Martin University group visits Purdue
April 30, 2013
On April 22, a group of faculty and students from Martin University (NEXTRANS Center partner institution) visited the NEXTRANS Center at Purdue and Discovery Park.
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April 5, 2013
US Rep. Larry Buschon from Indiana's 8th district visited the Center on April 2, 2013. He learned about the Center and experienced the Driving Center Laboratory. Photo: from left - Larry Buschon, Srinivas Peeta, Rick Evans.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Student Wins Thesis Award
February 25, 2013
Qiang Bai, NEXTRANS PhD student, was recognized for best thesis in transportation engineering at the 2013 CUTC Annual Awards Banquet in Washington, D.C.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Welcomes RITA Officials
June 15, 2012
The NEXTRANS Center welcomed Dr. Kevin Womack, Amy Stearns and Lydia Mercado to Purdue University on Thursday, June 14.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Hosts IIT Professor
May 23, 2012
Dr. Gitakrishnan Ramadurai presents at the NEXTRANS Center during his stay in Indiana.
Read Full StoryRegion 2 UTC Director Visits NEXTRANS
April 18, 2012
Dr. Camille Kamga, director of the Region 2 University Transportation Center (City College of New York), was in West Lafayette on Wednesday, April 18 and made a stop at the NEXTRANS Center.
Read Full StorySeminar by Prof. Achille Fonzone at OSU this Thursday
April 9, 2012
Prof. Achille Fonzone will present a seminar, "Are Transit Users Hyper-Travellers?" this Thursday, April 12, 2012 at The Ohio State University.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Sponsors Award for Best Transportation-Related Project
March 9, 2012
The NEXTRANS Center sponsored a prize, "Best Transportation-Related Project," at the 2012 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair, held March 3-4 at Purdue University.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Director Awarded $40,000 for Research
February 15, 2012
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Srinivas Peeta, NEXTRANS Center director and professor of civil engineering, is one of six researchers to receive a grant from the Purdue University Global Policy Research Institute.
Read Full Story2011 NEXTRANS High School Essay Competition Winners Selected
February 2, 2012
The NEXTRANS Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 NEXTRANS Indiana High School Essay Competition. Winning essays were chosen blindly by a panel of transportation scholars, Purdue University Discovery Park officials, and the NEXTRANS
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Selected for Continued Funding
January 17, 2012
The NEXTRANS Center has been selected to receive $3.5 million in new grant funding from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) for continued research, education and technology transfer.
Read Full StoryJeff Peters Named 2011 NEXTRANS Student of the Year
December 28, 2011
The NEXTRANS Center is pleased to announce the selection of Jeff Peters as the 2011 NEXTRANS Student of the Year.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Seminar: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
October 17, 2011
NEXTRANS will host a seminar by Dr. Moshe Ben-Akiva, Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at Purdue University. The seminar,
Read Full StoryDirector Peeta Moderates a Session at Purdue's Shell Energy Day
September 23, 2011
Director Peeta moderated a session, "Natural Gas and the Logistics of Changing Infrastructures," at Purdue's second annual Shell Energy Day on September 22, 2011.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS and ITE Seminar: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
September 16, 2011
NEXTRANS and the Purdue Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers present a seminar by Dr. Mike Meyer, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Georgia Tech, on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Purdue University.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Announces Third Annual High School Essay Competition
August 30, 2011
The NEXTRANS Center at Purdue University is sponsoring its third high school essay competition for students residing in Indiana. The contest's goal is to encourage students to consider how integral transportation is to the future of Indiana and our n
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS to present at DOT headquarters
April 5, 2011
NEXTRANS Center director, Dr. Srinivas Peeta, and research associate, Dr. Sushant Sharma, will present Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) headquarters in Washington, D.C. during University Research Technol
Read Full StoryNew Faculty Award Presented to NEXTRANS Investigator
January 26, 2011
Satish V. Ukkusuri, associate professor of civil engineering at Purdue University, was awarded the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC)-American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) New Faculty Award.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Center and NAVTEQ Announce Collaboration
January 20, 2011
The NEXTRANS Center, a Region V Regional University Center headquartered at Purdue University, and NAVTEQ will collaborate on research of mutual interest.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS student awarded Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Science and Technology
December 17, 2010
Dr. Pengcheng Zhang's Ph.D. dissertation, "A Generalized Modeling Framework to Analyze Interdependencies Among Infrastructure Systems," was awarded the Pikarsky Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Science and Technology by the Council of Univ
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Indiana High School Essay Competition deadline this Friday
December 7, 2010
The second NEXTRANS Indiana High School Essay Competition will conclude this Friday, December 10, 2010.
