ATI Annual Report 2022

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message FROM THE DIRECTOR

Welcome to the Alabama Transportation Institute Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022, covering the period from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.

ALLENS.PARRISH

Dr.AllenParrishistheExecutiveDirector oftheAlabamaTransportationInstitute atTheUniversityofAlabama.Inthisrole, heisresponsibleforfacilitatingandcoordinatingthe$20M/yeartransportation researchportfolioofUA,withoperational responsibilitiesfortheInstituteandits employees,includingthreecenters:the TransportationPolicyResearchCenter, theCenterforAdvancedPublicSafetyand theAlabamaMobilityandPowerCenter.

Dr.ParrishpreviouslyservedastheAssociateVPforResearchatMississippiState University,theChairoftheDept.ofCyber ScienceattheUnitedStatesNavalAcademy,andtheFoundingDirectorofthe CenterforAdvancedPublicSafetyatUA. Hestartedhiscareerasafacultymember intheDept.ofComputerScienceatUAin 1990andwaspromotedtoProfessorin 2005.Overthis30+yearcareer,hehas receivedover$100Minexternalresearch funding,andhasestablishedanextensive portfoliointransportation,trafficsafety, policetechnologyintegration,data analyticsandcybersecurity.Dr.Parrish receivedaPhDincomputersciencefrom TheOhioStateUniversity.

ATI continues to have enormous impact on the state of Alabama and on the economic condition and well-being of its residents through working with key state stakeholders on projects that support the growth, impact, and sophistication of our transportation system. In this reporting year alone, we continued to experience rapid, exponential growth in our portfolio in the areas of connected infrastructure, shared mobility, electrification, and safety.

The partnerships that we have developed over our short history have created tremendous value for Alabama and its residents, using our capabilities to support those partnerships in transportation planning, engineering, operations, safety, policy, and economics, in pursuit of automated, connected, electric, shared, and safe mobility.

Through our continued support of Rebuild Alabama, we have helped enable the state to raise nearly $1 billlion in revenue to support its highway infrastructure, and our ongoing partnership with the Alabama League of Municipalities will enable the state to effectively track the economic impact of this groundbreaking legislation to effectively plan investments for the future.

ATI is taking an active leadership role in helping Alabama get ready for electric vehicles. Last year, ATI initiated the Alabama Mobility and Power (AMP) Center in partnership with Alabama Power and Mercedes-Benz US International. In August 2022, we hired Mike Oatridge as the inaugural Executive Director for AMP. Mike has over 30 years of experience in the auto industry, most recently as Senior Vice President for Honda North America. He promises to bring transformational leadership to AMP and to Alabama’s transportation electrification efforts. In 2023, AMP will move into state-of-the-art facilities in the new Smart Communities and Innovation Building.

ATI is proud to serve the transportation enterprise for the state of Alabama. We welcome your feedback and look forward to serving you for years to come.

Sincerely,

Allen Parrish

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ATI mission & strategic pillars

Leading the Way for Emerging Transportation Solutions

Our interdisciplinary institute enables Alabama to lead the way on solutions for emerging issues like electric vehicle technologies, automated vehicles, connected infrastructure, various modes of shared mobilities and advancing transportation safety. ATI coined the phrase of ACES2 mobility to represent our concentration. Our research is focused on the future of transportation and seeking impactful findings that will lead to innovative solutions.

ATI works toward developing creative solutions concerning both technology and policy. ATI serves as an independent resource that can develop unbiased information to be utilized by local, state, and national leaders in developing transportation policy. The result is more and better-informed decision-making that leads to innovative, data-driven, cost-effective solutions that advance Alabama’s economy, safety, and quality of life through transportation.

AUTOMATED CONNECTED ELECTRIC SHARED SAFE

At ATI, we strive to facilitate and reflect world-class leadership in interdisciplinary transportation research that serves the state of Alabama and beyond.

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AUTOMATED ELECTRIC CONNECTED SHARED SAFE

The widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars — vehicles that can guide themselves with little or no human intervention.

The possibility for various modes of transportation to communicate seamlessly with each other and exchange traffic data in real time through the use of technology.

The shift toward batterypowered electric vehicles from internal combustion engine vehicles, such as e-bikes, e-scooters, e-buses, and other forms of electric transportation.

The sharing of vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, scooters, and other modes of transportation that are shared among multiple users, either concurrently or one after another.

The implementation of technologies and strategies to prevent traffic crashes and reduce injuries when crashes occur and to eliminate risks to drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.

Electrification

Collaborated with the Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition to jointly develop the Alabama Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan for approval by the FHWA.

Organized the DRIVE coalition (Driving Regional Innovation through Vehicle Electrification) and was selected as a Finalist for the US Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge to bring innovative transformation to the impoverished Wider West Alabama region.

Initiated construction on the $40 million Smart Communities and Innovation Building to house ALDOT, ATI, city and county traffic engineering professionals, and the Alabama Mobility and Power Center, a public-private partnership to support the effective transition toward sustainable transportation.

Collaborated with Alabama Power and Mercedes-Benz US International to obtain $4 million from the US Department of Energy for a research project to investigate applications for second-life batteries, such as those that have been partially used in electric vehicles.

Collaborated with local Tuscaloosa transit agencies to obtain $8 million from the FTA to support the transition to electric buses and to support research on the efficacy of electrification for bus transportation.

Competed in the Indy Autonomous Challenge as part of the PoliMOVE team, an international collaboration between Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and The University of Alabama. In January, the first head-to-head autonomous race car competition was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. PoliMOVE took home the grand prize and made autonomous racing history. In the spring, PoliMOVE went to the Kennedy Space Center and set the record for the World’s Fastest Autonomous Race Car of 192.2 MPH / 309.3 KPH over 1,000 meters.

