Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

April 30, 2013 News Release: Chandra Bhat, Director of the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany…

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CTR is proud to announce the Texas Distinguished Lecture Series in Transportation. This series will present the latest thinking and challenges in the field of transportation. In keeping with CTR’s mission of research, education, and public service, the Texas Distinguished Lecture Series is open to the public, as well as to transportation researchers and practitioners. [...]

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Meredith Cebelak, P.E., was recently selected to represent The University of Texas at Austin at the 21st Annual Leadership Development Conference, hosted by the Eno Center for Transportation. This conference, held in Washington DC June 2–6, is attended by 20 of the nation’s top graduate students in transportation and gives them a first-hand look at [...]

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Civil engineering professor Kara Kockelman recently appeared on  Fox 7′s Good Day Austin morning program to discuss Austin traffic and transportation infrastructure. Watch the video.

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Dr. C. Michael Walton, Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, has been selected to receive the the 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Presidents’ Award. With this award, Dr. Walton is recognized for his exemplary career and contributions to civil engineering education and research and for his extraordinary professional [...]

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Randy B. Machemehl  Dr. Randy B. Machemehl received the Council of University Transportation Center (CUTC) Award, Distinguished Contribution to University Transportation Education and Research, on January 12, 2013, at the CUTC annual banquet in Washington, D.C. Randy B. Machemehl at the CUTC annual banquet, January 2013 This CUTC award has been given annually since 1998 to honor [...]

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Dr. B. Frank McCullough, retired UT engineering professor and one of four Center for Transportation Research directors, died Monday, November 26th, 2012. Dr. McCullough, the Adnan Abou-Ayyash Centennial Professor Emeritus in transportation engineering, directed the center’s mission for 19 years (1980-1999). Dr. McCullough specialized in the design and behavior of continuously reinforced concrete pavement. Prior to 1969, [...]

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Dr. C. Michael Walton, Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, is the 2013 recipient of the Frank Turner Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Transportation. The award will be presented during the Chairman’s Luncheon on January 16, 2013, at the TRB 92nd Annual Meeting, January 13-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Walton [...]

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