The Fifth Annual Transportation Student Research Symposium
List of Submitted Abstracts
| Name | School | Title of presentation | ||
| Jonathan Carelli | WPI | The effects of different variables on the ability to harness the thermal energy stored in pavement through the use of multiphysics finite element modeling and simulation | ||
| Phyllis Wall | WPI | Comparison of Hot Mix Asphalt/ Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technology in recycling pavement | ||
| Ian Sebanja | UML | A Robust Method for Automatic Traffic Signs Representation, Segmentation and Recognition | ||
| Deanna Peabody | UMASS | In depth analysis of crash reports | ||
| Haizhong Wang | UMASS | Investigation of how the fundamental diagram, especially the speed-density relationship, vary qualitatively and quantitatively along varying highway network characteristics | ||
| He Huang | UMASS | Value Of Traveler Information For Adaptive Routing In Stochastic Time-Dependent Networks | ||
| Jia Li | UMASS | An approach to analyze potential capacity improvement benefit brought by VII. | ||
| Loren Barcus | UMASS | How to deal with early and late arrivals to the reservation highway system. | ||
| Loren Barcus and Mariya Maslova | UMASS | Determining the benefits of using a staggered release policy at University. | ||
| Mariya Maslova | UMASS | Comparison of quantitative results of calibration using two car-following models and tree modifications of the raw NGSIM dataset. | ||
| Michael Razo | UMASS | Analysis of crash profiles of AWD vehicles compared with 2WD vehicles | ||
| Michael Razo | UMASS | Investigation of route choice behavior in networks with risky travel times | ||
| Rahul Deshpande | UML | Quality of Progression Assessment for Highway Capacity and Level-of-Service Calculations | ||
| Samuel W. Gregorio | UMASS | Development and evaluation of a roadway attention maintenance training program for training young drivers | ||
| Steven P. Andrews | UMASS | Determining the difference in self-reported surveys versus actual behaviors of the knowledge of basic pedestrian right-of-way laws | ||
| Xuan Lu | UMASS | Optimal Adaptive Departure Time Choices with Real-Time Traveler Information | ||
| Michael Plotnikov | UMASS | An Evaluation of the Accuracy of Travel Time Estimates. | ||
| Craig Yannes | UCONN | Sensitivity analysis of VISSIM simulation capacity output under various values of driver behavior parameters | ||
| Burak Cesme | NU | Dynamic green wave bus priority strategies for buses entering and leaving a bus terminal | ||
| Maaza Mekuria | NU | Benefits of an activity based regional transportation model using Transportation Analysis and Simulation System (TRANSIMS) | ||
| Maaza Mekuria | NU | Variable State Space Optimization | ||
| Kats Sasanuma | MIT | Evaluation of the level of cruising traffic induced by on-street parking in Boston | ||
| Michael Frumin & Yuan Yuan | MIT | Expectation and variance of waiting time in Public Transit Service | ||
| Michael Kay | MIT | Alternative Project Delivery in North America and Resulting Lessons for Crossrail | ||
| Wei Wang | MIT | Bus priority with innovative dynamic bus lane operation strategy | ||
| Travis Dunn | MIT | The political economy of highway finance, examination of advantages and disadvantages of transitioning to distance-based user fees as a source of revenues for highways. | ||
| Christopher Grillo & Sevara Melibaeva | MIT | Examination of models that assess the effectiveness of different “multi-modal approaches”. | ||
| C. Angelo Guevara | MIT | Demystifying Road Congestion Pricing. | ||
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