Saturday August 3rd was graduation day at The University of Alabama. Congratulations to all of our new PhDs and their advisors working across a range of #transportation #research topics: Student: Sinan Al Ani Department: Computer Science Dissertation title: A predictive Approach to Detect and Mitigate Sybil Attacks in a Waiting Time-Based Adaptive Traffic Signal Controller Advisor: Dr. Travis Atkison Student: Eshan Goli Bagh Mahyari Department: Operations Management Dissertation title: Vehicle Fleet Charging Management Advisor: Dr. Nickolas Freeman Student: George Allen Loper, Jr. Department: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation title: Investigation of Diesel Injection Spray Characteristics with Complex Central and Peripheral Injection Advisor: Dr. Josh Bittle and Dr. Ajay Agrawal Student: Abhinandhan Narayanan Department: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation title: Detailed Characterization of Dual Fuel Low Temperature Combustion with Low Carbon Fuels Advisor: Dr. Kalyan Kumar Srinivasan and Dr. Sundar Rajan Krishnan Student: Sunday Okafor, Ph.D. Okafor Department: Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Dissertation title: Integrating Novel Connected Vehicle Event Data for Proactive Road Safety Improvement Advisor: Dr. Steven Jones Student: Maxwell Schrader Department: Mechanical Engineering Dissertation title: Calibrating Traffic Microsimulation for Optimization of Intelligent Transportation Systems using Roadside Radar Advisor: Dr. Josh Bittle #rolltide
Alabama Transportation Institute
Research Services
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3,226 followers
Advancing Alabama’s Economy, Safety and Quality of Life Through Transportation
About us
The Alabama Transportation Institute (ATI) was founded in 2017 to bring together a nationally recognized team of researchers, in concert with industry and government, to seek innovative solutions to the challenges of building and maintaining a transportation system that protects lives, creates economic growth and saves time and energy resources. This interdisciplinary institute enables Alabama to lead the way on emerging issues like developing creative solutions for financing the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, advancing transportation safety research, and evaluating the impact that a quality transportation system will have on Alabama’s economic future. ATI serves as an independent resource that develops unbiased information for use by local, state and national leaders in developing transportation policy. The result is more and better-informed decision-making that leads to innovative, data-driven, cost-effective solutions that advance Alabama’s economy, safety and quality of life through transportation. ATI will support collaborations centered primarily around these emergent themes: • Digital Transportation • Connected Vehicles and Infrastructure • Transportation Safety, Security, and Accessibility • Electric Vehicles and Fuel Economy • Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure
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https://ati.ua.edu/
External link for Alabama Transportation Institute
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- Research Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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- Educational
- Founded
- 2017
- Specialties
- Transportation Research, Safety, Transportation, Transportation Policy, Digital Transportation, Connected Vehicles, Infrastructure, Transportation Safety, Transportation Security, Transportation Accessibility, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Economy , Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure
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348 Kirkbride Ln
Box 870288
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, US
Employees at Alabama Transportation Institute
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Tim Barnett, MSc., P.E., PTOE, RSP2i
Traffic Operations and Safety Engineer at Alabama Transportation Institute
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Elsa Gebru Tedla, P.E., PTOE
Transportation Research Engineer at Alabama Transportation Institute, Transportation Policy Research Center
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Sherri Mink
The University of Alabama-Alabama Transportation Institute
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Michael Malley
Associate Research Professional, Strategic Partnerships & Proposals
Updates
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Recent (or soon to be) PhD grad in a transportation-related engineering field? Interested in kicking off your academic career in a dynamic research environment? If so, have a look at the postdoc opportunity at the link below. Application period closes August 15th 2024. #rolltide https://lnkd.in/eMy9yen6
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Imagine a future in which transportation – from roads to traffic signals to intersections – are carefully designed around actual driver and vehicle behavior, enhancing safety and smoothing the travel experience. ATI researchers at the The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa have created a new dataset for use with transportation models. These models are a crucial tool used for understanding traffic patterns and driver behavior in a range of situations and to enhancing advanced transportation management systems, autonomous vehicle decision-making, and traffic research. Co-authors Maxwell Schrader, Alexander Hainen, and Joshua Bittle developed this dataset. Compared to popular trajectory datasets such as NGSIM and highD, this dataset offers extended temporal coverage, a large number of vehicles, and varied driving conditions. By demonstrating the potential of fusing data from multiple roadside radars to extract high-quality vehicle trajectories, this dataset opens up new possibilities for optimizing traffic flow and enhancing road safety. Moreover, the dataset enables a deeper understanding of real-world driving behavior and traffic dynamics in signalized corridors. Read about this work in their recently published article, Extracting Vehicle Trajectories from Partially Overlapping Roadside Radar in Sensors here: https://lnkd.in/eBSxRWHQ. #roadsafety #trafficflow #transportationmodels
