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Plotting California’s most vulnerable roads post-wildfire
Visiting scholar Mikhail Chester investigated how climate change and wildfires will put many of California’s roadways at risk in the long run.
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UCLA welcomes new expert on connected, automated vehicles
Q&A with engineering professor Jiaqi Ma As we head into the fall quarter, we’d like to welcome one of the new transportation faculty members to the UCLA ITS community. Jiaqi Ma joins the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering as an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. He’ll also lead the UCLA ITS New Mobility…
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UCLA, USC host 7th annual ITE Student Leadership Summit
During Jan. 31–Feb. 2, the Institute of Transportation Engineers Western and Mountain Districts gathered its members across 13 states for the 7th Annual Student Leadership Summit hosted by UCLA and USC. ITE SLS History The ITE Student Leadership Summit originated in 2014 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The event’s original goal was to create…
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Visiting scholar has eyes on the road ― literally ― in search of wildfire impacts
Climate adaptation expert Mikhail Chester focuses on infrastructure vulnerabilities in a changing environment by Claudia Bustamante For the next year, the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies will benefit from the research and expertise of a climate adaptation specialist. Mikhail Chester, an associate professor of civil engineering at Arizona State University, has joined the institute as…
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In Memorium: Computer science, ITS professor Mario Gerla MS ’70, PhD ’73
Professor Mario Gerla MS ’70, PhD ’73, a pioneer in computer networks who had supervised more than 100 PhD graduates and served as chair of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering during his long career, died on Feb. 9 after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75 years old. Gerla…