C2SMART Director Kaan Ozbay interviewed on CV infrastructure C2SMART Director Kaan Ozbay, Professor in Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, speaks on cheddar.com on connected vehicle infrastructure and smart cities. Click to watch the full interview.
6th International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation On September 12th, the Master student Suzana Duran Bernardes, supported by the C2SMART, presented her work on women representation in transportation publications authorship in the 6th International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation. She presented her paper, titled Gender trends in transportation research publications over the last…
Eui-Sung Hwang, Evaluation Methods of Vibration Serviceability for Long Span Cable Bridges Along with building slender and longer span structures, vibration serviceability becomes more important considerations in bridge design and maintenance. In this study, vibration serviceability and deflection limit for long span cable bridges are investigated using real-time and long-term monitoring data such as accelerations…
The Emerging Leaders in Transportation fellowship program aims to enhance the toolkit of early-career employees to make transportation more efficient, effective and people-oriented. In this competitive fellowship program, participants will learn from top transportation and management professionals to enhance leadership skills, communication techniques and policy work to bring innovative ideas into practice. The 2019 program will take place on December 6, 12…
Tulio Bittencourt, Monitoring of Structural Integrity of Mixed Concrete-Steel Railway Bridges Some fundamental concepts of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and its application were presented. The application of these techniques to study the structural integrity of mixed concrete-steel railway bridges is addressed. Some examples were presented to illustrate some possible uses of SHM in different circumstances.…
Northeast Electrification Symposium EPRI’s 2019 Northeast Electrification Symposium provided attendees with a deeper dive into the specific, regional issues and opportunities associated with end use electrification, and its costs and benefits. Deputy Director of C2SMART University Transportation Center, Joseph Chow, was a guest and speaker in the panel “Electric Mobility in the New Smart City”. Visit…
IR-UTD Infrared Inspection of Bridges & New Updates on Manual of Bridge Element Inspection This presentation described advanced thermal imaging technologies for the condition assessment of bridges and new bridge inspection technology. Infrared Ultra-Time Domain imaging (IR-UTD) is a non-intrusive inspection technology that produces highly accurate and reproducible images of deterioration in concrete. The technology…
Development of Mountable Sensors to Improve Bicyclist Safety Overview The Bike Safety Project aims to improve the safety of bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers in the urban environment. To accomplish this, the collection of cycling data will be improved and a warning system to bicyclists using the Internet of Things (IoT) will be implemented. The project…
Mladen Čičić, Macroscopic Traffic Control Using Connected Autonomous Vehicles Traffic congestion is a constantly growing problem, with a wide array of negative effects on the society. Even though classical traffic control methods have long been successfully used to alleviate congestion, they are not universally employed, in part due to the necessity of installing additional equipment…
New York City Connected Vehicle Pilot Overview The New York City Connected Vehicle Pilot Program (NYC CVPD), led by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), will use vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) DSRC communications to improve safety through the reduction of vehicle and pedestrian crashes, injuries, and fatalities. This deployment involves the development…