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UTC moves CUIP into Chattanooga\u2019s innovation district<\/em> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga established a full-time downtown presence by relocating a couple of its high-profile entities to the Edney Innovation Center, a powerful symbol of greater community engagement and collaboration between the University and the city joined the landscape.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Edney Building on Market Street anchors the city\u2019s growing Innovation District and, as of 2020, houses the award-winning UTC Center for Urban Informatics and Progress, or CUIP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are proud of our partnership with Chattanooga and look forward to establishing a more impactful downtown presence,\u201d says UTC Chancellor Steve Angle. \u201cPartnering with the city and its innovators to develop solutions to urban challenges is part of our mission-driven focus. Our goal is to be a resource of expertise, discovery and talent that powers the region\u2019s economy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2018, CUIP conducts research for Chattanooga\u2019s Smart City Collaborative into transportation, energy delivery and healthcare consumption toward solutions that improve quality of life in cities. In a September 2020 example, two UTC graduates, Jeremy Roland and Austin Harris, went before the Chattanooga City Council asking for funds to continue two projects being researched through CUIP. One project hopes to accurately predict where vehicle accidents are most likely to occur in Chattanooga. The other focuses on improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists on city streets. The council unanimously approved $110,000 to fund both projects. The money will be used to hire new students\u2014both graduate and undergraduate\u2014to work on the research projects. A second CUIP project presented to the council hopes to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists on city streets. The council unanimously approved $110,000 to fund both projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a great environment, being with the Enterprise Center and the city\u2019s IT group. Then EPB is across the street. TVA is across the street. It\u2019s really about being with everyone and all the entities in that innovation district\u2014these are the people we already work with on a daily basis.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Relocating from the UTC Multidisciplinary Research Building in the M.L. King Boulevard neighborhood to the Innovation District allows greater collaboration with all CUIP partners and the entrepreneurial community. The Edney Building houses The Company Lab, or Co.Lab, a nonprofit startup accelerator that supports entrepreneurship. The opportunity for close collaboration with Co.Lab was particularly compelling to Mina Sartipi, who leads CUIP and is an accomplished researcher and nationally recognized leader in Smart Cities research. \u201cWhen businesses come to us, they really have business opportunities, and our support for those means CUIP is becoming larger than just a purely research entity,\u201d Sartipi says. \u201cIt\u2019s a great environment, being with the Enterprise Center and the city\u2019s IT group. Then EPB is across the street. TVA is across the street. It\u2019s really about being with everyone and all the entities in that innovation district\u2014these are the people we already work with on a daily basis.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also within the Edney Building is The Enterprise Center, which oversees the Innovation District, and co-working space provider the Society of Work. The Chattanooga offices of Oak Ridge National Laboratory are a block away and serve as another draw for students, faculty and others to the innovation ecosystem. UTC\u2019s downtown presence also makes incubator space available for new entrepreneurs from the Gary W. Rollins College of Business at UTC. Students, faculty and staff from the University support education and outreach. They research and host presentations and discussions of projects underway at the University\u2019s downtown entities. From there, people and groups from across all colleges at UTC engage the community in discussions on the future of education, science, technology and their societal impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, the Chattanooga Smart City Collaborative\u2014CUIP\u2019s research partner\u2014was selected as one of the nation\u2019s Top 50 projects of the year by US Ignite, an organization that connects municipalities and private enterprise on \u201cSmart City\u201d projects. In 2020, the collaborative was again named a Top 50 Smart City project by US Ignite for ethical data use <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project that won City Council funding in September\u2014CUIP\u2019s computer model to predict where traffic accidents will happen\u2014was named a 2020 winner in the International Data Corp. Smart City North America Awards.\u202fMaking CUIP\u2019s robust offerings of workshops and events more accessible to greater numbers of people off campus and in the city leads to greater community exposure and engagement for UTC outreach, Sartipi says. \u201cI think we see it really as a downtown campus, an area that would bring together many different disciplines and people working together more closely than we already are,\u201d she says. \u201cIt is very exciting, and I\u2019m thrilled.