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An automated vehicle pioneer and engineering professor at The University of Alabama will be the new chief mobility research and development officer for the Alabama Transportation Institute.

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Bharat Balasubramanian, professor in the UA College of Engineering and executive director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, will take on the additional responsibility of creating and implementing a vision for connected, automated and electric mobility research and elevating the profile of ATI both locally and globally.

The appointment begins Aug. 1.

“UA and its partners have articulated our vision for the ‘New Mobility and Power Economy’, which aligns multiple components of academic programs, R&D, industry partnership, and workforce and economic development,” said Dr.

Russell J. Mumper, UA vice president for research and economic development.  “ATI and UA are very fortunate to have Dr. Balasubrama