Transportation Research
The transportation faculty is involved in research on new planning methods for transportation investment, enhanced methods for modeling travel behavior, analysis of driver safety in the southeastern United States, crash analysis using event data recorders, applications of advanced technologies in the transportation system, the development of new models for estimating mobile emissions, improved concepts for intermodal transportation, sustainable development and transportation, applications of geographic information systems in program management, the design of a fog detection and warning system, and the development of decision support tools for infrastructure man age ment. Many of these projects are interdisciplinary in nature and involve faculty and students from other academic units.