News & Announcements
METRANS UTC
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Registration for the 2023 International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Conference is now open. The METRANS Transportation Consortium will host this year’s event in Long Beach, CA from September 5-8, 2023. Join researchers and industry leaders as they delve into the future of the maritime economy amidst the effects of the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, swift technological advancements, and a growing imperative to address global climate challenges.
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METRANS UTC, PSR
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
From left to right: Miles Witting, Lan Ca, and Patrick Son.
Three California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) students are actively developing skills and abilities associated with intelligent transportation systems (ITS) as part of a pilot talent pipeline program made possible through a strategic partnership between CSULB and Gannet Fleming, a global engineering firm. A talent pipeline, unlike a traditional internship, features a structured onboarding process and a bidirectional ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Two METRANS researchers recently partnered with the City of Long Beach to win a National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grant to research, develop, and pilot a community-informed digital rights platform that can serve as a national model for acknowledging data privacy as a human right.
The grant provides $147,370 for a full fiscal year beginning in July 2023. Dr. Gwen Shaffer, who will serve as the project PI, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Public Relations ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Image courtesy of Lisa Kay Schweyer
METRANS researchers highlighted the dynamic industry and community partnerships university transportation centers (UTCs) bring to their regional communities at the Fourth Annual National Mobility Summit of USDOT Centers sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University. The March Summit, held in Washington DC had as its theme “UTC Innovations and Impacts: Advancing Mobility for All.” Dr. Genevieve Giuliano discussed the role ...
METRANS UTC, PSR
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
The University of Southern California (USC) is launching a unique, high-visibility postdoctoral fellowship program as part of Assignment: Earth , the USC campus-wide sustainability framework. The program aims to accelerate sustainability research; train future leaders in academia, government and non-governmental organizations, and industry; and support discovery, evaluation, and implementation of innovative solutions to sustainability problems.
The Postdoctoral ...
METRANS UTC
Friday, October 30, 2020
This year’s METRANS Industry Outlook featured perspectives from leaders in transit, port, and aviation regarding their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual METRANS event was held virtually for the first time this year, which increased audience participation to include more global participants in addition to the traditional concentrations of Southern California participants.
Panelists for the October 1, 2020 Industry Outlook event were Michael Christensen , ...
METRANS UTC
Friday, July 31, 2020
For many, the world as they know it has come to a standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses have shuttered, schools have moved to remote learning, and stay at home orders are in place across the country. Millions of people have lost their jobs or been furloughed, and millions more have migrated to working from home in an effort to “flatten the curve.” Yet essential pillars of the economy such as food delivery and emergency services march on. Maintaining ...
METRANS UTC
Thursday, July 30, 2020
METRANS is thrilled to announce HDR as its newest METRANS Associate Partner. For over the past hundred years, HDR has provide d engineering innovation , environmental progress and foundation-building construction services throughout the United States and worldwide. Its multidisciplinary international teams address challenges in transportation, ...
METRANS UTC
Thursday, July 30, 2020
University o f Southern California P rofessor of Practice and former Director of the Port of Los Angeles , Dr. Geraldine K natz , in collaboration with Dr. Mary Brooks and a team of international transportation policy expert s , recently published a PortReport on “Transparency in G overnance: S eaport P ractices . ” This ...
METRANS UTC, MetroFreight
Friday, April 24, 2020
When METRANS Director Genevieve Giuliano was organizing the agenda for the METRANS Advisory Board meeting to be held virtually in early April, she wanted to focus on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on global goods movement. She immediately thought of Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue.
"Professor Rodrigue is one of the world’s experts in international trade. He has researched just about every aspect of trade, including the potential ...
