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The mission statement of the Connected Vehicle/Infrastructure University Transportation Center (CVI-UTC) is to conduct research that will advance surface transportation through the application of innovative research and using connected-vehicle and infrastructure technologies to improve safety, state of good repair, economic competitiveness, livable communities, and environmental sustainability.

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Shane McLaughlin
Shane McLaughlin is the Motorcycle Safety Research Group Leader. Shane has been involved in vehicle design and driving safety research for over 15 years. He is the PI on two naturalistic motorcycle studies. His areas of emphasis include motorcycles, driver support systems, vehicle kinematics, and large scale data mining. Prior to coming to VTTI, Shane worked for Ford Motor Company on vehicle programs and advanced system interfaces. He received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2007. Read More

White House to honor VTTI's Tom Dingus as 'Champion of Change'

Thomas Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, will be honored May 8 by the White House as a Champion of Change, a group of Americans seen as making positive change. This year's theme is Transportation Technology Solutions for the 21st century... Read More

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May 2012: CVI-UTC Consortium and Advisory Board Reception May 2012: CVI-UTC Consortium and Advisory Board Reception May 2012: CVI-UTC banners at ITSA conference May 2012: CVI-UTC banners at ITSA conference Connected Vehicle Demonstration Team at ITSA Conference Connected Vehicle Demonstration Team at ITSA Conference School Day (April 2012): Students waiting to walk through the Smart Road bridge School Day (April 2012): Students waiting to walk through the Smart Road bridge CVI-UTC Word Cloud CVI-UTC Word Cloud Darrell Bowman is interviewed during American of Physics media event. Darrell Bowman is interviewed during American of Physics media event. Hesham Rakha is interviewed during American of Physics media event. Hesham Rakha is interviewed during American of Physics media event.Darrell Bowman is interviewed during American of Physics media event.Hesham Rakha is interviewed during American of Physics media event.

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Featured Research

Connected Vehicle Enabled Freeway Merge Management – Field Test
Working under a grant from the FHWA’s Exploratory Advanced Research Program, the University of Virginia Center for Transportation Studies (UVA CTS) has spent two years developing and simulation testing a set of advanced algorithms to improve freeway merging using connected vehicle technology. The objective of the algorithms is to increase utilization of merging capacity in freeways, and also to reduce merging related incidents.

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White House to honor VTTI's Tom Dingus as 'Champion of Change'

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