Category: Mobility and Transportation Networks
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Michigan IOE welcomes two new faculty
Dr. Sushil Varma joins from INRIA Paris, where he designed algorithms for online marketplaces and EV-based transportation. Dr. Manhua Wang joins from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, focusing on trustworthy, adaptive human-AI collaborations in intelligent transportation and automated vehicles.
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Center for Ergonomics receives $1.1 million grant to study information automation vulnerabilities on modern flight decks
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Nadine Sarter and her Human-Automation Interaction and Cognition (THInC) Lab in the UM Center for Ergonomics a three-year, grant to study information management on the flight deck of highly automated aircraft.
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Kati Moug receives 2021 Generation Google Scholarship
U-M IOE PhD student, Kati Moug, has received a 2021 Generation Google Scholarship in recognition of academic performance, leadership, and a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Siqian Shen receives NSF funding for transportation system redesign
U-M IOE associate professor, Siqian Shen, has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research on redesigning transportation for a post-pandemic world.
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Nadine Sarter receives FAA funding for research on pilots’ role in risk mitigation
U-M IOE professor, Nadine Sarter has received funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for research on the role flight crews play in aviation safety.
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U-M’s Robert Hampshire joins Biden administration to work in transportation research and technology
“Robert’s expertise and his deep commitment to equity, access and justice will improve transportation policy for all Americans.”
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Leia Stirling selected as a Class of 2021 AIAA Associate Fellow
U-M IOE Associate Professor Leia Stirling joins the Class of 2021 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellows.
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Albert Berahas joins the IOE faculty
Albert Berahas joins the U-M IOE faculty as an assistant professor this fall.
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The science behind campus bus changes during COVID-19
Engineers used smoke machines, physics-based modeling and route optimization algorithms to quantify risk.
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Viswanath Nagarajan receives NSF funding for research in combinatorial optimization
U-M IOE assistant professor, Viswanath Nagarajan, has received NSF funding for further research on decision-making under uncertainty.
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Clive D’Souza Awarded by the Council for Disability Concerns
U-M IOE Assistant Professor Clive D’Souza was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Council for Disability Concerns.
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Leia Stirling joins the Industrial and Operations Engineering faculty
Leia Stirling will join the U-M IOE faculty as an associate professor this fall.
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Siqian Shen receives funding from Ford to design integrated ridesharing and goods delivery system
U-M IOE associate professor, Siqian Shen, has received research funding from Ford to explore how mathematical optimization and operations research approaches can improve services that integrate ridesharing with goods delivery.
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U-M receives U.S. Department of Transportation funding to reduce urban traffic congestion
Three U-M engineers receive funding from USDOT Center for Connected Automated Transportation (CCAT) for a two-year collaborative research project that aims to reduce traffic congestion.
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Ruiwei Jiang receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Ruiwei Jiang, U-M IOE assistant professor, receives a National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award for his work in operations research.