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December 10, 2018, Filed Under: Uncategorized

CM2 Fall Exhibition 2018

The UT Austin team of faculty and student researchers gathered on Friday, December 7, 2018 to present their ongoing research projects for the five-year Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions (CM2) consortium. Following the success of previous exhibitions, the UT Austin CM2 team decided to make this event a regular occurrence. In addition to our faculty and student researchers, representatives from our Support Partner Program sponsors as well as members from the CM2 Advisory Committee were invited.

Guests in attendance were Ashley McLain, Principal and Co-founder of Cox | McLain Environmental Consulting; Peter Smith, Director of Transportation Planning and Programming for Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT); Nirav Ved, Special Assistant to Executive Director of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), Ashby Johnson; and Donny Hamilton, Jr., Director of Finance and Administration at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

At the beginning of the exhibition, highlights from the Fall 2018 semester were showcased including the conference presentations, journal publications, and awards received by faculty and students. CM2 Director, Dr. Ming Zhang also presented Certificates of Appreciation to our Support Partners and Advisory Committee members, as a thank you for their continued support of the center’s research initiatives. Following the certificate presentations, the exhibition ended with a poster session for new and ongoing CM2 research projects, during which students, faculty, and guests could discuss the research topics, research design, challenges, and current/expected findings.

At this exhibition event, researchers presented their work in the fields of Community and Regional Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Law. The CM2 projects highlighted at the exhibition explored the role of transit operators in MPO decision-making, identifying transit deserts, planning for autonomous vehicles, the role of an MPO on intra and inter-regional transportation, freight mobility, active transportation, mobility and accessibility for seniors, neighborhood walkability metrics, constructing network models for megaregions, the role of transportation networking companies (TNCs) on megaregional mobility, utilizing crowd-sourced data and machine learning for megaregional resiliency to flooding, analyzing demand potential for high speed rail (HSR), and the role of MPOS in natural disaster planning, among others.

 

See all of the Fall Exhibition Posters Here.

 

CM2 Director, Dr. Ming Zhang addresses the group, providing updates on the center’s current activities and research goals.
CM2 Director, Dr. Ming Zhang, presents the Certificate of Appreciation to Ashley McLain, Principal and Co-founder of Cox | McLain Environmental Consulting and CM2 Support Partner
CM2 Director, Dr. Ming Zhang, presents the Certificate of Appreciation to Peter Smith, Director of Transportation Planning and Programming for TxDOT and Advisory Committee Member
CM2 Director, Dr. Ming Zhang, presents the Certificate of Appreciation to Nirav Ved, who accepted the certificate on behalf of Ashby Johnson, Executive Director of CAMPO and Advisory Committee Member
Group photo at the CM2 Fall Exhibition
UT Austin CM2 Fall Exhibition (holding the CM2 sign is Chris Bischak, 2018 UTC Outstanding Student of the Year)
Sagnika Das and Aaron Sessions, GRAs for Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom discuss their research on senior mobility with Nirav Ved (CAMPO)
Liang Chen (GRA for Dr. Ming Zhang) and Robert Harrison (CTR)
Poster session during the CM2 Fall Exhibition
Peter Smith, TXDOT with Paulina Urbanowicz-Pollack (GRA for Lisa Loftus-Otway) and Mashrur Rahman (GRA for Dr. Gian-Claudia Sciara)
Shunhua Bai, GRA for Dr. Junfeng Jiao discusses research with Assistant Director, Inessa Ach
Priyadarshan Patil, GRA for Dr. Stephen Boyles with his poster on megaregional network modeling
Ziqi Liu, GRA for Dr. Ming Zhang with her poster on megaregions as understanding for global urbanization
GRA Priyadarshan Patil discussing his research with Ashley McLain
Yantao Huang, GRA for Dr. Kara Kockelman with his poster on autonomous vehicles
Yantao Huang, GRA for Dr. Kara Kockelman with his poster on autonomous vehicles
Ashley McLain discusses Paulina Urbanowicz-Pollack’s (GRA for Lisa Loftus-Otway) research, as Priyadarshan Patil and Mashrur Rahman look on
Peter Smith (TxDOT), Robert Harrison (CTR) and CM2 Director Dr. Ming Zhang discuss one of the research projects
CM2 Administrative Team (Assistant Director for Administration, Inessa Ach; Assistant Director for Research, Lisa Loftus-Otway; and Director, Dr. Ming Zhang)
CM2 Administrative Team (Assistant Director for Administration, Inessa Ach; Assistant Director for Research, Lisa Loftus-Otway; Director, Dr. Ming Zhang; and GRA for Administration, Nicole McGrath)
CM2 Director Zhang with CM2 Advisory Committee member, and Donny Hamilton, Jr. (FHWA), an honored guest
CM2 Director Zhang and Assistant Directors Loftus-Otway and Ach with Peter Smith (TxDOT), a CM2 Advisory Committee member, and Donny Hamilton, Jr. (FHWA), an honored guest

 

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