A team of visionary graduate students from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (TUE) at the University of Connecticut, including Manmohan Joshi, Saki Rezwana, Haimanti Bala, Prakash Ranjan, Oluwaseun Olufowobi, and Syed R Islam, secured third place in the 2024 Traffic Control Device Student Challenge during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference.

Their pioneering project, "Enhancing Nighttime Visibility for Human Drivers and CAVs through Innovative Traffic Control Devices," presents a novel approach to mitigating the dangers of nighttime driving by merging LED-lit E-Paper displays with LiDAR sensors. Aimed at augmenting road safety, this innovative system offers dynamic, real-time traffic control devices that adapt to changing environmental conditions to significantly lower crash risks and protect pedestrians after dark. The success of this project is attributed to the invaluable guidance and support provided by Dr. Anshu Bamney and Dr. Eric Jackson of the Connecticut Transportation Institute (CTI).