Outreach
CFIRE’s outreach goal is to provide research results to potential users in a form that can be directly implemented, utilized or otherwise applied. Additionally, the Center fosters a culture of being active in the community and reaching out to the public.
CFIRE is involved with a number of outreach activities. During the past year, CFIRE hosted several workshops, conferences, and symposia. In addition, CFIRE publishes a quarterly newsletter that is distributed to over 4000 transportation professionals.
Staff and students of CFIRE are active participants in the Transportation Research Board. Most students submit papers to be presented at the TRB Annual meeting. Many of those papers are selected publication in the Transportation Research Record, the Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
The staff and students of CFIRE are active participants in the academic and professional transportation community. They have attended various national conferences, and hosted others. CFIRE Director Teresa Adams continues to promote participation with the outside community in order to increase the public benefit of the Center.
Outreach is vital to the mission of CFIRE. As an academic institution, the Center ensures to communicate findings to other professionals and the public in order to enhance societal benefits of our funded research. In this way, the Center can promote better solutions to transportation problems and encourage dialogue among professionals and academics.
Recent Outreach News
- 2012 Wisconsin Regional Future City Competition
The 19th Annual Future City Competition was held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering's Kern Center on Saturday, January 21. Forty-two teams competed for the regional title and an all-expenses paid trip to the National Future City Competition Final...
- US DOT awards $3.5 million to CFIRE to expand freight research
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $3.5 million grant to the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE), a consortium led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The grant will fund research, outrea...
- Freight Transportation Leadership Academy
The University of Memphis will be hosting the Freight Transportation Leadership Academy starting in February 2012. This 4-part certification program is targeted for mid-upper level executive positions. This program offers a unique collaboration b...
- CSX Carbon Calculator
CSX recently update their interactive carbon calculator. Users can select an origin and destination, a type of freight, and its tonnage to see how many rail cars would be required for the shipment and the amount of C02 that would be emitted during ship...
- Webinar: Searching TRID
December 1, 2011 1:00pm - 2:30pm Central (2:oopm - 3:30pm Eastern) TRB will be conducting a webinar about searching the TRID (TRIS and ITRD) databases. In this webinar, you'll learn about: How to perform a search of the TRID Database How to...
