(Past) Darmstadt - Wisconsin-Platteville Day: Sustainability and Resilience of Transportation Systems

On May 7, 2025, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Bau und Umweltingenieurwesen studieren – Bau- und Umweltingenieurwesen) and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (Civil & Environmental Engineering Department | UW-Platteville) will organize a joint conference with students, lecturers and academic staff for the ‘Darmstadt - Wisconsin-Platteville Day’. The conference theme will be Sustainability and Resilience of Transportation Systems. A total of 6 presentations from Germany and USA will be shared, covering the topic of complete street, intersection design, automated traffic operation, sustainable city, and infrastructure resilience. The online conference is free and open to the public. https://h-da-de.zoom.us/j/6155941606?omn=91902200600 

9:00am Opening Session & Welcome. by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Follmann and Prof. Danny X. Xiao, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP

9:15am Street Experiments for Systemic Change? by Maximilian Frankenberger, M.Eng., Hochschule Darmstadt

9:40am Sustainable Solutions for ASCE City.  by Noah Miller, EIT, AECOM and Max Ludington, EIT, ENV SP, HDR

10:05am Transportation for All – Complete Street. by Aaron J. Bubb, P.E., Kapur & Associates

10:30-11:00am Break

11:00am Protected intersections – a design for all? by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Wolfermann, Hochschule Darmstadt

11:25am Recovery from a Historical Flooding: Experience from Village of Viola. by Gary Blazek, P.E. and Logan Hansen, P.E. Vierbicher

11:50am Actual developments for automated Tram operation. by Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Michael Rüffer, Stadler Signalling Deutschland GmbH

12:15pm Closing Session & Outlook