Smart intersections could reduce autonomous car congestion
By Melanie Lefkowitz December 16, 2019 In the not-so-distant future, city streets could be flooded with autonomous vehicles. Self-driving cars can move faster and travel closer together, allowing more of them to fit on the road – potentially leading to congestion and...
New Free Software Helps Create Walkable Cities Of The Future
by Julia Brenner Nov 13, 2019, Forbes Ithaca, NY – Researchers at Cornell University recently launched Urbano, a free software that employs data, metrics, and a user-friendly interface to help planners, developers, and architects assess and improve walkability...
USF ITE & CTECH Shark Tank Competition
USF ITE & CTECH Shark Tank Competition CTECH sponsored a student competition at USF that took place on October 4, 2019. Students pitched their research idea or project on transportation to the sharks, (judges), in a presentation type format. The presentations...
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...