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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
CTR is bidding a fond farewell to our esteemed Deputy Director, Rob Harrison, who is retiring this fall after 30 years at CTR. He joined us after first working as an academic in his native United Kingdom, then as an economist in Brazil, and finally as a consultant to the World Bank. In all, he …