Education

Sustainable Freight Academy: Fusing System Planning and Sustainability

From late March to early May, the Caltrans and National Center for Sustainable Transportation (NCST)-sponsored Sustainable Freight Academy brought participants together to envision the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) role in contributing to a sustainable freight future. 

NCST's 2021 Outstanding Student of the Year

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation is excited to announce our 2021 University Transportation Center Outstanding Student of the Year: Sarah Grajdura! Sarah won this award as a result of her outstanding accomplishments and demonstration of both her ambition and leadership. Sarah is a Ph.D. candidate at University of California Davis studying Civil & Environmental Engineering. 

Fall 2020 Dissertation Grant Awardees

Congratulations to our Georgia Tech and UC Davis dissertation grant recipients for the Fall 2020 cycle! Our recent awardees are contributing to research on transportation equity, land use policy, carpooling, ridehailing, and emissions impacts!

Fall 2020 Dissertation Grant and Graduate Fellowship Awardees

The NCST congratulates our UC Riverside and UC Davis dissertation grant and graduate fellowship recipients for the Fall 2020 cycle! Our recent awardees are contributing to research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure, pavement performance, highway traffic management, ridehailing, and disaster modeling!