City of Sandy Springs
In partnership with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) bus service, the city is piloting Transit Signal Priority (TSP) technology using bus location data published through an application program interface (API) instead of communicating with a unit on board the bus.
This internship position is open to Georgia Tech and AUCC students only (AUCC: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College).
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- Dr. Michael Hunter, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Dr. Kari Watkins, Frederick Law Olmsted Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
City of Savannah
Exploring applications of emerging data analytics and machine learning techniques to leverage existing city data to guide decisions on the best strategy to deal with vacant and blighted properties in the community.
This internship position is open to Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, Savannah State, and SCAD students only.
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- Dr. Clio Andris, Assistant Professor, City & Regional Planning
- Dr. Omar Isaac Asensio, Assistant Professor, Public Policy
City of Valdosta
Piloting a smart traffic management system connecting all 128 city traffic signals, with enhancements to the system including hardware and software upgrades at signals and in the traffic control operations center and installation of communications responders in certain fire trucks.
This internship position is open to Georgia Tech and Valdosta State University students only.
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- Dr. Baabak Ashuri, Professor and Fellow, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS), Building Construction and Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Dr. Barry Hojjatie, Professor of Engineering Studies and Engineering Studies Program Coordinator, Department of Physics, Astronomy, Geosciences and Engineering Studies
Clayton County
Building a decision support system for transport project prioritization to promote mobility equity and identify smart technologies to support walkability in the community.
This internship position is open to Georgia Tech, Clayton State University, and AUCC students only (AUCC: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College).
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- Dr. Arthi Rao, Research Scientist, Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development
- Dr. Randall Guensler, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Dr. Catherine Ross, Harry West Professor of City & Regional Planning, Director, Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development
Socially-Aware Mobility Lab
Piloting On-Demand Multimodal Transit in Atlanta (PODMTA)
Develop mobile applications and high-performance servers to support the PODMTA pilot which will be composed of rider and driver applications, a high-performance secure server architecture, and state-of-the-art optimization and machine learning algorithms to be deployed in a number of sites in the Atlanta region.
This internship position is open to Georgia Tech and AUCC students only (AUCC: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College).
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- Dr. Pascal Van Hentenryck, Associate Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor