COVID-19 has created enormous challenges for communities, households, workers, and businesses in North Carolina. A team of researchers from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a website called Carolina Tracker: A Resource for Recovery, which includes… Read More
Month: December 2020
Featured Research: Transportation Workforce Development for State DOTs to Address Congestion for the Southeast Region
Dr. Ruth Steiner, a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, is leading a STRIDE-funded project that aims to understand the workforce development needs for transportation professionals in the Southeastern U.S. as it… Read More
STRIDE Funds Master’s Capstone Projects at UNC Chapel Hill
The STRIDE Center provided funding for Capstone Projects at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Capstone Projects are required of students in the urban planning master’s program. “Students at UNC ‘bring it all together’ by working on a… Read More
Featured Research: Creating a Cooperative Signal Control Tool with Freeway Operations & Ramp Metering to Control Congestion
Dr. Ali Hajbabaie of North Carolina State University (NCSU) and a team of researchers, which include Dr. Lily Elefteriadou of the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) and Dr. Mohammed Hadi of Florida International University (FIU), are working on a… Read More
Researcher Spotlight @ NCSU Dr. Ali Hajbabaie
Dr. Ali Hajbabaie is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU) who specializes in traffic operations and control. He and his team develop distributed optimization algorithms for real-time traffic… Read More
Citadel Professor Teaches Summer Virtual Tour of Engineering
During the week of June 22-26, 2020, Dr. Dimitra Michalaka of The Citadel, taught a “Tour of Engineering” virtual summer camp organized by the South Carolina Governor’s School of Science and Mathematics (SCGSSM). In the past, this camp was held… Read More
Tennessee Tech Develops Online STEM in Motion training for High School Teachers
Tennessee Technological University developed and implemented an innovative, online STEM in Motion teacher training during the summer of 2020. The workshop engaged high school mathematics and science teachers in transportation related activities and subsequently encouraged them to incorporate transportation topics… Read More
STRIDE Mentors Future City Engineering Club
While many educational outreach efforts to local K-12 schools have been cancelled due to COVID-19, the STRIDE Center has remained engaged with students remotely. STRIDE K-12/Technology Transfer Coordinator, Ondine Wells, mentored the Howard Bishop Middle School Future City Engineering Club… Read More
Featured Research: Mobility-on-Demand for Smart, Sustainable Cities
Dr. Xilei Zhao of the University of Florida is leading a STRIDE-funded project that is looking at how Mobility-on-Demand (MOD) transit systems can contribute to building smart, sustainable, and equitable cities in the U.S. The project includes a large groups… Read More
STRIDE Student Spotlight: Mosammat Tahnin Tariq, Ph.D. Student, Florida International University
Mosammat Tahnin Tariq is a doctoral student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Florida International University working on developing signal timing strategies during non-recurrent congestion in the arterial network by using advanced analytics and emerging data sources.… Read More