Dr. Jorge Zornberg, Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, and his CTR research team are revolutionizing the roads we drive on. Under his leadership, their research focuses primarily on soil structure design, geosynthetics, and waste containment facilities, with specific emphasis on the geotechnical aspects of transportation engineering. His work covers roadways, retaining walls, bridges, …
CTR Library’s April 2018 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download. This is our first issue to include U.S. Government publications that were recently selected for our collection. This month’s digest provides abstracts for 17 publications recently made available online from the Eastern Transportation Knowledge Network, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, …
The 2018 D-STOP Symposium: “New Developments in SAVES” Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Overview SAVES (Situation-Aware Vehicular Engineering Systems) is a research center within UT’s Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG) that addresses the challenges of wireless, networking, and sensing in vehicular systems. SAVES was created in partnership with CTR and is a direct result …
The March 2018 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download from the CTR Library’s website. This month’s digest provides abstracts for 17 recent publications from the research program sponsored by TxDOT’s Research and Technology Implementation Division (RTI). The research projects represented here cover a wide range of topics. This issue includes reports on …
AUSTIN, Texas — Amit Bhasin, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering, has been named the new director of the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at The University of Texas at Austin. He assumed the role on February 15 and is the fifth director in …
The February 2018 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download from the CTR Library. This digest from CTR Library provides abstracts for 17 publications recently received from other states’ department of transportation research programs. The research projects represented here are from various states including Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, …
The January 2018 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download from the CTR Library’s website. This month’s digest provides abstracts and full-text links for 16 recent publications from the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). The …
A diverse group of CAEE faculty is joining CTR. We are excited about this opportunity to expand our center’s knowledge base and research offerings. Our new faculty members are Brady Cox, Chadi El Mohtar, Robert Gilbert, Spyros Kinnas, Lance Manuel, Jorge Prozzi, Ellen Rathje, Kenneth Stokoe, John Tassoulas, and Jorge Zornberg. Of course, CTR has …