Competed in the 4-year EcoCAR Challenge, a US Department of Energy Competition. The Year 3 challenge involved advanced propulsion systems, connected and automated technology and improving energy, safety and consumer appeal. UA won 1st place in the Year 3 challenge. UA is one of 13 teams that qualified to compete in the upcoming year 4 challenge.

Shared Mobility

Worked with the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority to win a $780K grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to study public transportation operations under the Route Recovery and Restoration Program.

Worked with ALDOT to secure $300K from the FTA to improve post-COVID rural paratransit operations.

Supported the City of Troy, in conjunction with Auburn University, on a $6 million USDOT Thriving Communities Program application.

Connected Infrastructure

Continued to lead a $16.8 million Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) project sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), called ACTION, in the Tuscaloosa County region to support developing a connected infrastructure capable of supporting automated vehicular traffic, resolving congestion challenges, improving safety, and supporting efficient freight delivery for just-intime manufacturing.

Obtained $5 million from the Federal Highway Administration in the FY2022 ATCMTD competition to initiate a second congestion management project to be led by ATI in conjunction with ALDOT. This project, called PROACT, will be matched by $5M from the State of Alabama to create a $10M project to improve the management and operation of a segment of I-65 and associated nearby diversion routes in and around Cullman, Alabama. These technologies will include advanced road weather tools, technologies and signal management systems. Secured a technical leadership role on an additional $8.7 million ATCMTD project awarded in FY2022 to develop and deploy smart and connected technologies on the Atlantic City Expressway in New Jersey.

Safety

Supported a team led by Leidos on a successful bid to provide on-call transportation safety research to the FHWA. Total value of UA contract is $1.5 million over five years.

Teamed with Auburn University to lead a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) application to the FHWA for $3 million in safety improvements in Troy, Alabama.

Worked with law enforcement across AL and in other southeastern states (MS, AR, LA, GA) to develop, maintain, and support a variety of cutting edge safety technologies, including electronic citations, crash reporting, DUI reporting, crime reporting, search, and data analytics, enabling the daily operation of over 10,000 sworn officers, over 400 police agencies, over 400 local, circuit and district courts, as well as traffic safety engineers and related professionals on a statewide basis.

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major projects centered around ACES2 mobility, and support for rural development projects across the state of Alabama.

ATI Research Awards by Center

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Transportation Policy Research Center

TPRC’s services are routinely requested for any number of needs ranging from policy and economic impact analysis, assistance with state and federal grant applications, researching legislative best practices, and identifying funding mechanisms for construction and maintenance of physical infrastructure. These services are available to any community in the state of Alabama. Our primary research areas are focused around the following issues: legal, finance, equity and progress.

Center for Advanced Public Safety

CAPS works with law enforcement across Alabama and other southeastern states to develop, maintain, and support a variety of cutting-edge safety technologies. This includes electronic traffic citations, crash reporting, DUI reporting, crime reporting, search, and data analytics, enabling the daily operation of over 10,000 sworn officers, 400 police agencies, 400 local, circuit and district courts, as well as traffic safety engineers and professionals across Alabama. In 2022, CAPS provided significant support to more than a dozen Alabama state agencies.

Rebuild Alabama

Alabama Mobility and Power Center

AMP envisions an innovative electric vehicle ecosystem where stakeholders from across the EV supply chain can confidently and effectively participate in activities that advance transportation electrification and is uniquely positioned to support the new EV economy. The combination of significant automotive manufacturers and supplier presence in the southeast, combined with substantial mining capacity for the necessary materials for batteries and other critical EV systems, makes Alabama an ideal home for a center devoted to the EV ecosystem.

ATI has supported legislative leaders and the Governor’s office in Alabama on efforts that led to the Rebuild Alabama (Transportation Infrastructure) legislative package being enacted. This package was projected to generate approximately $320 million annually for the state to invest in roads and bridges and the Port of Mobile. This was the first time in 27 years that the state raised the revenue streams for transportation.

Monthly updates on Rebuild Alabama are published in our newsletter and in the Information Center on ati.ua.edu.

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PROACT

The U.S. DOT’s FHWA awarded a $5 million Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant to ALDOT for the Proactive Route Operations to Avert Congestion in Traffic (PROACT) in Cullman, Alabama. ATI researchers Dr. Alex Hainen and Ms. Elsa Tedla will help ALDOT deploy and integrate advanced traffic technologies that support critical transportation communication networks.

Decatur Infrastructure Assistance

Assisted the City of Decatur in developing a successful application to the USDOT for $14.2 million in federal funding for a road and bridge construction project with an additional $4 million from ALDOT.

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City of Troy Partnership

(1) Teamed with Auburn University to lead a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) application to the FHWA for $3 million in safety improvements in Troy, Alabama. (2) Supported the City of Troy, in conjunction with Auburn University, on a $6 million USDOT Thriving Communities Program grant application. (3) Assisted Troy with Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant applications totaling more than $5 million in federal funds.

HBCU Bridge Program

ATI affiliated faculty Dr. Shanlin Pan, along with UA Graduate school, received a $1 million grant from the NSF to develop a bridge program for students from three Historically Black Colleges and Universities interested in opportunities in renewable energy. Project goals center on enhancing the competitiveness of HBCU students to graduate school.

Wiregrass Economic Development

The BUILD grant awarded to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission funded the economic feasibility study for two traffic projects. ATI developed the report that quantified, at a broad macroscopic level, the costs associated with the status quo and presented findings of key economic and safety benefits associated with the proposed expansion.

Build Back Better Challenge

UA was one of 60 awarded national finalists for the Build Back Better Regional Challenge Award sponsored by U.S. Economic Development Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The “Build Back Better Regional Challenge” is a program aimed at building strong regional economies and supporting community-led economic development. The 60 finalists were chosen from a pool of 529 applicants.

