Completed Projects

Video Traffic Analysis for Abnormal Event Detection
Cryogenic Super-Tough Steel for Bridges and other Applications
Providing Reliable Route Guidance Using the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) Traveler Information System
Business Intelligence for Gang Scheduling
iTRAC: Intelligent Compression of Traffic Video
Providing Reliable Route Guidance - Part 2
Intelligent Structural Health Monitoring of Vehicular Bridges
Evaluation and Application of Super-Tough Steel for Use in Tank Cars Transporting Cryogenic Liquids
Information System for Infrastructure Deployment in Support of Future Vehicles
Decision Making Tools for Distribution Networks in Disaster Relief
Haptic Interface for Vehicular Touch Screens
Integration of Real-Time Mapping Technology in Disaster Relief Distribution
A framework for estimating emissions of freight transport operations
iTRAC Wireless: Intelligent Compression of Transportation Video for Wireless Networks
Reliable Routing in Transit Networks
Shortest Path Tomography: A Tool for Optimizing Public Transit Networks, Phase I

Video Traffic Analysis for Abnormal Event Detection
Project Number: Y1-01
Award Amount: $100,000

PI: Aggelos Katsaggelos, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
aggk@eecs.northwestern.edu
847.491.7164

Co-PI: Ying Wu, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
yingwu@eecs.northwestern.edu
847.491.2901 Co-PI: Sotirios A. Tsaftaris, Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

stsaft@eecs.northwestern.edu
847.491.4466

Project Summary
Final Report

Cryogenic Super-Tough Steel for Bridges and other Applications
Project Number: Y1-02
Award Amount: $85,856

PI: Semyon Vaynman, Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
svaynman@northwestern.edu
847.491.4475

Co-PI: Morris E. Fine, Professor Emeritus in Service, Materials Science and Engineering
m-fine412@northwestern.edu
847.491.4322

Co-PI: Yip-Wah Chung, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
ywchung@northwestern.edu
847.491.3112

Project Summary
Final Report

Providing Reliable Route Guidance Using the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) Traveler Information System
Current Project Number: Y1-03
Award Amount: $99,972

PI: Yu (Marco) Nie, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
y-nie@northwestern.edu
847.467.0502

Co-PI: Peter Nelson, Dean, UIC College of Engineering
nelson@uic.edu
312.996.3259

Project Summary
Final Report

Business Intelligence for Gang Scheduling
Project Number: Y2-01
Award Amount: $67,594

PI: Diego Klabjan, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Science
d-klabjan@northwestern.edu
847.491.0663

Project Summary
Final Report

iTRAC: Intelligent Compression of Traffic Video
Project Number: Y2-03
Award Amount: $74,910

PI: Sotirios A. Tsaftaris, Research Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
s-tsaftaris@northwestern.edu
847.491.4466

Co-PI: Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
akk958@casbah.it.northwestern.edu
847.491.7164

Project Summary
Final Report

Providing Reliable Route Guidance - Part 2
Project Number: Y2-02
Award Amount: $62,457

PI: Yu "Marco" Nie, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
y-nie@northwestern.edu
847.467.0502

Project Summary
Final Report

Intelligent Structural Health Monitoring of Vehicular Bridges
Project Number: Y2-04
Award Amount: $54,226

PI: Sridhar Krishnaswamy, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
s-krishnaswamy@northwestern.edu
847.491.4006

Co-PI: Oluwaseyi Balogun, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering
o-balogun@northwestern.edu

Project Summary
Final Report

Evaluation and Application of Super-Tough Steel for Use in Tank Cars Transporting Cryogenic Liquids
Project Number: Y3-01
Award Amount: $65,821

PI: Semyon Vaynman, Research Associated Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
svaynman@northwestern.edu
847.491.4475

Co-PIs: Morris Fine, Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
m-fine412@northwestern.edu

Yip-Wah Chung, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
ywchung@northwestern.edu

Project Summary
Final Report

Information System for Infrastructure Deployment in Support of Future Vehicles
Project Number: Y4-01
Award Amount: $74,822

PI: Diego Klabjan, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
d-klabjan@northwestern.edu
847.491.0663

Project Summary
Final Report

Decision Making Tools for Distribution Networks in Disaster Relief
Project Number: Y4-02
Award Amount: $49,623

PI: Karen Smilowitz, Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
ksmilowitz@northwestern.edu
847.491.4693

Co-PI: Irina Dolinskaya, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
dolira@northwestern.edu

Project Summary
Final Report

Haptic Interface for Vehicular Touch Screens
Project Number: Y5-01
Award Amount: $125,657

PI:
James Edward Colgate, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
colgate@northwestern.edu
847.491.4264

Co-PI: Michael Peshkin, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
peshkin@northwestern.edu
847.491.4630

Project Summary
Final Report

Integration of Real-Time Mapping Technology in Disaster Relief Distribution
Project Number: Y5-04
Award Amount: $108,839

PI: Irina Dolinskaya, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
dolira@northwestern.edu
847.491.2415

Co-PI: Karen Smilowitz, Professor, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
ksmilowitz@northwestern.edu
847.491.4693

Co-PI: Jennifer Chan, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
jlc763@gmail.com
312.694.7000

Project Summary
Final Report 

A framework for estimating emissions of freight transport operations
Project Number: Y5-05
Award Amount: $76,118

PI: Pablo L. Durango-Cohen, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
pdc@northwestern.edu
847.491.4008

Project Summary
Final Report

iTRAC Wireless: Intelligent Compression of Transportation Video for Wireless Networks
Project Number: Y5-02
Award Amount: $89,999

PI: Aggelos Katsaggelos, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
aggk@eecsnorthwestern.edu
847.491.7164

Co-PI: Sotirios Tsaftaris, Research Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
s-tsaftaris@northwestern.edu

Project Summary

Reliable Routing in Transit Networks
Project Number: Y5-03
Award Amount: $67,600

PI: Marco Nie, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
y-nie@northwestern.edu
847.467.0502

Project Summary
Final Report

Shortest Path Tomography: A Tool for Optimizing Public Transit Networks, Phase I
Project Number: Y6-01
Award Amount: $69,804

PI: Dirk Brockmann, Associate Professor, Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
brockmann@northwestern.edu
847.491.4491

Project Summary