Once the pandemic hit, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign stepped up in a big way — from developing an emergency ventilator, providing data- and modeling-driven approaches to advise the governor on best policies, creating a saliva test and launching the Safer Illinois app, to designing personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. Hear how The Grainger College of Engineering’s Dean Rashid Bashir envisions the college continuing to rise to the occasion with its five-year strategic plan in the latest episode of The Drive Forward Podcast.
Dean Bashir also discusses the college’s view of its leading transportation efforts. Hear Bashir chat about Illinois Center for Transportation’s efforts to build the Illinois Autonomous and Connected Track, which has the potential to meet upcoming transportation needs like multimodal transit and smart freights.
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