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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