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Annual summit talks future of Tuscaloosa transportation

By Associated Engineering Press

Alex Hainen, an assistant professor in UA’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, also works in conjunction with ALDOT in the Traffic Management Center on the UA campus. He presented a series of studies that are ongoing to optimize traffic signal flow throughout the Tuscaloosa and Northport area using data compiled by the DSRC radio network. Through data collection methods first begun in 2009, Hainen said applying different mathematical algorithms to the signals has increased the amount of time drivers encounter traffic signals with a green light from Kauloosa Avenue to University Boulevard. “Our goal is to get them arriving on green, get them through the intersection and keep on going,” Hainen said.

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,200 students and more than 170 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Posted on: July 28, 2018    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features: