According to the article:
U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $2 million for the creation of a new University Transportation Center with a national focus, to be led by the College of Engineering and Science Dean of the University of Detroit Mercy, Leo E. Hanifin. The program’s mission is to “advance U.S. technology and expertise in the many disciplines comprising transportation through the mechanisms of education, research and technology transfer at university-based centers of excellence.”
The University Transportation Center will combine the resources of five leading universities in Michigan and Ohio to address transportation issues that are critical to this important hub of transportation and to the nation. The University of Detroit Mercy will be the lead university for the consortium that also includes Grand Valley State University and Wayne State University in Michigan and the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
The Center will employ a strategy of “transportation as a vehicle for economic development“ through the development of knowledge, education and technology transfer. The Center’s initial three focal areas are: alternative energy, infrastructure utilization, and supply chains.
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