Category Archives: Faculty
Greene Outlines the Road Ahead to Deep Decarbonization of Transportation
UT Research Professor David Greene outlines what is needed for deep decarbonization of the transportation sector and shares optimism for the road ahead.
2021 Faculty and Staff Awards Announced
Mark Denavit, Nicholas Wierschem, Shuai Li, and Joshua Fu received faculty awards from UT’s Tickle College of Engineering.
Greene Detailed to NHTSA as Advisor to the Administrator
Research Professor David Greene will serve as a senior research engineer to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Biometrics for Safer Roadways
Beaman Professor Asad Khattak focuses on enhancing driver safety through experiments that identify and detect driver impairment.
Students โJUMP into STEM,โ Earn Runner-Up
UT Assistant Professor Nick Zhou helped facilitate a CEE team to participate in JUMP into STEM.
E-Bikes on the Move from Research to Policy
Professor Chris Cherryโs research on e-bike impacts on greenhouse gas emissions was cited to support of the E-BIKE Act.
Modeling COVID-19 for Public Health
Professor Joshua Fu and doctoral student Cheng-Pin Kuo built a predictive model that suggests COVID-19 lockdowns should last more than one week to be effective.
CTR Welcomes Interim Leadership
David Clarke retired as the director of the Center for Transportation Research at the end of 2020. Jerry Everett stepped in as interim director, and DeAnna Flinchum assumed the role of interim associate director.
Cherry Quoted in Bloomberg Hyperdrive
Professor Chris Cherry was recently quoted in Bloomberg Hyperdrive about why he prefers bike racks over bike parking facilities.
Brakewood Quoted in Bloomberg CityLab Article
Assistant Professor Candace Brakewood was quoted in a Bloomberg CityLab article examining how payments for transit fares have changed during the pandemic.