Larson Transportation Institute

Congratulations to the 10 new distinguished professors at Penn State. This includes, Shihui Shen, professor of rail transportation engineering, Penn State Altoona! https://lnkd.in/eMNpAfjc

Due to its massive scale of production, concrete accounts for 8% of the globe’s total annual carbon dioxide emissions. In the College of Engineering, researchers are working to reduce that number through innovations in manufacturing and carbon capture and storage.?? ?? Learn more about this research that includes Farshard Rajabipour (#PennStateCEE) and doctoral students pursuing degrees in civil and environmental engineering and in architectural engineering ??? ?? #PennState #PennStateEngineering #PennStateAE #CivilEngineering #EnvironmentalEngineering #ArchitecturalEngineering #Research?

We had a blast celebrating 30 years of Penn State’s transportation engineering conference!

There are still great presentations from Penn State Faculty at TRB Tuesday and Wednesday! The 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting will take place Jan. 5-9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.! Check out the presentations from Penn State faculty that will take place during this year’s meeting

The 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting will take place Jan. 5-9, 2025, in Washington, D.C.! Check out the presentations from Penn State faculty that will take place during this year’s meeting ? https://bit.ly/3VRMnWj

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) collaborated to develop a New Driver Work Zone Safety Program to teach new drivers how to navigate in work zones with confidence and safety. ? ? The free, 35-minute virtual training program is available on the PennDOT website. Check it out here ??

How do roads and bridges contribute to pollution, and what can be done?? ?? Steve Bloser, associate research professor and director of the Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies, discussed the center’s collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service to develop standards to replace stream crossings in Pennsylvania and its ongoing efforts to reduce pollution in the commonwealth. Read the Q&A ?? https://bit.ly/4g7AJ19 ?? #PennState #PennStateEngineering #PennStateCEE #PollutionResearch #Research?

Welcome to the 30th annual 2024 Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference (TESC)!? ? TESC is an annual gathering of professionals from throughout Pennsylvania, the mid-Atlantic region and the country, to discuss pressing issues with some of the foremost experts in transportation today.? ? Learn more about this year’s conference and the 30th anniversary of TESC ?? https://bit.ly/3wWhZ3u?

The 2024 Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference starts tomorrow! This year’s event will feature two keynote speakers, Martin Pietrucha, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at Penn State and senior principal at Kittelson & Associates, Inc. and Kittelson LLC, and Richard F. Simon, regional administrator at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA. Learn more about the speakers and their experience in the transportation field ? https://bit.ly/49tQBsS #PennState #PennStateEngineering #Transportation #TransportationConference #TransportationEngineering

#WeAre sending a huge thank you to our platinum sponsors for the 2024 Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference (TESC)!?? ? The 2024 TESC platinum sponsors are AECOM, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., Lochner, Michael Baker International, Kimley-Horn, Pennoni, WSP, Drive Engineering and HDR.? ? Learn more about this year’s sponsors and the 2024 conference ?? https://bit.ly/3wWhZ3u