Year: 2022

The duo of Adedolapo Ogungbire and Arna Nithila, both current masters’ students of the civil engineering department at the University of Arkansas have emerged awardees of the Carolyn Clark and Harold Langston Endowed Graduate Fellowship contributing towards their graduate studies. This is a one-time award for the 2022-2023 academic year above any usual funding each…Continue Reading Arna Nithila and Adedolapo Ogungbire from ZeRo labs awarded the Carolyn Clark and Harold Langston Endowed Graduate Fellowship.

Students from ZeRo lab represented and shine at the 2022 meeting of Missouri Valley Institute of Transportation Engineers (MOVITE) which took place in Overland Park, Kansas. Students from the lab engaged and came out top in the Traffic Bowl, Design and Poster competitions that took place at the event. More about the achievements can be…Continue Reading ITE Student Chapter Dominates at Annual MOVITE Meeting

Ride 4 Smilies held its full launch on the 12th of May, 2022 in the city of Fort Smith, with eight stations strategically located within the city. This is part of a pilot project, SMILIES (Shared Micromobility for Affordable-Accessible Housing), funded through the National Science Foundation grant awarded to the University of Arkansas’ College of…Continue Reading Ride 4 Smilies Launches! Featured on several media outlets

Ride 4 Smilies bike-share program held its full launch on the 12th of May, 2022 in the city of Fort Smith. With eight stations spread across the city, Ride 4 Smilies is designed to ease the transportation burden of low-income earners and improve their quality of life. This event was covered by several media outlets…Continue Reading Ride 4 Smilies featured on Times Record

Adedolapo Ogungbire, a masters student of ZeRo lab, and David González Niño, a civil engineering Ph.D. student, have just been named the Graduate Student of the Year award winners of 2022. While David emerged as an awardee for the Ph.D. category, Adedolapo was named the Graduate student of the year award for the masters’ category….Continue Reading Adedolapo from ZeRo Lab awarded the Graduate Student of the year award (Masters) 2022

The ongoing SIMILIES bikeshare program has been recently featured on betterbikeshare.org detailing the research work done so far and going forward. More details on the feature can be read here….Continue Reading SMILIES program featured on betterbikeshare.org

The ongoing SMILIES project in Fort Smith has recently been featured on the NCMM website. You can read the full article here….Continue Reading SMILIES Project featured on National Center for Mobility Management

Farzana Tuli, a PhD student, and Adedolapo Ogungbire from AcceSS lab recently got awarded fellowships for their academic and research diligence. Farzana Tuli was awarded the P K Kuroda Endowed Graduate Fellowship, while Adedolapo Ogungbire was awarded the Reginald R. “Barney” & Jameson A. Baxter Graduate Fellowship. Published: February 11, 2022…Continue Reading Students of ZeRo lab received Fellowship Awards

Dr. Mitra’s micromobility project in Fort Smith has received national recognition by the Better Bike Share Partnership out of Philadelphia, PA for the research of developing a bike share program in underserved and low income neighborhoods throughout Fort Smith, AR. Read more about the ongoing research with the link provided Better Bike Share Partnership. Published: January…Continue Reading National Recognition of Shared Micromobility Project

Dr. Mitra has recently received additional funding for the shared mobility project in Fort Smith, AR. This grant was awarded by Workrise which is a “research-to-action network on jobs, workers, and mobility hosted by the Urban Institute”. To learn more follow the link provided WorkRise. Published: January 12. 2022…Continue Reading Additional Grant Funding for Shared Micromobility Project