AZTrans
Virtual Visit Request info Apply
MENUMENU
  • PSR Region 9
  • Faculty
  • Research
    • Current Research
    • Past Research
  • Students
    • Internships
    • Fellowships
  • Outreach
  • Education
  • IN
  • AZTrans Home
Contact AZTrans
Call us at: 928-523-1431 AZTrans@nau.edu
Facebook LinkedIn
Request Information Apply to NAU

AZTrans Student Researcher Selected as TRB Minority Student Fellow

Posted by ab3824 on September 29, 2022

Armando Martinez, a current AZTrans undergraduate student researcher, was recently selected to participate in the Transportation Research Board’s Minority Student Fellowship Program during the Annual Meeting in January 2023. Armando is mentored by AZTrans faculty Steven Gehrke and Brendan Russo.

3rd Grade Class Visits NAU Traffic Lab

Posted by nbl42 on November 07, 2019

Flagstaff 3rd Grade Class Visits NAU Traffic Lab NAU faculty Brendan Russo and graduate student Emmanuel James gave a presentation focused on the field of transportation engineering to a class of approximately 30 third grade students who visited the NAU traffic lab on November 7th, 2019.

AZTrans

The Arizona Laboratory for Applied Transportation Research at Northern Arizona University

AZTrans was founded informally by Craig Roberts in the early 2000s. As the first Transportation Engineering faculty member within the Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental Engineering, Dr. Roberts paved the road for applied transportation engineering at Northern Arizona University. AZTrans was officially incorporated within the Department and the College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences in 2018.

Mission statement

The mission of AZTrans (The Arizona Laboratory for Applied Transportation Research) is to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of transportation systems through research which results in immediately implementable solutions. Housed on campus at Northern Arizona University, AZTrans maintains a state-of-the-art research and teaching traffic signal laboratory, equipment, and software for performing traffic safety research, and is fully equipped to conduct traffic simulation and developing and constructing prototype equipment for traffic data collection. Core to the mission of AZTrans is contribution to student success, which is achieved through hands-on involvement of students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, in all facets transportation research.

Education A stack of books
Current Research active research
Past Research A hallway of binders on shelves in an archive

Member of Pacific Southwest Region 9 UTC

Pacific Southwest Region 9 logo

The Pacific Southwest Region UTC is the Region 9 University Transportation Center funded under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers Program. Established in 2016, the Pacific Southwest Region UTC (PSR) is led by the University of Southern California and includes seven partners:

  • California State University, Long Beach
  • University of California, Davis
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of Hawaii
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Pima Community College

The Pacific Southwest Region UTC conducts an integrated, multidisciplinary program of research, education, and technology transfer aimed at improving the mobility of people and goods throughout the region. 

Our program is organized around four themes:

  • technology to address transportation problems and improve mobility
  • improving mobility for vulnerable populations
  • improving resilience and protecting the environment
  • managing mobility in high growth areas
AZTrans Home
Location
Room 114 Building 69
Engineering And Natural Sciences
2112 S Huffer Ln
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Mailing Address
PO Box: 15600
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
Contact Form
Email
AZTrans@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-1431
Social Media
Facebook LinkedIn