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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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Tom Martin
His areas of research include electronic textiles, wearable and pervasive computing, and interdisciplinary design . He is the co-director, with Mark Jones, of the Virginia Tech Electronic Textiles Lab.

He organized a workshop at ISWC 2007 on the Role of Design in Wearable Computing. In September 2009, Lucy Dunne, Tricia Wilson and Martin organized the Symposium on Smart E-textile Solutions at the IFAI Expo.

In the spring of 2011, Lisa McNair and Martin organized a workshop at PerCom on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pervasive Computing Design, which was held as a special session within the PervasivE Learning, Life, and Leisure (PerEL) workshop... 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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Connected Vehicle Applications for Adaptive Lighting
Adaptive Lighting refers to an emerging technology where lighting systems are tailored to the needs of the environment. In the case of roadway lighting, this would imply dimming or shutting off lighting when it is not required. This technology is enables through the utilization of recently developed electronic ballasts for the lighting system and controllers that can provide dimming capability. In addition to dimming, instant on and off capability can be achieved through the implementation of solid state or induction lighting technology which do not require a warm up period as traditional lighting system require. This instant on and off leads to the ultimate extension of adaptive lighting which is “Lighting on Demand” where the lighting system is triggered by the presence of a vehicle. This adaptive lighting process requires a selection of the light output level based on a series of inputs. These inputs include the traffic volume, vehicle speed, ambient weather conditions, and the presence of pedestrians. Once the lighting level is selected this is then implemented on the roadway through a luminaire control system. A fully controllable lighting system has already been implemented on the Virginia Smart Road which coincides with one of the connected vehicle test beds. In terms of refining this process, VTTI is performing a major research project, funded by the Federal Highway Administration, which includes an evaluation of crashes under a variety of traffic and lighting conditions and a series of in-situ measurements of the lighting system performance. This effort is designed to establish the link between lighting level and traffic safety.

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

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