AnnuAl RepoRt - University of Alabama at Birmingham

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