Center for Transportation Research
Through research and collaboration, The Center for Transportation Research at the Tickle College of Engineering anticipates challenges and addresses developing situations in the transportation system.
Mobility Research at UTK
Transportation Solutions to Move Your World
The Center for Transportation Research (CTR) has been a nationally and internationally recognized research entity at The University of Tennessee since 1972. Today, CTR has over $10M in sponsored programs, providing increased opportunities for students and researchers. Considering the breadth of our transportation system, the quality of newly graduated transportation students must be of the highest caliber. CTR supports the Tickle College of Engineering’s mission to supply well-educated transportation students to a growing field of transportation professionals.
Four Future Mobility Institute Cluster Faculty Hired
The Institute for Future Mobility (FMI) has hired researchers to fill four of six cluster positions. The four researchers will form a collaborative community cluster led by Professor Kevin Heaslip, the Center for Transportation Research director. “These new hires will complement the faculty who are already part of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville research staff adn the FMI cluster community.
Brad Day, Associate Vice Chancellor Research & Innovation Initiatives Research Integrity & Assurance, sees this cluster hire initiative as “raising the bar to move the future mobility gateway to reach innovation levels through this cross-disciplinary research approach at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.”
CTR Receives Grant for Cyber Security Research
The Center for Transportation Research UT Knoxville (CTR) received a $500,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) through the Transportation Network Growth Opportunity (TNGO) initiative. This grant is one of seven totaling $2.9 million through the TNGO initiative.
CTR’s project, Building Platform for Development of Automotive Cybersecurity Testing, is part of a collaboration with The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UTORII) and includes the development of an advanced research infrastructure for rigorous testing in controlled environments to enhance the security and reliability of automotive systems in response to increasing cyber threats. The initiative seeks to bridge the gap between theoretical cybersecurity research and practical, real-world applications in the automotive industry.
“The Platform for Automotive Cybersecurity Testing (PACT) will fill a need for original equipment manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, and startups to test their products for cybersecurity vulnerabilities that we have identified through conversations with industry partners,” said CTR Director Kevin Heaslip “This facility will be a shared resource for research, workforce development, and ultimately, the state’s economic development.”
CTR Leads NSF Partnership
TEAM TN is a partnership with the National Science Foundation and is an alliance of academics, industry, and technical societies, led by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. TEAM TN seeks to place Tennessee in the vanguard of transportation electrification and digitization while reducing reliance on carbon-intensive energy sources, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, and creating a more equitable transportation system. TEAM TN will create a self-sustaining innovation ecosystem where advanced industries and Tennessee communities thrive and will include a large and diverse array of innovation assets.
News
- Ukrainian Professor Gains Valuable Insight at UTK CTR
- 11/14/24: Advanced Mobility Innovation Lab Flagship Event
- NSF advances 71 teams spanning nearly every U.S. state and territory in the second Regional Innovation Engines competition