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Electrify UA Crimson Ride

The University of Alabama was the only university to get funded directly from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration’s Low- and No-Emission Vehicle program. The $10 million project at UA, which includes $2 million in matching funds, will be unique by adding research components and workforce development initiatives relating to electric transit vehicles.

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Continued to lead a $16.8 million Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment project sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration in the Tuscaloosa County region to support developing a connected infrastructure capable of supporting automated vehicular traffic, resolving congestion challenges, improving safety, and supporting efficient freight delivery for just-in-time manufacturing.

Tuscaloosa Infrastructure

ATI coordinated efforts with various stakeholders including, but not limited to, the City of Tuscaloosa, ALDOT and DCH Regional Medical Center to secure $6.87 million in federal funding for the construction of a new University Boulevard bridge over McFarland Boulevard. The new bridge will lengthen and widen the overpass to create greater efficiency and safety, providing more access to education, healthcare, and business and employment opportunities.

University Boulevard Corridor

The City of Tuscaloosa received a RAISE grant for over $17.1 million from the USDOT for University Boulevard Corridor improvements. ATI provided the cost benefit analysis and grant development assistance.

BUILD Grant

ATI was instrumental in obtaining a $15 million BUILD grant for Tuscaloosa and has continued to serve as a go-to organization for state and local agencies who need assistance with transportation projects. In this area, we were successful in helping Tuscaloosa obtain a $15 million BUILD grant to support a portion of the Riverwalk project, along with the Saban Center and some bridge improvements.

Birmingham Transit

Worked with the BJTCA to win a $780,000 grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to study public transportation operations under the Route Recovery and Restoration Program.

50+ projects led by ATI in FY22 provided significant service in urban and rural areas in AL

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new leadership roles

Automotive Veteran Tapped to Lead Mobility and Power Center

Michael Oatridge, an experienced leader in the automotive industry and entrepreneur, was selected to become executive director of the Alabama Mobility and Power (AMP) Center. Oatridge worked for Honda Motor Company for more than 30 years, retiring in 2021 as senior vice president of Honda Manufacturing of Alabama. Most recently, he has been president and owner of Strategic Workforce Solutions, a startup company in Birmingham that helps recruit businesses to the state.

A strategic leader with extensive automotive knowledge including new product development, manufacturing and supply chain optimization, Oatridge has been able to successfully sustain high performance across an organization by use of internal resources and a broad network of contacts in both the public and private sectors. Oatridge joined Honda in 1989 as an engineer, taking on increasing responsibilities at its manufacturing plant in Ontario, Canada. His tenure included an assignment at company headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, as well as a manufacturing plant in Ohio.

He came to the plant in Lincoln, Alabama, in 2001 and became vice president of manufacturing operations in 2010, a position he held until 2016 when he was promoted to senior vice president. In this position for five years, Oatridge directed day-to-day operations of a staff of over 6,000 employees, while ensuring the production of over 350,000 vehicles. He was responsible for company operations of more than $1.2 billion annually.

“The future of the AMP Center is to bring together all of the entities that are required to make the EV network work. From the customer’s needs, desires, and anxiety, to sourcing of the raw materials, to the component OEM manufacturing, the after-service where we will have to train and create a whole new network of people to work on electric cars, the charging infrastructure and finally the reuse with the recycling. It is really looking at the entire life cycle of that vehicle and the ecosystem for the vehicle.”

michael oatridge, amp center

Engineering Professor, Automotive Pioneer Adds New Research and Development Role

Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, professor in the UA College of Engineering and executive director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, accepted the additional responsibility of creating and implementing a vision for connected, automated and electric mobility research and elevating the profile of ATI globally.

With expertise in the fields of electric and automated vehicles and the requisite infrastructure, Balasubramanian, known on campus as Dr. B, brings nearly 40 years of experience in research and development with Daimler AG in the Mercedes-Benz Cars Division. After retiring from Daimler in 2012 as vice president of group research and advanced engineering, Balasubramanian accepted an appointment as professor in both mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering at UA.

Over the past decade at UA, he has been integral in improving automotive engineering education and research while helping to form partnerships between UA and the state’s automotive industry. He started and leads the Two Steps Ahead: International German Student Exchange Program designed for a select group of students to gain experience with multi-national companies in automotive engineering while learning German.

His leadership of CAVT has helped the center to design and test the transportation technology that will drive the newly emerging economies of mobility and power. In the past five years, Balasubramanian and his team have secured nearly $20 Million in grant funding from federal agencies, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education. In these multi-disciplinary efforts, the projects typically involve between four to 12 faculty members from various departments and colleges.

Transportation Policy Research Center Expands with New Director

As part of a broadening of its scope, the Transportation Policy Research Center at UA will be led by former James R. Cudworth Professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, Dr. Steven Jones. As the new director of the Center, Jones also became the full-time deputy director of ATI. He continues to serve as a full professor in the UA College of Engineering. Dr. Jones brings more than 25 years of transportation engineering and planning experience spanning both academic and private sector consulting appointments. His research and professional efforts explore how transportation impacts human development through safety and accessibility as well as cultivating international relationships to facilitate collaborative research, education and technology transfer.

Dr. Jones served as principal investigator on approximately $16 million in externally sponsored projects from a range of funding sources. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal articles, conference papers, design manuals and project reports on a range of transportation topics. Active internationally, Jones has participated in transportation projects in the United States, Europe, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently serving a two-year stint as a Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador for the program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State that supports domestic faculty to conduct research and scholarship in more than 130 countries.

dr. steven jones, tprc

dr. balasubramanian, CAVT

$18.3 million research dollars awarded to core and affiliated centers across the university

ATI has oversight of three Core Centers focused on implementing ACES2 Mobility in developing projects and conducting research. Affiliated Centers, located in the College of Engineering and the Culverhouse College of Business, provide a comprehensive approach to interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Alabama Mobility and Power Center

AMP provides a platform for ATI and UA to establish premier leadership in transportation electrification, which will be a pivotal concept in transportation over the next decade.

