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

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

At the Aug. 1, 2018, workshop on long-term effects, Jeanne Lawson facilitated the meeting.

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At the Aug. 1, 2018, workshop on long-term effects, Jeanne Lawson facilitated the meeting. Jenna Adams-Kalloch addresses the task force.

Learn more about the task force at: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

Young Tae Kim (ITF, Secretary-General), Jean Todt (President, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Road Safety), Mohamed Najib Boulif (Secretary of State for Transport, Morocco) and José Luis Irigoyen (Senior Director Transport and Digital Development Global Practice, The World Bank) sign Memorandum of Understanding to establish the first regional Road Safety Observatory in Africa at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 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...

Learn more about the task force: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

Juliette Foster (Moderator, Broadcaster, Journalist and Businesswoman) listens to the discussion at the panel session "Cyber-security threats to transport" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 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 (Deputy Minister of Mobility, Mexico City, Mexico), Liza Castillo (Transportation and Road safety Vice Minister, Costa Rica) and Angela Anzola de Toro (Deputy Director General, Environment, GIZ, Germany) sign 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.

Cassandra Champagne (left), Graduate Student Research Assistant in Civil with Chenghang Liu, Civil Engineering Undergraduate Environmental Engineering and CEE Professor Dimitrios Zekkos use data collected from various flux chambers located throughout a landfill in Midland, MI. on October 16, 2018.

These flux chambers, designed and operated by CEE Graduate Student Research Assistant Gabriel Draughon, sit on the landfill surface with an opening on the bottom such that methane gas is allowed to accumulate inside. From this, flux (or emissions) can be calculated.

Photo: Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Paulius Martinkus (centre) (Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications, Lithuania) conversing with attendees at the DEKRA stand during the Cocktail Reception, at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May, 2018.

Lamia Kerdjoudj Belkaid (Secretary General, FEPORT) converses with other attendees 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.

Associate Professor Dave Singer, Nick Wild, Engineering Technician at the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory on Central Campus and Laura Chrobak, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Graduate Student and Research Assistant, look over a donated WAM-V unmanned surface vessel chassis on Friday February 16, 2018 to prepare for a massive re-building session in time for the Maritime RobotX Challenge in Oahu, Hawaii.

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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.

Photo by Robert Coelius/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

M-Air is a 10,000 sq ft, four-story, netted scientific facility that enables the study of autonomy and collaborative robotics in the “wild”, with emphasis on dealing with the full range of Michigan weather, -30C to 38C, with rain, sleet, wind, and snow.

Photo: Levi Hutmacher/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Patrick Mallejacq (Secretary General; World Road Association), José Luis Irigoyen (Senior Director Transport and Digital Development Global Practice, The World Bank) and Michael Replogle (Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation) after 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.

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

At the Aug. 1, 2018, workshop on long-term effects, Jeanne Lawson facilitated the meeting.

Learn more about the task force at: www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Get-Involved/Pages/Task-Force-on-Auto...

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

Emma MacLennan (Founder and Director, Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport (EASST)) asks the speakers a question during the Panel session: "Safe and secure transport for women" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

CEE Professor Dimitrios Zekkos (left) along with Chenghang Liu, Civil Engineering Undergraduate, inside a landfill in Midland, MI. on October 16, 2018 implementing landfill monitoring techniques of methane gas emissions using autonomous robotics technology that are far more time efficient, cost efficient, and accurate than current practices.

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.

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Andy Fuchs (General Manager Europe & Africa, Toyota Mobility Foundation) converses with Marzena Kisielewska (Head of South East Europe Division, Global Relations Secretariat, OECD) 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.

Andrew McKellar (Secretary General for Mobility, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) 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.

Paulo Humanes (Head of Strategic Global Business Development, PTV Group), Andrew McKellar (Secretary General for Mobility, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) 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.

Kaspars Ozoliņš (State Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Latvia) shakes hands 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.

Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, International Transport Forum (ITF)) shakes hands with Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande (Minister of Transport, Republic of South Africa) 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.

Dominik Englert (Economist Climate Analytics and Advisory Services, The World Bank) adrresses the session at the ITF in focus event "Decarbonising Maritime Transport" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

David Ward (Secretary General, Global NCAP) enters into the discussion during the Official Side Event organised by IADB: "Vehicle Safety in Emerging Markets: Safer cars for Latin American" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

ODOT Connected, Automated and Electric Vehicle Adviser Andrew Dick presents 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...

Nicolas Bouvier (Executive Vice President, Vehicle Inspection Service Division, DEKRA SE) and Nikolay Asaul (Deputy Minister of Transport, Russian Federation) during the Plenary session "Innovation for safe and secure transport" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Sonal Shah (Senior Programme Manager, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)) discusses the current status of transport for women during the Panel session: "Safe and secure transport for women" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Angela Gittens (Director General, Airports Council International (ACI World)) listens to Eamonn Brennan (Director General, EUROCONTROL) at 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.

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...

Facilitator Jeanne Lawson addresses 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...

Attendees networking during the 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.

(From left to right) Gene Seroka (Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles), Henrik Kiertzner (Principal Business Solutions Manager, SAS), Stéphane Feray Beaumont (Vice-President Market & Portfolio, ALSTOM Digital Mobility) and Peter Kummer (CIO, Member of the Executive Board, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)) at the panel session "Cyber-security threats to transport" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May, 2018.

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

Gennady Denisuk (Deputy Chief, Transport Security Department, Moscow Metro) raises a point 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.

Aoife O’Leary (Legal Analyst, Environmental Defense Fund) speaks at the ITF in focus event "Decarbonising Maritime Transport" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Yeon Myung Kim (Vice President, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)) discusses with Ariadne Abel (Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia (UNESCAP)) duringthe 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.

Volodymyr Omelyan (Minister of Infrastructure, Ukraine), Michael B. Christides (Secretary General, BSEC) and Yevgen Koziy (Project coordinator, BSEC PERMIS) in front of the BSEC exhibition stand at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Richard Grimal (Expert Analyst on travel behaviors), Jack Short (Former ITF Secretary-General) and Christelle Fongue (International Project Manager, IFSTTAR) during the Cocktail Reception, at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May, 2018.

José Luis Irigoyen (Senior Director Transport and Digital Development Global Practice, The World Bank), Patrick Mallejacq (Secretary General; World Road Association) and 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.

Facilitator Jeanne Lawson addresses 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...

An autonomous vehicle drives while it is being attacked over Wifi in the M-Air Facility on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on September 28, 2018.

Westley Weimer, CSE Professor, and his group of researchers have created "Trusted and Resilient Mission Operation," software that hardens autonomous vehicles to detect and repair current attacks, and prevent future attacks.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

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Wes Weimer, CSE Professor, speaks with Matt Anderson during a demonstration in which an autonomous vehicle drives while it is being attacked over Wifi in the M-Air Facility on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on September 28, 2018.

Westley Weimer, CSE Professor, and his group of researchers have created "Trusted and Resilient Mission Operation," software that hardens autonomous vehicles to detect and repair current attacks, and prevent future attacks.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

Attendees 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.