Blacksburg, Va., June 6, 2016 – Students interested in the field of transportation will have a unique opportunity to interact first-hand with industry researchers and professionals during the inaugural Women in Transportation Seminar – The Future of Transportation, Aug. 31 – Sept. 1 at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg, Va. The… Continue Reading Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to host first Women in Transportation Seminar; call for poster abstracts now open

Charlie Klauer, leader of the Training Systems Group in the Division of Vehicle, Driver, & System Safety at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, has made noteworthy strides in helping government and industry reduce teen driver crash rates. Teen drivers, particularly novice ones, are overrepresented in U.S. fatality and injury crash statistics, where one out of every… Continue Reading Distracted Driving Awareness Month: VTTI Research into Teen Driving

Senior design team members Kristine Adriano, Daniel Carrasco, Andrew Pitt, Wayne Carter, Brian Smith, and Sean Gardner pose with a bumper designed to limit damage to vehicles under-riding the back of tractor trailers. A Virginia Tech mechanical engineering senior design team, advised by Jared Bryson of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and Professor Robin Ott,… Continue Reading Virginia Tech design team to present bumper design to Insurance Institute for Highway Safety