Office of Research & Economic Development

Center for Advanced Public Safety

CAPS is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to the implementation of technologies that enhance public safety.

College of Engineering

Office of Research & Economic Development

Transportation Policy Research Center

ATPRC plays a critical role within the Alabama Transportation Institute by helping to communicate and interpret research findings to the public and policymakers.

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Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies

CAVT conducts research and creates educational programs dedicated to the advancement of vehicle technology.

College of Engineering

Center for Business and Economic Research

CBER provides forecasts of economic activity, assessments, and analysis for public and private stakeholders.

Culverhouse College of Business

Center for Insurance Information & Research

ACIIR provide facts and truths to parties who directly contribute to the state’s economic development.

Culverhouse College of Business

Center for Sustainable Infrastructure

CSI is a technical innovation resource that addresses issues related to sustainable infrastructure.

College of Engineering

Center for Transportation Operations, Planning, and Safety

C-TOPS plays a vital role in technology-transfer activities.

College of Engineering

Institute of Data and Analytics

IDA advances the creation, transformation, and distribution of knowledge through data and analytic research.

Culverhouse College of Business

transportation policy research center

The TPRC plays a central role in ATI, offering various services to communities such as policy and economic impact analysis, assistance with state and federal grant applications, researching legislative best practices, and identifying funding mechanisms for construction and maintenance of physical infrastructure.

Ghana Infrastructure Conference

Dr. Steven Jones, Deputy Director of ATI, delivered the keynote address at the Ghana Infrastructure Conference in July. His topic was The Role of Transport in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in a Post-COVID World. The conference was co-sponsored by the Ghana Institution of Engineers (equivalent to NSPE in the U.S.) and the Transportation Research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK), which is an official World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE). Dr. Jones is on the Advisory Board for TRECK.

Two ATI student papers were presented at the conference, one from M.S. student Cailis Bullard and the other from Ph.D. student Sunday Okafor.

Dr. Jones and Dr. Kofi Adanu, Associate Research Engineer with ATI, delivered a capacity development workshop to young and early career researchers on how to develop and publish academic papers.

This Center will directly impact rural and underserved communities by conducting research in the areas of equity and access, education and workforce, and rural transit and shared mobility.

TPRC At the Ghana Infrastructure Conference in July 2022

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center for advanced public safety

CAPS is an interdisciplinary research center at The University of Alabama, a joint venture between the Office of Research and Economic Development and the College of Engineering. CAPS is dedicated to the implementation and utilization of cutting-edge technologies to enhance public safety.

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CAPS technology portfolio includes work in analytics, web and windows software development, data sharing and integration, GIS applications, mobile app development, data hosting, and website design and development.

CAPS has provided a major portion of the State of Alabama public safety and traffic safety information technology infrastructure, including the provision of applications for electronic traffic citations, electronic crash reporting, crime reporting, DUI reporting, commercial vehicle inspections, registration and titling, ambulance run reporting, and driver lookup applications.

CAPS’ software is utilized in several states and has changed the way that law enforcement, traffic engineers and many other disciplines conduct business, resulting in greater efficiencies across the government IT enterprise.

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alabama mobility and power center

It is no secret that the state of Alabama knows the automotive industry. After all, Alabama is third in the United States for auto exports and produced $8.3 billion in vehicles and parts in 2020. While maintaining economic success in traditional automotive manufacturing is vital, the ability to evolve with emerging technology is what the industry requires.

In a first-of-its-kind public private partnership, The University of Alabama, Alabama Power Company and Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. came together to form a research and workforce development center that focuses on the booming electric vehicle market.

AMP Center formed in November 2021

As a result, the Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama approved the formation of the Alabama Mobility and Power Center.

AMP envisions to be a premier research and development hub for creating and sustaining modern mobility and power technologies, developing charging infrastructure and managing power delivery to support large-scale growth in electric vehicles.

A critical mass of faculty and staff experts will be built at UA to support both private and government investment on new battery technologies and secure an efficient infrastructure to charge electric vehicles. The AMP Center is organized under the Alabama Transportation Institute at UA and will be housed in the Smart Communities and Innovation Building that is currently under construction.

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of all vehicles sold in 2022 were fully electric

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smart communities and innovation building

As part of a $16.5 million bond announced by Governor Kay Ivey, the construction of the Smart Communities and Innovation Building was approved for The University of Alabama campus.

The SCIB will provide space for increasing academic research and workforce opportunities centering on the emerging EV market. The SCIB strengthens the partnership between UA, Mercedes Benz US International, and Alabama Power. The $42+ million project includes $36 million in funding from the Alabama Public Schools and Colleges Authority Bond.

SCIB will serve as an academic space that stimulates teaching, research, creative activity, and service for students. This significant investment in the UA campus will be the site for innovative research focused around smart and resilient grid technology, electric battery testing, and a 3,851 GSF garage lab.

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ATI is proud to be involved in world-class national research

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ATI Recruited to Join National Center for Rural Road Safety

The National Center for Rural Road Safety is a leading resource to help transportation agencies reduce deaths on their roads. The center, also known as the Rural Road Safety Center (RRSC), offers training, technical assistance, national roadway safety certificate programs, and research specifically tailored to the needs of rural transportation practitioners.

ATI-affiliated Faculty are Participants in 2 of the 10 ATCMTD Awards

Dr. Mizan Rahman, Assistant Professor in Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, is the UA faculty lead in the Smart and Connected Atlantic City Expressway project awarded to the South Jersey Transportation Authority.

Dr. Alex Hainen and Ms. Elsa Tedla will help ALDOT deploy and integrate advanced traffic technologies that support critical transportation communication networks for Proactive Route Operations to Avert Congestion in Traffic (PROACT) in Cullman, Alabama. Read more about PROACT on pg 12.

