Monthly Brown Bag Series

Each month, researchers at UT Austin gather in the CM2 to present their current research and discuss their findings with their fellow researchers. Typically, there are 2 presentations per event (approximately 20 minutes each) with a discussion to follow. 

Fall 2019 schedule: 9/26, 10/15, 11/22 from 12:30-1:30PM

Past Brown Bag Lunch Presentations

Planning for Megaregion class Presentation April 15, 2020 Video	Ashley McLain (President of COX McLain Environmental Consulting) NEPA 101 March 5, 2020 Video	Yefu Chen(GRA for Dr. Junfeng Jiao) Exploring the Relationship between the Light Rail Transit and Bus services March 5, 2020 Video	Shunhua Bai (GRA for Dr. Junfeng Jiao) From Shared Mobility to Shared Responsibility November 22, 2019 Video	Ziqi Liu (GRA for Ming Zhang) Benchmark the Trends of Spatial Inequality in Megaregions and Explore the Role of High-Speed Rail November 22, 2019 Video
Lisa Loftus-Otway The role of MPOs in Megaregional Transportation System Resilience Planning October 15, 2019 Video	Anthony Jones (Community Planner, USDOT) Planning for livability and community connection: US 181 Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge October 15, 2019 Video	Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom, Dr. GIan Claudia Sciara and Mashrur Rahman September Brown Bag September 26, 2019 Video	Dr. John Landis An Operational Platform for Modeling Multi-Modal Transportation Investments in the Northeast Corridor Megaregion March 4, 2019	Chris Bischak (GRA for Dr. Junfeng Jiao) The Role of Transportation Networking Companies in Mega-Region Mobility February 1, 2019 Video
Yantao Huang (GRA for Dr. Kara Kockelman) How Will Self-Driving Vehicles Affect U.S. Megaregion Traffic? The Case of the Texas Triangle February 1, 2019 Video	Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom Using Technological Innovations Across Megaregions to Enhance the Mobility and Access of Seniors November 6, 2018 Video	Dr. Michael Oden Whither Regionalism: The Salience of Megaregional Geographies for Inter-Metropolitan Planning and Policy Making November 6, 2018 Video	Dr. Gian-Claudia Sciara with her GRAs: Paulina Urbanowicz, Mashrur Rahman, Rydell Walthall Transit Operators in Metropolitan Transportation Decision Making October 16, 2018 Video	Dr. Jake Wegmann Equitable access to transit within and across mega-regions October 16, 2018 Video
Danelle Briscoe Multi-Modal Modelling: BIM Templates for Hub Design and Networks September 18, 2018	Robert Harrison Improving Megaregion (MR) Freight Mobility: Impact of Truck Technologies September 18, 2018	Cesar Yahia (GRA for Dr. Stephen Boyles) Network Partitioning Algorithms for Solving the Traffic Assignment Problem using a Decomposition Approach April 26, 2018	Louis Alcorn (GRA for Dr. Junfeng Jiao) Bike Sharing and the Built Environment April 26, 2018	Chris Bischak (GRA for Dr. Junfeng Jiao) Transit Deserts in Major US Cities March 22, 2018
Stephanie Levine and Paulina Urbanowicz (GRAs for Lisa Loftus-Otway) The Role of MPOs in Megaregion Planning: the Texas Triangle March 22, 2018	Alexander Hunn (GRA for Lisa Loftus-Otway) Federal Constitutional Powers February 23, 2018