Transportation Symposium led by Civil Engineering Department

The Department of Civil Engineering led by Professor Peter Park hosted a Transportation Research Symposium in the Bergeron Centre on June 27th, 2017.

The symposium was an interdisciplinary conference that focused on presentations and discussion about rapid urbanization and the resulting congestion which has led to economic loss, health and safety concerns and pollution.

“The idea is to bring researchers together to find areas where we can collaborate,” said Professor Park who has 20 years of experience as a traffic safety analyst, transportation engineer and planner.

Faculty members from Lassonde School of Engineering, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Schulich School of Business, and Faculty of Environmental Studies were invited and presented their own work and research covering a variety of topics including GIS data analytics, vision based technology, electric vehicles, self-driving cars and more.