PoliMOVE Racing Team

Last year, the PoliMOVE team and their accomplishments were featured prominently in ATI news and this year was no different.

PoliMOVE was created as an international collaboration between Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and The University of Alabama. In January 2022, the first head-tohead autonomous race car competition was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The field of competitors was impressive, five teams from five countries representing seven universities, but it was PoliMOVE that took home the grand prize of $150,000 and made autonomous racing history.

In the spring, PoliMOVE was invited to the historic Kennedy Space Center to operate the Indy Autonomous Challenge racecar, a Dallara AV-21. The goal of this challenge was to push the limits of current engine capabilities in autonomous vehicles. As a result, the engine package designed by PoliMOVE set the record for the World’s Fastest Autonomous Race Car of 192.2 MPH / 309.3 KPH over 1,000 meters.

“We saw what the future holds for autonomous vehicles and credit goes to the entire PoliMOVE team, especially Dr. Brandon Dixon of the University of Alabama. We were running a car operating on algorithms alone, where precision is paramount, and any small prediction error could have created a completely different outcome. This test run was exhilarating, and we are thrilled with the world record, but we’re also excited by the fact that this data will be made available to all, and the industry will benefit from our work and learnings.”

Professor Sergio Savaresi, team lead of Politecnico di Milano

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Augmenting First Responders’ Cognitive Performance for Responses to Electric Vehicle Emergencies

Dr. Yangming Shi and his co-PIs, Dr. Jun Liu, Dr. Xinwu Qian, Dr. Krishna Shah, Dr. Laura Myers received a National Science Foundation grant. Their project will develop new methods to help responders to deal with future Electrical Vehicle-Related emergency responses.

EV fires burn hotter, longer, and take more resources to extinguish than fires involving vehicles with traditional combustion engines.

UA Wins Cooperative NSF Award to Research EV Sustainability

In this multi-phase project, faculty from The University of Alabama will collaborate with The University of Louisville, Arizona State University, and The University of Texas at Austin as part of the NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center for Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems.

Utilizing partnerships with corporate, government, and academic entities, the UA EVSTS center site focuses on sustainable electrified vehicles through site-specific research areas, magnetic materials for electric motors and generators, ferrite spoke-type motors for electric trucks, highperformance electric motor controls, and machine learning-based vehicle component prognostics.

The objective of this Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier planning research project is to test the feasibility of the immersive training platform’s framework for future EV related emergency responses.

There are three major objectives:

1 | Conduct a nationwide survey followed by focus group meetings to understand existing EV-related emergency response workflows.

2 | Design and develop the framework of the immersive training platform that can augment first responders’ cognitive performance

3 | Share the initial findings with researchers and other stakeholders to test the viability of the proposed training framework and formulate a detailed road map for future work.

learn more about fw-htf grants on nsf.gov

ua site director dr. yang-ki hong

ATI routinely sponsors, exhibits, hosts, and presents at meetings and conferences regionally and nationally.

These events are listed on our website at ati.ua.edu/events.

events

101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

The TRB Annual Meeting is the largest global gathering of transportation professionals and researchers with a focus on innovative solutions for all modes of transportation. ATI had incredible success at the meeting held in Washington, DC, on January 9–13, 2022.

The 2022 meeting program covered all transportation modes, with sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.

A number of sessions and workshops focused on this year’s spotlight theme: Innovating an Equitable, Resilient, Sustainable, and Safe Transportation System.

ATI was a bronze sponsor and our researchers exhibited a strong presence in presentations and poster sessions. UA and ATI faculty and staff delivered 28 presentations across 21 sessions and represented a panel at a

high-level workshop. In addition to the usual College of Engineering participants, we had representation from the Department of Geography and the School of Social Work.

ATI researchers also participated heavily in TRB Standing Committees. Almost all serve as a member or friend on several of the various committees.

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Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit

Birmingham, AL | September 21-22, 2022

AMP representatives attended the Drive Electric Alabama EV Summit at the BJCC in Birmingham, AL.

AMP was a Collaborative Sponsor which allowed them to serve on the planning committee and to have an exhibit booth. AMP Center Executive Director Mike Oatridge spoke in the morning panel session about EV Initiatives in the Yellowhammer State. This was the first EV Summit in Alabama and was very successful with almost 500 attendees.

Commercial vehicle safety research SUMMIT

Tuscaloosa, AL | May 11-12, 2022

This was the second summit held in Tuscaloosa that brought together government, industry, and research personnel who have interests in CMV traffic safety. The event was coordinated and hosted by the Alabama Transportation Institute and the Center for Advanced Public Safety. There were 162 registrants representing 23 states.

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Gov. kay ivey opening the drive electric alabama ev summit

student activities

UA student ite chapter members

ATI proudly supports and engages students, enabling opportunities in the transportation field that they otherwise might not have.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS STUDENT CHAPTER

The University of Alabama Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers aims to promote interest in the transportation planning and engineering profession.

The UA ITE Student Chapter attended the annual Institute of Transportation Engineers Annual Meeting and Exhibition, hosted in New Orleans. Many of our graduate students were able to exhibit their research during this event.

Sunday Okafor, Vice President of the UA ITE chapter, won third place in the Excellence in Highway Safety Data.

ATI STUDENTS PRESENT AT THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH & CREATIVE ACTIVITY CONFERENCE

At the annual URCA hosted by the Office of Research and Economic Development, Undergraduate students submit posters to compete with peers. Dr. Liu’s students, Natalie Crisci and Max Menner presented research centered on transportation research.

