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Insurance and Liability subcommittee lead Rick Blackwell presents feedback at the May 23, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

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Attendees arrive at the Gala Dinner during the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, ITF) converses with other attendees during the Gala Dinner at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Chenghang Liu (left), Civil Engineering Undergraduate, with Cassandra Champagne, Graduate Student Research Assistant, set up a commercially available DJI Phantom 4 drone instrumented with standard optical cameras and a third-party infrared camera inside a landfill in Midland, MI. on October 16, 2018.

These drones can autonomously collect optical imagery, infrared imagery, and methane concentration data in a fraction of the time it takes for someone to manually walk around the landfill taking individual methane readings.

Methane gas (CH4) is generated in landfills through the anaerobic (absence of oxygen) digestion of the buried waste and is estimated by the EPA to be 28-36 times worse than carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere because it is that much more efficient at trapping heat in the ozone.

Photo: Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Gabor Orosz approaches a curve hiding a stalled car next to the roadside inside MCity, the autonomous vehicle testing area in Ann Arbor, MI.

Orosz is testing his connected automated vehicle for safety features beyond the line of sight. A new generation of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) wireless communication technologies have been introduced to allow vehicles to share information with each other and with the fixed infrastructures.

Photo by Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande (Minister of Transport, Republic of South Africa) attends the Open Ministerial Session: "Making transport systems resilient" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Day two of the Sanger Leadership Crisis Challenge at the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan). Here are pictures of the sessions at Michigan Stadium on Friday March 24, 2017.

DMV Administrator and Licensing and Registration subcommittee lead Tom McClellan leads an activity at the May 23, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

Andrzej Adamczyk (Minister of Infrastructure and Construction, Poland), Adrian Mazur (Director of Department of Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland) and Andreas Scheuer (Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany) arrive for the Family Photo of Transport Ministers from member countries at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Michael Replogle (Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation), Miguel Gaspar (City Councillor for Mobility and Safety, Lisbon, Portugal) and Ali Aslan (Moderator, TV Host and Journalist) at the plenary session "Working together for safer city streets" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

Jon Lamonte (Chief Executive, Transport for Greater Manchester), Michael Replogle (Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation) and Emin Şimşek (International Business Development Manager, Railway & Public Transportation, Bosch Security & Safety Systems) at the panel session "Protecting public spaces in urban areas" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

(From left to right) Ricardo J. Sánchez (Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division, ECLAC), Marzena Kisielewska (Head of South East Europe Division, Global Relations Secretariat, OECD), Steve Phillips (Secretary-General, Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR)), Mary Crass (Head Institutional Relations and Summit, International Transport Forum), Yeon Myung Kim (Vice President, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)), Francesc Carbonell (Senior Head of Sector for Transport, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)), Jacob Bangsgaard (CEO, ERTICO) and Ariadne Abel (Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia (UNESCAP)) at the Networking breakfast session "Looking towards 2019: Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration"at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Day two of the Sanger Leadership Crisis Challenge at the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan). Here are pictures of the sessions at Michigan Stadium on Friday March 24, 2017.

The "Cosmic Artists Tramphouse show" organised by Saxonyat the Gala Dinner, International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

On Thursday July 26, 2018, outside the NAME building at 2600 Draper Drive in Ann Arbor Michigan, NAME Graduate Student Research Assistant James Coller takes time to scrub down the lidar as well as other localization and mapping technologies collected on his team's research vehicle.

Professor Ryan Eustice's group researches simultaneous localization and mapping for mobile robotics using visual perception, underwater image registration and processing, underwater vehicle navigation, and autonomous underwater vehicles.

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Attendees enjoying the Cocktail Reception, at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May, 2018.

Gene Seroka (Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles) and Chong Meng Tan (Group Chief Executive Officer, PSA International Pte Ltd) arrive at the Stakeholder Event "Global Maritime Logistics Dialogue: Towards holistic governance of the maritime logistics chain" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

May 23, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

On October 24, 2012, Stanley, winner of a historic robot race, left its home at the National Museum of American History aboard a flatbed truck and arrived safely at its destination, just seven blocks away. For the foreseeable future, Stanley will be here at the National Air and Space Museum, a centerpiece in the exhibition "Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting From Here to There."

The irony of the situation escaped no one. Stanley, a driver-less vehicle that had navigated 132 miles on its own to win the 2005 Defense Advanced Research Projects Grand Challenge, needed the help of scores of people AND a truck ride to get from there to here.

