Research Projects

Sharing the potential of game engines to enhance transportation

At the 2023 Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) World 2023 Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, ISTL Director Kevin Hulme, PhD, and his team of transportation engineering researchers presented their findings in the application of different video game engine simulations to enhance transportation research.

COVID-19 wastewater surveillance

1/2/24

External Collaborators: Erie County (NY) Department of Environment and Planning, New York State Department of Health, Syracuse University, Ceres Nanosciences

UB part of $2.3 million project to make solar energy production more resilient

10/16/23

External Collaborators: Yanlin Guo - Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, United States Department of Energy (DOE) Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER)

What happens when an earthquake hits a building already damaged by coastal flooding?

10/16/23

External Collaborators: National Science Foundation, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Western Washington University

Integrating seismic protection systems into nuclear power plants

10/16/23

All nuclear power plants are required to have a significant level of resistance to the effects of earthquake shaking, but the safety-grade nuclear equipment is generally large and routinely custom-made for each nuclear plant. Whittaker’s team will simplify plant design and standardize the equipment to drive down cost and speed construction.

UB joins Tier 1 University Transportation Center to enhance nation’s transportation infrastructure

10/16/23

External Collaborators: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Purdue University, Louisiana State University, University of Texas San Antonio

Accelerating the use of integrated incident management system (IIMS) for traffic incident data collection and management

7/18/22

Traffic incidents have significant negative impacts on the safety and efficiency of overall transportation system performance. The transportation community has consistently strive to improve the transportation incident management process. This project demonstrates the ability of the NYSDOT, GDIT and IIMS to improve traffic incident management.

Research Projects

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