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Read MoreWhere’s my flying car?
As a kid, I loved watching cartoons. One of my favorites was the “Jetsons”. Flying cars, drones, high rise buildings and robots, this futuristic vision of the world of 2062 was simply fascinating. Today, as we witness the breakthroughs of the digital era, it seems the Jetsons future is here sooner than ever. Transportation industry constantly thrives to make transit faster, safer and more...
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Read MoreMember Profile: Anuj Sharma
Dr. Anuj Sharma is an associate professor in the Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering Department at Iowa State University. He is the co-director of REACTOR (Realtime Analytics of Transportation Data) lab. In these positions, he teaches transportation engineering courses to undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students, conducts research in the transportation operations area, and...
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Read MoreATPIO President’s 2018 Annual Report
Since ATPIO was formed in 2004, it has maintained focus on its strategic objective to facilitate bilateral collaborative activities and partnerships that include research, as well as knowledge and technology transfer between diverse groups of transportation professionals in US and India. I am pleased to report that in 2018 ATPIO members, distinguished academics, as well as highly respected transportation...
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Read MoreElon Musk’s Boring Venture – Is it really that exciting ?
After venturing into space exploration, electric cars, solar cities, and Hyperloop, Elon Musk decided to transform the transportation industry with his next venture “The Boring Company”. It all started with the worsening traffic conditions in Los Angeles, which he describes as, “moving from 7th level of hell to the 8th level of hell”. With high risers scrapping the clouds, a stratified...
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Read MoreIrvine Symposium on Emerging Research in Transportation (ISERT 2019)
Date: January 18-19, 2019 Venue: The Beckman Center, Irvine, CA 92697, USA This annual symposium is for focused academic idea-exchange among researchers and practitioners on emerging research and applications in transportation. The schedule will include podium presentations, poster sessions as well as innovative idea-exchange sessions. As the symposium follows the Transportation Research...
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Read MoreAnnouncing Travel Scholarships for Student Scholars
ATPIO is pleased to announce that Sarakki Associates has sponsored a supplementary travel-scholarship grant for students. ATPIO would present five of these scholarships at the Annual Meeting to be held at TRB on January 2019. Each scholarship is for $100. The following are the eligibility and selection criteria for the award. The recipient must be an eligible student member of ATPIO. The student must be...
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Read MoreExciting Developments at ATPIO
Since it was founded fourteen years ago, ATPIO made a lot of progress towards fulfilling its mission. We believe that we can do a lot more. The ATPIO board will announce a couple of new and bold initiatives at the annual meeting to be held at TRB conference on January 13, 2019. We believe these initiatives would help propel ATPIO into limelight of scholarly world and play a major role in mentoring young...
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Read More2019 ATPIO Annual Meeting Notice
Dear ATPIO Members and Friends, We would like to invite you to the Association of Transportation Professionals of Indian Origin (ATPIO) annual meeting at the 2019 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington DC. Date and Time: Sunday, January 13, 2019 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Location: TRB Annual Meeting, Room 103B Convention Center, Washington, DC Like previous ATPIO meetings, this will also be semi-formal setup....
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Where’s my flying car?
As a kid, I loved watching cartoons. One of my favorites was the “Jetsons”. Flying cars, drones, high rise buildings and robots, this futuristic vision of the world of 2062 was simply fascinating....
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Member Profile: Anuj Sharma
Dr. Anuj Sharma is an associate professor in the Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering Department at Iowa State University. He is the co-director of REACTOR (Realtime Analytics of Transportation Data)...
Read More
ATPIO President’s 2018 Annual Report
Since ATPIO was formed in 2004, it has maintained focus on its strategic...
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Elon Musk’s Boring Venture – Is it really that exciting ?
After venturing into space exploration, electric cars, solar cities, and...
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Irvine Symposium on Emerging Research in Transportation (ISERT 2019)
Date: January 18-19, 2019 Venue: The Beckman Center, Irvine, CA...
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Announcing Travel Scholarships for Student Scholars
ATPIO is pleased to announce that Sarakki Associates has sponsored a...
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Exciting Developments at ATPIO
Since it was founded fourteen years ago, ATPIO made a lot of progress towards...
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