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Transportation Research Expo is well-attended and well-received

Release Date: 05-06-2009

Author: Kimberly Mercer

The Transportation Research Center (TRC) welcomed the public to an exposition of its projects and studies at the 2nd Annual TRC Research Expo on Wednesday, May 6, 2009, from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in the Silver Maple Ballroom, located in the Davis Center on the University of Vermont campus. This was an opportunity to see and discuss the innovative, trans-disciplinary research occurring at the Transportation Research Center to advance sustainable transportation.

Many thanks to our judges: Dan Harvey, Qingbin Wang, Ph.D., and Beverley Wemple, Ph.D., who awarded prizes for the three best posters, namely:

The Expo featured the following poster presentations.

Transportation System Efficiency

  • Effects of Miles Per Gallon Feedback on Fuel Efficiency in Gas-Powered Cars
    Michael Schwob, Nicholas Lange, Laura Solomon, Ph.D., Peter Callas
  • Modeling Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Impacts In Vermont from Empirical Vehicle/User Data
    Paul Hines, Ph.D., Richard Watts, Ph.D. Jonathan Dowds, Chris Farmer, Steve Letendre, Ph.D.
  • Vermont Clean Cities Coalition
    Karen Glitman
  • Future Surface Transportation Financing Options: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural States
    Jennifer Kenyan, Karen Glitman, Glenn McRae, Ph.D.
  • How Sensitive Are Highway Construction Costs to Changes in Federal Highway Funding?
    Karen Glitman, Richard Sicotte, Ph.D., Shiao-Ke Chin-Lee
  • Transportation, Equity and Communities at Risk: Refugee Population and Transportation Accessibility in Vermont
    Pablo Bose, Ph.D.
  • Agent-based Models as a Tool for Crafting Policies that Encourage a Green Transportation Economy
    Margaret Eppstein, Ph.D., Lance Besaw, Donna Rizzo, Ph.D., Michael Pellon, Jeffrey Marshall, Ph.D.
  • Improving Transportation Access for Rural Vermonters: Demographics and Travel Demand in the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Region
    Cassandra Gekas, Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D., Richard Watts, Ph.D., Stephen Falbel

Tailpipe Emissions

  • On-Board Tailpipe Particle Number Emissions Modeling
    Chen Zhang, Ph.D., Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D., Britt Holmén, Ph.D., Eric Jackson, Ph.D.
  • Characterizing Real-World Toxic Gaseous Exhaust Emissions from On-Road Vehicles
    Karen Sentoff
  • Characterization of Particle Number Emissions from Conventional and Hybrid Gasoline Vehicles Under Varying Operating Parameters
    Mitchell Robinson
  • The Transportation Air Quality Lab
    Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D., Britt Holmén, Ph.D., Robert Jenkins
  • A Portable Ultrafine Particulate Sizer for in-situ Engine Exhaust Monitoring
    Matt Casari, Andrew Vize, Britt Holmén, Ph.D., Jeff Frolik, Ph.D.
  • The Atmospheric Aging of Diesel Particulate Matter and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    Tucker Stevens, Britt Holmén, Ph.D.
  • Construction and Characterization of an Environmental Chamber for Aerosol Chemistry
    Jessica Eisenhauer, Scott Geddes, Colleen Small, Guiseppe Petrucci

Land Use and Transportation Systems

  • The National Household Travel Survey
    A Partnership of VTrans, CCMPO and the UVM TRC
  • Link Capacity-Disruption and Isolating Links in the Calculation of a Transportation Network Robustness Index
    James Sullivan, Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D., David Novak, Darren M. Scott
  • Spatial Models for the Statewide Evaluation of Transit Supportive Zones
    Nathan Belz, Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D., Gopal Patil, Ph.D.
  • Stopping, Starting, and Parking: Improving Collective Emissions
    Peter Dodds, Ph.D., Gopal Patil, Ph.D., Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D., Kristofer Kretsch, Christopher Danforth, Ph.D.
  • The Vermont Integrated Land Use and Transportation Carbon Estimator
    Anna Mika, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Kevin Hathaway, Stephen Lawe
  • Designing Sustainable Porous Concrete Pavements for Northern Communities
    George McCain, Mandar Dewoolkar, Ph.D.
  • Critical Links Supporting Vermont’s Bulk Milk Transportation: A Novel Application of the Network Robustness Index
    Becca Grover, Jim Sullivan, Julie Smith, Ph.D.
  • Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure on Stormwater and Surface Waters
    Joe Bartlett, William Bowden, Ph.D., Mary Watzin, Ph.D.
  • Implementing UrbanSim as Part of an Integrated Model of Land Use, Transportation and Environmental Quality
    Austin Troy, Ph.D., Brian Voigt, Yi Yang, Ph.D., Jun Yu, Ph.D., Lexie Reiss, Brian Miles
  • Effect of Roads on Forests of Vermont
    David Asmussen, Kristin Williams, Deborah Neher, Ph.D., Sarah Taylor Lovell, Ph.D.
  • Transportation Impacts of Smart Growth Developments in Rural Towns in Maine
    Andrew Weeks, Richard Watts, Ph.D., Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D.

Tourism Travel

Seasonal Difference in Travel

  • Assessing the Impact of Weather and Season on Pedestrian Traffic Volumes
    Lisa Aultman-Hall, Ph.D., Damon Lane, Rebecca Lambert
  • Identifying Seasonal and Weather Influences on Bicycle Commuting Using Mixed Methods
    Brian Flynn, Greg Dana, Anne Dorwaldt
  • Mobility and Livability: Seasonal and Built Environment Impacts
    Jane Kolodinsky, Ph.D., Thomas DeSisto, David Propen, Beth Nolan, Erin Roche, Will Sawyer

Outreach and Education

To download a complete list of transportation research projects featured at the 2009 Expo, click here.

For more information, please contact Kim Mercer

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