We are excited to share that the University of South Florida’s Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office to receive a $3.5M award! CUTR joins 23 other organizations in advancing the important R&D necessary to decarbonize the transportation sector.
The team includes Xiaopeng Li, Ph.D. (PI), Dr. Handong Yao Ph.D. (co-PI), Sudeep Sarkar, Ph.D. (USF’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering), Lisa Staes, Pei-Sung Lin, Ph.D., Sisinnio Concas, Ph.D., Jodi Godfrey, Alexander Kolpakov, and Austin Sipiora.
CUTR is proud to collaborate with the following organizations:
- University of Utah: Dr. Xianfeng Yang, Dr. Mingxi Liu, Dr. Mingyue Ji, and Dr. Armin Tajalli
- Argonne National Laboratory: Aymeric Rousseau, Dr. Josh Auld, and Dr. Ömer Verbas
- Connected Wise, LLC: Dr. Enes Karaaslan, Dr. Tolga Ercan, and Dr. Haluk Laman
- Utah Department of Transportation: Blaine D. Leonard
- Utah Clean Cities: Tammie Bostick
- MetroPlan Orlando: Eric Hill
- ENSCO, INC: Eric T. Sherrock
- Florida Department of Transportation
- Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority
- BOSCH
- Tampa Bay Clean Cities Coalition
- Port Tampa Bay
- Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council
- Plan Hillsborough
Congratulations!
Read more about our award here: https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-awards-60-million-accelerate-advancements-zero-emissions-vehicles