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Olaf Merk (Economist, Ports and Shipping, International Transport Forum) moderates the Stakeholder Event "Global Maritime Logistics Dialogue: Towards holistic governance of the maritime logistics chain" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Soames Job (Global Road Safety Facility, World BanK) network with Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, International Transport Forum (ITF)) at the plenary session "Working together for safer city streets" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

From left to right: Karla Gonzalez Carvajal (Transport Practice Manager, World Bank Group); Paola Tapia (Mobility Thought Leader, GIZ, Germany); Daniela Chacon Arias (City Councilor, GIZ, Germany); Laura Ballesteros (Former Undersecretary of Mobility, Mexico); Liza Castillo (Transportation and Road safety Vice Minister, Costa Rica); and Angela Anzola de Toro (Deputy Director General, Environment, GIZ, Germany) applaud after the signing of the declaration of commitment 'Women in Movement" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Heinrich Gotzig, Valeo Senior Expert, making a point at the ITF Masterclass: Connected and autonomous vehicles at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Eamonn Brennan (Director General, EUROCONTROL) addresses the attendees during the panel session "Protecting the skies with secure and efficient air travel" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Dimitrios Zekkos, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, takes a reading of wind speed before deploying drones inside a landfill in Midland, MI. on October 16, 2018.

Using the drones outfitted with standard and third-party infrared cameras, Zekkos' team can autonomously collect optical imagery, infrared imagery, and methane concentration data in a fraction of the time it takes for someone to manually walk around the landfill taking individual methane readings.

Photo: Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Attendee raises a question for the panel speakers during the "Protecting public spaces in urban areas" session at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

Cassandra Champagne, Graduate Student Research Assistant in Civil and Environmental Engineering, takes a standard measurement of methane gas emissions inside a landfill in Midland, MI. on October 16, 2018.

Using drones, Champagne and her team are implementing techniques for monitoring methane gas emissions in a manner more time efficient, cost efficient, and accurate than current practices.

Landfills are required to measure surface methane concentrations but not methane emissions. The EPA provides a model called LandGEM (Landfill Gas Emissions Model) to estimate the CH4 emissions but the problem is that this model is not based on, nor officially validated by, robust field measurements.

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(From left to right) Christian Labrot (President, International Road Transport Union (IRU)), Angel Popov (Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria), Ramin Guluzade (Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, Republic of Azerbaijan), Uldis Augulis (Minister for Transport, Latvia), Osman Nurković (Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs, Montenegro), Ismir Jusko (Minister of Communications and Transport, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Andrzej Adamczyk (Minister of Infrastructure, Poland), Rokas Masiulis (Minister of Transport and Communications, Republic of Lithuania), Michael B. Christides (Secretary General, Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)), Matthew Baldwin (Deputy Director-General Mobility and Transport, European Commission), Lucian Șova (Minister of Transport, Romania) and Nikolay Asaul (Deputy Minister of Transport, Russian Federation)

Group discussion at the May 23, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

Insurance and Liability subcommittee lead Rick Blackwell presents feedback at the May 23, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

Melinda Crane (Moderator, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle-TV) at the Gala Dinner, International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Linards Jonins (centre) (Brand Manager, AirBaltic, Latvia) networking during the Cocktail Reception, at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May, 2018.

Michael Replogle (Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation) replies to a question from the audience at the plenary session "Working together for safer city streets" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Martin Dulig (State Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport and Deputy Prime Minister of Saxony, Germany) ready to speak during the Gala Dinner at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Mattias Landgren (State Secretary, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Sweden) and Young Tae Kim (ITF Secretary-General) make jokes at the Gala Dinner at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, International Transport Forum (ITF)) at the plenary session "Working together for safer city streets" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Andreas Scheuer (Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany), Jean Todt (President, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)), Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Road Safety), Laurent Troger (President, Bombardier Transportation) discussing at the Ministers' Tour of the Exhibition at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May, 2018.

Brainstorming results from the May 23, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

Drones are flown the first flight of M-Air, an advanced robotics testing facility for air, sea, and land, on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on February 20, 2018.

The facility is a netted, 9,600 gross square ft., four-story complex situated next to the site where the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building will open in late 2019.

Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande (Minister of Transport, Republic of South Africa) addresses the speakers at the plenary session "Working together for safer city streets" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

Byung Yoon Kwon (President, Korea Transportation Safety Authority) and Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, International Transport Forum) shake hands during the "Korea Transportation Safety Authority - International Transport Forum Letter of Intent Sign Ceremony" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Judy Williams (Global Programme Manager, iRAP, Australia) and Jean-Baptiste Burtscher (Projects Officer Sustainable Dev. Valeo, France) arrive with other guests at the Presidency Reception, hosted by Latvia, at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

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Timothy Papandreou, Founder, City Innovate, speaking at the ITF Masterclass: Connected and autonomous vehicles at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Brainstorming results from the May 23, 2018, meeting of the Oregon Task Force on Autonomous Vehicles. Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

A varied group of NAME graduate students, research assistants and professors gathered at the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory on Central Campus in Ann Arbor, MI. on Friday, February 16, 2018 to look over a donated WAM-V unmanned surface vessel chassis The team will be preparing for a massive re-building session in time for the Maritime RobotX Challenge in Oahu, Hawaii.

Photo by Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering

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