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. Spring 2022 schedule: TBD Past Brown Bag Lunch Presentations October 2021 Brownbag Presentation Video October 19th, 2021 September 2021 Brownbag Presentation Video September 21st, 2021 April 2021 Brownbag Presentation Video April 20, 2021 March 2021 Brownbag Presentation Video March 23, 2021 November 2020 Brownbag Presentation Video November 17, 2020 October 2020 Brownbag Presentation Video October 20, 2020 September Brownbag Presentation Slides September 15, 2020 Video CM2 Student-led Symposium: Learning from the Randstad and Rhine-Ruhr Implications for the Texas Triangle Presentation Video May 6, 2020 April Brownbag: 'Planning for Megaregion' Class Presentation Presentation Video April 2020 March 2020 Brownbag Presentation Video March 5, 2020 Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom Lisa Loftus-Otway The role of MPOs in Megaregional Transportation System Resilience Planning October 15, 2019 Video Dr. John Landis An Operational Platform for Modeling Multi-Modal Transportation Investments in the Northeast Corridor Megaregion March 4, 2019Anthony 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 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 Chris Bischak (GRA for Dr. Junfeng Jiao) The Role of Transportation Networking Companies in Mega-Region Mobility February 1, 2019 Dr. Michael Oden Whither Regionalism: The Salience of Megaregional Geographies for Inter-Metropolitan Planning and Policy Making November 6, 2018 Dr. Gian-Claudia Sciara with her GRAs: Paulina Urbanowicz, Mashrur Rahman, Rydell Walthall Transit Operators in Metropolitan Transportation Decision Making October 16, 2018 Dr. Jake Wegmann Equitable access to transit within and across mega-regions October 16, 2018 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