Technology transfer, or more simply, public outreach activities that enable information-sharing between members of the UC Davis academic community and beyond, is a critical component of the STC’s mission. Activities that bring new people with new viewpoints to campus, and, conversely, that take campus experts and researchers to venues away from academia strengthen the overall program and contribute to society.
Visiting Practitioner Program
The goal of the UC Davis Sustainable Transportation Center’s Visiting Practitioner Program is to strengthen ties between the research and education elements of the STC and transportation practice. Each year, the program supports one visitor who works on an applied research project, conducts seminars for ITS-Davis students, and organizes workshops on selected topics for the transportation planning community.
The Visiting Practitioner Program launched in summer 2007 with the arrival of Ellen Greenberg (pictured left), a city planning and urban design consultant focused on implementing the goals of smart growth, sustainability and livable communities through an integrated approach to land use, transportation and urban design. Her one-year term continues through Spring 2008. While with the STC, Ms. Greenberg is giving seminars and leading an applied research project on sustainable street design. For more information about the project, please visit the Sustainable Streets Project page.
Newsletters
ITS-Davis e-News
The Institute’s quarterly electronic newsletter has tracked the creation and development of the Sustainable Transportation Center’s beginning. In 2007, ITS-Davis e-news created a new section devoted exclusively to coverage of STC education, research and technology transfer activities. The section includes student and researcher profiles, summaries of student activities, highlights of research projects, trips and other events. Below are links to the STC section of each e-news:
STC Sponsored Events
Current & Future Events
- April 25, 2008
STC Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Sr. Assoc. Dean, Research and Technology
Director, METRANS Transportation Center
School of Policy, Planning and Development, USC - May 1, 2008
Advancing Women in Transportation (WTS) Student Reception
The Sacramento chapter of WTS is hosting a reception to engage students, faculty, and working professionals regarding transportation careers and opportunities. The reception will be held at the UC Davis Alumni Center from 6-8pm. For more information, please contact Lauren Hilliard at L.Hilliard@fehrandpeers.com. - May 2, 2008
Ellen Greenberg, AICP
STC Visiting Practitioner
"Sustainable Streets: Emerging Priorities and Practices" - May 5-7, 2008
Regionalism in California: The Road so Far…and Further Conference
The UC Davis Center for the Study of Regional Change is hosting the first annual conference on regionalism in California, to be held at the UC Davis Alumni Center May 5-7, 2008. The conference will convene community, university, and government leaders to: assess regional approaches to problem-solving and policy change; deepen insight into the theory and practice of regionalism; strategize on how to achieve the goals of sustainability, equity, health, and vitality in California communities. To learn more, or to register for the conference, please visit this link - Fall 2008
STC Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Carlos F. Daganzo
Robert Horonjeff Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Fall 2008
2009 Women’s Issues in Transportation
The Transportation Research Board is hosting an international conference that will discuss the latest research and information on women's transportation demands and travel trends, compare gender differences in crash experience and safety performance, discuss approaches to accommodate these differences in the design and provision of transportation facilities and services, and present measures being undertaken for enhancing the security of women travelers.
Past Events
- January 3 – March 9, 2008
Greenstop Exhibit
UC Davis Design Museum
www.greenstopdesign.com
Visionary designs for a self-sustainable rest stop: Highlights from an international design competition to select a design for a self sustainable and off-the-grid roadside rest area near Tipton along California Highway 99. - Dr. Martin Wachs
Director, Transportation, Space, and Technology, RAND Corporation
STC Distinguished Speaker, February 29, 2008
Linking Transportation, Development and Habitat Conservation: A Case Study of Riverside County - Ellen Greenberg, AICP
STC Visiting Practitioner
January 25, 2008
The Opposite of Traffic: A Work in Progress - February 29, 2008
STC Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Martin Wachs
Director, Transportation, Space, and Technology, RAND Corporation - Eleventh Biennial Conference on Transportation and Energy Policy
http://www.its.ucdavis.edu/events/outreachevents/asilomar2007/index.php
The Eleventh Biennial Conference on Transportation and Energy Policy investigated three broad strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation: reducing motorized travel, shifting to less energy intensive modes, and changing fuels and propulsion technologies. This invitation-only gathering drew a record 283 attendees, with representatives from industry, academia, international governments and NGO’s, and was held August 21-24, 2007 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California. - International Conference on Ecology & Transportation (ICOET)
www.icoet.net
The ICOET is the primary forum for an international gathering of the foremost experts in the field of transportation development, related scientific study, and administrative processes that can enhance both the project development process and the ecological sustainability of transportation systems. Held every two years, ICOET drew more than 330 attendees to Little Rock, Arkansas, May 20-25, 2007. The theme was “Bridging the Gaps, Naturally.” The STC provided supplemental funding to the UC Davis Road Ecology Center, which worked with Caltrans’ Division of Environmental Analysis to enhance the state’s presence at the conference. In addition, the Road Ecology Center coordinated a networking workshop on climate change effects to natural systems that was so well-received that it prompted plans to highlight climate change prominently at the next conference, ICOET 2009. - Walk/Bike California Conference
http://www.walkbikecalifornia.org
The third biennial Walk/Bike California conference, hosted by the California Bicycle Coalition in association with California Walks, drew 400 attendees to the UC Davis campus September 11-14, 2007. The conference is regarded as one of the nation’s premier gatherings for government employees, transportation and planning professionals, and advocates dedicated to realizing the air quality, energy and public health benefits of walking and bicycling. It was fitting that the conference was held at UC Davis, where bicycles are the primary and preferred mode of transportation, and in David, the nation’s first city to institute bicycle lanes 40 years ago. Walk/Bike California was combined with the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals professional development seminar. - Warren Powell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Operations and Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University; Director of the CASTLE Laboratory
STC Distinguished Speaker, February, 23, 2007
February, 23, 2007
Approximate Dynamic Programming for High-Dimensional Resource Allocation Problems
This talk explored the use of approximate dynamic programming, a powerful algorithmic technology that has proved useful in a variety of industrial applications. For example, the management of multiple, often complex, resources such as people, machines, medical supplies and energy, must be managed over time subject to various types of uncertainty. These problems produce state vectors with thousands or millions of dimensions, and state and action spaces that are effectively infinite. The talk described a strategy for solving these problems over time, under uncertainty, using the framework of approximate dynamic programming. - Jeffrey Melton, Ph.D.
Outreach Director at the Recycled Materials Resource Center at University of New Hampshire
STC Distinguished Speaker, June 1, 2007
Recycled Materials and Sustainable Engineering in the Highway Environment
This talk summarized the state of knowledge regarding the use of recycled materials in highway projects, citing past experiences – some successful and some not – as examples of the possibilities for sustainable engineering in the highway environment.