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Alabama Transportation Institute reposted this
Sometimes, our students simply humble us. Onward Sunday Okafor! https://lnkd.in/d67GHV2X #rolltide The University of Alabama College of Engineering
The Long and Safe Road: International Graduate Helps Others
https://news.ua.edu
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Come see the folks from our Alabama Mobility and Power Center and learn about all the cool EV-related work happening at The University of Alabama. #EVs #electricvehicles #rolltide
Are you EV ready? Buckle up, press start and get plugged in for a grand tour of all things EV at our second Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit- 2024! Electric vehicles are revolutionizing the automotive industry ...and they aren't just changing the cars that we drive. EVs are innovating how we drive, reinventing the roads we navigate and expanding our expectations on how to get from point A to point B. They are also driving economic growth, sparking opportunities for new suppliers and manufacturers specializing in batteries, charging stations and the latest electrification technologies. ...and if that wasn't enough of an impact, EVs are also paving new pathways for careers in automotive, as the demand for a skilled workforce continues to skyrocket and unique educational opportunities increase. Register and find out more: https://bit.ly/4foVm9K
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Great to see this amazing infrastructure project moving forward. Good for Mobile, good for Alabama, good for the region, and good for the country...
FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt joined Governor Kay Ivey, Mayor Sandy Stimpson, and other Congressional, state and local officials in Mobile to announce a $550 million grant award to the Alabama Department of Transportation under the Bridge Investment Program for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project that includes construction of a new six-lane bridge across the Mobile River to supplement the Wallace Tunnels crossing underneath the river and replacement of the existing Bayway Bridge. The new bridges will help eliminate a major bottleneck for area residents and freight traveling through the tunnels along Interstate 10, a critical corridor for the country—leading to improved economy, safety, reliability, and mobility for everyone. City of Mobile, AL #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw #InvestingInAmerica
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Congratulations MAX.
We are pleased to announce that MAX Transit has been awarded the Outstanding Public Transportation System award at the 2024 American Public Transportation Association Awards. This recognition places us among 13 distinguished organizations honored this year for "advancing the future of public transportation and creating vital connections between communities," as stated by APTA. MAX Transit services 3 million or more annual passenger trips. Congratulations to an amazing class of winners. We take our responsibility of connecting individuals to essential destinations seriously and are proud to enhance the vibrancy of Birmingham. We extend our gratitude for your continued support. Thank you APTA for this tremendous honor! #RideMAX #MAXTransit #TransitontheGrow #ConnectingPeopleToPlaces
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ICYMI: Our July Newsletter is here and covers the Alabama RAISE recipients and a large bridge project grant awarded to Alabama, as well as many more topics. Also, be sure to take note of the two Summits going on in August: Drive Electric Alabama and the CMV Summit. Both are included in the newsletter, so register now! #EV #AlabamaTransportation https://lnkd.in/ejcv8g3r
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How much is known about how cycling lanes affect traffic speed? It's a complex situation demanding more research. Fortunately, ATI researchers are contributing to the effort through a study in Bogota. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gGWPxs_v #BikeLanes #TrafficSpeed
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Thanks for the great opportunity to chair a panel session titled “DER-enhanced Sustainable Transportation Electrification and Power Grid Modernization” at the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting 2024. We are honored to have John Skeath and Alex Shattuck from North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Professor Hao Zhu from The University of Texas at Austin, Professor Mohammad Shahidehpour from Illinois Institute of Technology and John Kisacikoglu from National Renewable Energy Laboratory to share valuable experience and insights from industry, academia and National Lab. Feel free to reach out to our speakers for further discussion on the topic and potential collaboration opportunities.
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