C2SMARTER Center

C2SMARTER Center, NYU Tandon’s U.S. Department of Transportation Tier 1 University Transportation Center, took center stage at the NYC V2X & AI Symposium, where government officials, industry experts, and academic researchers gathered to discuss the future of connected vehicle technology and its potential to transform New York City's streets. Dr. Kaan Ozbay, Director of C2SMARTER and Professor in Department of Civil & Urban Engineering at NYU Tandon, opened the first day of the symposium with a keynote address, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between public agencies, private industry, and academic research in advancing transportation technologies. Dr. Ozbay’s introduction set the tone for discussions on the current and future impact of V2X and AI on New York City’s streets. Speakers at this event included Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation Ydanis Rodriguezíguez, Bob Limoges from the New York State Department of Transportation, Brian Cronin from the U.S. DOT’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, and Timothy Drake from ITS America. #NYUTandonMade

Engineering holds the key to a greener, healthier future, and NYU Tandon engineers are working to develop comprehensive and tangible ways to address the vast array of environmental challenges now facing the world. Home to a robust Sustainable Engineering Initiative, Tandon is focused on helping society thrive today, while ensuring the well-being of future generations. ??A new research organization was recently launched to tackle the most daunting task looming over the industry: How to make industrial chemistry — especially petrochemistry — greener and more sustainable, partly to meet the escalating demands of these greenhouse emission regulations. The multi-institutional effort is called Decarbonizing Chemical Manufacturing Using Sustainable Electrification, or DC-MUSE, founded at NYU Tandon and directed by Professor André D. Taylor (CBE, SEI) ??Last year, Miguel Modestino (CBE), the inaugural director of the School’s Sustainable Engineering Initiative — recognized that young entrepreneurs whose work involves chemical processes face enormous burdens and decided to open his lab facilities to select start-ups. The latest founder to take him up on that offer is Marissa Beatty, the CEO of Turnover Labs. ?? Led by Professor André Taylor (CBE, SEI), the team increased the RFD system’s salt removal rate by approximately 20 percent while lowering its energy demand by optimizing fluid flow rates ??Ph.D. candidate Luana de Brito Anton received a scholarship from the New York Water Environment Association, she studies the light-driven degradation of pesticides in water ??An international team that includes Institute Professor Maurizio Porfiri (MAE, BME, Department of Civil & Urban Engineering at NYU Tandon, NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress) revealed the Venus flower basket sponge’s ability to filter feed using only the faint ambient currents of the ocean depths, no pumping required ??Professor Jin Kim Montclare (CBE, SEI) and her colleagues have presented a novel computational screening workflow utilizing advanced protocols to design multiple variants with improved PET degradation capabilities ??Professor Masoud Ghandehari (CUE, C2SMARTER Center) and doctoral alum Shams Azad, Ph.D., modeled subway riders’ typical daily commutes to determine exposure to particulate matter — tiny particles suspended in the air that, when inhaled, can enter the lungs and potentially the bloodstream, causing a range of short- and long-term health complications ??NYU Tandon helped to launch the Offshore Wind Innovation Hub, dedicated to identifying and developing promising start-ups to drive new innovations in the offshore wind industry Click the link to read this year’s issue and stay tuned to learn more about how NYU Tandon’s unconventional engineers are setting the bar in their fields. #NYUTandonMade #170years https://buff.ly/3V4Fctr

Join us next month for The Future of Railways, in collaboration with IKOS GROUP! Register here: https://lnkd.in/er4MvbbU

Professor Henry Liu of University of Michigan gave a very informative seminar on “ Safety of Autonomous Vehicles” at the C2SMARTER Center as part of the seminar series sponsored by NYU Tandon School of Engineering Department of Civil & Urban Engineering at NYU Tandon in collaboration with the C2SMARTER Center. It was a packed room to hear about the cutting edge AV safety research at University of Michigan.

On November 12, Jingqin （Jannie） Gao served as a judge for the Make It in Brooklyn Future of Transportation Pitch Contest hosted by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, where the winner won $5000. The contest, which was sponsored by NYU Tandon School of Engineering, showcased?transformative?transportation technologies and innovative solutions for mobility challenges. Pitches included battery swap networks for delivery workers, aviation maintenance improvements, and foldable cargo scooters. Avol, the winning team, pitched their medical drone delivery service, which transports blood, organs, and supplies. Downtown Brooklyn Partnership president Regina Myer and Tandon's Vice Dean of External Affairs & Public Relations Sayar Lonial gave the welcome remarks. Learn more about the event here: https://lnkd.in/eDx-d-dJ

Happy to have our review paper about equity assessment in transportation emerging technologies published in Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems.?Innovations like ???????????????????? ????????????????????????, ????????-?????????????? ????????????????, ???????????????? ????????, and ??????????-???????????????? are reshaping current transportation systems. However, high-tech solutions do not benefit all travelers equally, and in some cases, they worsen existing inequities, creating significant challenges for certain groups, including people with disabilities, women, and historically marginalized racial and ethnic communities. To address these disparities, it is essential to establish a framework for defining equity-based performance measures that can ensure new technologies are accessible to all users. This paper lays an initial, crucial foundation for such a framework by reviewing current academic research and government reports on equity issues and opportunities within four emerging transportation technologies: artificial intelligence-based solutions, electric vehicles, connected and automated vehicles, and shared micromobility. It examines the present state of equity practices in technology development and implementation, summarizes quantitative performance metrics found in the literature, and offers recommendations and an evaluation framework for advancing equity in transportation technologies and mobility innovations. Kaan Ozbay Jingqin （Jannie） Gao Fan Zuo Di Yang Molly Seeley NYU Tandon School of Engineering C2SMARTER Center https://lnkd.in/gdTxaVVQ

Last week ITE Met Section in collaboration with C2SMARTER Center at NYU Tandon School of Engineering hosted students from Bard High School Early College to celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day. It was very fulfilling to see the students having a very enlightening and appreciative experience during the event. The event included an interactive roundtable of transportation professionals and also provided students with the opportunity to sample different aspects of transportation engineering for themselves.?Wearing Virtual Reality headsets, students got to create and experience their own VR work zones. They also learned about Computer Vision technologies by interacting with the sensors and cameras in the C2SMART Lab. #STEM #STEAM #STEMDay #Transportation #Students

Very excited to have Nicholas Lalla joining us to talk #economicdevelopment #entrepreneurship and #innovation given New York University new NYU Tulsa sites and the importance of revitalization and tech readiness for U.S. cities. NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress, NYU School of Professional Studies, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management, C2SMARTER Center, Loeb Fellowship

Get your tickets to the Make It in Brooklyn Future of Transportation Pitch Contest! Join Jingqin （Jannie） Gao as she serves on the expert judging panel for Brooklyn start ups to pitch their?innovative climate technology ideas. ?? ?? ?? It will be hosted at Hana House in Brooklyn on November 12, 6pm-8pm, and is sponsored by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gF3E8yPe

Thrilled to have wrapped up a fantastic STEM Day event at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, introducing high school students to the exciting field of transportation engineering! A huge thank you to our ITE Met Section and C2SMARTER Center volunteers – we couldn’t have done it without you ?? Asheque Rahman, Elaine Du, PE, Steven Luglio, Minah Ali, Jack Gazard, Camerin Spahn-Schindele, P.E., Gus Da Silva, Fan Zuo, Shuo Zhang, Dachuan Zuo, Elizabeth Pohl, Holly Chase