Designing Pandemic Resilient Cities: Exploring the Impacts of The Built Environment on Infection Risk Perception & Subjective Well-Being Friday, December 2, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities around the world explored ways to slowdown the spread of the disease while maintaining the…
The Path to Self-Explaining Roads leads through Driver Psychology Friday, November 18, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] We all want drivers to pay attention and drive right—especially when pedestrians and bicyclists are around—but what does it take to get there? How can we design roadways that automatically get a…
Game Changers in Aviation: From the Jet Age to 9/11 to … What’s Next? Friday, November 4, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”15″] There have been major technological advances, policy shifts, or exogenous events that have changed the course of aviation. These game-changing advances have influenced aviation in fundamental ways. For…
Multiscale Characterization and Modeling of Long-Term Aging in Asphalt Pavements Friday, October 14, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] The world’s economic growth and environmental sustainability depend on the durability and resiliency of its transportation infrastructure. Asphalt pavements represent about 94 percent of paved roads in the U.S. The formulation…
Digital Twin Method for Material Design and Infrastructure Resilience Friday, October 28, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] Resilience, a contemporary and essential philosophical idea of human society, has effective guiding principles and practicing procedures for individuals, families, and communities to anticipate, prepare, respond, and adapt to critical disruptions. The…
Multiscale Characterization and Modeling of Long-Term Aging in Asphalt Pavements Friday, October 14, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] The world’s economic growth and environmental sustainability depend on the durability and resiliency of its transportation infrastructure. Asphalt pavements represent about 94 percent of paved roads in the U.S. The formulation…
Next Generation Urban Transportation: Quo Vadis? Friday, October 7, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] The seminar will examine the current innovations in urban transportation, along with their synergies, benefits, trends, possible barriers to deployment, and wider long- term impacts on urban living. [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] Kumares C. Sinha is the…
Advancing the Sustainability of Pavements: Methods of Quantification and Their Application Friday, September 16, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET The importance of considering sustainability beyond just economic viability is growing. This presentation will review the motivations for addressing the sustainability of pavement and the goals. The need for quantification to…
Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Friday, September 23, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] As the Assistant Secretary for Strategic Development, Brad Thoburn leads the statewide transportation planning, modal development, research, and innovation for the Florida Department of Transportation. Brad has experience in both the public…
Engineering Tampa Bay’s Future Friday, October 21, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET [ultimate_spacer height=”100″] The Florida Department of Transportation is responsible for planning, building, and maintaining a safe transportation system that provides for the mobility of people and goods. In this discussion, Mr. Hunter will discuss how FDOT District 7, which…
Advanced Air Mobility/Urban Air Mobility Research at USF Friday, September 9, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging concept proposed in recent years that uses electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), which is expected to offer an alternative way of transporting passengers and goods…
Engineering Practice of Data Science in Transportation and Logistics Friday, September 2, 2022 12 PM ET – 1 PM ET To achieve business success, decision-makers always want proper answers to three valuable questions: What happened? What will happen? What best can happen? With decades of technology development, many data-driven methods are innovated…