ATI PHD STUDENTS SELECTED FOR THE 2022 LIFESAVERS TRAFFIC SAFETY SCHOLARS

Xing Fu and Zihe Zhang were named 2022 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholars and attended the Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, March 12-15. They are pursuing degrees in Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering and were two of 43 U.S. and international students selected through a competitive application process.

UA EcoCAR Challenge

2022 ASCE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Zihe Zhang, Riffat Islam, Olga Bredikhina, and Sagar Dasgupta showcased their research on smart and integrated mobility solutions.

UA GRADUATE TO LEAD ROAD RESEARCH IN GHANA

William Agyemang met Dr. Steven Jones at a conference in Ghana and decided to come to UA to get a PhD in civil engineering. This year he graduated and is returning to Ghana to be the Deputy Director of the Building and Road Research Institute.

A competition of the US Department of Energy, the Year 3 challenge involved advanced propulsion systems, connected and automated technology and improving energy, safety and consumer appeal. UA won 1st place in the year 3 challenge out of 11 universities. UA is one of 13 teams chosen to compete in the year 4 challenge.

accolades & accomplishments

this year, ati-supported students excelled in myriad ways, showing that ua truly is “where legends are made.”

OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD

Musfiq Bhuiya won the 2022 Outstanding Thesis award from UA’s Graduate School. He earned his Master’s degree in geography under Dr. Wayun Shao researching transportation issues for persons with disabilities.

DRIVING INNOVATION: COLE FREDERICK LEADS THE PACK IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RACING

Cole Frederick was one of the few students chosen for The University of Alabama’s “Where Legends Are Made” media campaign. Cole and his faculty advisor, Dr. Brandon Dixon, are integral members of the PoliMOVE Autonomous Racing Team that is winning worldwide competitions.

GRIDSMART GS3 INSTALLED ON CAMPUS

As part of his Civil Engineering class, Roadway and Intersection Design, Dr. Alex Hainen’s students observed the installation of the Gridsmart GS3 vehicle detection system. The ATI Traffic Lab will overlook this intersection where students and researchers will monitor operations, collect data, and deploy new algorithms.

We have among the most advanced signal infrastructure technologies currently available right here on our campus. This provides an incredible learning opportunity for our students.

of 35 students in 2022

laboratories

ATI’s Emergent Initiative Program

Our lab program is an investment in identifying areas of opportunity to incubate new research opportunities that are expected to mature into a level of research center. These labs are a collaborative effort that puts the institute’s research themes into measurable action. We also intend to venture into other areas of research that are not directly outlined in these themes. In the labs, we identify public transportation issues and ways to address them with an interdisciplinary approach.

Mizanur Rahman

Control Algorithms and Sensing for Autonomy Lab

Brandon Dixon

Lab for Intelligent Sensing and Computing

Shunqiao Sun

Laboratory for Location Science

Kevin Curtin & Nicholas Magliocca

Shahriar Amini

Xinwu Qian

Connected and Automated Mobility Lab

Mobi-X Lab

Decarbonization Lab

Human-Environment Interactions, Modeling, and Analysis Lab

Nicholas Magliocca

Lab of Innovative Materials for Transportation Infrastructure Decarbonization

Jialai Wang, Wei Song, Armen Amirkhanian, & Chao Zhao

read detailed descriptions of the labs on our website

ati.ua.edu/labs

NextGen Transportation Lab

Jun Liu

Traffic Lab

Alex Hainen

Virtual Immersive Space and Innovative Technology Lab

Jeremy Pate

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Title

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect road crashes and crash outcomes in Alabama?

Understanding the Factors Associated with the Temporal Variability in Crash Severity before, during, and after the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Order

Understanding the Factors That Are Associated with Motorcycle Crash Severity in Rural and Urban Areas of Ghana

In-situ DRIFTS and CO-TPD studies of CeO2 and SiO2 supported CuOx catalysts for CO oxidation

Recent Advancements in Microconbustion-Based Power Generators

Cerium oxide nanorods anchored on carbon nanofibers derived from cellulose paper as effective interlayer for lithium sulfur battery

Accessibility of movement challenged persons and challenges faced by their escorting family members – A Case Study of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Effect of Carbon Nanofiber Clustering on the Micromechanical Properties of a Cement Paste

Design of Triple-Band (DSRC, 5G, 6G) Antenna for Autonomous Vehicle Telematics

Optimization of Aromatic Species in Formulated Fuel For Simultaneous Reduction of PM and NOx emissions from Combustion Engines

Online eco-routing for electric vehicles using combinatorial multi-armed bandit with estimated covariance

Grey models for short-term queue length predictions for adaptive traffic signal control

A Sensor Fusion-Based GNSS Spoofing Attack Detection Framework for Autonomous Vehicles

Operations design for high-velocity intra-city package service.

Developing Fused Deposition Modeling Additive Manufacturing Processing Strategies for Aluminum Alloy 7075: Sample Preparation and Metallographic Characterization

From the past to the future: modeling the temporal instability of safety performance functions

How do college students perceive future shared mobility with autonomous Vehicles? A survey of the University of Alabama students.

A branch-cut-and-price algorithm for a dial-a-ride problem with minimum disease-transmission risk

Authors

Adanu, E.K., Brown, D., Jones, S. and Parrish, A.

Journal

PubMed Central

Adanu, E.K., Okafor, S., Penmetsa, P., Jones, S. Safety

Agyemang, W., Adanu, E.K., Jones, S.

Ahasan, R., Wang, Y., Wang, R.

Aravind, B., Khandelwal, B., Kumar, S.

Azam, S., Wei, Z., Wang, R.

Bhuiya, M.M.R., Hasan, M.M.U., Jones, S.

Brown, L., Stephens, C., Allison, P., Sanchez, F.

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Molecular Catalysis

International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Journal of Transport & Health

Nanomaterials

Bryant B, Won H, Hong Y-K, Lee W, Choi M Electronics

Chapman, J., Singh, P., Kumar, S., Khandelwal, B.

