CCALS Partner Initiatives

Route Analysis Tools Benefit the Commonwealth
Moving goods through the Commonwealth is a challenge. But two University of Virginia graduate engineering students are working to develop route analysis tools for land and water that improve that process and benefit the industry.

Pamela Norris Appointed Chair of the Board for CCALS
Dr. Pamela Norris has been appointed the Chair of the Board for Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems (CCALS).

Vince Barnett Appointed Vice Chair of the Board for CCALS
Vincent J. Barnett, has been appointed the Vice Chair of the Board for Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems (CCALS).
GO Virginia grants to help local economy deal with COVID-19 crisis
Two projects to support job creation programs in the Richmond and Petersburg region were awarded to CCALS partner VCU.
Vehicle-to-grid Effectiveness Explored in Energy Journal
What does your electric car do when you’re at work or asleep? Potentially, its stored power could be sold to a public utility during times of low use, to help support a more resilient grid.

CCALS-engaged Professor Recognized for Outstanding Research Contributions
Longtime CCALS associate James H. Lambert was recently honored for his research contributions at the University of Virginia’s first annual Research Achievement Awards.

UVA student Cody Pennetti a finalist for risk analysis competition
Cody Pennetti, a Ph.D. student at the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, is a finalist in the Student Merit Competition organized by the Society for Risk Analysis’ Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group. The competition promotes excellence in risk analysis research for engineering and infrastructure management.

Paul Olsen: A shared vision on offshore wind
Virginia is all in for reinventing itself with renewable energy by capitalizing on offshore wind generation and job creation. On Sept. 19, Dominion Energy announced the largest offshore wind project in the U.S., to produce 2,600 megawatts of wind energy by 2026 off our coast. That’s enough to power approximately 650,000 homes.

UVA Engineering Joins New Center Seeking to Protect Connecting Systems
The University of Virginia School of Engineering is a founding partner of a new national research center that is addressing these urgent challenges. The Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust, known as CHEST, earned a prestigious designation as a National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center as of Oct. 1

UVA Engineering Helps Launch Center Aimed at Ensuring Electronic Devices are Secure
The University of Virginia School of Engineering is launching a new center that will be focused on ensuring electronic devices are designed to protect the people who use them …
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