ITS Advisory Council's 2006 Meeting

The ITS Berkeley Online Magazine Summer 2006: Volume 2, Number 2

ITS Advisory Council Meets

advisory council 2006

ITS Director Samer Madanat (standing, center) convened a meeting of the ITS Advisory Council on May 19, 2006, in order to present highlights of current activities at the Institute and to solicit responses and suggestions.

The panel consists of both academic and private industry members. (See roster at end of story.)

People addressing the council included staff and faculty from ITS research units:

Jim Misener Safety Program Director at Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH),

Tim Lipman, a research scientist with ITS and the Energy Resources Group,

Gautam Gupta, graduate student researcher with the National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research (NEXTOR),

Nikoloas Geroliminis, graduate student researcher with the Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport,

YuWie Li, deputy director of the UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport,and

Alex Farrell, Director of the newly established Joint Center for Transportation Sustainability Research and assistant professor with the Energy Resources Group. (See sidebar for story about the new joint center.)

Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration (VII), Presented by Jim Misener, head of PATH's Safety Program. Related story in previous NewsBITS.

MVP Air, presented by Gautam Gupta, of NEXTOR. Related story in previous NewsBITS.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Demonstration Project, presented by Tim Lipman, of ITS and ERG. Related story in previous NewsBITS.

Urban Traffic Control Systems, presented by Nikolaos Geroliminis, UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport.

Integrated Transit Service in China, presented by YuWei Li, Deputy Director of the UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport.

Joint Center for Transportation Sustainability Research, presented by Director Alex Farrell. Related stories current NewsBITS and previous NewsBITS.

External Advisory Council Members

Lawrence D. Burns, GM Vice President, Research & Development and Strategic Planning

Scott Nason, Vice President-Revenue Management, American Airlines

In alphabetical order, the seven members of the Advisory Council are:

Lawrence D. Burns, GM Vice President, Research & Development and Strategic Planning
Elizabeth Deakin, Professor, City and Regional Planning, Director of the University of California Transportation Center, Co-Director of the Center for Global Metropolitan Studies
Steve Heminger, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Randell Iawasaki, Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Adib Kanafani, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Former Director of ITS
Scott Nason, Vice President-Revenue Management, American Airlines
Pravin Varaiya, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Former Director of California PATH