RSS FeedUpcoming EventsThe Latest in Public Health Research: Energy transitions, air pollution, and health equity in the US and Ghana, April 9/live/events/239130-the-latest-in-public-health-research-energy-transitio

Given the health implications of our energy systems and the social drivers of energy use, access, and burden, energy transitions have the potential to impact health outcomes and associated disparities in a context-dependent manner. In this talk, I will present research that has two objectives: 1) to evaluate the distribution of benefits from energy transitions in the United States and in Ghana; 2) to characterize health outcomes that are relevant to these transitions but are currently understudied. I will also introduce future research directions for my group.

Misbath Daouda is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences whose interdisciplinary research focuses on the health equity implications of climate mitigation strategies in the US and in West Africa.

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Planning for Equitable Micromobility, April 19/live/events/229871-transportation-seminar-planning-for-equitable

Anne Brown, Assistant Professor, Planning, Public Policy, and Management, University of Oregon, will present Planning for Equitable Micromobility at the ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar on Friday April 19, 2024 at 3 pm in 212 O’Brien Hall. Join us for cookies and beverages in the ITS Library (412) McLaughlin Hall at 2:30 pm.

Abstract: Shared micromobility programs, including shared e-scooters and bikeshare, have spread rapidly across the US. Cities are grappling with how these modes may fill gaps in the existing transportation system and how to better reach marginalized and underserved communities. This presentation considers the different dimensions required to plan and implement equitable micromobility, from goal-setting to program design and evaluation, and presents data on how successful equity programs have been to date at extending access to historically underserved groups. It concludes with lessons for how planners and policymakers can manage and design micromobility programs to offer more equitable access and outcomes.

Bio: Anne Brown is an Assistant Professor of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon. She researches issues around transportation equity, shared mobility, and travel behavior. Dr. Brown holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning and PhD in Urban Planning from UCLA.

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Transportation Seminar: PhD Student Talks, April 26/live/events/229910-transportation-seminar-phd-student-talks

Graduating and recently graduated doctoral candidates will present their research at the ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar on Friday April 26, 2024 at 3 pm in 212 O’Brien Hall. Join us for cookies and beverages in the ITS Library (412) McLaughlin Hall at 2:30 pm.

Alex Pan, CEE

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Separation of Learning and Control in Emerging Mobility Systems, May 3/live/events/229911-transportation-seminar-separation-of-learning-and

Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, will present Separation of Learning and Control in Emerging Mobility Systems at the ITS Berkeley Transportation Seminar on Friday May 3, 2024 at 3 pm in 212 O’Brien Hall. Join us for cookies and beverages in the ITS Library (412) McLaughlin Hall at 2:30 pm.

Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss the challenges of supervised learning and model-based control approaches in transportation-related applications. Then, I will present a theoretical framework founded at the intersection of control theory and learning that circumvents these challenges in deriving optimal strategies. In this framework, we aim to identify a sufficient information state for the system that takes values in a time-invariant space and use this information state to derive separated control strategies. Separated control strategies are related to the concept of separation between the estimation of the information state and control of the system. By establishing separated control strategies, we can derive offline the optimal control strategy of the system with respect to the information state, which might not be precisely known, and then use learning methods to learn the information state online while data are added gradually to the system in real time.

Bio: Andreas Malikopoulos is a Professor in the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Information and Decision Science Lab at Cornell University. Prior to these appointments, he was the Terri Connor Kelly and John Kelly Career Development Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2017-2023) and the founding Director of the Sociotechnical Systems Center (2019-2023) at the University of Delaware (UD). Before he joined UD, he was the Alvin M. Weinberg Fellow (2010-2017) in the Energy & Transportation Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Deputy Director of the Urban Dynamics Institute (2014-2017) at ORNL, and a Senior Researcher in General Motors Global Research & Development (2008-2010).

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Class of 2024 Engineering Master’s Degree Commencement, May 14/live/events/229317-class-of-2024-engineering-masters-degree

The College of Engineering will host a commencement ceremony for Master’s degree graduates of the Class of 2024, their family and friends on Tuesday, May 14.

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Class of 2024 Engineering Baccalaureate Degree Commencement, May 14/live/events/242509-class-of-2024-engineering-baccalaureate-degree-commen

The College of Engineering will host a commencement ceremony for Baccalaureate degree graduates of the Class of 2024, their family and friends on Tuesday, May 14.

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Class of 2024 Engineering Doctoral Degree Commencement, May 18/live/events/242512-class-of-2024-engineering-doctoral-degree-commencemen

The College of Engineering will host a commencement ceremony for Doctoral degree graduates of the Class of 2024, their family and friends on Saturday, May 18.

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