2022 Annual Symposium
The Center for Transportation Research’s Annual Symposium was held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, hosted at The Commons Conference Center on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus.
Agenda
| Time |
Agenda Items (PDF handout available) |
| 8:00 |
Sign In |
| 8:30 |
Internal Leadership Meeting |
| 11:30 |
Poster Session (PDF handout available)
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| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Podium Session |
- Welcome
- Mac Shelby Award Presentation
- Keynote: Leveraging vehicle data on an all new platform to improve road safety in communities
– Heather Ducharme, Director, Future Digital Business Products, General Motors
- Keynote: Real-Time Flood Resilience for TxDOT (PDF)
– Prof. David Maidment, Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair Emeritus in Civil Engineering, CTR, UT Austin
- Student Highlight: Alternative funding model based on vehicle miles travelled (PDF) – Michael A. Moore, CTR, UT Austin
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| 3:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:15 |
Breakout Session |
Session 1: Bridges and Transportation Structures
- Moderator: Matt Hebdon (UT-Austin)
- Panelists: Todd Helwig (UT-Austin), Matt Hebdon (UT-Austin), Steven Austin (Field Operations Section Director) and Robert Owens (Bridge Design Section Supervisor)
- Outline: This session will cover short summaries from various recent transportation structures related projects with TxDOT as well as other national sponsors. This will be followed by a discussion on the plans for CBEI, current / urgent needs in this area, and future needs.
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Session 2: Transportation Tomorrow – Safety Technologies & Open Research Questions
- Moderator: Randy Machemehl (UT-Austin), Kristie Chin (UT-Austin)
- Panelists: Darran Anderson (TxDOT), Manar Hasan (UT-Austin), Anna McAuley (UT- Austin), Mike Arellano (TxDOT), Jason JonMichael (City of Austin)
- Outline: This session will cover short presentations on current safety technology initiatives, followed by a moderated discussion where panelists dive into open research questions for the future. Topics include establishing Texas as a proving grounds for connected and automated vehicles, forging state/national best practices, and analyzing data for vision zero insight
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Symposium Archive
Please visit the Symposium Archive for information and materials from other years.
Handouts, Posters, and Presentations
Please Call (512) 232-3100 for additional information.
