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
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
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
