UMass Amherst Sweeps Student Awards at 2025 Safe Mobility Conference

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The 2025 Safe Mobility Conference, held last week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, proudly announces the winners of its Student Poster Competition. In a remarkable achievement, students from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst secured all three top honors in this prestigious, peer-reviewed event.

An international panel of academic judges reviewed the posters, which showcased innovative research aimed at improving transportation safety and mobility. The theme of this year’s conference was "Delivering Safe & Reliable Transportation Systems," with sessions covering a wide range of topics, including Safe System, micromobility, vulnerable road users, vehicle technology, and road user behavior.

Award Winners:

  • 1st Place ($1,000 Scholarship): Tolu Oke, PhD Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    Advisor: Professor Michael Knodler
  • 2nd Place ($800 Scholarship): Angelina Caggiano, PhD Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    Advisor: Professor Michael Knodler
  • 3rd Place ($500 Scholarship): Intisar Becic, PhD Student, Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    Advisor: Professor Shannon Roberts

This exceptional performance highlights UMass Amherst’s leadership in transportation, human factors, and safety research and its ongoing commitment to training the next generation of experts in safe mobility. The Safe Mobility Conference is one of the premier scientific forums where top researchers and policymakers come together to share groundbreaking work. 

“We are proud to recognize some of the best and brightest graduate students in the area of transportation, human factors, and vehicle safety,” said Dr. David Yang, President and Executive Director of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. “UMass-Amherst’s faculty and students brought a special energy to this year’s competition—an energy that continues to attract key stakeholders to this event.”
 

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