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Unparalleled tire testing center rolls forward , articleThe Global Center for Automotive Performance Simulation has created Asphaltant, a first-of-its-kind tire testing technology that replicates roadway conditions in a controlled environment.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 -
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Researchers are driving the charge of zero emissions , articleNew published research from Virginia Tech and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institution finds that electric vehicles generally produce less non-exhaust emissions compared with gasoline-powered vehicles.
Date: Feb 14, 2025 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute targets human trafficking in new campaign , articleThe institute is now trying to prevent a different type of traffic by launching its first human trafficking outreach project. The goal is to provide the trucking and transportation communities with a one-stop website for educational resources related to human trafficking.
Date: Jan 30, 2025 -
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Matthew Camden named Virginia Tech Transportation Institute division director of freight, transit, and heavy vehicle safety , articleCamden will manage research for the division, which makes up about 25 percent of the institute's total research enterprise.
Date: Jan 23, 2025 -
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AI can make transportation safer and more efficient, researchers say in new report , articleTo support the future of artificial intelligence in transportation, researchers from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute wrote a report published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that explores the benefits and implementations of artificial intelligence in departments of transportation and provides a set of guidelines and research agendas.
Date: Nov 22, 2024 -
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Transportation institute awarded nearly $1 million in trucking education grants , articleThe Virginia Tech Transportation Institute was recently awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to develop and enhance tractor-trailer educational programs.
Date: Nov 05, 2024 -
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Guidelines to steer the future of autonomous trucking , articleThe report, created by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and 17 partners, includes best practices for the implementation of automated driving systems in large trucks and policy issues for fleets to consider.
Date: Aug 30, 2024 -
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Elizabeth White named chief of staff for Virginia Tech Transportation Institute , articleWhite, who previously served as the institute’s programs and business manager and interim chief of staff, started her role on May 20.
Date: Jun 20, 2024 -
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Outreach program on truck safety travels across the country , articleThe Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s outreach initiative Sharing the Road with Trucks traveled across the country to Las Vegas.
Date: Apr 18, 2024 -
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Tom Dingus recognized with the SAE International Humanitarian Award , articleThe award recognizes work with undeniably positive impact on safety in transportation in honor of Arnold W. Siegel, an automobile safety pioneer.
Date: Apr 17, 2024 -
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Eileen Herbers named among top transportation students in the country , articleA fifth-year doctoral student in biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Tech, Herbers, was named the Student of the Year for the Safe-D: Safety through Disruption University Transportation Center.
Date: Jan 09, 2024 -
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Virginia Tech will exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show , articleThis year’s showcase by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute will include its autonomous Ford F-150, fresh off the successful Safely Operating Automated Driving Systems demonstrations in Arlington. The demonstrations were part of a five-year effort to help solve challenges that public safety officials experience.
Date: Dec 20, 2023 -
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New Hokie-themed semi-truck helps drive the Sharing the Road program forward , articleThe Virginia Tech Transportation Institute added a dedicated Hokie-themed semi-truck for its Sharing the Road with Large Trucks program, which is expanding to more schools in more states and adding virtual components in the coming year.
Date: Nov 27, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute creates the future of transportation safety , articleOver the past 35 years, naturalistic driving study data has been collected from nearly 7,000 vehicles, including cars, tractor-trailers, bicycles, and e-scooters. The research ultimately has been used to improve the transportation system for everyone who uses the roads while also helping secure funding from over 100 sponsors and propelling VTTI to its current status as a top transportation research institute.
Date: Nov 21, 2023 -
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Hesham Rakha named Canadian Academy of Engineering fellow , articleRakha, director of the Center for Sustainable Mobility at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, was nominated by current academy members for his dedication to reducing traffic congestion, reducing the transportation system’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and enhancing transportation safety.
Date: Jul 31, 2023 -
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Groundbreaking e-scooter study shows surface transitions as most common hurdle , articleOver the span of 18 months, 50 electric scooters, equipped with forward-facing cameras and other research equipment, collected over 9,000 miles of data from over 200,000 rides on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus.
Date: Jul 24, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, NEC demonstrate intersection safety , articleAn innovative solution that saves lives at intersections on public roadways uses private 5G and artificial intelligence-based video analytics.
Date: Jun 05, 2023 -
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Researchers remove uncertainty in roadway lighting , articleGroundbreaking research conducted at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that blue light from LED road lighting does not have any significant impact on road user salivary melatonin levels.
Date: Apr 06, 2023 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute sheds new light on Virginia State Police vehicles , articleThe institute’s research shows that motorists passing a stopped police vehicle pay more attention when the vehicle has more emergency lights and uses red lights in its light bar.
Date: Mar 20, 2023 -
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Researching ways to increase driver attention , articleResearchers from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in collaboration with Google’s Android Auto team have found that mechanisms that encourage drivers to take long glances back at the road during extended interaction with a touchscreen infotainment system may be a key aspect of mitigating driver distraction.
Date: Mar 16, 2023 -
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Hesham Rakha named fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers , articleRakha’s research focuses on large-scale transportation system optimization, modeling, and assessment.
Date: Feb 21, 2023 -
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Expanded technology used in Smart Work Zone system improves safety for roadside workers , articleThe Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s system's capabilities have expanded to meet the safety needs of an Albemarle County work zone deployed at the roundabout intersection of Route 151 and Route 250 in November.
