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UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT) welcomes Dr. Yang Li, the new research associate, to Milwaukee! Dr. Li graduated from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a PhD in Transportation Engineering in December 2020. Dr. Li has extensive research experience in data mining, visualization, spatial-temporal analysis, and statistical/econometric modeling with specialization in transportation safety related data analysis and modelling. 

The new textbook Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling coauthored by Dr. Xiao Qin, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT), and his colleagues, Dr. Dominique Lord and Dr. Srinivas R. Geedipally, at the Texas A&M University, College Station is published on March 1^st, 2021 by Elsevier. This textbook covers the key elements needed for making effective transportation engineering and policy decisions based on highway crash data analysis. It covers all aspects of the decision-making process, from collecting and assembling data to making decisions based on the results of the analyses. The new textbook is available at https://www.elsevier.com/books/highway-safety-analytics-and-modeling/lord/978-0-12-816818-9  

UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation received an $88,168 award from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to create an implementation-ready WisDOT Data Inventory that documents the structure, quality, definitions, and usage of WisDOT data. Congratulations to project researchers Andrew Graettinger, Yue Liu, Xiao Qin, and Mark Gottlieb! 

UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT) received a $73,763 award from the Department of Transportation to evaluate the local bridge improvement assistance pilot program and make recommendations for possible modifications and expansion to other areas of the local assistance program. Researchers on this project include Habib Tabatabai (PI, Civil and Environmental Engineering), Xiao Qin (Co-PI, Civil and Environmental Engineering, IPIT Director), and Mark Gottlieb (IPIT).  

Robert Schneider (Urban Planning) and Xiao Qin (Civil and Environmental Engineering) worked with co-authors Andrew Schmitz (MUP alum) and Greg Lindsey (University of Minnesota) to produce a paper entitled, “Exposure-Based Models of Trail User Crashes at Roadway Crossings,” which received the Best Paper Award – Highest Score for Publication for the 2021 Annual Meeting from the Transportation Research Board’s Bicycle Transportation Committee. 

UWM’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT), an umbrella organization that enhances collaboration and growth for multi-disciplinary research and teaching activities in all areas of infrastructure and transportation, received a $122,618 award from the Department of Transportation to help the state agency prepare and develop its workforce in times of high attrition, vacancies, and rapid changes in the transportation industry, profession, and technologies. Researchers on this project include Romila Singh (Organizations and Strategic Management), Xiao Qin (Civil and Environmental Engineering, IPIT Director), Nadya Fouad (Educational Psychology), and Mark Gottlieb (IPIT).