CE-CERT Students Earn Honorable Mention at 2025 Bob Crommelin Conference
June 5, 2025
A team of UC Riverside Electrical and Computer Engineering students earned an Honorable Mention Award at the 2025 Bob Crommelin Student Presentation Award Meeting, an annual conference hosted by the Riverside and San Bernardino chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (RSBITE).
Michael Dominguez, Justin Fababier, Pranae Harirajan, and Hung Nguyen represented UCR at this year's event, which brought together students from UCLA, USC, UC Riverside, and Cal Poly Pomona to share innovative research on emerging topics in transportation engineering, including advances in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
As part of their senior design course, Justin Fababier and Michael Dominguez presented the team's project, "Eco-Approach and Departure for EVs: Reducing Energy Consumption at Signalized Intersections."
Developed through the EcoCAR EV Challenge - a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored, four-year advanced vehicle technology competition - the project explores how connected vehicle technologies and control strategies can help the electric vehicles operate more efficiently in stop-and-go urban traffic.
"It is great to see our students presenting their work at a professional conference and being recognized for it," says Dr. Guoyuan Wu, the team's faculty advisor and professor of electrical and computer engineering. "This type of applied research experience is very valuable as they prepare to enter the workforce."
By focusing on vehicle behavior near intersections, where both energy use and traffic delays often peak, the project contributes timely insights into how intelligent vehicle technologies can support the next generation of connected and automated transportation systems.
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