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Students at Maher Terminals in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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A critical mass of transportation teaching and research faculty, staff and students unparalleled in the nation is brought together at NJIT through the existence of three research centers; the National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity, the International Intermodal Transportation Center, and Transportation Economic Land Use System as well as the interdisciplinary program in transportation. In addition, NJIT is host agency to the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Multidisciplinary, cross-cutting and extensive both in the level of funding and number and profile of personnel, the centers have a combined annual funding level exceeding $1.5 million.
The convergence of so much talent enables NJIT to respond effectively and dynamically to state and regional transportation issues including educational, research and technology transfer needs. NCTIP is about to embark on the creation of a Intelligent Transportation System Resource Center with the New Jersey Department of Transportation. This center will investigate cutting-edge technologies and evaluate transportation modeling tools to improve the efficiency of our roadway network.
The research centers support faculty from all five NJIT Schools and Colleges as well as other New Jersey regional colleges and universities (faculty from Region II and from universities as far afield as Northwestern University in Chicago are also involved in NCTIP research). The centers not only provide support to students pursuing graduate degree programs in transportation, civil engineering, infrastructure, management, computer science, and logistics, but also serve as places for undergraduate students to interact with their more senior colleagues in solving real-world problems.
NCTIP continues its close collegial relationship with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE). CEE transportation research focuses on materials, structures, environment and advanced technologies. Please see our list of associated faculty for our researchers specializing in these fields.
As NCTIP Director Dr.Spasovic have been invited to join the 10-member Board/Executive Committee of CUTC that represents the major transportation research centers and institutes in the United States; public awareness of NCTIP has greatly increased; and a firm relationship with the New Jersey School of Architecture as they focus on comprehensive issues involving transportation, land use, commercial/housing development and the environment has been established. NCTIP has become more involved in public policy research, attracted superior graduate students, and, in general, become known as a solid, successful entity.