Read Full StoryPOSTPONED: NEXTRANS to co-host seminar series
November 9, 2010
“Some Unintended Impacts of Green Logistics Policies in Urban Areas,” a seminar presented by Dr. Samer Madanat, will be rescheduled due to an unforeseen conflict.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS to host seminar series
October 20, 2010
NEXTRANS will host Dr. Sankaran Mahadevan and Dr. Michael Florian the week of October 25 at Purdue University.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS receives $2.1 million federal transportation research grant
August 30, 2010
The NEXTRANS Center at Purdue University has been awarded a $2.1 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop integrated and innovative solutions to transportation challenges by capturing the interactions between vehic
Read Full StoryErol Tutumluer Joins Executive Committee
August 4, 2010
NEXTRANS is pleased to announce that Erol Tutumluer has joined the Center's Executive Committee.
Read Full Story2010 Undergraduate Interns Deliver Final Presentations
August 3, 2010
The NEXTRANS Center's 2010 Undergraduate Summer Interns delivered their final presentations on Friday, July 23, 2010 at Purdue University’s Discovery Park.
Read Full StoryDr. Michael Shiffer, Seminar, June 28th, The Ohio State University
July 2, 2010
Dr. Michael Shiffer (TransLink, British Columbia) delivered a seminar Monday, June 28, 2010 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. in Hitchcock Hall, Room 410 at The Ohio State University.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Hosts Visiting Scholar
June 18, 2010
The NEXTRANS Center recently hosted Priyanka Khan from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur as part of the Center's Visiting Scholars Program.
Read Full StoryDr. Zhou Delivers Seminar at Purdue University
May 27, 2010
Dr. Xuesong Zhou (University of Utah) delivered a lecture at Purdue University on May 11, 2010, as part of the NEXTRANS Seminar Series.
Read Full StoryDr. Madanat Delivers Seminar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
May 14, 2010
Dr. Samer M. Madanat (University of California at Berkeley) delivered a lecture on May 7, 2010 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as part of the NEXTRANS Seminar Series.
Read Full StoryNewsletter 3.1 Now Online
March 17, 2010
NEXTRANSporter Issue 3.1 (Winter 2010) is now available online. To view, click top left icon.
Read Full StoryDirector Peeta wins UniSA Distinguished Research Award
March 1, 2010
Dr. Srinivas Peeta is a recipient of the 2010 UniSA Distinguished Researcher Award from the University of South Australia (UniSA), awarded by the Australian Competitive Grants and Fellowships Development Committee.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Co-Hosts Reception at TRB
January 18, 2010
On January 10, 2010, the NEXTRANS Center co-hosted a successful reception at the 89th Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Read Full StoryBrandon Strohl Named Student of the Year
January 12, 2010
The NEXTRANS Center has selected Brandon Strohl as its 2009 Student of the Year.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Hosts U.S./Canada Border Conference
November 20, 2009
NEXTRANS hosted a one-day conference on November 16, 2009 at Purdue University.
Read Full StoryRITA Site Visit Held November 17th
November 20, 2009
Representatives from the USDOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration recently visited Purdue University for a NEXTRANS Center site visit on November 17, 2009.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Indiana High School Writing Contest Winners
August 25, 2009
Chelsea DeLarm and Mikayla Janney have been selected as the top prize winners of the 2009 NEXTRANS Indiana High School Essay Competition.
Read Full StoryUndergraduate Interns Deliver Final Presentations
August 1, 2009
On July 27, 2009, the NEXTRANS Center's 2009 Summer Undergraduate Interns delivered formal presentations at Purdue University's Discovery Park.
Read Full StoryNEXTRANS Hosts Solar Power Initiative Meeting
July 28, 2009
The NEXTRANS Center, in collaboration with the Discovery Park Energy Center, hosted a Solar Power Initiative Exploratory Meeting at Purdue University on July 24, 2009.
Read Full StoryDirector Peeta Presents at CUTC Summer Meeting
July 15, 2009
NEXTRANS Center Director Srinivas Peeta delivered a presentation on UTC Best Practices at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Summer Meeting, which was held June 30 – July 2, 2009 in Amherst, MA.
Read Full StoryUIUC Faculty Lead International Conference
July 10, 2009
The Eighth International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways, and Airfields (BCR2A) convened at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) from June 29 - July 2, 2009. NEXTRANS faculty members from UIUC presented numerous
Read Full StoryCourse Provides Training for Transportation Professionals
June 15, 2009
On June 8-9, 2009, NEXTRANS and the Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) at Purdue University co-sponsored a two-day outreach course on travel demand model theory.
Read Full StoryTraffic Data Workshop Promotes Regional Dialogue
May 1, 2009
NEXTRANS researchers at The Ohio State University recently participated in the Midwest Traffic Monitoring Workshop on March 24-25, 2009.
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