A featured article about DRIVE Net is published on the UW E-Science Institute Website
January 26th, 2012
Our DRIVE Net system was reported by the UW E-Science Institute New. ( Link )
University of Washington got the UTC grant (PacTrans)!
January 20th, 2012
The UTC consortium at University of Washington (PacTrans) will include the following schools: Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR; University of Alaska, Fairbanks in Fairbanks, AK; University of Idaho in Moscow, ID; and Washington State University in Pullman, WA. (Link)
Traffic Hero wins James J. Kell Competition Award
April 24th, 2011
The University of Washington’s ITE proposal for “Traffic Hero”, written by Yegor and Runze, has been selected as the winner of this year’s James H. Kell RFP competition. The game will be featured at this year's Western ITE Conference in Anchorage, AK.
2011 Engineering Discovery Days
April 22rd, 2011
STAR Lab once again is a major destination at the UW Engineering Discovery Days, teaching visitors of all ages about transportation engineering and technology.
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Runze Yu wins Western ITE Best Paper Award
April 14th, 2011
Runze’s paper “Quantifying the Relationship between Near-Road Concentration of Black Carbon and Traffic Flow Observations” won the 2011 Western ITE Student Paper Award! It will be presented at this year's Western District ITE Conference in Anchorage, AK.
Dr. Yao-Jan Wu stops by STAR Lab
April 8th, 2011
A recent STAR Lab alum, Dr. Yao-Jan Wu, stops by the lab on April 8th talking about Virginia's Actions on Sustainable Transportation.
STAR Lab welcomes Dr. Hua Wang and congratulates Tim!
March 14th, 2011
Dr. Hua Wang (front left) joins STAR Lab from the Harbin Institute of Technology. Dr. Wang is an expert in Electrical Engineering and will help STAR Lab continue it's sensor development. Tim Thomson (second left) has succesfully completed his Master's degree at teh University of Washington and will return to Rhode Island.
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Prof. Oliver Gao stops by
February 3rd, 2011
Dr. Oliver Gao from Cornell University visited the STAR Lab and delivered a talk in the CEE 412/599 Transportation Data Management and Analysis class entitled: "From Transportation Emissions Control to Public Health - Are We Doing the Right Thing and Doing it Right?"
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Dr. Lei Zhang visits STAR Lab
January 4th, 2011
Prof. Lei Zhang from University of Maryland visited STAR Lab on Jan 4th. His research employs interdisciplinary modeling approaches to analyze the interdependencies between transportation, economic, and natural systems for efficient resource allocation and sustainable development in the transportation sector. He met with transportation faculty members including Prof. Yinhai Wang, Prof. Scott Rutherford, and Prof Cynthia Chen. Prof. Lei Zhang also gave a talk on his research topic: Agent-based Modeling and Simulation for Transportation.
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Yao-Jan Wu graduates
December 14th, 2010
Yao-Jan succesfully defends his dissertation, entitled "Traffic Sensor Data-Based Arterial Performance Measurement: Methodology and Online Implementation". Yao goes on to a post-doctoral position at the University of Virginia. Congrats Dr. Wu!
Dr. Yang visits STAR Lab
Novemer 29th, 2010
Dr. Yang from Tongji University in Shanghai visits STAR Lab, presenting a wide array of current and upcoming research happening in Tongji. The Lab also hosted Dr. Yang for dinner in Shoreline.
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STAR Lab Participates in the Livable Streets Workshop
November 13th, 2010
STAR Lab students showed their research to the general public during the Children's Hospital Livable Streets Workshop, hosted at the University of Washington. Students demonstrated technologies that facilitate non-motorized data collection, as well optimize exisiting street systems to reduce the need for additional construction and improve safety.
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STAR Lab @ TRB 2011
October 30th, 2010
STAR Lab gets a record 14 papers accepted for presentation at this year's Transportation Research Board meeting. Ten students will be heading over to Washington DC this January to present their work!
STAR Lab welcomes more guests
June 24th and July 30th, 2010
STAR Lab welcomed Dr. Yafeng Yin and Dr. Yi Zhang over the course of the summer. Dr. Yin presented a signal timing approach that considered environmental costs, while Dr. Zhang demonstrated an approach to model and cluster urban traffic data.
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STAR Lab NATMEC Tour
June 22nd, 2010
STAR Lab hosted visitors from the NATMEC conference with a full tour of the lab. The particpants were given an overview of the facilities as well as a brief introduction to six data collection technologies presently in development. Demos included live demonstrations of Bluetooth and video technologies as well as an overview of ALEDA and DriveNet systems.
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STAR Lab cleans up at the ITE Student Night
May 10th, 2010
STAR Lab members Jon Corey, Tim Thomson and Yunteng Lao, tied for fist place at the Student Night Competition, in which over 6 teams participated. Furthermore, STAR Lab intern Aaron Knight has recieved the ITE Outstanding Undergraduate Award.
2010 Engineering Discovery Days
April 23rd, 2010
STAR Lab participates in the 2010 Engineering Discovery Days, teaching visitors of all ages about transportation engineering and technology.
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Yao-Jan Wu passes his PhD General Exam
April 20th, 2010
Yao-Jan Wu passed his general exam with the topic "Traffic Sensor Data-Based Arterial Performance Measurement: Methodology and Online Implementation"
Dr. Bastian Schroeder visits STAR Lab
April 19th, 2010
Dr. Bastian Schroeder from North Carolina State University (NCSU) came to visit STAR Lab on April 19th, 2010. We had a great discussion over the NCHRP 03-96 project.
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Congrats to Xiaolei and Jonathan!
March 18th, 2010
Xiaolei Ma and Jonathan Corey of STAR Lab have succesfully defended their Master's theses. The work, entiled "Developing a GPS-based On-line Freight Performance Measure Platform" and "Detection and Correction of Loop Detector Sensitivity Level Errors" respectively, was conducted as part of research done at STAR Lab.
VVDC wins Runner Up at Student Technology Showcase
January 14, 2010
Yegor Malinovskiy along with Dr. Wang entered the Science and Engineering Business Association Technology Showcase and were awarded second place. The competition evaluated the business potential of over 15 various research projects happening at the University of Washington.
Yegor receives Michael Kyte Award
January 13, 2010
Yegor Malinovskiy was awarded the Region X Student of the Year, named in honor of Michael Kyte, retired Director of NIATT at the University of Idaho, and his dedication to the creation of the Region X Transportation Consortium.
Guohui wins 3rd place from PTV America
December 25, 2009
STAR Lab alumnus Guohui Zhang's HOT Lane Simulation method received the 3rd Place Award from PTV America. This method was a direct result from the TransNow dynamic tolling project and his WSDOT intern work under the supervision of Shuming Yan
We've Moved!
December 20, 2009
STAR Lab is now located in More 101.