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Congratulations to the graduates of 2025! 

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ITS Berkeley is pleased to announce that Scott Moura, Clare & Hsieh Wen Shen Distinguished Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering will serve as Acting Director for the 2025-26 academic year. Associate Professor of CEE and City and Regional Planning Marta Gonzalez will serve as Acting Faculty Director at PATH.

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Fresh renovations, new improvements, and advanced technology are shaping the new Berkeley Mobility Hub, recently launched by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS Berkeley) at the university-owned Richmond Field Station (RFS).

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The Haas Mobility Club and the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies and Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology presented a Haas Fireside Chat - Powering the Future: Public-Private Partnerships at the Intersection of Mobility, Autonomy, and AI on May 8, 2025.

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Julia Griswold explains traffic safety research in 101 seconds.

Griswold runs UC Berkeley’s SafeTREC, which studies transportation systems and makes recommendations for improving mobility and safety for all road users.

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Congratulations to the selected Eno Fellows!

• Zhe Fu, Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD Student
• Linda Lim, Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD Student
• Michael Montilla, City & Regional Planning PhD Student

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Congratulations to the ITS Students of the Year!

• Ziad Yassine is PhD Student of the Year
• Jacob Champlin and Ameen DaCosta are the Master's Students of the Year



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Zhe Fu is awarded the EDGE in Tech Athena Award

“Leadership in STEM, I've learned, isn't just about technology or academic success. It's about breaking silences, building bridges, and creating a culture where every voice matters,” says Fu. “Thank you for hearing my voice, and thank you for celebrating all the diverse ways we can lead.”

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Get to know PATH Research Engineer, Hao Liu, in this edition of the ITS Staff Spotlight Series!

Hao Liu is a Research Engineer with PATH who builds algorithms to optimize traffic.



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News Bits

• ITS Students win ATECH prize at CITRIS Aviation Contest
• ITS Graduating Doctoral Candidates Present Their Research
• MCP Students Present Capstone Projects
• CED Awards Faculty Seed Grant to Gonzalez and Hosseini
• Tours at RFS: Industry and Entrepreneurship Council and Caltrans
• TRANSOC Alumni Night & Reception
• UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students have access to Planet, Replica, and Dewey Data
• The Center for Air Transportation Resilience (CATRes) launches new website

Publications

• Validation and Calibration of Energy Models with Real Vehicle Data from Chassis Dynamometer Experiments
• Reevaluating Policy Gradient Methods for Imperfect-Information Games
• Modeling, Monitoring, and Controlling Road Traffic Using Vehicles to Sense and Act
• Read more on the new Publications page

Media appearances

• Buses vs. Trains: The Future of Public Transit in the Great Lakes Region
• A Zoox and an e-bike collided in S.F. Here’s what it says about robotaxi safety
• Lawmakers reluctantly float sales tax as public transit boon
• Could the Bay Area's traffic nightmares bring back casual carpool?

Podcasts, and Videos:

• Wachs' lecture with Robert Hampshire | Lessons in Leading Mission-Based Innovation in Transportation 
• Autonomous Cars and the Future of the Auto Industry: Steven Shladover / Research Engineer
• How Safe Are Driverless Cars? Steven Shladover / Research Engineer, UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies
• BART Meltdowns, Fare Hikes, Budget Cuts, and Other Bay Area Transit Woes

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

All Day

Academic & Administrative Holiday (Juneteenth)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

All Day

Instruction Begins

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

All Day

Academic & Administrative Holiday (Labor Day)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16

NASA Ames Conference Center, Moffett Field

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Advanced Aviation Summit

Co-organized by Berkeley Space Center, CITRIS, the Institute of Transportation Studies, and NASA’s Ames Research Center, this summit will showcase University of California- and NASA-led aviation research, emerging technologies being developed by industry leaders, highlight emerging needs, and foster the cross-sector collaborations necessary to accelerate innovation.