Date: Jan 03, 2023 -
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'Good Morning America' films segment with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute , articleDuring the filmed segment, reporter Stephanie Ramos climbed into the driver's seat to report on what she could and couldn’t see from the perspective of a truck driver.
Date: Jan 02, 2023 -
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Kevin Kefauver appointed Virginia Tech Transportation Institute's division director of data and analytics , articleKefauver brings an extensive background in mechanical engineering and controls with him to combine his expertise with that of the institute.
Date: Jan 02, 2023 -
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Students take a semester project beyond the classroom to a safety technology design competition , articleStudents enrolled in the Advanced Vehicle Research and Development course created a technology that alerts drivers when they are in the blind spot of a tractor-trailer.
Date: Dec 02, 2022 -
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Research collaboration initiated to increase pedestrian safety , articleThe Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and NEC demonstrate intersection safety using artificial intelligence-based video analytics.
Date: Nov 10, 2022 -
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Cycling for safety: Olympians visit Virginia Tech , articleWhile visiting the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the cyclists went for a bike ride around the Virginia Smart Roads, experiencing firsthand the capabilities available to researchers increasing cyclist safety.
Date: Nov 09, 2022 -
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Outreach team teaches local students about driver safety , articleThe Virginia Tech Transportation Institute visited Blacksburg High School on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Across the series of sessions, nearly 200 driver’s education students learned how to safely share the road with trucks.
Date: Nov 08, 2022 -
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Buying a car just got more efficient, thanks to Virginia Tech Transportation Institute's Hesham Rakha , articleRakha created an online tool that allows users to compare the cost of owning a gasoline-powered vehicle against a battery electric vehicle that provides drivers of these vehicles insights into how they can save time and money and protect the environment.
Date: Oct 18, 2022 -
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Eric Holbrook named associate director of marketing and communications for the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute , articleHolbrook comes with an extensive background in media, marketing, and creative services. Driven by his passion for storytelling, Holbrook leads marketing and communications for VTTI, one of Virginia Tech’s seven research institutes.
Date: Oct 13, 2022 -
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Myra Blanco appointed to increase diversity, inclusion, and empowerment for Virginia Tech’s research enterprise , articleThe program selects faculty leaders to contribute to the development of Virginia Tech’s research and innovation infrastructure in targeted areas.
Date: Aug 03, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researchers to deploy smart work zone in Wise, Virginia , articleDesigned to protect roadside workers and motorists, the work zone system creates a boundary and alerts workers when they approach its edge, keeping them safe from potential hazards.
Date: May 19, 2022 -
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H. Clay Gabler III posthumously awarded the Kenneth A. Stonex Roadside Safety award , articleThe award from the Committee on Roadside Safety Design recognizes outstanding contributions to improving highway and roadside safety. Gabler, who passed away on Jan. 11, 2021, was a professor and chair of the undergraduate biomedical engineering program and a leading researcher at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute-affiliated Center for Injury Biomechanics.
Date: May 17, 2022 -
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Alexandria Rossi-Alvarez named University Transportation Center Student of the Year , articleRossi-Alvarez, a doctoral student in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech conducting research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, has been a driving force behind pedestrian-related research at the institute through her analysis of external lighting patterns for vehicle-to-pedestrian communication.
Date: Mar 28, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researchers develop an open-access interactive tool to advance automated driving systems across the country , articleA team of researchers from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s Division of Data and Analytics has developed an open-access interactive tool that seeks to enhance the capabilities of government, industry, and academic research in establishing automated driving systems.
Date: Mar 03, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute names Luke Neurauter director of the Division of Vehicle, Driver, and System Safety , articleNeurauter will lead a team of researchers that support the development and evaluation of advanced technologies and operations for automotive suppliers, policy makers, infrastructure owner operators, and improving safety and system effectiveness.
Date: Jan 26, 2022 -
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Institute's Sharing the Road with Trucks Program puts research into practice , articleResearchers with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute have developed a curriculum to educate teen drivers on how to apply safe driving practices when they encounter large commercial vehicles.
Date: Jan 11, 2022 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute research students accepted into the Dwight Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program , articleThe Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration, advances the transportation workforce by helping to attract the nation's brightest minds to the field of transportation, encouraging future transportation professionals to seek advanced degrees, and helping to retain top talent in the U.S. transportation industry.
Date: Jan 10, 2022 -
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Myra Blanco honored as SAE Contributor of the Year for 2021 , articleThe Society of Automotive Engineers' Contributor of the Year is the highest honor bestowed on a volunteer for his or her contributions to the society.
Date: Dec 17, 2021 -
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Hesham Rakha awarded the 2021 IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Outstanding Research Award , articleRakha, director of the Center for Sustainable Mobility at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, has been awarded with the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Intelligent Transportation System Outstanding Research Award for his contributions to large-scale transportation system optimization, modeling, and assessment.
Date: Nov 30, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute automated vehicle technology research helps eliminate first responder fatalities , articleThe report examines how law enforcement officials, other first responders, and crash scene investigators can better prepare for automated vehicle technology by highlighting curriculum recommendations to improve training on rapidly changing safety protocols.
Date: Nov 01, 2021 -
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute joins the National Distracted Driving Coalition to eliminate distracted driving fatalities , articleThe goal of the coalition is to accelerate national efforts to implement short- and long-term interventions that will promote attentive driving and eliminate distracted driving fatalities and injuries.
Date: Oct 13, 2021