Lung Association’s 2019 “State of the Air” report released in April ranked Houston ninth nationally for worst ozone pollution and 17th for particle pollution. Cornell researchers express hope for the future of...
Powerful Cornell software informs NYC’s transportation planning
A powerful software developed at Cornell Engineering is helping to inform transportation planning in New York City, resulting in cleaner air and healthier communities. Now the engineers behind the software are looking to bring their digital tool beyond the Big Apple....
USF COPH: A passion for environmental health video
“Our practice is our passion” is the tagline for the University of South Florida College of Public Health. For Professor Amy Stuart, her practice is engineering and her passion is environmental...
COPH professor studies the inequality of air pollution exposure in Tampa Bay
Dr. Amy Stuart, a professor of environmental and occupational health at the USF College of Public Health (COPH), has recently published a paper focused on air pollution and exposure inequality within the Tampa community. The paper, entitled “Agent-based modeling to...
CTECH Team Shares Transportation Knowledge with K-12 Students at the USF Engineering Expo
2019 USF Engineering Expo Event The USF Engineering Expo is an annual, two-day event that seeks to educate K-12 students on the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in their lives. To familiarize K-12 students with research at the...
Upcoming Webinar – March 6th
March 6, 2019, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST Multimodal Planning for SIS Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) represents the state’s largest and most significant transportation facilities including airports, spaceports, seaports, rail corridors, passenger terminals,...
Yu Zhang presented at the 2nd Annual ITE Student Leadership Summit
Yu Zhang, CTECH Co-PI, gave a luncheon talk during the 2nd Annual Institute of Transportation (ITE) Student Leadership Summit at the University of South Florida on February 9, 2019. She introduced CTECH’s research scope, thrust, and the multidisciplinary nature of...
TRIPODS+X:RES: Collaborative Research: The Future of the Road – A Data-Driven Redesign of the Urban Transit Ecosystem
Assistant Professor and CTECH co-Principal Investigator (PI), Samitha Samaranayake, is a co-PI on the recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) project titled, “TRIPODS+X:RES: Collaborative Research: The Future of the Road – A Data-Driven Redesign of...
$746K GAANN grant awarded to USF Professors Y. Zhang, J. Mihelcic, and Q. Zhang
Drs. Jim Mihelcic, Yu Zhang, and Qiong Zhang from USF have been awarded a U.S. Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant, Redesigning Resilient Transportation and Water Critical Infrastructures. This program will contribute to...
Decision Support Tool For Parking Management At Universities
Parking on university campuses is always a problem due to too many students driving to campus (demand) and insufficient number of stalls (supply). Most universities use parking permit price to manage the demand. They also zone the parking lots to control the supply....