Simulation and Analytical Evaluation of Bus Redesign Alternatives in Transit Deserts with Ride-hail Presence Overview Despite the emergence of many new mobility options in cities around the world, fixed-route transit is still the most efficient means of mass transport. However, this efficiency is interdependent with ridership demand and network design, leading to vicious and virtuous…
NYU ITE Chapter Receives Student Chapter Achievement Award NYU ITE student chapter leaders accept the Student Chapter Achievement Award at the 2019 ITE Northeastern District Annual Meeting. (L to R) Treasurer Mateo Leon, past president Diego Correa Barahona, President Jingqin Gao, Social Director Assel Dmitriyeva and Public Outreach Coordinator Bruno Chede Cunha The NYU student…
2018/2019 Graduates C2SMART congratulates the graduates from across its consortium member institutions for the 2018/2019 academic year. The Center is proud to support the education and professional development of future members of the transportation workforce, including the following graduates from our faculty’s labs and project research teams who completed their degrees this year: Diana BecerraBachelor…
Andrew Shehata LinkedIn Andrew Shehata is a recent graduate of the MS in Structural Engineering program at Rutgers University, prior to which completed a BS in Civil Engineering at the same university. While at Rutgers, Andrew worked as a graduate research assistant in Prof. Hani Nassif’s RIME lab, and he was named C2SMART’s 2018 Outstanding…
Matthew Vechione Matthew Vechione is a recent graduate of the Civil Engineering doctoral program at The University of Texas at El Paso. While a student at UTEP, Vecchione worked with Prof. Kelvin Cheu on the Development of a Mobile Navigation Smartphone Application for Seniors in Urban Areas project, which is focused on identifying the unique…
Assel Dmitriyeva LinkedIn Assel Dmitriyeva is a graduate student in Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU; she strives for interdisciplinary collaboration. She is a young researcher in transportation modeling and human-computer interaction. Assel received a bachelor’s degree in Mathematical and Computer Modeling from Kazakh-British Technical University. For a year she was a lead student researcher for one…
YPT NYC Hosts Expert Lecture with Professor Joseph Chow The Greater New York City Chapter of Young Professionals in Transportation hosted an expert lecture at C2SMART by Deputy Director Joseph Chow. Prof. Chow discussed his recently published book, “Informed Urban Transport Systems: Classic and Emerging Mobility Methods toward Smart Cities,” addressing the need to bridge the…
NYU ITE Student Chapter Wins Organization of the Year Award NYU’s Institute of Transportation Engineers student chapter has been awarded both the Organization of the Year award and the Outstanding Organization Growth award in the annual NYU Tandon Student Leader Awards. The Organization of the Year award recognizes the club for its strong organizational structure,…
UTEP Hosts Successful SunCity Hack Event C2SMART co-sponsored the SunCity Hack, hosted at UTEP the weekend of April 26-28 and organized by the university’s Computer Science Department. C2SMART PI Kelvin Cheu and affiliated faculty Natalia Villanueva Rosales and Jeffrey Weidner were involved with the event, attracted eight teams of five students from engineering and computer…
C2SMART Project Webinar: Monitoring and Control of Overweight Trucks for Smart Mobility and Safety of Freight Operations The research team at Rutgers presents their work on Monitoring and Control of Overweight Trucks for Smart Mobility and Safety of Freight Operations. This project attempts to establish a strong correlation between the increasing demand of truck load…