A tentative curriculum with program schedule can be downloaded here! Applications are still being accepted for the 2021 National Summer Transportation Program at Rowan University, being held from July 12th - July 23rd. The program is in person this year and will adhere to all necessary university protocols. Download application... read more →
Jun
15
May
17
Congratulations, Jenna Wyshinski, for graduating from the Rowan College of Engineering! Here's what Jenna said about her time working as part of the CREATES Team: "For the past three years, I have had the opportunity to work at CREATEs. I am so grateful for the time I have spent there... read more →
May
12
With the support of the National Science Foundation - Geotechnical Women Faculty Program (GTWF), Rowan undergraduate students developed diverse experiments and hands-on activities for local high schools. Four areas in geotechnical engineering were selected, covering coastal erosion, soil liquefaction, soil reinforcement, and earth retaining... read more →
May
12
Professor Yusuf Mehta talks to the BBC about President Biden's infrastructure bill and the issues with bridges in New Jersey!
May
10
Congratulations to Gatha Adhikari! Read the complete on-line feature about another notable Rowan graduate! In the labs of Dr. Mary Staehle, Dr. Yusuf Mehta and Dr. Sebastián Vega, Adhikari explored wide-ranging fields of research: from neurodevelopmental toxicology in flatworms to analyzing stem cells and their complex interactions with materials. When... read more →
Apr
26
Rowan University’s Center for Research and Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATEs) is hosting the 2021 National Summer Transportation Institute at Rowan University from July 12 - 23, 2021.. The deadline for the application is extended to June 18, 2021. Due to the ongoing pandemic and NJ State restrictions,... read more →
Apr
20
The Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) Regional UTC Consortium led by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey has awarded a total of $200,000 in grant research funds to three CREATES' faculty members: Dr. Mohammad Jalayer A Real-Time Proactive Intersection Safety Monitoring... read more →
Mar
31
NBC10 Philadelphia recently spoke with Dr. Cheng Zhu, CREATES Research Faculty member, about the Interstate 295 wall collapse. Dr. Cheng's research primarily concerns multi-scale soil and rock behavior under coupled processes across various time scales, with emphasis placed on microstructure characterization, constitutive model formulation, and computational geomechanics, for applications in... read more →
Mar
31
After months spent developing special asphalt mixtures inside a lab, a team of researchers at Rowan University’s Center for Research & Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATES) has rolled out its massive Heavy Vehicle Simulator to determine the life expectancy of new pavements designed for military use. The only one of... read more →
Mar
25
A research project led by Rowan University/CREATES has been featured on the NJDOT Tech Transfer page along with the video of us explaining the research, its findings and impact. PI: Yusuf Mehta; Co-PI: Ayman Ali / Collaborators: Columbia U. and Stony Brook University