Center for Assured and Resilient Navigation in Advanced Transportation Systems (CARNATIONS)
Center for Assured and Resilient Navigation in Advanced Transportation Systems (CARNATIONS) has been designated a new Tier 1 University Transportation Center by the United States Department of Transportation. CARNATIONS, led by Professor Boris Pervan, will work to enhance transportation navigation systems' resilience against cyber threats like jamming and spoofing.
CARNATIONS, a consortium of universities, focuses on transformative research in resilient transportation systems. Interference threats, like jamming and spoofing, pose challenges to critical infrastructure globally. The team, collaborating with universities and industry advisors, plans to address the issue using advanced algorithms and enhancing GPS receivers. This initiative is crucial for intelligent transportation systems, especially in the context of self-driving cars and potential fully connected systems in the future.
Thermal Processing Technology Center (TPTC)
The Thermal Processing Technology Center focuses on thermal processing of metallic materials, advanced manufacturing, and energy storage technology. The center combines the strengths of the mechanical, materials, and aerospace engineering faculty in material processing, metallurgy, process control, additive manufacturing, and Li-ion batteries with the university’s well-equipped laboratories. The TPTC provides a mechanism where high-quality basic and applied research of interest to industry is performed cost-effectively.