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Empowering Innovation 2021 – Engineering Research Days

Online via Spatial Chat

On June 24 and 25, 2021, the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering launches Engineering Research Days, a new virtual event bringing together the research community and creating opportunities for collaboration. This year's theme "Empowering Innovation" highlights U of T Engineering’s research accomplishments and spotlights opportunities for collaboration across  faculty, external partners, industry representatives and the […]

Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) Research Day

Online Event

The Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) of the University of Toronto brings together transportation and technology researchers from across the University of Toronto, transit systems in the Golden Horseshoe area, and private sector software providers. Among its objectives are to: foster innovation in transit data-driven tools (analytics) using advanced methods of data science, machine learning, artificial […]

BioZone BITS: Exploring Tradeoffs in the Use of Biomass for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Online Event

Increasing concern over fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has led to growing interest in the use of biomass (i.e., plant material and organic waste) for both energy and materials. Around the world, government programs primarily incentivize use of biofuels in the transportation sector. In contrast, few policy drivers exist to encourage the […]

Rami Al-Sahar “Evaluating the Use of Twitter in Gauging Customer Satisfaction Effects of Transit Service Interventions” MASc thesis presentation

Online Event

Rami Al-Sahar Rami Al-Sahar will present his MASc thesis "Evaluating the Use of Twitter in Gauging Customer Satisfaction Effects of Transit Service Interventions" on September 9, 2021, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Rami is an MASc candidate at the University of Toronto Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering working under the supervision of Professors Amer […]

Lisa Li “Navigating the Transit Network: Understanding Riders’ Information-Seeking Behaviour using Trip Planning Data” MASc thesis presentation

Online Event

Lisa Li Lisa Li will present her MASc thesis “Navigating the Transit Network: Understanding Riders’ Information-Seeking Behaviour using Trip Planning Data” on September 10, 2021, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Lisa is an MASc candidate at the University of Toronto Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering working under the supervision of Professor Amer Shalaby. Her […]

New Frontiers in Transportation 2021 Student Competition Symposium

Online Event

  The University of Toronto Transportation Alumni Network (UTTAN) is proud to present its third annual New Frontiers in Transportation Student Competition Symposium. All are welcome to attend. Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 5:30-7:30 p.m. - via Zoom Attendees will hear presentations from interdisciplinary teams of University of Toronto students on a range of topics […]

Mostafa (Yaser) Kouchakzadeh presents “Analyzing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Traffic congestion and Commercial Vehicles Travel Patterns within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area”

Online via Zoom

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted virtually all social and economic activities in our society, resulting in changing patterns of travel and traffic congestion in Canada. This analysis first analyzes traffic congestion changes throughout the first and second waves of the pandemic on detected freeway bottlenecks within the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA), using HERE travel […]

Shang Zhang presents “Strategic Planning of an Interconnected Crowd Logistics Network”

Online via Zoom

There is a growing market for crowd-shipping, which hires people to transport packages on their regular commutes, in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This thesis considers a hybrid crowd-shipping operation that hires crowd-shippers and regular drivers in a physical internet environment. An investigation into the spatial distribution of potential crowd-shippers is conducted by leveraging a […]

UT-ITE presents Ice Breaking Event to welcome new grad students in transportation

Online via Zoom

The University of Toronto ITE Student Chapter, UT-ITE, announces a social event to welcome new grad students in transportation. Scheduled to take place within the usual UT-ITE seminar slot (Friday, 11-12), the event will be an interactive and fun ice-breaking social. "Let's sit around one virtual table, get the coffee and snacks ready, and start having […]

Mateen Mahboubi presents “City of Toronto Road Safety Plan”

Online via Zoom

In 2016, in response to a general upward trend in traffic-related fatalities starting in 2012, particularly among vulnerable road users, as well as changes in values representing the Vision Zero approach, City Council approved the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. This signaled a change in values representing the Vision Zero approach, moving away from primarily […]

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