Chen, X., Xue, J., Lei, Z., Qian, X., Ukkusuri, S.V.

Comert, G., Khan, K., Rahman, M., Chowdhury, M.

Dasgupta, S., Rahman, M., Islam, M., Chowdhury, M.

Dayarian, I., Rocco, A., Erera, A. and Savelsbergh, M.

Journal of the Energy Institute

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Expert Systems with Applications

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Ding, H., Zeng, C., Raush, J., Momeni, K., Guo, S. Materials 15.4

Fu, X., Liu, J., Jones, S., Barnett, T. and Khattak, A.J.

Fu, X., Nie, Q., Liu, J., Zhang, Z., Jones, S.

Accident Analysis & Prevention

International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology

Guo, S., and Dayarian, I., and Qian, X., and Li, J. ARXIV

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Title

Modeling the preference of electric shared mobility drivers in choosing charging stations

Authors

Guo, Y., Qian, X., Lei, T., Guo, S., Gong, L.

Transportation to school and academic outcomes: A systematic review. Educational Review. Hockstad, Trayce.

A signaling game approach of siting conflict mediation for the construction of waste incineration facilities under information asymmetry

Jin, S., Wang, Y., Qian, X., Zhou, J., Nie, Y., Qian, G.

Digital Supply Chain Transformation at Jabil: Integrated Supply and Demand Planning Keskin, B. B

Difference co-chirps-based non-uniform PRF automotive FMCW radar

Exploring the Determinants of School Bus Crash

Severity

Reducing traffic violations in the online food delivery industry—A case study in Xi'an City, China

Integrating machine learning into path analysis for quantifying behavioral pathways in bicycle-motor vehicle crashes

Shifting landscape suitability for cocaine trafficking through Central America in response to counterdrug interdiction

Coupling Agent-Based Simulation and Spatial Optimization Models to Understand Spatially Complex and Co-Evolutionary Behavior of Cocaine Trafficking Networks and Counterdrug Interdiction

Approximating the Length of Vehicle Routing Problem Solutions Using Complementary Spatial Information

Investigation of the Impact of Radiative Shielding by Internal Partitions Walls on Propagation of Thermal Runaway in a Matrix of Cylindrical Li-Ion Cells

Geographic disparities in access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder across US census tracts based on treatment utilization behavior

Sensitivity of additively manufactured AA7075 to variation in feedstock composition and print parameters

Sensitivity of laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured HAYNES230 to composition and print parameters

The influence of personality and cognitive failures on distracted driving behaviors among young adults

Multi-Level Influences on Center-Pivot Irrigation Adoption in Alabama

L. Xu, S. Sun and K. V. Mishra

Lidbe A, Adanu EK, Tedla E, Jones S

Lu X-w, Guo X-l, Zhang J-x, Li X-b, Li L and Jones S

Lu, W., Liu, J., Fu, X., Yang, J. and Jones, S.

Magliocca, N.R., Summers, D.S., Curtin, K.M., McSweeney, K., and Price, A.N.

Magliocca, Nicholas R., Ashleigh N. Price, Penelope C. Mitchell, Kevin M. Curtin, Matthew Hudnall, and Kendra McSweeney

Mei, X., K.M. Curtin, D.F. Turner, N.M. Waters, M. Rice

Journal

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Taylor and Francis Online

Journal of Cleaner Production

Emerald Insight

IEEE Xplore

Safety (Basel)

Frontiers on Public Health

Accident Analysis & Prevention

Landscape and Urban Planning

Taylor and Francis Online

Geographical Analysis

Mishra, D., Shah, K., Jain, A.

Mitchell, P., S. Samsel, K.M. Curtin, A.N. Price, D.F. Turner, R. Tramp, M. Hudnall, J. Parton, D. Lewis

Momeni, K.

Momeni, K.

Niranjan, S., Gabaldon, J., Hawkins, T. G., Gupta, V. K., McBride, M.

Price A.N., Pathak R., Guthrie G.M., Kumar M., Moftakhari H., Moradkhani H., Nadolnyak D.

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Social Science and Medicine

Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behaviour

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Title

A Family of Models in Support of Realistic Drug Interdiction Location Decision Making

A Physics-based Longitudinal Driver Model for Automated Vehicles

Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of a Solid-State Additive Manufactured Magnesium Alloy

Sensor Fusion-based GNSS Spoofing Attack Detection Framework for Autonomous Vehicles

A Review on Cybersecurity of Cloud Computing for Supporting Connected Vehicle Applications

Rainfall-induced hydroplaning risk over road infrastructure of the continental USA

Why care about theories? Innovative ways of theorizing in sustainability science

Improving mobility and infrastructural connectivity on college campus for commuting students: a case study from the US

Synchronizing tasks for distributed learning in connected and autonomous vehicles

The Importance of a Moving Boundary Approach for Modeling the SEI Layer Growth to Predict Capacity Fade

GIS Automated Delineation of Hospital Service

Areas

Effects of chemical etching and reduction activation of CeO2 nanorods supported ruthenium catalysts on CO oxidation

Surface engineered polar CeO2-based cathode host materials for immobilizing lithium polysulfides in high-performance Li-S batteries

Chemically etched CeO2-x nanorods with abundant surface defects as effective cathode additive for trapping lithium polysulfides in Li-S batteries

Novel Design of Six-Phase Spoke-Type Ferrite

Permanent Magnet Motor for Electric Truck Application

Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrain Control Based on Reinforcement Learning

Enhanced DOA estimation exploiting multi-frequency sparse array

Authors

Price, A., K. M. Curtin, N. R. Magliocca, D. Turner, P. Mitchell, K. McSweeney, and D. L. Summers

Journal

Transactions in GIS

Rahman, M., Islam, M.R., Chowdhury, M., Taufiquar K. IEEE

Robinson, T.W., Willams, M.B., Rao, H.M., Kinser, R.P., Allison, P.G., Jordon, J.B.

