{"id":364,"date":"2021-05-12T12:57:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:15:46","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--single\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/11\/IMG_2893-copy.jpg\" alt=\"2026 Symposium Header\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-notice uwm-p-notice--success\"><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--content\"><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--title\">\ud83c\udf89 Thank you for making the 2026 Southeast Wisconsin Transportation Symposium a success!<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--message\">Co-hosted by IPIT and WisDOT, this year&#8217;s event featured record participation and our inaugural Student Research Poster Competition. <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/transportation-symposium-goes-next-level\/\">Read the event highlights<\/a>.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation is an umbrella organization at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee that fosters multidisciplinary research activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s challenges of aging infrastructure, traffic congestion and safety create a unique prospect where human intellect and creativity may be combined with new technologies to address many infrastructure and transportation problems. IPIT was founded in 2017 by professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering Al Ghorbanpoor to address the challenges faced by our state and nation. We aspire to be a national leader in improving physical infrastructure to support and enhance the mobility of people and goods, economic development, public safety and health. Our mission is to offer solutions through research, innovation, collaboration, education, workforce development and technology transfer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-img--caption-gray\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/11\/IPIT-4.jpg\" alt=\"SE WI Transportation Symposium Leaderships\" class=\"wp-image-5297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/11\/IPIT-4.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2026\/11\/IPIT-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Jay Otto, Banyan Collaborative (from left); Bryan Porter, UWM Graduate School dean; David Noyce, associate dean, UW-Madison College of Engineering; Scott Lawry, Deputy Secretary, WisDOT; David Hubbard, WisDOT Assistant Deputy Secretary; Ali Abedi, UWM Vice Chancellor of Research; Andy Graettinger, UWM associate dean; and Xiao Qin, director of UWM&#8217;s IPIT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/projects\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/06\/Projects-750x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"FrontPagePic_1\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/06\/Projects-750x500-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/06\/Projects-750x500-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full uwm-u-pb-0 uwm-u-mt-40\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/projects\" rel=\"\">Projects<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/news\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/06\/News1750x500.jpg\" alt=\"FrontPagePic_2\" class=\"wp-image-977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/06\/News1750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/06\/News1750x500-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full uwm-u-pb-0 uwm-u-mt-40\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/news\" rel=\"\">News<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/events\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2024\/10\/IMG_2122-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"FrontPagePic_3\" class=\"wp-image-3974\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full uwm-u-pb-0 uwm-u-mt-40\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/events\" rel=\"\">Events<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray-dark uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--2\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/05\/Xiao-Qin-207x300-2.jpg\" alt=\"Xiao Qin\" class=\"wp-image-357\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h4 id=\"h-xiao-qin-phd-pe\" class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mt-0 uwm-u-mb-0\">Xiao Qin, PhD, PE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qin is a transportation engineer and a nationally renowned expert in highway safety. Qin\u2019s research identifies critical issues and solutions to improve transportation systems. He is a committee member of the Transportation Research Board, editor of both the&nbsp;Transportation Research Record&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Journal of Transportation Safety &amp; Security, and an advisory board member of&nbsp;Accident&nbsp;Analysis and Prevention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/ipit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/570\/2021\/06\/gottlieb-vertical-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Gottlieb\" class=\"wp-image-1002\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h4 id=\"h-mark-gottlieb-pe\" class=\"wp-block-heading uwm-u-mt-0 uwm-u-mb-0\">Mark Gottlieb, PE<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Associate Director<\/strong> (Retired)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gottlieb served as Wisconsin\u2019s transportation secretary from 2011 to 2017. Gottlieb has over twenty years experience as a civil engineer in both the public and private sectors.&nbsp; He also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly for eight years and was mayor of the city of Port Washington. 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