FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center

Stalker Software Unveils CommuniGate Pro v.4.2 Real-Time Communications for Advanced Enterprise Messaging.

Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:00:00 EDT

"Our goal is to provide everyone with secure access to their messages, regardless of their location, and from many different devices, at anytime. The strong security available on all CommuniGate Pro's services was a key factor in the decision to move our mail service to CommuniGate Pro. CommuniGate Pro's standards compliant, cross-platform messaging and groupware has let my users use their preferred groupware applications and enables me to choose the platform best suited to run the messaging software for our environment," said Jason Mader, FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center, The George Washington University, VA Campus. "With the addition of SIP support in v4.2, we had a working VoIP call between OS X and Windows XP in a matter of minutes. Our users can now reach each other using just their email address."

TWA Flight 800 moves to GW

snayar@gwu.edu (Shakti Nayar) — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:00:00 EDT

More than seven years after TWA Flight 800 exploded over the Long Island Sound, a section of the aircraft's fuselage is being ressembled at GW's Virginia Campus.

In Ashburn, Safety First

Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:00:00 EDT

Over the next two years, an 80,000-square-foot building will rise on George Washington University's Ashburn campus to house the National Crash Analysis Center. By 2005, hydraulics will be hurtling vehicles along an indoor track to simulate crash scenarios. Students and professors will work in state-of-the-art computer labs to model those crash simulations repeatedly for a fraction of the cost of wrecking a real vehicle.

GW Univeristy Breaks Ground for New Crash Test Facility

cgilmore@wtopnews.com (Chevetta Gilmore) — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:42:00 EDT

ASHBURN, Va. - George Washington University broke ground Wednesday for a new crash test facility, where it plans to continue its work with the federal government to improve highway safety.

"Safety is our number one priority in transportation today," said J. Richard Capka, deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). "Forty-three thousand people are killed every year on the highways, and we really need to do something about it."

World's First University-Based, Full-Scale Indoor Crash-Test Facility to Be Built at GW Virginia Campus, September 10

The 10th anniversary celebration and ceremonial groundbreaking for a new 80,000 square-foot GW Transporation Research Institute that will house the FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) at the GW Virginia Campus.

GW Virginia Campus's FHWA/NHTSA NCAC to Offer Free Certified Child Car Seat Safety Checks to Public by Appointment

ASHBURN, Va. - Free certified child car seat safety checks are being provided by appointment on The George Washington University's Virginia Campus. The service is administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC).

GW to Build Transportation Research Institute Facility in Virginia

GW's National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) will build a new home at the Virginia Campus in the form of a $14 million, 80,000 square-foot facility recently approved by the University's Board of Trustees. The new building represents the world's first university-based transportation safety and research center with a sophisticated crash-test facility. The ceremonial ground breaking, scheduled for Sept. 10, will be part of the NCAC's 10-year anniversary celebration.

GW RECEIVES $410,000 GRANT FROM HYUNDAI-KIA FOR SAFETY RESEARCH LAB

mlindsay@gwu.edu (Matt Lindsay)

WASHINGTON - The George Washington University announced today the receipt of a $410,000 grant from Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motor Corporation to establish the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Safety Research Laboratory (ASRL). The funding, which is the first installment of a multi-year grant, was awarded to the Federal Highway Administration/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (FHWA/NHTSA) National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) at GW's Virginia Campus.

GW RECEIVES $5 MILLION GRANT FOR AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY RESEARCH

mlindsay@gwu.edu (Matt Lindsay) — Tue, 13 May 2003 00:00:00 EDT

WASHINGTON - The George Washington University announced today the receipt of a $5 million grant to conduct research on automotive safety. Professor Kennerly H. Digges, director of biomechanics and safety at the Federal Highway Administration/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (FHWA/NHTSA) National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) at The George Washington University, will direct the project aimed at further improving the safety of today's automobiles, with specific attention to child safety.

DOT Awards $12 Million Grant to NCAC

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) recently awarded the National Crash Analysis Center at GW's Transportation Research Institute a five-year, $12 million grant to continue research in transportation safety. Professors Azim Eskandarian and Nabih Bedewi of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are co-directors of the grant.

Safer Roadsides

A new software tool helps highway agencies tackle road departure crashes, reducing their consequences.

GW AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCE NEW SYSTEM TO ADVANCE AUTOMOTIVE AND HIGHWAY SAFETY

hryan@va.gwu.edu (Helen Ryan)

WASHINGTON - The FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) at The George Washington University (GW) announced today the commissioning of an advanced propulsion system that significantly enhances the capability of the crash test facility located at the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, VA.

National Crash Analysis Center and hp itanium server success story

underlying technology
The FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) has started using the new HP rx4610 Server, based on Itanium processor family architecture.