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\n\t\tBy Shawn Ryan<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The eight-block section of Martin Luther King Boulevard looks like just any another section of Martin Luther King Boulevard. That is, until you look more closely. A series of cameras have been keeping an eye on intersections along the 1.25-mile stretch. Poles at each intersection have three cameras mounted on them to visually document everything that goes on at each one. Everything includes the number of cars, trucks, bicycles, pedestrians\u2014even dogs\u2014that pass through. Goals are wide-ranging for the cameras, which are part of the city\u2019s Smart City project. One element is examining flow traffic patterns to determine whether changes will make it flow more freely, including a way to predict where and what time of day that automobile accidents take place. The project also is looking at ways to improve the city\u2019s energy consumption and delivery, public safety and health care, among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research is being conducted through the Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP) at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. It is just one of the multiple projects in which CUIP plays a major role. \u201cThe groundwork has been laid for collaboration across university departments,\u201d says CUIP Director Mina Sartipi. \u201cWe have many departments represented at CUIP that facilitate collaboration and an environment for students, faculty and staff to learn from one another. We believe the more knowledge that is shared, the better we all are for it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In CUIP\u2019s latest coup, Sartipi landed a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. In collaboration with professors Yu Liang, Osama Osman and Dalei Wu in the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science and Austin Harris from CUIP, they will examine ways to reduce fuel consumption and emissions in the city. Assistant Professor of Sociology Chandra Ward and Sartipi also are collaborating on projects with other universities. Grants of $2.1 million from the National Science Foundation and $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy will support projects with the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) to develop systems to bring public transportation into neighborhoods that aren\u2019t on CARTA\u2019s established routes. \u201cCUIP’s network of private and public partners creates many opportunities across all UTC colleges for funding and partnerships,\u201d Sartipi says. \u201cWe work with cities, universities, national labs and corporations across the country.\u202fCUIP is demonstrating the value of cross-disciplinary research and development with integrated experiential learning for our students.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students also learn some less-obvious skills such as giving presentations, public speaking, professionalism and small talk, useful abilities when attending conferences and when students are leaving college to pursue a career, she says. \u201cOur goal is to make urban livable, accessible and healthy for all. Through engaging students at high school, undergraduate and graduate levels in research and experiential learning, we train the next generation workforce that are capable of interdisciplinary work,\u201d Sartipi says. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCUIP’s network of private and public partners creates many opportunities across all UTC colleges for funding and partnerships,\u201d Sartipi says.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t\tCUIP Awards<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Winner in the International Data Corp.\u2019s Smart City North America Awards\u2019 in the \u201cPolice and Law Enforcement\u201d category for the \u201c911 Project.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>
  • Winner of the International Data Corp Smart Cities North America Awards\u2019 in the \u201cEducation\u201d\u202f<\/strong>category for Chattanooga\u2019s Smart Community Collaborative in which CUIP is a member.\u00a0<\/li>
  • Winner of the Horizon Award at the Smart Cities Connect Conference for demonstrating \u201cfoundational and inspiring groundwork for future Smart Cities projects.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>
  • U.S. Ignite,\u00a0Smart Cities Connect and Smart Cities Connect Foundation listed Chattanooga\u2019s Smart City project as one of the Top 50 in the country in its Digital Transformation category for\u202fprotecting citizens\u2019 privacy during data collection and analysis.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    \n\t\n\t\tCUIP programs<\/strong> <\/span>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    • Social Science:<\/strong>\u00a0Use the perceptions, reactions emotions and thoughts of residents before starting urban design projects.\u00a0<\/li>
    • Public Safety: Create ways to address such issues as crime detections, emergency response, traffic safety and building\/bridge construction.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • Water\/Waste: Examine social and technical hurdles when designing storm\u00a0water systems.\u00a0<\/li>
      • Healthcare: Stroke rehabilitation and prediction.\u00a0<\/li>
      • Mobility: Use technology to connect systems such as public transport, self-driving vehicles and traffic signal to improve safety and efficiency.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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