CTR afiliated faculty member and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor John Ma and PhD student Sazzadul Shahriar Saykat are working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to find a cost-effective, labor-efficient way to make Tennessee’s bridges more robust. “The majority of our bridges in Tennessee—and nationally—were designed according […]
Delegates from the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) recently returned from a trip to Ankara, Türkiye during the week of Sept. 7, 2026. The trip focused on expanding international collaboration and advancing joint transportation research partnerships. During the visit, CTR team members Kevin Heaslip, Marcella Kaplan and Sean Lawrie met with leadership across five major […]
The Center for Transportation Research (CTR) represented the University of Tennessee at the North American Travel Monitoring Exhibition and Conference (NaTMEC), hosting an interactive exhibit booth and delivering six podium presentations highlighting cutting-edge transportation research. The conference provided a valuable platform for CTR researchers, faculty, and students to connect directly with state departments of transportation, […]
