Symposium 2018 logoThe Center for Transportation Research held its Annual Symposium on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Commons Learning Center on the Pickle Research Campus.

Agenda

Time Title
11:30 AM Poster Session & Lunch
1:00 PM Opening statement
Amit Bhasin, Director, Center for Transportation Research
Official UT Welcome
Sharon Wood, Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering
Mac Shelby Award announcement
Regular Session
1:30 PM Preparing for a world of connected and automated vehicles (View slides)
Steve Boyles, Center for Transportation Research
2:00 PM Managing mobility during Design-Build highway construction — Successes and lessons learned (View slides)
Kelly Selman, Texas Department of Transportation
Kristopher Pruner, Center for Transportation Research
2:30 PM Break & Poster Session
2:45 PM Future of flyash in Texas concrete (View slides)
Maria Juenger, Center for Transportation Research
Andy Naranjo, Texas Department of Transportation
3:15 PM Fatigue resistance and reliability of high mast illumination poles with pre-existing cracks (View slides)
Michael Engelhardt, Center for Transportation Research
3:45 PM Texas innovation, technology, & research — Panel discussion
Sonya Badgley, Texas Department of Transportation
Yvette Flores, Texas Department of Transportation
Kristie Chin, Center for Transportation Research
Andrea Gold, Center for Transportation Research
4:20 PM General Q&A
4:25 PM Closing Remarks

 

Directions

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Parking: Enter from the Burnet Rd. entrance. If you do not have a University of Texas Parking Permit, you will need to place the event parking pass on your dashboard. If you have not received a parking pass via email, please retrieve the sponsored event parking pass from uniformed security personnel when you arrive and follow signs for visitor parking. More info.

Contact Information

Call (512) 232-3100 for additional information.