Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Division Head and Senior Research Scientist Robert Brydia has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America). A longtime member of ITS America and past president of the Texas chapter, Brydia’s three-year appointment will begin Jan. 1, 2025. The ITS America Board […]
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It Turns Out, Humans Are Pretty Smart: Developing Self-Driving Cars Is Harder Than We Thought
By Bob Brydia Self-driving cars. We’ve been promised for years they were “coming soon.” Most estimates a decade ago thought self-driving cars would be commonplace by now. Yet, here we are in 2020, and self-driving cars — what the industry calls autonomous vehicles (AVs) — still largely exist only in science fiction. So much for […]
Brydia Receives Partner of Excellence Award from Texas A&M’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISEN), part of Texas A&M’s College of Engineering, has recognized Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Scientist Bob Brydia for his ongoing collaboration with ISEN. Brydia was presented with ISEN’s Partner of Excellence Award during the department’s annual gala April 13. He was also recently […]
Smart Campus Website Goes Live
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has launched a new website that provides information about the Campus Transportation Technology Initiative, funded by Texas A&M University and currently under way by TTI under the direction of Texas A&M Transportation Services. The website includes current research projects and a link to the Request for Information (RFI) for […]
Brydia Article Featured in ITS International
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Scientist Bob Brydia recently wrote an article for the ITS International magazine about the traveller information system for the I-35 project. TxDOT is using an advanced construction traveller information system to keep the public informed and enhance safety and mobility during the multiple years of construction. TTI was contracted to […]