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  • Vanderbilt Organized Multi-Modal Mobility Workshop on Jan. 19

    Vanderbilt Organized Multi-Modal Mobility Workshop on Jan. 19

    Transportation experts dig into congestion, connectivity, conflicts   Autonomous vehicles are coming. That much is clear. Far less clear “is when, at what rate, and through what evolution path,” said Hani S. Mahmassani, the William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation at Northwestern University. Mahmassani, also director of the Northwestern… Read More

    Feb. 1, 2018

  • VECTOR has partnered with 19 public & private partners to launch TennSMART Consortium

    VECTOR has partnered with 19 public & private partners to launch TennSMART Consortium

    The goal of this TennSMART consortium is accelerating development and use of technologies for autonomous and connected vehicles and smart infrastructure, among other areas. The following five focus areas are included: Connected and automated vehicles Heavy duty trucking and freight efficiency Cybersecurity Electric vehicles Multimodal commuting Use the link below… Read More

    Jan. 29, 2018

  • Professor Dan Work Receives Two Additonal Honors

    Professor Dan Work Receives Two Additonal Honors

    Professor Dan Work was named on the 2018 Pioneers by Connect World list of 10 Innovators of loT (internet of Things) under 40.  Professor work will also be a Gilbreath Lecturer at the National Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) on February 8, 2018 in Irvine, CA. Congrats Dan!… Read More

    Jan. 29, 2018

  • Professor Janey Camp interview by The Briefing Powered by Dartmouth for SiriusXM Radio

    Professor Janey Camp interview by The Briefing Powered by Dartmouth for SiriusXM Radio

    Professor Janey Camp discusses infrastructure conditions, and improvements our roads, waterways, dams and other infrastructure need to compete globally. Hosted by Dartmouth Professor Randall Balmer. Aired on Saturday, January 27th, 2018. Listen to the clip below.      … Read More

    Jan. 29, 2018

  • Gradate Students Raphael Stern & Will Barbour named 2018 Dwight David Eisenhower Fellows from US DOT

    Gradate Students Raphael Stern & Will Barbour named 2018 Dwight David Eisenhower Fellows from US DOT

    The Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) awards fellowships to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines.  Stern and Barbour received this award at the 2018 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Congrats Rafi & Will!             From Left: Will Barbour, Dan Work,… Read More

    Jan. 29, 2018

  • Graduate Student Charles Doktycz receives Eisenhower Fellowship

    Graduate Student Charles Doktycz receives Eisenhower Fellowship

    Congrats Charles!          … Read More

    Jan. 25, 2018

  • Professor Janey Camp featured as Guest Columnist for the Tennessean

    Professor Janey Camp featured as Guest Columnist for the Tennessean

    Use the link below to read Professor Janey Camp’s article “Nashville Needs to Prepare for the Flood of the Future” featured in the Tennessean on January 3rd, 2018. http://nashvilletennessean.tn.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=26a37c20b  … Read More

    Jan. 5, 2018

  • Vanderbilt EWB Trip lead by Professor Janey Camp

    Vanderbilt EWB Trip lead by Professor Janey Camp

    Use the link below for the Channel 5 interview about a Vanderbilt Engineers Without Borders trip, now underway to Guatemala, lead by Professor Janey Camp. This trip will focus on an assessment into communities in Guatemala to help meet some of their engineering needs and improve sanitation safety around the school grounds. Read More

    Jan. 3, 2018

  • VECTOR Group Attends SRA 2017 Annual Meeting

    VECTOR Group Attends SRA 2017 Annual Meeting

      This years SRA annual meeting was held in Arlington, VA from December 10th-14th, 2017.  The SRA Annual meeting provides opportunity to discuss all avenues of risk analysis with other risk enthusiasts. The theme of this years meeting is Risk Analysis: The Profession, The Practitioners, The Research.    … Read More

    Dec. 13, 2017

  • Graduate Student Jinzhu Yu Wins 2017 SRA EISG Student Merit Competition

    Graduate Student Jinzhu Yu Wins 2017 SRA EISG Student Merit Competition

    Congrats Jinzhu on winning the student merit award! The Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group (EISG) requires that the finalists for the student merit award in EISG submit a YouTube video on their research. Jinzhu  was one of  three other finalist who submitted YouTube videos. Take a look at Jinzhu's YouTube video below featuring his research.  Follow the hyperlink to learn more about the Student Merit Competition  and view all three 2017 finalists videos. From left: Andrea Staid (Secretary of EISG), Hiba Baroud, Jinzhu Yu, Roshi Nateghi (Chair of EISG), and Allison Reilly (Past Chair of EISG) Read More

    Dec. 11, 2017