Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

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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Lisa Loftus-Otway, president of the Heart of Texas Chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), was selected to be one of fourteen transportation industry professionals to participate in the 2013 WTS international Leadership Program. The program will be held February 3-7, 2013, at Rutgers State University. The National Transit Institute (NTI), located at Rutgers, provides logistical [...]

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Dr. Chandra Bhat, the Adnan Abou-Ayyash Centennial Professor in Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering, assumed the role of director of the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) on September 1, 2012. For more information on Dr. Bhat and CTR, see the article on the Cockrell School website. Read [...]

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Ten student interns participating in the Undergraduate Summer Internship in Transportation (USIT) at UT Austin presented topics in transportation research, sharing information about work in progress at The University of Texas at Austin. Students, research faculty, and staff at the Cockrell School of Engineering attended the presentation. Topics presented included analysis of the downtown Austin [...]

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A paper co-authored by Dr. Zhanmin Zhang, a civil engineering associate professor and Fellow of the Clyde E. Lee Endowed Professorship in Transportation Engineering of at The University of Texas at Austin, and two of his transportation graduate students, Epigmenio Gonzalez and Wenxing Liu, were selected to receive the Best Paper Award by the 8th [...]

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Dr. Zhanmin Zhang, a civil engineering associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin, received the James Laurie Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The James Laurie Prize is awarded annually to a member of the society for contributions to the advancement of transportation engineering. Dr. Zhang was recognized “for his [...]

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For decades, scientists have been trying to find ways to mass-produce algae as a viable source of fuel for vehicles. High costs and environmental factors have created insurmountable roadblocks. Now, researchers hope, a new facility at the University of Texas will help them move closer to that goal. “You need three things to grow algae: [...]

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