{"436011":{"#nid":"436011","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Transportation Speaker Series: Dr. Jidong Yang","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin NCTSPM for our second Transportation Speaker Series event of the fall semester. Dr. Jidong Yang, assistant professor in Civil and Construction Engineering at Kennesaw State University, will be the guest speaker.\u0026nbsp;Yang\u0027s topic will be \u0022Understanding the\u0026nbsp;Varying Performance of Vehicle Detectors for Traffic Signal\u0026nbsp;Control\u0022.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA professional engineer with extensive research and industry experience, Yang has a special interest in interdisciplinary work. His research has focused on areas including pavement management and performance modelling, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), traffic operations and simulations, and highway safety. He has previously worked as program manager for the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee\u0027s ITS program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease RSVP to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:GTI@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGTI@ce.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E if you plan to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs an assistant professor in Civil and Construction Engineering at Kennesaw State University,\u0026nbsp;Yang\u0027s research has focused on areas including pavement management and performance modelling, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), traffic operations and simulations, and highway safety.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Understanding the Varying Performance of Vehicle Detectors for Traffic Signal Control\u0022"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2015-08-18 11:19:23","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:18:46","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-09-17T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-09-17T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-09-17T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-09-17 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-09-17 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-09-17 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"443151":{"id":"443151","type":"image","title":"NCTSPM","body":null,"created":"1449256205","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:05","changed":"1475895182","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:02","alt":"NCTSPM","file":{"fid":"203130","name":"nctspm.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nctspm_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nctspm_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40093,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nctspm_0.jpg?itok=Pw7lMEta"}}},"media_ids":["443151"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/nctspm.gatech.edu\/","title":"National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1253","name":"School of Civil and Envrionmental Engineering"},{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"75661","name":"NCTSPM"},{"id":"168071","name":"serve-learn-sustain"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTI@ce.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}