Vice Chancellor Spends the Day at TTI

Dr. M. Katherine Banks

Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor for engineering at The Texas A&M University System, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering, made her first official visit to TTI on March 22. She was accompanied by Dr. Dennis O’Neal, associate dean for research and deputy director [...]

Transit Group Tour of TTI Could Lead to New Research

Interior of TTI's Environmental & Emissions Research Facility.

More than 40 representatives from transit agencies across the state toured the Environmental and Emissions Research Facility (EERF) on Friday, December 16. For many of the transit agency representatives, it was an introduction to TTI’s one-year-old facility. Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Maintenance Vice President Michael Hubble said the EERF could help his agency accurately [...]

The Sky’s the Limit

TTI Researcher analyzes data.

The Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI‘s) new Environmental and Emissions Research Facility (EERF) is officially open for research. Joe Zietsman, director of the Center for Air Quality Studies, describes this facility as a “researcher’s dream come true.” The EERF was made possible by a competitive grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Houston [...]

Drive-In Environmental Research Chamber: New TTI testing facility expected to open new doors for research

A front view of the soon-to-be-completed Drive-In Environmental Research Chamber.

At the Texas A&M University Riverside Campus in Bryan, Texas, workers have completed the finishing touches on another in a line of world-class testing centers offered by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) to its sponsors. The Drive-In Environmental Research Chamber, which opens in January 2010, is the largest of its kind in the country. The [...]