Project Description
Implementing On-Board Sensor and Real Time Data Acquisition Capabilities in Transit Vehicles
CSU Transportation Center
Smart City Project Overview
The project will create mobile data hubs, collecting and sending information associated with the following:
- Assessment of rail ballast fouling
- Health monitoring of rail car wheels
- Assessing bus emissions
The additional systems must be capable of transmitting, archiving, and interpreting the data acquired in each of these assessment endeavors.
Organization's mission and/or purpose
The mission of the University Transportation Center (UTC) at CSU is to advance American technology and expertise through education, research, and technology transfer. The Center at CSU has a particular interest in work zone safety.
Project Links
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Cleveland State University's University Transportation Center (UTC)
COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS
- IoT Collaborative
- Case Western Reserve University's Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems (ISSACS)
IMPACT STATEMENT
Help RTA move from a purely reactive or “breakdown” maintenance approach towards proactive maintenance concepts.
Project points
Stephen F Duffy Ph.D, PE
Director, Cleveland State University Transportation Center
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cleveland State University
s.duffy@csuohio.edu
Kenneth A. Loparo, Ph.D.
Faculty Director, ISSACS: Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems
Co-Academic Director, IoT Collaborative
Arthur L. Parker Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
kal4@case.edu
