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MAILING ADDRESS | street ADDRESS | PHONE | FAX | STAFF Contact Information UAB University Transportation Center MAILING ADDRESS: 1530 3rd Avenue South CH-19 401 Birmingham, AL 35294-2041 street ADDRESS: 933 19th Street South Suite 401 Birmingham, AL 35205 PHONE: 205.934.7845 FAX: 205.975.8143 STAFF: Dr. Russ Fine, Director rfine@uab.edu 205.934.1448 Dr. Gerald McGwin Jr., Associate Director for Research & Scientific Oversight mcgwin@uab.edu 205.975.3036 Mr. Jeffrey Foster, Associate Director for Administration & Finance fosterau@uab.edu 205.996.6086 Dr. Jay Goldman, Associate Director for Research & Scientific Oversight Emeritus jay.goldman1@gmail.com 205.980.5822 / 205.907.1765 Dr. Kathleen Bolland, Education and Outreach Advisor kbolland@sw.ua.edu 205.348.3926 Dr. Andrea Underhill, Research Consultant moonpie@uab.edu Dr. Despina Stavrinos, Post-Doctoral Fellow dstavrin@uab.edu 205.934.7861 Ms. Crystal Franklin, Program Administrator crynklin@uab.edu 205.934.1643 The University of Alabama at Birmingham administers its educational programs and activities, including admission, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or Viet Nam era or disabled veteran status.
Table of Contents Director’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Center Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Management Structure & Principal Center Staff . . . . . . . . . . 6 Figure 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Leadership Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Figure 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The UAB UTC’s Principal Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 UAB UTC Recognized Ozge Cavusoglu as 2009-2010 Student of the Year . . . . 12 First Student Earns Certificate in Transportation Safety & Injury Control Engineering . . 13 UAB UTC Partners with Mountain-Plains Consortium for Expanded Educational Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Transportation Plays Key Role in SOPH Injury Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 UAB UTC Affiliated TRIP Laboratory ® Offers Unique Opportunities for Students in Non-Traditional Transportation Disciplines . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 UAB UTC Welcomes Second Minority Enrichment Transportation Intern . . . . . . 18 UAB UTC’s First Minority Enrichment Transportation Intern – One Year Later . . . . . 19 Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Domain 1: Emergency Medical Services and Congestion . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Domain 2: Development of a Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Simulation Model for Incident and Emergency Management Applications in the Birmingham Region 22-23 Domain 3: Small-Scale Research Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Urban Sprawl Associated with Increased Emergency Response Times . . . . . . . 25 Automatic Crash Notification Can Increase Chances of Survival . . . . . . . . . 26 Traffic Congestion Increases EMS Response Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Traffic Congestion Not a Priority for Emergency Dispatchers . . . . . . . . . . . 28 First Wave of UAB UTC Distracted Driving Research Complete . . . . . . . . . . 29 UAB UTC Funded Research Shows GPS Technology Improves EMS Operational Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Products, Technologies, and Research Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Technology Transfer Programs . . . . . 32 Research in Progress Seminars, Webinars and a State-wide Summit . . . . . . 32-33 2009 – 2010 Publications and Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35 UTC sponsors BJCTA Executive Director Presentation and Public Forum for UAB Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 UAB UTC Sponsored Research Featured at New Urban Congress . . . . . . . . 36 TRIP ® Lab Students Present Research Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 UAB UTC Hosts Fourth Annual Advisory Board Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 UAB UTC Sponsored Scientist Helps Japanese Implement Accident Crash Notification System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 UAB UTC Leaders Named to Birmingham’s Blue Ribbon Transportation Advisory Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 UAB UTC Provides Distracted Driving Technical Guidance for Alabamians . . . . . 41 Specific Accomplishments . . . . . . . . 42 Alabama Distracted Driving Summit Hosted by UAB UTC and UTCA . . . . . 42-43 Alabama Distracted Driving Summit Panels & Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . 44-48 UAB UTC Featured in RITA Spotlight Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 New Research Laboratory Targeting Distracted Driving Established By UAB UTC . . 50 UAB UTC Welcomes New UTC Scientist and Forges New Partnership with UAB School of Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 UAB UTC Assists Fellow UTCs in Research Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 UAB UTC Explores Partnership with Volvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 UAB UTC Exploring Partnership with Auburn University . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 UTC Associate Director Participates in Regional Transportation Workforce Development Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 UAB UTC Planning Alabama Transportation Workforce Development Conference . . 54 Workforce Development in Real Time: Crystal Franklin Joins UTC Staff . . . . . . . 55 Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Dr. David Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Funding, Sources & Expenditures . . . 57
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Page 13 and 14: The Advisory Board The UAB UTC’s
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Page 19 and 20: “Together, the UAB UTC and the TR
Page 21 and 22: UAB UTC’s First Minority Enrichme
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Page 25 and 26: D2 - Project 1: Capacity Building,
Page 27 and 28: Urban Sprawl Associated with Increa
Page 29 and 30: Traffic Congestion Increases EMS Re
Page 31 and 32: First Wave of UAB UTC Distracted Dr
Page 33 and 34: Products, Technologies, and Researc
Page 35 and 36: Secretary Ray LaHood, United States
Page 37 and 38: Presentations Bose D, Crandall J, T
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Page 49 and 50: PANEL 2: Public Awareness and Educa
Page 51 and 52: UAB UTC Featured in RITA Spotlight
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UAB UTC Welcomes New UTC Scientist
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UAB UTC Exploring Partnership with
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Workforce Development in Real Time:
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