C2SMART Welcomes Visiting Summer Students C2SMART has several new faces for the summer, including four undergraduate researchers and four high school students through the ARISE program. Professor Chow and Ph.D. student Yueshuai He will be working with the undergraduate researchers and two of the ARISE students, and Abdullah Kurkcu, a research associate in Dr. Ozbay’s…
C2SMART Student Presents at Transit Techies NYC Master’s student Assel Dmitriyeva presented her work on a destination recommender system for shared mobility services at Transit Techies NYC, a Meetup group for transit technology enthusiasts. Assel, who is pursuing an M.P.S. in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, has been working…
UTEP Team Presents C2SMART Project at ITE Keystone Matthew Vechione and Okan Gurbuz, Ph.D. students at University of Texas at El Paso, presented their work on a C2SMART project at Keystone ITE 2018. The project is focused on identifying the unique mobility needs and preferences of seniors and developing a navigation app that meets those…
Dr. Daniel Rodriguez-Roman, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, presented a seminar during his visit to NYU Tandon this summer. His research focuses on transportation network design problems, evolutionary and surrogate-based optimization, and, recently, paratransit demand modeling and operations. He obtained his M.S. in Transportation Engineering from the University of California…
Kelvin Cheu, Recent Developments in Lane Changing Research Dr. Kelvin Cheu, C2SMART’s associate director for research, presented a seminar on lane-changing research at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm on June 13. Recent Developments in Lane Changing Research The two most frequent tasks performed by drivers are car-following and lane changing. Lane changing…
C2SMART Showcases Research at ITS-NY C2SMART researchers and staff participated in the 2018 ITS NY 25th Annual Meeting and Technology Exhibition, including displaying the group’s research and presenting on one of the conference panels. Professor Joseph Chow, deputy director of C2SMART, gave a presentation on emerging transportation technologies and related research at C2SMART as part…
Professor Hani Nassif Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Professor Hani Nassif, C2SMART’s Associate Director for Outreach and Technology Transfer, was recently presented with a Lifetime Achievement award by the New Jersey chapter of the American Concrete Institute at their Annual NJ Concrete Awards Dinner. A video presentation during the dinner highlighted his work developing a high-performance…
NYU ITS Student Chapter Completes Successful First Year The NYU chapter of the Intelligent Transportation Society officially launched this spring with the support of C2SMART and the ITS America New York Chapter. Led by Nick Caros, president, and Diego Correa Barahona, vice president, the club gained departmental recognition, built up a dedicated membership, and hosted…
C2SMART Holds Multi-Stakeholder Forum on the Impact of Overweight, Heavier, and Larger Vehicles Dr. Kaan Ozbay welcomes attendees in his opening remarks. C2SMART hosted a forum at the NYU Tandon Brooklyn campus on May 23 on new policies and directions for overweight, heavier and larger vehicles. The event convened transportation stakeholders from the public…
Overview The NYU Rudin Center for Transportation specializes in policy related to the future of urban mobility. In the Future of Mobility workshops, the NYU Rudin Center will convene subject matter experts and government leaders. During the workshop, speakers and participants will identify policy initiatives and needs for seamless, technology-enabled urban travel. The themes for…