The NYU Institute of Traffic Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter Traffic Bowl Team won the 2020 ITE Northeastern Collegiate Traffic Bowl competition, held virtually via Zoom on September 22, and subsequently competed in the Grand Championship on October 21. The ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl is an annual competition between ITE student chapter teams using transportation planning…
Nicholas Hudanich Wins Transportation Camp NYC 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship Congratulations to Nicholas Hudanich for winning the Transportation Camp NYC 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship. The award, sponsored and presented by Sam Schwartz and VHB, recognizes students passionate about studying transportation engineering, and their insights on how the transportation industry could address the challenges presented by the Coronavirus…
C2SMART Student Entrepreneurial Grant Competition Overview At its roots, engineering is about the invention, design, and development of new products that improve society. To foster this activity among our students, C2SMART is launching an entrepreneurship program in which grants to improve our transportation systems and mobility for all by way of entrepreneurial activity. Up to…
Calibration & Development of Safety Performance Functions for New Jersey Overview Safety Performance Functions (SPFs) in the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) were developed using historic crash data collected in different states. To make the SPFs better accommodate the local data, two strategies are usually undertaken: the first strategy is to calibrate SPFs provided in HSM…
Fall 2020 Transportation Student Welcome C2SMART welcomed new, and returning, transportation students to the Fall 2020 academic year with this virtual kick-off event. Students learned about C2SMART and new opportunities for student research and entrepreneurship including: an upcoming hackathon using industry or agency transportation data, a grant competition for student-run entrepreneurship, funding for student-driven implementation…
Join Our Team! Excited about transportation and smart cities? C2SMART is hiring for the following positions: . Transportation & Smart Cities Research Associate (full-time) This candidate will lead/oversee the successful execution of tasks and deliverables on a diverse array of projects while supporting Center faculty, staff, and student researchers. Student Positions . Transportation & Smart…
C2SMART congratulates alumna Alexandra Gore (MS, Transportation Planning and Engineering, 2016), selected as one of five Young Professionals of the Year by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) This annual award promotes the accomplishments of young engineers in both the engineering industry and their community. The campaign is designed to enhance and improve the…
Jeffrey Weidner Assistant Professor Contact Jeffrey Weidner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. He moved to El Paso from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in July 2016. Before coming to Texas, Jeff spent four years as the Practice Leader for Research at Intelligent Infrastructure Systems, a…
Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri Director of Women and Gender Studies Contact Dr. Guillermina G. Núñez-Mchiri is Director of Women and Gender Studies and an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Núñez received her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California Riverside in 2006, her MA in Latin American…
Student Voices in Smart Cities This series aims to provide students with an opportunity to voice their unique perspectives on current transportation and mobility issues, separate from the research being conducted by the Center. If you are a C2SMART student interested in contributing to the Student Voices blog, send an email to c2smart@nyu.edu with your…