Transportation

In the air, on rails, or on the road, 菠菜网lol正规平台 researchers are looking to the future.

Sean Laraway

NASA & 菠菜网lol正规平台合作研究团队

Cooperative agreements between 菠菜网lol正规平台 research personnel and NASA scientists are exploring an array of technologies in the transportation sector, specifically those technologies 这提高了航空和太空旅行的效率和安全性. 荣誉退休教授 心理学家凯文·乔丹领导这些项目超过20年. In 2015, Associate Professor of Psychology Sean Laraway, transitioned to Project Director for 现行合作协议.

Throughout the history of these agreements, accomplishments have been prolific.

“In just the past year, in collaboration with our NASA partners, 菠菜网lol正规平台 project team members published 62 articles, abstracts, chapters, conference proceedings, and technical 报告。. Laraway. “在同一时期，我们的团队获得了8个奖项 来自美国国家航空航天局和专业组织. We also submitted two patents; issued 15 software releases; and mentored 28 students, from high school to master’s level.”

The team’s work contributes to the design of systems that improve human-computer interaction and the development of measures to support human performance in aircraft and spacecraft systems. Researchers develop flight-deck interactive systems, displays, and operations 提高机组人员的表现. 它们还解决了无人机的集成问题 (“无人机”)进入国家空域，确保安全运行.

The 菠菜网lol正规平台 research teams include students from the Research and Experimental Psychology 人因/人体工程学硕士课程. 这些学生获得了实践训练 并与NASA的科学家密切合作. 在上海州立大学完成学业后，许多人 go on to Ph.D. programs. 其他人则在工业或政府部门从事全职工作 包括NASA在内的机构.

Akthem Al-Manaseer

检查加州的混凝土桥梁

The next time you cross a concrete bridge, think of 菠菜网lol正规平台 professor Akthem Al-Manaseer 还有他的学生. 在加州交通局的资助下，他们将花费很大一部分 2016 studying several bridges in California to determine their “strength reserve capacity,” that is, the amount of future load the bridge can support above its initial design load.

Dr. Al-Manaseer’s research focuses on concrete – its composition, its strength, and its longevity. 他发明了几种测试新鲜食物特性的装置 and hardened concrete, one of which was created more than 25 years ago and is still in use today.

His newest invention consists of a laser sensor that measures vertical displacement 将刚搅拌好的混凝土放入绝缘的不锈钢模具中. It determines the early age shrinkage that occurs in the concrete immediately after mixing. Less shrinkage at early age means less cracking will occur in the concrete, which leads 一个更可持续，更无裂缝的结构.

此外，Dr。. Al-Manaseer是 结构混凝土，理论与设计， 该领域最重要、最畅销的教科书. 第六版出版了 in 2015.

While Dr. Al-Manaseer’s research, scholarship and inventions are legendary, he thrives 主要是和学生一起工作.

“这就是我的生活——我喜欢学生和他们的成功.”

菠菜网lol正规平台RF与Mineta交通研究所的合作

The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) is one of the 研究基金会’s most prominent 计划，并赞助下面介绍的每个项目. MTI进行研究， education programs, and information and technology transfer, focusing on multimodal 地面运输政策和管理问题. MTI是由美国政府资助的.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and by other public 私人赠款和捐赠，包括来自美国政府的赠款.S. 国土安全部 Security. 卢卡斯学院 & 商业研究生院是MTI的学术之家.

弗朗西丝·爱德华兹

交通运输应急准备

While writing a campus emergency plan for 菠菜网lol正规平台, researchers 弗朗西丝·爱德华兹 (right) and Daniel Goodrich realized that one of the biggest challenges during a major disaster would 是交通工具. 当地震或洪水发生时，管道会发生什么 为了提供援助，交通系统被损坏或无法使用?

“Because we are an inner city university surrounded by freeways, we saw the need for a 加强对交通运输应急管理的关注. 爱德华兹解释说. “We sought to provide actionable training tools for those who are working in the field.”

Dr. Edwards and Goodrich subsequently wrote two publications: What Transportation Security and Emergency Preparedness Leaders Need to Know to Improve Emergency Preparedness, and the accompanying Handbook of Exercises for Transportation Sector Personnel. The publications provide guidelines for transportation agency employees on executing emergency relatedtasks, for example, getting medical caregivers where they need to go if roads are damaged by an earthquake or chemical spill, or widening a narrow road in cases 火灾或泥石流.

Not surprisingly, the handbook has been well received, not just by Caltrans, but also by transportation agencies in other “disaster-prone” states that contend with wildfires, floods, 和地震. 完整的研究报告和手册免费提供 在transweb下载.ctv365.net/project/1103.

Buff Furman

斯巴达Superway

In a nondescript warehouse in downtown San José, an interdisciplinary group of fifty 菠菜网lol正规平台 students is creating a next-generation system of truly sustainable urban transportation.

The project is a solar-powered automated transit network (ATN) where vehicles travel 在高出现有道路20至30英尺的轨道上. 斯巴达人的名字很贴切 Superway, it is being developed by cohorts of students from mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering; industrial design; urban planning; and business, with guidance 来自机械工程教授Burford " Buff " Furman.

ATN开发项目始于2012年. 早期的成就包括创造 a functioning 1/12th scale model, but the team more recently succeeded in constructing a full-scale section of operational guideway with a full-scale motorized vehicle cabin.

ATN目前还没有市场. 弗曼现在看到了未来被接受的潜力 他的学生已经证明了这个系统是可行的.

“Our students have a vital and unique role to play in realizing the promise of solar-powered ATNs,” he says. “The whole enterprise is simultaneously advancing the system’s technology and educating the workers and entrepreneurs who will step into this new transit paradigm 当它被广泛接受时.”

Steven Silver

确定交通人口统计

While the U.S. 交通部和加州运输局已经制定了战略目标 for increasing public transportation, most Silicon Valley commuters still avail themselves of their cars. Marketing & 决策科学教授史蒂文·西尔弗正在进行调查 the underlying reasons as to why commuters make the transit choices they do, and what offerings 可能会增加公共交通的使用率.

By developing models that examine transportation-related priorities as theyrelate 以及当地高科技走廊沿线的通勤人口统计数据. 白银能够提供 交通服务设计中的政策推理. 成本是最关键的因素吗 选择是开车还是乘坐公共交通工具的标准? 方便更多吗? important? 还是说旅行时间的长短会破坏交易?

“Here in Silicon Valley, people have a real alternative to public transportation – 他们的汽车和相对容易到达的高速公路. 银解释说. “This makes it very competitive for public transportation agencies to increase ridership. We are seeking information on what sorts of transit designs and services will entice 通勤者乘坐公共交通工具.”

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