2023 CUTC
Summer Meeting
June 20-22, 2023
Miami, Florida
About This Event
In addition to great sessions, attendees will enjoy two technical tours. Registration fees include breakfast, lunch, reception, boat cruise tour, banquet dinner, and round-trip transportation to and from the venue hotel to all destinations.
To learn more, visit FIU’s CUTC Summer Meeting event page HERE
We look forward to seeing you in Miami!
Host Venue
Florida International University, Ernest R. Graham Center Ballrooms, MMC Campus
Presentations
SMART Program
Ben Levine – Senior Advisor, OST-R, US DOT
Data Science
Pat Hu – Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US DOT
Transformation Action Plan
Alasdair Cain – Director, Research Development & Technology Coordination, US DOT
UTC Conference Planning Best Practices
Lisa Kay Schweyer & Stan Caldwell – Carnegie Mellon University, National University Transportation Center for Improving Mobility
Grant Close-Outs 101
Janet Daly – Indexing Manager, Transportation Research Board
Environmental Resiliency
Todd Crowl – Director, Institute of Environment, Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment, Florida International University
Hazards, Disasters, and Convergence Research
Richard Olson – Director of Extreme Events Research, Office of the Vice President for Research, Florida International University
Workforce Development Programs with the Department of Defense
Leonel Lagos – Executive Director, Applied Research Center, Florida International University
Insurance Companies’ Perspective on Resilience
Shahid Hamid – Director of the Laboratory for Insurance, Financial & Economic Research, International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University
New Grant Start-Ups 101
Janet Daly – Indexing Manager, Transportation Research Board
Event Details
CUTC Summer Meeting Agenda
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Technical Tour I: FIU Wall of Wind (WOW)
Wall of Wind, 10555 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33172Current research at FIU is enabling testing of entire structures at full-scale, leading to performance-based design for hurricanes through direct correlation of wind speed with performance and damage levels. To perform hurricane mitigation research, the wind engineering team at the International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) and College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) at FIU has built a full-scale “Wall of Wind (WoW) facility”. The WoW is viewed as being potentially as effective for wind engineering as crash testing, which led to the development of air bags and other safety features, was for the automobile industry. Engineers liken the WoW to shake table testing, which led to performance-based earthquake engineering. https://cee.fiu.edu/research/facilities/wall-of-wind/