Sagar Dasgupta, Mizanur Rahman, Mhafuzul Islam and Mashrur Chowdhury

Salek, M.S., Khan, S.M., Rahman, M., Deng, H.W., Islam, M., Khan, Z., Chowdhury, M. and Shue, M.

Salvi, K.A., Kumar, M.

Schlüter, M., Caniglia, G., Orach, K., Bodin, Ö, Magliocca, N.R., Meyfroidt, P., Reyers. B.

Schnarre, E., Appiah-Opoku, S., Weber, J., Jones, S.

Subedi. P., Yang, B.; Hong, X.

Uppaluri, M., Shah, K., Viswanathan, V. and Subramanian, V.R.

Wang, F., Wang, C.

Wang, Y., Wang, R.

Wei, Z., Li, J., Wang, R.

Wei, Z., Wang, R.

Journal of Manuf. Science and Eng.

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Zenodo

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Urban, Planning and Transport Research

Journal of Communications and Networks

Journal of The Electrochemical Society

CRC Press

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Applied Surface Science

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Won H, Hong Y-K, Choi M, Platt J, Bryant B, Choi S, Li S, Yoon H-S, Haskew TA, Lee J, Lee T, Lim T-W Energies

Yao, Z., Yoon, H.-S.

Zhang, S., Ahmed, A., Zhang, Y. D., Sun, S.

SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Awarded Grants

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Faculty Affiliates

CAPSTONE COLLEGE OF NURSING

Michael Lee Callihan

Assistant Professor

Patricia Carter Professor

Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs

Abby G. Horton Assistant Professor

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Shanlin Pan Professor

Geography

Seth Appiah-Opoku Professor

Kevin Curtin Professor Director, Lab for Location Sciences

Nicholas Magliocca Assistant Professor

Ashleigh Price

PhD Student

Changzhen Wang

Dean’s Postdoctoral Research Associate

Joe Weber Professor

Physics and Astronomy

Adam Hauser Psychology

Jeffrey G. Parker Associate Professor

COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Journalism and Creative Media

Jiyoung Lee

Assistant Professor

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Samit Roy Professor

Chemical and Biological Engineering

James Harris

Assistant Professor

Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Sriram Aaleti Associate Professor

Armen Amirkhanian Assistant Professor

Saahastaranshu Bhardwaj Assistant Professor

Prabhakar Clement Professor Director, Center for Water Quality Research

Alex Hainen Assistant Professor

Steven Jones Professor

Michael Kreger Drummond Chair

Mukesh Kumar Associate Professor

Daan Liang Professor Director, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure

Jun Liu Assistant Professor

Hamed Moftakhari Assistant Professor

Xinwu Qian Assistant Professor

Mizanur Rahman Assistant Professor

Siyuan Song Assistant Professor

Wei Song Associate Professor

Dan Turner Professor Emeritus Former Director, UTCA

Jialai Wang Professor

Computer Science

Travis Atkinson Assistant Professor

Jeffery Carver Professor

Brandon Dixon Associate Professor

Faculty, Center for Advanced Public Safety

Xiaoyan Hong Associate Professor

Lina Pu Assistant Professor

Randy Smith

Associate Professor

Director, Center for Transportation

Operations, Planning and Safety

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bharat Balasubramanian Professor

Executive Director, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies

Mark Cheng Professor

Yang-Ki Hong Professor

Director, NSF Center for Efficient Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation Systems

Nathan Jeong

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Ajay Agrawal Professor

Shahriar Amini Associate Professor

Joshua Bittle

Assistant Professor

Keivan Davami Assistant Professor

Nader Jalili Professor, Department Head

Hyun Jin Kim Assistant Professor

Kasra Momeni Associate Professor

Sree Kalyan Patiballa Assistant Professor

Paul Puzinauskas Associate Professor

Krishna Shah Assistant Professor

Kalyan Srinivasan Associate Professor

Hwan-Sik Yoon Associate Professor

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Luke Brewer

Associate Professor

Greg Thompson Professor

Ruigang Wang

Associate Professor

Feng Yan

Assistant Professor

Faculty Affiliates

CULVERHOUSE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research

Laura Myers

Senior Research Scientist

Lawrence “Lars” Powell Director

Center for Business and Economic Research

Samuel Addy

Associate Dean for Economic Development Outreach & Senior Research Economist

James (Jim) Cochran Associate Dean for Research

Vishal K. Gupta

Associate Professor

Ahmad Ijaz

Executive Director, Director of Economic Forecasting

Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies

Alecia Cassidy Assistant Professor

Traviss Cassidy Assistant Professor

Cary Deck Professor

Erik Johnson Assistant Professor

Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Sciences

Iman Dayarian Assistant Professor

Matthew Hudnall Assistant Professor

Associate Director, Institute of Business

Analytics

Burcu Keskin

Associate Professor

Jason Parton Assistant Professor Director, Institute of Business Analytics

Mesut Yavuz

Associate Professor Management

Peter Harms

Assistant Professor

OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Alabama Water Institute

Mike Gremillion

Interim Director

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

David L. Albright

Distinguished Research Professor

Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair in Mental Health Research Principal Investigator, VitAL

Laura Hopson

Associate Professor

Sebrena Jackson Assistant Professor Director, Master’s Program

Karen Johnson Assistant Professor

Hee Yun Lee Professor

Hyunjin Noh Associate Professor

81 Faculty

6 Colleges

19 departments

3 Centers & Institutes

Alabama Transportation Institute

The first installation of a system of this kind in the state of Alabama is at a UA intersection. This system will enable students and researchers to monitor operations, collect data, and deploy new algorithms.

GRIDSMART GS3 Vehicle Detection System