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Exhibit D - Research Project Requirement: PDF Link
Principal Investigator: Jerry Everett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
Project Partners: University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
Is any participating institution a Minority Institution? No
Research Project Funding: $149,000 (Federal: $74,900; non-Federal: $74,900)
Project Status: Active
Project Start and End Date: 04/01/2025 to 03/31/2026
Project Summary: This project will consist of testing the implementation of the Advanced Mobility Innovation Lab (AMIL) program using resources from multiple states and consortium members to reach K-12 students in rural areas of the southeast. The portable STEM lab will fuse transportation technology demonstrations with project-based STEM activities to expose students to advanced technologies and educate them about the STEM principles used to develop and operate such systems. The project will include the refinement of the tools and plans created in a prior project (R-EWD-1), the enhancement of our partnership with other CR2C2 consortium members along with test events in Tennessee and North Carolina that include the demonstration of an autonomous vehicle from NCA&T.
Acknowledgement: Funding for this effort was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), University Transportation Centers Program, through the Center for Regional and Rural Connected Communities (CR2C2) under Grant No. 69A3552348304.