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    09/27/25: AMIL at the Knoxville Drive Electric FestivalSeptember 18, 2025
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    AI TechX Awards Seed Funding to Find AI Solutions to Real-World Problems: CTR Researcher AwardedSeptember 18, 2025
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    09/24/25: Combined Public Safety Event with THSO, WSCCPD, HCSO, MPD, THPSeptember 18, 2025
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    Emergency Response GuidesSeptember 3, 2025
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    Improving safety on the roads: UT Traffic Signal Academy trains future operators across the state and the countryJuly 9, 2025
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    THSO Promotes “Safe on Seventy” CampaignJuly 1, 2025
  • UT Awarded $1 Million through Transportation Network Growth Opportunity InitiativeJune 26, 2025
  • Senior Design Team Develops Robot for Automotive IndustryJune 17, 2025
  • Owens and Childers open a traffic control module on a street corner.
    Have you ever wondered how traffic signals work? Here’s a look behind the scenes.May 28, 2025
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    TNECD Announces an Additional $1 Million in Funding through the Transportation Network Growth Opportunity InitiativeMay 21, 2025
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    Davis, Rewalt Named UTC Outstanding Students of the YearMay 14, 2025
  • University of Tennessee and Volkswagen drive the future of mobility through Innovation Hub in UT Research ParkApril 24, 2025
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    ORNL Guest Lecturer: Burak OzpineciMarch 31, 2025
  • TTAP Unveils Significant Website UpdateMarch 27, 2025
  • Transport Justice in Africa: Insights from Dr. Alphonse Nkurunziza’s Seminar at UTMarch 21, 2025
  • Advancing Railroad Training: Over 30 Years and CountingMarch 20, 2025
  • Leaked documents expose a quiet but powerful shift in EV design — and it could shake up the marketMarch 17, 2025
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    CTR at the 2025 Transportation Research Board Annual MeetingMarch 13, 2025
  • Calderón’s Research Seeks to Ease Freight CongestionMarch 6, 2025
  • CTR Students Awarded Traffic Safety Scholar TitleFebruary 28, 2025
  • Tennessee Smart Mobility ExpoFebruary 24, 2025
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  • New Updates on the TN Vans ProgramNovember 22, 2024
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    Ukrainian Professor Gains Valuable Insight at UTK CTRNovember 6, 2024
  • NSF advances 71 teams spanning nearly every U.S. state and territory in the second Regional Innovation Engines competitionOctober 25, 2024
  • UT Takes a Leadership Role at the Airport Ground Transportation Association ConferenceOctober 21, 2024
  • UT Team Helps Nissan Find ‘Second Life’ for EV BatteriesOctober 14, 2024
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  • Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them are driven by people, study findsSeptember 23, 2024
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    Four Future Mobility Institute Cluster Faculty HiredSeptember 11, 2024
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    UT Projects Receive State Transportation FundingSeptember 3, 2024
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    WBIR Channel 10 Covered the #GetConvinced ProgramSeptember 3, 2024
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    Operation Hands-Free Bus TourJuly 31, 2024
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    Carol Hatmaker Retires after 23 Years of Being a Vital Part of CTRJune 26, 2024
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    Congratulations CTR Graduates!June 26, 2024
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    TN Vans Had a Busy Spring 2024June 26, 2024
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    Graduate Engineering Programs Ranked Among Top in the NationJune 24, 2024
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    TTAP Presents the Road Safety Champion ProgramJune 20, 2024
  • Congratulating Nine Newly Certified TATE RecipientsJune 7, 2024
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    Motlow State Community college is developing future electric vehicle technology workersJune 4, 2024
  • Han’s Ongoing Research Uses Innovations from Generations of VolsMay 10, 2024
  • UT Research Team Creating Innovative, Eco-Friendly Concrete MixturesApril 15, 2024
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    Kevin Heaslip, Director of CTR, Gives Expert Opinion on Baltimore Bridge CollapseApril 1, 2024
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    CEE Faculty and Students Present at TRB Annual Meeting ConferenceApril 1, 2024
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    Transportation expert Kevin Heaslip: Bridges are not built to withstand cargo ship collisionsMarch 26, 2024
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    From Bike Lanes to Freight Trains, CA Secretary of Transportation Toks Omishakin (’22) Thinks in ConnectionsMarch 18, 2024
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    Bai leads $5M Grant from DOE-VTO to Produce Smaller, More Efficient Motor Drive Systems for Electric VehiclesMarch 14, 2024
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    EVs are heavier than gas cars, but are they harder on roads?March 11, 2024
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    TTAP hosted the 2024 LTAP Southeast Region MeetingMarch 6, 2024
  • E-bike incentives are a costly way to cut carbon emissions, but they also promote health, equity and cleaner airFebruary 27, 2024
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    Heavier vehicles on U.S. roadways putting strain on guardrails during crashes, study findsFebruary 19, 2024
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    Deb Crawford discusses foundation for success at TEAM TN SummitFebruary 12, 2024
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  • ‘A lot of misconceptions’ | Organizer of electric vehicle summit at UT hopes to address concerns about the techFebruary 5, 2024
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    UT Commits $50 Million to Transdisciplinary Cluster HiresDecember 7, 2022

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