Luz Gabriela Rivera Pérez is a student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez studying civil engineering. Luz decided to focus on transportation engineering for her master’s degree after falling in the love with the topic during her undergraduate career. Luz has worked on NICR projects since 2020, and she has worked alongside faculty members…
On October 20, 2022, undergraduate student researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) involved in the carpool-based parking assignment NICR policy project had the opportunity to present their research activities to representatives from L3 Harris Technologies. This presentation provided an excellent platform for the students to showcase their findings and share their…
In December 2022, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) participated in outreach projects for both high school and UPRM students, which have generated significant interest among students. This event exposed high school students to university-level coursework and research opportunities while providing college students with opportunities to serve as mentors and role models. The…
Austin Sibu is in his fifth year at Texas A&M University (TAMU), earning BS and MS degrees in statistics in a combined degree program. Previously, Austin worked as a research assistant at the EconomicStatecraft Program at the Bush School and helped build a COVID-19 dashboard in a joint project between the statistics and public health…
The University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program’s Annual Outstanding Student of the Year award is awarded to a student for their achievements and promise for future contributions to the transportation field. Students are selected based on their accomplishments in the areas of technical merit and research capability, academic performance, and leadership. The National Institute for Congestion…
Marianna Defendini-Torres is a research assistant for the NICR project “Predicting Travel and Congestion in a Post-Pandemic America” from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. She is a senior studying economics with minors in comparative literature and international relations. As part of her participation in NICR, Marianna has worked on the concept and design…
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) hosted an outreach initiative called “Transportation Student Leadership.” URPM students created presentations on their NICR research projects to promote STEM careers for high school students. The students discussed their research, their relationship to transportation, and their college experience with two schools. A few students selected their previous…
NICR’s Xiaowei “Tom” Shi was named as the 2022 ITS Florida Anne Brewer Scholarship recipient. Xiaowei received the Neville A. Parker – Science & Technology Award for his paper “Trajectory Planning for an Autonomous Vehicle with Conflict Moving Objects over a Fixed Path” in 2021.
Ang Li is a Ph.D. candidate studying transportation engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Her main areas of interest include unmanned aircraft systems, traffic management, regional air traffic management, urban parcel delivery, mechanism design, operations research, and machine learning. Ang initially became interested in transportation because of its importance in the disaster recovery plan…
NICR was well represented at the 2022 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. During January, NICR researchers presented their research and networked with other members from the consortium. ITS Berkeley’s Wesley Darling presented NICR Y1 research. Darling and his colleagues won the William Millar Award (Public Transportation) for their paper “Comparison of Reduced Fare…
