Technical Webinar: Towards the Driverless Car Society

Event Details

Date

October 14, 2020

Start Time

7:00 pm

Location

Webinar link to follow via email

Abstract

Dr. Kattan will talk about the evolving transportation landscape as related to autonomous, connected and electric vehicles, their potential safety, operational, social and environmental impacts and possible pathways to sustainable transportation future. 

Bio

Dr. Lina Kattan

Dr. Lina Kattan is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. She holds the Urban Alliance Research Chair in Transportation Systems Optimization with the City of Calgary. She is also the director of the NSERC CREATE program in Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities (IISC) that is conducted in collaborations with other Universities across Canada. Dr. Lina Kattan’s research program at the University of Calgary focuses developing solutions to Urban transportation problems, specifically are related to applications of Emerging Transportation Technologies. She obtained her PhD in Transportation form the University of Toronto.

Venue

7pm, October 14th, 2020.

Webinar link to follow